New book: The Discursive-Material Knot
A new book entitled “The Discursive-Material Knot. Cyprus in Conflict and Community Media Participation” by Nico Carpentier has been published.
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The book consists out of three so-called platforms. The first platform is a theoretical discussion about the entanglement of the discursive and the material, grounded in discourse theory and new materialist theories. The second platform consists out of a re-reading of three theoretical bodies (through the lens of the discursive-material knot): participatory theory, community media theory and conflict theory. The third platform focuses on a case study in Cyprus, first providing a theoretical discussion on nationalism, then sketching the history of the Cyprus Problem, and finally analyzing the Cyprus Community Media Centre as a participatory-agonistic assemblage.
More information about the book
"The Discursive-Material Knot" at peterlang.com
"The Discursive Material Knot" at nicocarpentier.net
Nico Carpentier, professor in media and communication studies at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University.