Rhetorical citizenship: A conceptual frame for studying the discursive crafting and enactment of citizenship
Professor Lisa Villadsen from the University of Copenhagen is an international capacity on rhetoric and renowned for her work on rhetorical criticism and the establishing of the concept and field “Rhetorical citizenship” (with Christian Kock). She will do two open talks and some other activities for our department - this is the second of them
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The concept of rhetorical citizenship offers an umbrella term for the study of modalities of public engagement – how we discursively ‘do’ society. Centring rhetoric in our understanding of particular civic dynamics allows us to study the discursive crafting and enactment of citizenship: How does public discourse contribute to the shaping of civic norms and how do members of a society enact and challenge these ideas about what democratic citizenship entails? Rhetorical citizenship ultimately asks how suited particular public utterances are to contributing to constructive civic interaction.
