Democracy is Born in Conversation

Alessandro Duranti, Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, presents archival footage he filmed of Walter Capps' 1996 campaign for U.S. Congress to analyze how the political candidate framed his choice to run for office. Using semantic and narrative analyses, Duranti shows how Capps refined his campaign announcement to better generate voter enthusiasm and how Capps' public and private comments about the campaign reflected his ethical and political values. Capps was elected to Congress in 1996, and died in October 1997 after serving 10 months in office. Duranti became a close friend of the Capps family during his year-long ethnographic research, and he reflects on the role of family in Capps' life and campaign. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 39720]

You can listen to Democracy is Born in Conversation online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Democracy is Born in Conversation is an episode from Walter H. Capps Center (Audio) by UCTV.

This episode is 00:45:10 long.

This episode was published on Jul 22, 2024.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Walter H. Capps Center (Audio) when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.