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[...] Things are not exactly what they seem to be. The logic of cover put in place by infrapolitics extends to its organization, as well as its substance. Again, the form of an organization is as much a product of political necessity as a political choice. Because open political activity is in no way excluded, resistance is confined to networks of relatives, neighbors, friends, and communities rather than formal or official organizations. 5. The video is an abstract of a lecture regarding Scott's work. [...]
[...] Infrapolitics is the opposite as open resistance, as it is the ensemble of actions that are non-visible in order to respond to a manipulative domination. d. It has been ignored because it takes place at a level, we rarely recognize as political. e. Scott thinks it is important to study and discuss the matter to make sure this would not happen again. 4. Translation The strategic imperatives of infrapolitics are not simply different from the open politics of modern democracies; they impose a fundamentally different logic of political action. [...]
[...] The hidden transcript is the only of the four ways of discourse that remains invisible, as it is intended to, that is why it is called "hidden" transcript. The fact is that these private interactions that occurred between inner groups were not supposed to be made public for obvious reasons: the powerful did not want others to know their weaknesses, doubts or ignorance, while the powerless did not want the others to find out their anger in order to avoid punishment. [...]
[...] Questions on the text a. Vocabulary: Preamble: "the great lord" "subordinate groups", "forms of resistance", infrapolitics Table: appropriation, humiliation, disprivileges, insults, assaults, "ruling groups", slavery, serfdom, cast, privilege, invasion, revolt, assertion, "symbols of the dominant", revolution, "ruling ideology", resistance, desertion, apporpriations, threats, aggression, "assertion of dignity", slave privilege, resistance "luxury of relatively safe", "political opposition is ( . ) rare, subjects, "subordinate groups ( . ) lack a political life", "is restricted", revolt, "subject classes", "disguised resistance", infrapolitics, "loud form of public resistance", "no political right", desecration, "ideological domination", "they impose", armies, surveillance, punishment, "Resistant subcultures of dignity and vengeful dreams are created and nurtured" b. [...]
[...] He uses the example of extreme systems to demonstrate his point, in this case, slavery. The narrator makes a small digression to mention the example of internet. Then, he mentions the four ways of discourse listed by James Scott, these designate how the two groups, powerful and powerless, communicate with each other: the public transcript, infrapolitics, the hidden transcript, and breaking the silence. The narrator will start by focusing on two of them: the public transcript and the hidden transcript. [...]
