[ecrea] New book: Digital Drama

Dear colleagues,

I am happy to inform you that my new book is now available. It is the
first anthropological study of digital media and intercultural
interaction in Africa (as far as I know, please correct me if I am
wrong). The book is also unique in having an accompanying web site with
photos and videos (hyperlinked e-book version coming soon).


        Digital Drama. Teaching and Learning Art and Media in Tanzania
        <http://su-se.academia.edu/PaulaUimonen/Books/1577080/Digital_Drama._Teaching_and_Learning_Art_and_Media_in_Tanzania>

By Paula Uimonen, Stockholm University
Published in the Innovative Ethongraphies series by Routledge New York.
Accompanying web site at
http://www.innovativeethnographies.net/digitaldrama.

The aim of this book is to explore digital media and intercultural
interaction at an arts college in Tanzania through innovative forms of
ethnographic representation. The book and the series website weave
together visual and aural narratives, interviews and observations, life
stories and video documentaries, art performances and productions. It
paints a vivid portrayal of everyday life in East Africa's only
institute for practical art training, while tracing the rich cultural
history of a state that has mixed tribalism, nationalism,
Pan-Africanism, and cosmopolitanism in astonishingly creative ways.

While following the anthropological tradition of thick description,
Digital Drama employs a more artistic and accessible style of writing.
Dramatic, ethnographic details are interspersed with theoretical
postulations to explain and make sense of the unfolding narratives. The
accompanying website visualizes and sensualizes the stories narrated in
the book, unfolding a dramatic world of African dance, music, theater,
and digital culture.


The book is intended for scholars as
well as students. Please let me know if you would like to have a review
copy.

Kind regards,

Paula Uimonen
<(paula /at/ net4dev.se)>


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