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Communication Conduct in an Island Community
Canadian-born Erving Goffman (1922â1982) was the twentieth centuryâs most important sociologist writing in English. His 1953 dissertation is published here for the first time, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. The remarkable study, based on fieldwork on a remote Scottish island, presents in embryonic form the full spread of Goffmanâs thought. Framed as a âreport on a study of conversational interaction,â the dissertation lingers on the modest talk of island âcrofters.â It is trademark Goffman: ambitious, unconventional in form, and brimmed with big-picture insight. The thesis is that social order is made and re-made in communicationâthe âinteraction orderâ he re-visited in a famous and final talk before his 1982 death. The dissertation is, as Yves Winkin writes in a new introduction, the âRosetta stone for his entire work.â It was here, in 360 dense pages, that Goffman revealed, quietly, his peerless sensitivity to the invisible wireframes of everyday life
Communication Conduct in an Island Community
Canadian-born Erving Goffman (1922â1982) was the twentieth centuryâs most important sociologist writing in English. His 1953 dissertation is published here for the first time, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. The remarkable study, based on fieldwork on a remote Scottish island, presents in embryonic form the full spread of Goffmanâs thought. Framed as a âreport on a study of conversational interaction,â the dissertation lingers on the modest talk of island âcrofters.â It is trademark Goffman: ambitious, unconventional in form, and brimmed with big-picture insight. The thesis is that social order is made and re-made in communicationâthe âinteraction orderâ he re-visited in a famous and final talk before his 1982 death. The dissertation is, as Yves Winkin writes in a new introduction, the âRosetta stone for his entire work.â It was here, in 360 dense pages, that Goffman revealed, quietly, his peerless sensitivity to the invisible wireframes of everyday life
Spiritual Rituals of Chinese Ink Painting: The Suggestions of Shitao
Ritual has an essential connection with art. This article suggests that the study on Shitao has significance in proposing a ritual theory of art for two reasons. First, textual analysis on his treatise on ink painting, Hua-pu, demonstrates that an artist is/should be involved in the interconnectedness of what he or she depicts. This involvement requires penetration into the primordial intuition towards what he or she perceives and has an ethical imperative to use the artistâs talent conferred by heaven. Second, Shitaoâs artistic practice is interpreted as a form of rites that are a reaction to the sociopolitical changes during the Ming-Qing dynastic transition. The elaboration on Shitaoâs identity and Hua-puâs relevance to Daoism will further support the argument. And it is in this sense that Shitaoâs case reveals the claim that âart is ritual,â which is metaphorical as it appeals to an ideal form of art
Interdependence as a Frame for Assistive Technology Research and Design
In this paper, we describe interdependence for assistive technology design, a frame developed to complement the traditional focus on independence in the Assistive Technology field. Interdependence emphasizes collaborative access and people with disabilities' important and often understated contribution in these efforts. We lay the foundation of this frame with literature from the academic discipline of Disability Studies and popular media contributed by contemporary disability justice activists. Then, drawing on cases from our own work, we show how the interdependence frame (1) synthesizes findings from a growing body of research in the Assistive Technology field and (2) helps us orient to additional technology design opportunities. We position interdependence as one possible orientation to, not a prescription for, research and design practice--one that opens new design possibilities and affirms our commitment to equal access for people with disabilities
"Nur ein Schmock studiert sein eigenes Leben": Ein GesprÀch zwischen Erving Goffman und Thomas Hoebel, das niemals stattgefunden hat
Hoebel T, Goffman E. "Nur ein Schmock studiert sein eigenes Leben": Ein GesprÀch zwischen Erving Goffman und Thomas Hoebel, das niemals stattgefunden hat. Soziopolis: Gesellschaft beobachten. 2022
The performance of youth voice on the airwaves
This paper uses the case study of a youth-led community radio station, KCC Live, to argue that community radio is not a cure-all solution for disenfranchised and silenced young people. Drawing on 18 months of participant observation at KCC Live and data from in-depth interviews with volunteers, I argue that, owing to institutional constraints by station management; college management; and the regulatory body Ofcom, young people consider the airwaves to be a supervised, as opposed to emancipatory, arena. However, in attempting to combat the restricting nature of the airwaves, young people find new, performative ways to communicate. This paper provides empirical evidence which goes beyond previous simplistic conceptualisations of voice in youth media production and argues that romanticised notions of youth voice preclude performance and creativity. This paper offers an important contribution to childrenâs geographies in finding that pretend play, characterised by performance, can be considered a âlife-span activityâ
Stigma, the Moral Career of a Concept:Some Notes on Emotions, Agency, Teflon Stigma, and Marginalizing Stigma
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