Violent Virtuosity: Visual Labor in West Africa's Mano River War

In this essay, I argue that the Mano River War should be understood as a conflict to which the ubiquitous presence of digital media was crucial. This was a war structured by the economy of attention. To profit in this economy combatants and non-combatants were required to play to an audience that th...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Anthropological quarterly 2011-10, Vol.84 (4), p.949-975
1. Verfasser: Hoffman, Danny
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:In this essay, I argue that the Mano River War should be understood as a conflict to which the ubiquitous presence of digital media was crucial. This was a war structured by the economy of attention. To profit in this economy combatants and non-combatants were required to play to an audience that they knew was there, but often could only sense or apprehend in the most abstract way. The realities of constantly being available to be seen were crucial to understanding the spectacular performance of violence in this conflict.
ISSN:0003-5491
1534-1518
1534-1518
DOI:10.1353/anq.2011.0055