TY - JOUR
T1 - Free to move, free to stay, free to return
T2 - border rhetorics and a commitment to telos
AU - Cisneros, Josue David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 National Communication Association.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This essay presents an abolitionist vision for the study of borders in the fields of Rhetoric and Critical Communication Studies. I argue that the critical study of border(ing) rhetorics should operate from the point of view of the freedom of movement and take as its telos the abolition of borders and bordering regimes, including those of mobility, land, community, and humanity. Several shifts are needed to center this telos in our work, including reorienting how we theorize and critique border(ing) rhetorics, and stretching the political commitments of our work to abolish the borders ofthe field and the academy.
AB - This essay presents an abolitionist vision for the study of borders in the fields of Rhetoric and Critical Communication Studies. I argue that the critical study of border(ing) rhetorics should operate from the point of view of the freedom of movement and take as its telos the abolition of borders and bordering regimes, including those of mobility, land, community, and humanity. Several shifts are needed to center this telos in our work, including reorienting how we theorize and critique border(ing) rhetorics, and stretching the political commitments of our work to abolish the borders ofthe field and the academy.
KW - abolition
KW - art
KW - borders
KW - critical rhetoric
KW - freedom
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U2 - 10.1080/14791420.2021.1898009
DO - 10.1080/14791420.2021.1898009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102956169
SN - 1479-1420
VL - 18
SP - 94
EP - 101
JO - Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies
JF - Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies
IS - 1
ER -