Anarchy and the Art of Listening : : The Politics and Pragmatics of Reception in Papua New Guinea / / James Slotta.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 9 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Languages, Orthography, Maps, and Names
  • Introduction THE POLITICS AND PRAGMATICS OF LISTENING
  • 1 THE ART OF ANARCHIC LISTENING
  • 2 SELF-DETERMINATION IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY
  • 3 ANARCHY, POWER, AND THE POLITICS OF EXPERTISE
  • 4 DECEPTION AND THE DANGERS OF LISTENING
  • 5 LISTENING AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
  • Epilogue LISTENING TO LISTENING, ETHNOGRAPHICALLY
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index