“The Poetics of Politics: Theirs and Ours” is the title of the XIX Journal of Anthropological Research distinguished lecture by Michael Silverstein, Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anthropology lecture hall, Room 163. The subject of Silverstein’s lecture, less than two weeks before Election Day, is “political talk.” Silverstein asks, 'When politicians speak, who listens and more importantly, how do people listen and to what effect?'
Silverstein is the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, Linguistics & Psychology and director of the Center for the Study of Communication & Society at the University of Chicago. His interests lie in language and culture and the linguistic analysis of political discourse in cultural context.
Silverstein will lead a specialized seminar Friday, Oct. 22, at 12 p.m., in Anthropology Room 178. The seminar will explore how the Christian service of the Eucharist with its cross-like figuration is used to summon a public of individuals to join in a great, collective ‘we’ of the American civil religion.
Both presentations are free & open to the public. The wheelchair-accessible Anthropology Building is just east of University Blvd., near Redondo and Roma.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
Posted by scarr at October 13, 2004 03:55 PM