期刊名称：MedieKultur : Journal of Media and Communication Research
电子版ISSN：1901-9726
出版年度：2012
卷号：28
期号：52
页码：19
语种：English
出版社：Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID)
摘要：In this article, we argue that to conceptually and empirically grasp the dynamics and challenges of processes of civic participation, i.e., the deliberation and empowerment of disenfranchised and marginalized populations in the Global South, communication for social change scholars need to pay more attention to three issues: the quality of citizens’ self-perceptions in relation to their local milieu, inter-citizen perceptions and relations at the local level and lastly, the attendant consequences of these on citizens’ sense of efficacy. To grasp and comprehend the interplay of these three issues, we propose the adoption of Floya Anthias’ concept of narratives of location and positionality and demonstrate the heuristic vitality of this notion through a discussion of some local discourses of positionality in Nepal and Cameroon.
关键词：discourses of positionality;inter-citizen perception;inter-citizen relations;Nepal;Cameroon
