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 thei...

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1. Verfasser:	Slotta, James (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press 2023
Schlagworte:	ANTHROPOLOGY. LANGUAGE ARTS & LINGUISTICS. SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL SCIENCE. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Anarchism > Papua New Guinea Listening > Political aspects > Papua New Guinea Listening > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea
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Zusammenfassung:	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.To understand political life in the Yopno Valley, we need to look beyond what people say to the practices that lie on the other side of the word. This, Slotta suggests, is also true well beyond the bounds of the Yopno Valley
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (216 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781501770029
DOI:	10.1515/9781501770029