Theorising Media and Practice

This volume of the "Anthropology of Media" series links practice theory, already well established in social theory, with media studies, where the practice theory has so far had relatively little impact. Editors Brauchler (social and cultural anthropology, U. of Frankfurt, Germany) and Postill (media, Sheffield Hallam U., UK) present 14 essays, including broad theoretical discussions alongside explorations of case studies of media-related practices in the United States, Norway, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Spain, Zambia, India, Hong Kong (China), Malaysia, and Bali. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Birgit Brauchler is Lecturer in social and cultural anthropology at the University of Frankfurt. She is author of Cyberidentities at War (Berghahn, forthcoming), editor of Reconciling Indonesia (Routledge, 2009) and has published several articles and book chapters on cyberanthropology, the globalisation of local conflicts, religion and the Internet and on the revival of tradition. Her current research is on the cultural dimension of reconciliation in Indonesia.