Browsing through the titles of this issue’s contributions the reader will probably ask her/himself what apparently heterogeneous papers have in common and why they are labelled under the title W_ndering. As it can easily be inferred, the title refers to both ‘wander’ and ‘wonder’. As the caption Exploring InFluxes and Cultures in Motion suggests, by ‘wander’ we mean the possibility for intellectuals to explore different ways of knowledge, to be a wanderer not only– and not particularly– in the sense of moving across cultures or places, but in a deeper sense, namely taking the chance to dismantle a normative-constructed way of representing cultures to switch to a more sympathetic attitude: not writing about, but rather writing with. The different approaches used by the contributors well represent this attitude, as well as the different languages they use to express their thoughts and ideas. All the authors share a plurality of languages they live in, which makes them –in Rosi Braidotti’s words– “critical nomadic beings” (Braidotti 1994: 12).
W_ndering. Exploring InFluxes and Cultures in Motion, thematic issue of Communication and Culture Online Special Issue 1
CONSOLARO, ALESSANDRA;
2013-01-01
Abstract
Browsing through the titles of this issue’s contributions the reader will probably ask her/himself what apparently heterogeneous papers have in common and why they are labelled under the title W_ndering. As it can easily be inferred, the title refers to both ‘wander’ and ‘wonder’. As the caption Exploring InFluxes and Cultures in Motion suggests, by ‘wander’ we mean the possibility for intellectuals to explore different ways of knowledge, to be a wanderer not only– and not particularly– in the sense of moving across cultures or places, but in a deeper sense, namely taking the chance to dismantle a normative-constructed way of representing cultures to switch to a more sympathetic attitude: not writing about, but rather writing with. The different approaches used by the contributors well represent this attitude, as well as the different languages they use to express their thoughts and ideas. All the authors share a plurality of languages they live in, which makes them –in Rosi Braidotti’s words– “critical nomadic beings” (Braidotti 1994: 12).
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