Utopian horizons of downshifting in Romania. Some mediated stories
Journal Title: Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology - Year 2014, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
These research notes explore the political potential of online storytelling for the incipient downshifting movement in Romania. Qualitative content analysis techniques are used on a series of articles published in December 2012-January 2014 on www.totb.ro in order to reveal the political stake of the act of storytelling in cases of individual lifestyle changes. This political stake is the empowerment of citizens through individual change that catalyzes everyday dystopian experiences into utopia, into eu-topos, the good spaces where life and living are desired. The current notes summarize some key concepts on downshifting and make an introduction to the sociology of storytelling, while also elaborating some analytical observations on the empirical acts of storytelling in mediated environments.
Authors and Affiliations
Adela Fofiu
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP105972
- DOI -
- Views 97
- Downloads 0
Gender differences in impression formation
This paper aims to highlight the differences between men and women regarding impression formation. It is based on secondary analysis of the data gathered in two previous experiments with similar conditions. However, the...
Schumpeter, Joseph Alois, 1939, “Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, and Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process“, New York and London, McGraw – Hill Book Company Inc.
Joseph Schumpeter’s economic thought is indissolubly linked to the study of entrepreneurship and innovation. In Business Cycles, the book planned to be ‘the crown of his work’, Schumpeter carefully crafted a theoretical...
Hermeneutics of reason: the principle of common rationality as premise of understanding the Other(s)
The central argument defended in this paper is made up of two interconnected statements: i) that a minimally defined rationality is an anthropological constant, being shared by all conceivable human cultures; and ii) tha...
The rhetoric of a former corporate job. How people construct their working experience in conversation
The present article looked into the way people construct their former working experiences in conversation. As a main analysis outcome I was interested in the narrative patterns that emerge when people recollect the stori...
The watermelon
This semi-fictional short story departs from the epistemological premise that knowledge on feelings should be explored in the complex accumulation of people’s transformative lives and locates these experiences in a dynam...