ISBN:
9781501770029
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 201 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Cornell scholarship online
DDC:
302.2242
Keywords:
Listening Political aspects
;
Listening Social aspects
;
Media Studies
;
Communication studies
;
Sociology & anthropology
;
Social & cultural anthropology
;
Anarchism
Abstract:
'Anarchy and the Art of Listening' is an ethnography of politics as it is practiced on the other side of the spoken word, in the act of listening. James Slotta explores how people in the Yopno Valley of Papua New Guinea cultivate their listening to exercise power, shape their futures, and sustain their communities in the face of ambitious leaders and powerful outside institutions. As in many parts of the global south, missionaries, NGO workers, educators, mining companies, politicians, development experts, and others have sought to transform life in and around the Yopno Valley. But as this book makes clear, people there have not been a passive and pliable audience for these efforts. They have brought their skills as 'anarchic listeners' to these encounters, advancing political agendas of their own.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7591/cornell/9781501770005.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501770005.001.0001
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501770029
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501770029
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