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Macs Smith, "Paris and the Parasite: Noise, Health, and Politics in the Media City" (MIT Press, 2021)

New Books in Anthropology

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The Importance of Listening

I wanted towards the end of my book to think about the act of listening, not just about the responsibility that is imposed on people to come together and make their voice intelligible. So there's this appreciation for noise or more effective ways of expressing concerns other than just a simple articulation of who we are. And so yeah, I'm kind of trying to draw a link between the parasite and the barbaros in Derrida's thoughts.

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