Abstract
“Language is not neutral,” write Azzellini and Sitrin, “words transport and express concepts and ways of thinking. They can consolidate and perpetuate hierarchies, domination and control just as they can underline equality and strengthen consciousness.” Among the concepts explored in Occupying Langauge are Territory, Assembly, Rupture, Popular Power, Horizontalism, Autogestión (self-administration), and Protagonism. Examples of each term are drawn from different Latin American communities of struggle, from the spreading of Horizontalidad with the popular rebellion in Argentina, and the concept of Territory seen in Bolivia and Mexico, to the construction of Popular Power in the Consejos Comunales in Venezuela, and the vision of interconnected human diversity articulated in the call for “one world in which many worlds fit” by the indigenous Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Zuccotti Park Press |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-884519-09-3 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2012 |
Fields of science
- 504001 General sociology
- 506006 Peace studies
- 504027 Special sociology
- 506012 Political systems
- 506003 Development policy
- 509 Other Social Sciences
- 506013 Political theory
- 506008 Conflict research
JKU Focus areas
- Social Systems, Markets and Welfare States
- Social and Economic Sciences (in general)
