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This volume is an interdisciplinary exploration of the modalities, meanings, and practices of silence in contemporary social discourse. How is silence treated in different cultures? In a globalized world, how is silence managed between and across cultures? Co-authored by a philosopher and an economist, the text draws on interviews with scholars and practitioners in fields as diverse as marine biology and African American history. International case studies are presented in operational contexts from the Black Lives Matter movement to the creation of art installations to the struggles of transgender people in Southeast Asia. The authors examine the relationship between ethics and silence, and suggest strategies to transform social praxis through greater attention to silence.

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Author:   Nancy Billias ,  Sivaram Vemuri
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319843865

ISBN 10:   3319843869
Pages:   181
Publication Date:   01 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Methodologies of Silence Chapter 3: Methodology Chapter 4: The silence surrounding special needs children in a Third-world country (Guyana) Chapter 5: Silence in the environment: Sustainable development in Nigeria Chapter 6: Silence in cross-cultural education: Illustration from Pohnpei, Micronesia Chapter 7: Silence in the effort to restructure an economy: Uzbekistan Chapter 8: Listening to the spectrum: Autism in America Chapter 9: Another accent in the silence: Autism in India Chapter 10: An ear for the elderly: Age Care amongst the Indian Diaspora in Australia Chapter 11: Making something out of silence: Indigenous sustainable livelihoods (Indonesia) Chapter 12: Epilogue: The “So What?/Now What?”

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Nancy Billias, Professor of Philosophy, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Sivaram Vemuri, Associate Professor of Economics, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.  

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