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Filimonov, K. & Carpentier, N. (2023). Beyond the state as the ‘cold monster’: the importance of Russian alternative media in reconfiguring the hegemonic state discourse. Critical Discourse Studies, 20(2), 166-182
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Beyond the state as the ‘cold monster’: the importance of Russian alternative media in reconfiguring the hegemonic state discourse
2023 (English)In: Critical Discourse Studies, ISSN 1740-5904, E-ISSN 1740-5912, Vol. 20, no 2, p. 166-182Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article brings Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory into the empirical context of contemporary Russia to analyse the complex relationships between the state and alternative media. In contrast to the mainstream narrative that paints the picture of a strong authoritarian state with a grip over democratic liberties and civil society, we suggest a more nuanced perspective on the subject that focuses on the struggle over the articulation of the identity of the state. Through an ethnography (combined with interviews and textual analysis) of three Russian alternative media outlets – Avtonom, Discours and DOXA – this article demonstrates how they critique the hegemonic state discourse, how they evade it through their practices, and how they perform counter-hegemonic alternatives. Even if their resistance is severely countered by the state, their practices are seen to de-naturalise the nodal points of centrality and unity which constitute the hegemonic state discourse. As these practices contain alternative articulations of the state discourse, the importance of alternative media for rethinking the state (and resisting it) should not be underestimated. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2023
Keywords
Discourse Theory, Alternative Media, Participation, State, Russia
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-458174 (URN)10.1080/17405904.2021.1999283 (DOI)000715198100001 ()2-s2.0-85118623769 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-11-07 Created: 2021-11-07 Last updated: 2023-05-16Bibliographically approved
Carpentier, N., Ganter, S. A., Ortega, F. & Torrico, E. (2020). A Debate on Post-colonialism and De-coloniality: Latin American and European Perspectives on Change and Hope. In: Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio (Ed.), Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe (pp. 275-293). Lisboa: Media XXI
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Debate on Post-colonialism and De-coloniality: Latin American and European Perspectives on Change and Hope
2020 (English)In: Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe / [ed] Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, Lisboa: Media XXI, 2020, p. 275-293Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lisboa: Media XXI, 2020
Keywords
communication studies; paradigms
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-431253 (URN)978-989-729-214-9 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-01-13 Created: 2021-01-13 Last updated: 2021-01-28Bibliographically approved
Carpentier, N. (2020). Communicating Academic Knowledge Beyond the Written Academic Text: An Autoethnographic Analysis of the Mirror Palace of Democracy Installation Experiment. International Journal of Communication, 14, 2120-2143
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Communicating Academic Knowledge Beyond the Written Academic Text: An Autoethnographic Analysis of the Mirror Palace of Democracy Installation Experiment
2020 (English)In: International Journal of Communication, E-ISSN 1932-8036, Vol. 14, p. 2120-2143Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article first discusses five approaches that aim to transcend, complement, or overturn the hegemony of the written academic text. These five approaches are (1) the cluster of science communication, science popularization, and knowledge dissemination; (2) the cluster of knowledge exchange, and participatory, transformative, and interventionist (action) research; (3) multimodal academic communication; (4) the cluster of visual anthropology and visual sociology; and (5) arts-based research. As each approach deals with (overcoming) the hegemony of the written academic text differently, the first part of the article details these approaches. In the second part, the Mirror Palace of Democracy installation experiment, which had the explicit objective of moving beyond the written academic text while still remaining in the realm of academic knowledge communication, is autoethnographically analyzed. The experiment allowed reflection on the integrated and iterative nature of academic communication, on the hybrid academic-artistic identity, and on the diversification of publics. Both the theoretical discussion on the five approaches and the Mirror Palace of Democracy installation are part of a call for more experimentation with, and theorization of, multimodal and/or arts-based academic communication.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
USC ANNENBERG PRESS, 2020
Keywords
academic communication, multimodal scholarship, arts-based research, installation art, democracy, representation, participation, contingency
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-410891 (URN)000525770900025 ()
Available from: 2020-05-26 Created: 2020-05-26 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved
Carpentier, N. (2020). Comunicando o conhecimento acadêmico além do texto acadêmico escrito: uma análise autoetnográfica do experimento da instalação Mirror Palace of Democracy. MATRIZes, 14(2), 75-99
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Comunicando o conhecimento acadêmico além do texto acadêmico escrito: uma análise autoetnográfica do experimento da instalação Mirror Palace of Democracy
2020 (Portuguese)In: MATRIZes, ISSN 1982-2073, E-ISSN 1982-8160, Vol. 14, no 2, p. 75-99Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

The article first discusses five approaches that aim to transcend, complement, or overturn the hegemony of the written academic text. In the second part, the Mirror Palace of Democracy installation experiment, which had the explicit objective of moving beyond the written academic text while still remaining in the realm of academic knowledge communication, is autoethnographically analyzed. The experiment allowed reflection on the integrated and iterative nature of academic communication, on the hybrid academic– artistic identity, and on the diversification of publics. Both the theoretical discussion and the Mirror Palace of Democracy installation are part of a call for more experimentation with, and theorization of, multimodal and/or arts-based academic communication. 

Abstract [pt]

O artigo discute inicialmente cinco abordagens que visam transcender, complementar ou desestabilizar a hegemonia do texto acadêmico escrito. Na segunda parte, o experimento da instalação Mirror Palace of Democracy, que tinha o objetivo explícito de ir além do texto acadêmico escrito, permanecendo no domínio da comunicação do conhecimento acadêmico, é analisada autoetnograficamente. A experiência permitiu refletir sobre o caráter integrado e iterativo da comunicação acadêmica, a identidade híbrida acadêmicoartística e a diversificação de públicos. Tanto a discussão teórica como a instalação Mirror Palace of Democracy fazem parte de um apelo a mais experimentação e teorização da comunicação acadêmica multimodal e/ou baseada nas artes. 

National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432050 (URN)
Available from: 2021-01-16 Created: 2021-01-16 Last updated: 2021-08-27Bibliographically approved
Carpentier, N. & Mylonas, Y. (2020). Discourse-theoretical perspectives on class, populism and participation: An interview with Nico Carpentier. Communications. Media. Design (1), 201-221
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Discourse-theoretical perspectives on class, populism and participation: An interview with Nico Carpentier
2020 (English)In: Communications. Media. Design, ISSN 2542-1395, no 1, p. 201-221Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

An interview with Nico Carpentier, that took place in June 2019, at the Garage Institute of Moscow, during Carpentier’s visit to HSE-NRU. The interview starts with a series of issues related to the ontology of discourse theory, and the role of class in discourse theory. This is then connected with the issue of populism, which has been prominent in discourse-theory-related research. In a second part, the role of participation, in particular in the media, is discussed, with attention for recent positive developments, connected to the logics of decentralization. Part of the argument here is that participation has a normative dimension. The discussion then returns to discourse theory, with discussions on the limits of contingency, the translation of discourse theory into methodology, and the resistance against post-structuralist theory.

Keywords
interview, class, populism, participation
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-423404 (URN)
Available from: 2020-10-23 Created: 2020-10-23 Last updated: 2020-11-30Bibliographically approved
Giaccardi, C., Bourdon, J., Carpentier, N., Drotner, K., Rena, D. & Virginás, A. (2020). Learning from the Virus: The Impact of the Pandemic on Communication, Media and Performing Arts Disciplinary Fields: A Round-Table. Comunicazioni sociali (2), 157-169
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Learning from the Virus: The Impact of the Pandemic on Communication, Media and Performing Arts Disciplinary Fields: A Round-Table
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2020 (English)In: Comunicazioni sociali, ISSN 0392-8667, no 2, p. 157-169Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

From a sociological point of view, this is a truly challenging time: a time of ‘revelation’ as well as possible ‘revolution’, capable of revealing many of the pathologies of our lifestyle. The Coronavirus crisis has exposed the way our society works in a sort of a global social experiment, which provides the opportunity to question many of the categories and paradigms of our disciplines, as well as our way of life. More profoundly, the virus has exposed the structural tensions at the basis of our social, economic, political life. Our duty as intellectuals, as teachers, and as academics is today to find a way to inhabit this tension in a more integral, inclusive, fair way rather than to dream to solve it by removing or suppressing one of the aspects at play. It is therefore necessary to explore the many possible ways to exit this situation, transforming this crisis into an opportunity for positive change. This polyphonic article, stemming from a moment of common discussion kept online, aims to be a contribution to this effort.

Keywords
Coronavirus; pandemic; telepresence; media; communication; zoom; academia; creative industry
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-423402 (URN)
Available from: 2020-10-23 Created: 2020-10-23 Last updated: 2021-08-27
Carpentier, N. (2020). Putting a Non-Essentialist Ontology to Work: A Response to Peter Dahlgren’s Review of the Discursive-Material Knot: Cyprus in Conflict and Community Media Participation [Letter to the editor]. Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation, 7(1), 1-12
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Putting a Non-Essentialist Ontology to Work: A Response to Peter Dahlgren’s Review of the Discursive-Material Knot: Cyprus in Conflict and Community Media Participation
2020 (English)In: Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation, ISSN 2246-3755, Vol. 7, no 1, p. 1-12Article in journal, Letter (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

This article is a response to Peter Dahlgren’s review of The discursive-material knot: Cyprus in conflict and community media participation. Dahlgren’s engagement with the DMK book consisted of four questions, with an invitation to respond to them. These questions were not so much critiques, but more like invitations to clarify, and – more importantly – to expand into a few territories that were insufficiently addressed in the DMK book. This article starts with explaining the platform structure of the DMK book and the strategy that was used to write it. This then allows to focus on the first platform, explaining the basics of the DMK, the supporting role of the structure/agency dimension, and the difference between the concepts of ideology and discourse. This is also a good opportunity to think through the opportunities for (hegemonic) discourse critique. In the next part, the issues related to high theory, ontology and metaphysics are addressed. The last part returns to the DMK book’s case study and the interdependence of the different platforms, arguing that empirical research can also feed into non-essentialist ontological reflections, while these reflections also provide support for the research itself.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020
Keywords
discourse theory, metaphysics, ontology
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-423405 (URN)10.7146/tjcp.v7i1.119816 (DOI)
Available from: 2020-10-23 Created: 2020-10-23 Last updated: 2021-08-27Bibliographically approved
Carpentier, N. (2020). Speech and Discourse: An argument for the acknowledgement of conceptual diversity and specificity. In: Guiwu Gao and Xiaoyu Lin (Ed.), Research on Host Communication in China: (pp. 18-28). Beijing: Communication University of China Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Speech and Discourse: An argument for the acknowledgement of conceptual diversity and specificity
2020 (English)In: Research on Host Communication in China / [ed] Guiwu Gao and Xiaoyu Lin, Beijing: Communication University of China Press , 2020, p. 18-28Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Beijing: Communication University of China Press, 2020
Keywords
speech communication; discourse theory
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-431256 (URN)978-7-5657-2814-3 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-01-13 Created: 2021-01-13 Last updated: 2021-09-23Bibliographically approved
Doudaki, V. & Carpentier, N. (2020). The articulation of the homeless subject position as subaltern other: A visual analysis of the Greek street paper shedia. In: Anna Schober and Brigitte Hipfl (Ed.), Wir und die Anderen: Visuelle Kultur zwischen Aneignung unf Ausgrenzung (pp. 222-250). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The articulation of the homeless subject position as subaltern other: A visual analysis of the Greek street paper shedia
2020 (English)In: Wir und die Anderen: Visuelle Kultur zwischen Aneignung unf Ausgrenzung / [ed] Anna Schober and Brigitte Hipfl, Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, 2020, p. 222-250Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, 2020
Keywords
subaltern, homeless, street paper, media representation
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-431255 (URN)978-3-86962-395-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-01-13 Created: 2021-01-13 Last updated: 2021-09-23Bibliographically approved
Kejanlioğlu, D. B. & Carpentier, N. (2020). The Discursive Construction of War and Peace in the Books of Three Turkish Commanders on the “1974 Cyprus Peace Operation”. Journal of Cyprus Studies, 20(44), 19-46
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Discursive Construction of War and Peace in the Books of Three Turkish Commanders on the “1974 Cyprus Peace Operation”
2020 (English)In: Journal of Cyprus Studies, ISSN 1303-2925, Vol. 20, no 44, p. 19-46Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article analyses the construction of war and peace in three books, so-called ego-documents, written by soldiers who themselves fought in the Cypriot 1974 war. In order to better understand these constructions, we first develop a theoretical model on war and peace discourses, supported by Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory, which has been cross-fertilized with the empirical analysis. War discourses are seen to have five nodal points: 1/An Enemy-Self dichotomy; 2/The Army as war assemblage; 3/Destruction and death (of the Enemy); 4/Legitimations and aims of war; 5/A spatially and temporally restricted arena of intensified reality. Peace discourses have two variations: The photonegativistic articulation of peace (with these nodal points: 1/The absence of the Enemy, 2/The non-combatant or non-existent Army; 3/The absence of death and destruction, with the emphasis on life, 4/The absence of legitimations (and aims) of war; 5/Continuity of space and time, as everyday life) and the more autonomous articulation of peace (with two nodal points: 1/Social harmony, economic equity and social justice; 2/Desire for, and the desirability of, peace). Our discourse-theoretical analysis demonstrates how these three books mostly articulate war discourses, but the books are also seen to contain two important characteristics from a democratic-humanist perspective: They still contain articulations of the peace discourses, and they demonstrate the dislocations of the war discourses.

Keywords
Constructionism, Discourse, War, Peace, Enemy, Cyprus, Ego-documents
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-423400 (URN)
Available from: 2020-10-23 Created: 2020-10-23 Last updated: 2020-11-27Bibliographically approved
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