Redeveloping Communication for Social Change: Theory, Practice, and Power (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)

Einsiedel, Edna F.

ISBN 10: 0847695883 / ISBN 13: 9780847695881

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000

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To reshape the field of development communication, this text proposes situating theory and practice within contexts of power, recognizing both the ability of dominant groups to control and the potential for marginal communities to resist. Editor(s): Wilkins, Karin Gwinn. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334. . 2000. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Redeveloping Communication for Social Change: Theory, Practice, and Power (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847695883
• ISBN 13: 9780847695881
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

To reshape the field of development communication, Redeveloping Communication for Social Change proposes situating theory and practice within contexts of power, recognizing both the ability of dominant groups to control and the potential for marginal communities to resist. Contributors from communication and anthropology explore the global and institutional structures within which agencies construct social problems and interventions, the discourse guiding the normative climate for conceiving and implementing projects, and the practice of strategic interventions for social change. Examining early and emerging models of development, power dynamics, ethnographic approaches, gender issues, and information technologies, they speculate how a framework accounting for power might contribute toward new directions and applications in the field. Instead of mourning the demise of development communication, this volume should provoke critical debate that will help us change our approaches to meet new challenges.

About the Author

Arturo Escobar is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. His main interests are political ecology, ontological design, and the anthropology of globalization, social movements, and technoscience. He is the author of Designs for the Pluriverse (2018), and is engaged in transition design projects in Colombia.