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Preference Organization, Danielle M. Pillet-Shore
Preference Organization, Danielle M. Pillet-Shore
Communication
Conversation analytic research on “preference organization” investigates recorded episodes of naturally occurring social interaction to elucidate how people systematically design their actions to either support or undermine social solidarity. This line of work examines public forms of conduct that are highly generalized and institutionalized, not the private desires, subjective feelings or psychological preferences of individuals. This article provides a detailed and accessible overview of classic and contemporary conversation analytic findings about preference, which collectively demonstrate that human interaction is organized to favor actions that promote social affiliation (through face-preservation) at the expense of conflict (resulting from face-threat). While other overviews …
Musical Melanesianism: Imagining And Expressing Regional Identity And Solidarity In Popular Song And Video, Michael Webb, Camellia B. Webb-Gannon
Musical Melanesianism: Imagining And Expressing Regional Identity And Solidarity In Popular Song And Video, Michael Webb, Camellia B. Webb-Gannon
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
This article identifies and explores an emerging tendency among Melanesians to reenvision their region for the present time. It examines a corpus of popular songs and accompanying videos produced over the last decade that promote regional identity, a phenomenon driven by four factors: diasporic experience as well as a general increase in mobility and global awareness; dissatisfaction with the ruling class; desire to counter negative portrayals of the region abroad; and deep concern over the deprivation of fellow Melanesians' rights to political autonomy. The article demonstrates that this reenvisioning of Melanesianism reiterates key themes of the region's seminal postcolonial thinkers, …
Breakin' The Kneecaps Of 'Baaskap': A Brief Discussion Of The International Anti-Apartheid Movement And African Solidarity Work, Then, And Now, Prexy Nesbitt
Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches
Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, based this paper on a speech originally delivered at the International Conference on a Decade of Freedom: Cel;ebrating the Role of the International Anti-Apartheid Movement held in Durban, South Africa. 14 pages.
[Organizing] Outrage Into Action: A Brief Discussion Of U.S. Anti-Apartheid And African Solidarity Work Then And Now, Prexy Nesbitt
[Organizing] Outrage Into Action: A Brief Discussion Of U.S. Anti-Apartheid And African Solidarity Work Then And Now, Prexy Nesbitt
Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches
Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech at the International Conference on a Decade of Freedom: Cel;ebrating the Role of the International Anti-Apartheid Movement held in Durban, South Africa. 14 pages.