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New England Town Meeting and the Cultivation of Deliberative Play
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- Townsend, Rebecca M. (Author)
- Milburn, Trudy (Author)
Title
New England Town Meeting and the Cultivation of Deliberative Play
Abstract
Participants of New England town meeting must follow protocols to participate in this direct democratic process. Over the past 200 years, the protocols have been enacted and adapted by participants in small towns across the region. Within annual meetings, one can find small breaches that could be interpreted as playful acts. In this paper, we use the comic frame as a theoretical lens to interpret instances of such play within the rhetorical deliberation of one New England town meeting. We analyze two instances where speakers playfully use recognized parts of town meeting to achieve their rhetorical ends. We conclude with a discussion of the way play can help accomplish identification in public discourse.
Publication
American Behavioral Scientist
Date
2022-05-11
Pages
000276422210935
Journal Abbr
American Behavioral Scientist
Citation Key
townsendNewEnglandTown2022
Accessed
5/17/22, 6:15 PM
ISSN
0002-7642, 1552-3381
Language
en
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DOI.org (Crossref)
Extra
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Citation
Townsend, R. M., & Milburn, T. (2022). New England Town Meeting and the Cultivation of Deliberative Play. American Behavioral Scientist, 000276422210935. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221093588
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