Redeveloping Communication for Social Change (Paperback)

Karin Gwinn Wilkins

ISBN 10: 0847695883 / ISBN 13: 9780847695881

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2000

Beschreibung

Paperback. 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. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780847695881

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Redeveloping Communication for Social Change (Paperback)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0847695883
• ISBN-13: 9780847695881
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Karin Gwinn Wilkins is assistant professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin, with joint appointments in the Center for Asian Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Population Research Center.