LEADER 04264nam 22007095 450 001 9910520060703321 005 20240724095340.0 010 $a9783030842307$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030842291 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-84230-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6841123 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6841123 035 $a(CKB)20462362400041 035 $a(OCoLC)1291315347 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-84230-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920462362400041 100 $a20220104d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEsperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks $eLanguage Politics, Digital Media and the Making of an International Community /$fby Guilherme Fians 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Fians, Guilherme Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030842291 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction: In the beginning was the word -- Chapter 2: And the word was made flesh, or how to narrate histories -- Chapter 3: Follow the (non-)native: Circulating, mapping and territorialising the Esperanto community -- Chapter 4: When Esperanto speakers meet, or what makes this community international? -- Chapter 5: Crocodiles, apples and owls: Language variation and standardisation in a no man's language -- Chapter 6: On moving and standing still: The movement from the standpoint of an Esperanto association -- Chapter 7: Communicating is freedom: human languages, programming languages and new technologies -- Chapter 8: Esperanto in the making, making through Esperanto: prefiguration and the building of alternative presents -- Chapter 9: Conclusion, or how not to put an end to the conversation. 330 $aThis book explores how Esperanto - often regarded as a future-oriented utopian project that ended up confined to the past - persists in the present. Constructed in the late nineteenth century to promote global linguistic understanding, this language was historically linked to anarchism, communism and pacifism. Yet, what political relevance does Esperanto retain in the present? What impacts have emerging communication technologies had on the dynamics of this speech community? Unpacking how Esperanto speakers are everywhere, but concentrated nowhere, the author argues that digital media have provided tools for people to (re)politicise acts of communication, produce horizontal learning spaces and, ultimately, build an international community. As Esperanto speakers question the post-political consensus about communication rights, this language becomes an ally of activism for open-source software and global social justice. This book will be of relevance to students and scholars researchingpolitical activism, language use and community-building, as well as anyone with an interest in digital media more broadly. 606 $aLanguage policy 606 $aAnthropological linguistics 606 $aIntercultural communication 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aCulture$xStudy and teaching 606 $aLanguage Policy and Planning 606 $aLinguistic Anthropology 606 $aIntercultural Communication 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aEuropean History 606 $aCultural Studies 615 0$aLanguage policy. 615 0$aAnthropological linguistics. 615 0$aIntercultural communication. 615 0$aAnthropology. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 0$aCulture$xStudy and teaching. 615 14$aLanguage Policy and Planning. 615 24$aLinguistic Anthropology. 615 24$aIntercultural Communication. 615 24$aAnthropology. 615 24$aEuropean History. 615 24$aCultural Studies. 676 $a302.23014 676 $a499.992 700 $aFians$b Guilherme$f1990-$01256588 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910520060703321 996 $aEsperanto revolutionaries and geeks$92912676 997 $aUNINA