Reconciling dialogue and propagation
A ventriloquial inquiry
Dialoguing is about co-orienting to various elements of a situation, that propagate themselves in
what people say and do. In other words, each time people talk about an element of a situation, whether it is the weather, the
economy, or the declaration of a presidential candidate, it is, by definition, a way for it to transport itself through time and
space, which is the essence of propagation. Language must therefore be rethought as something that not only allows us, but also
other things to do things with words. More generally, communication, whether verbal or non-verbal, must be understood as a process
by which everything or everyone can always become a medium, sign or intermediary through which other elements propagate, diffuse
or disseminate themselves.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Downstream ventriloquism
- 3.Upstream ventriloquism
- 4.Dialogue and propagation: A ventriloquial analysis
- 5.Conclusion
- Notes
-
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