| ID | 123698 |
| Title Proper | Humour at the model United Nations |
| Other Title Information | the role of laughter in constituting geopolitical assemblages |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dittmer, Jason |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation in which students take on the roles of ambassadors to the United Nations, engaging in debate on 'real' issues from the perspective of their assumed national identities. This paper, based on a year of ethnography and interviews of a college-level MUN team, examines the role of humour in producing particular geopolitical imaginations among those participating and also in producing the MUN assemblage itself. Key here is the circulation of affects among participants' bodies, producing an orientation among them that facilitates debate and consensus-building. This finding is seen as a corrective to past work on geopolitics and humour, which has tended to emphasise irony and satire, as well as mass-mediated humor. |
| `In' analytical Note | Geopolitics Vol.18, No.3; 2013: p.493-513 |
| Journal Source | Geopolitics Vol.18, No.3; 2013: p.493-513 |
| Key Words | United Nations - UN ; International Issues ; Ambassadors ; Model United Nations - MUN ; Geopolitical Imaginations ; International Debate ; Politics ; World Politics ; Humour |