Towards a circular theory of communication: the case of the Wayusa ritual of the traditional Kichwa People of Sarayaku
The Wayusa is a community ritual that is part of the exercise of political imagination among the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, in Ecuador. This article will discuss it as a case study arguing for a circular theory of communication, emerging from the works of Paulo Freire and calling for an approximation with indigenous cosmology, looking for epistemological diversity and interdisciplinarity. Based on comprehensive fieldwork, this article suggests that the Wayusa illustrates the role of communication in the knowledge chain in the community of Sarayaku, while also describing the kind of communication that it is made of. Different from a dominant linear theory of communication, it points to a conceptual framework whose horizon is not universalist but based on each space-time context. Beyond explaining a localized practice, it is argued that such a circular model can dialogue and challenge the linear one as an operative general framework.
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- Loughborough University, London
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Journal of Alternative and Community MediaVolume
8Issue
2Pages
145 - 167Publisher
IntellectVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Ana Suzina, 2024. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Journal of Alternative and Community Media, 8, 2, 145 - 167, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1386/jacm_00124_1.Acceptance date
2024-01-29Publication date
2024-07-05Copyright date
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