Censorship as situated practices

What is it about?

This article rethinks censorship in terms of situated practices. Using the case study of a reality tv show in Singapore, I argue that instead of imagining censorship using the traditional models of repression or 'self-censorship', we should focus on the day-to-day practices of censorship that are situated in particular contexts and often implicated in other types of practices.

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Why is it important?

This is part of a broader rethinking of how culture and society works. It is only by first confronting the fluidity and temporal nature of life as constituted by multiple practices that we can begin to gain a different and better understanding of social processes beyond imposed structures of meaning that evidently depart from lived experiences.

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