Chapman, Jane L. (2012) Methodological reflections on media and counter hegemonic protest in India. In: Local Issues, Global Claims, 10 Feb 2012, Open University. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper sets the issues and questions for interdisciplinary academic study of local protest with global claims,as it relates to use of the media. The author presents an historical background before then using the example of Arundhati Roy's writing on the Narmada Dams controversy and her essay 'walking with the comrades' on jungle Naxalite protest in India as a vehicle for analysis the uses of new Gramsci'ist counter hegemony theory, combined with elements of Judith Butler's ideas on performance and the media. What do these mean for activist articulations in the media ?

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Keynote)
Additional Information:	This paper sets the issues and questions for interdisciplinary academic study of local protest with global claims,as it relates to use of the media. The author presents an historical background before then using the example of Arundhati Roy's writing on the Narmada Dams controversy and her essay 'walking with the comrades' on jungle Naxalite protest in India as a vehicle for analysis the uses of new Gramsci'ist counter hegemony theory, combined with elements of Judith Butler's ideas on performance and the media. What do these mean for activist articulations in the media ?
Keywords:	Narmada Dams controversy, protest, Arundhati Roy, Antonio Gramsci's theory, press, judith butler, counter hegemony, walking with the comrades, activist media, activist journalism, performance
Subjects:	V Historical and Philosophical studies > V147 Modern History 1950-1999 P Mass Communications and Documentation > P300 Media studies P Mass Communications and Documentation > P590 Journalism not elsewhere classified L Social studies > L210 Political Theories P Mass Communications and Documentation > P990 Mass Communications and Documentation not elsewhere classified V Historical and Philosophical studies > V242 Indian History V Historical and Philosophical studies > V148 Modern History 2000-2099 P Mass Communications and Documentation > P500 Journalism
Divisions:	College of Arts > Faculty of Media, Humanities & Performance > Lincoln School of Journalism
Depositing User:	Jane Chapman
Date Deposited:	07 May 2012 12:19
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 09:07
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/5461

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