Performative Listening: Hearing Others in Qualitative Research offers an alternative theory of listening – as a performative act, or as a relational stance and performance in which listeners ethically engage in an act of learning from others across difference. This theory emerges from an interdisciplinary approach to performance studies, communication, musicology, and critical pedagogy in order to present a nuanced theory of listening as performance that is always linked to questions of context, individual experiences, and cultural expectations. Working from examples of the music and autobiography of Miles Davis, this book offers a clear and practical guide for applying performative listening in the contexts of qualitative, narrative, and arts-based approaches to research and inquiry. By emphasizing the embodied, relational, and creative functions of the highly contextual and cultural performance of listening, Performative Listening presents a theory and method that can be used to rethink the ways scholars and students engage with others in a wide variety of qualitative research and educational contexts.

Product Description: Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that listening to speech is a process of native listening because so much of it is exquisitely tailored to the requirements of the native language...read more

Product Description: This book takes a very simple look at listening. Leveled text with repeated use of high frequency words makes the book perfect for beginning readers, while bright, colorful illustrations complement the text and maintain readers' interest.

Product Description: Real-world situations, events, and challenges fuel the instructive insights in this relatable guide to networking. The book helps readers meet and prepare for reality by presenting scenarios through the perspective of character Gnik Rowten—“networking” spelled backward—who has made a fresh start in a new city where he has few, if any, friends, prospects, or business contacts...read more

Product Description: A guide to creating and sustaining a culture of innovation focused on business value The Innovator’s Path introduces business readers to thought leader Madge M. Meyer’s unique, cross-cultural perspective on corporate innovation...read more

Good listening skills help make communicating with others a better experience. Being quiet when another person is talking allows them to pass on information more easily. It implies that the listener respects the speaker. Nodding and smiling when someone speaks can help them know they are being listened to, as well. Readers will learn about these skills and more while navigating relatable situations. Vivid photographs will enhance the different ways listening skills are important and how to use them. Through achievable content and everyday settings, readers will learn how to become better listeners.

Product Description: Nancy Hill’s Unfolding is a book for anyone seeking deeper knowledge of self and soul, but it is especially a book for women 45 and older. This is often the most creative periods of a woman’s life. There are the questions to be answered: Will I continue to grow and thrive? Which of my talents and skills have I left undeveloped? Where do I find meaning in my life? Unfolding is the perfect resource for women longing to explore their spiritual journey...read more

Product Description: How does the constant presence of music in modern life―on iPods, in shops and elevators, on television―affect the way we listen? With so much of this sound, whether imposed or chosen, only partially present to us, is the act of listening degraded by such passive listening? In Ubiquitous Listening, Anahid Kassabian investigates the many sounds that surround us and argues that this ubiquity has led to different kinds of listening...read more

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Product Description: Hearing and understanding sound ― auditory processing ― greatly enriches everyday life and enhances our ability to perform many tasks essential to survival. The complex soundscape in which we live influences where we direct our attention, how we communicate with each other, and how we interact with technological systems...read more

Product Description: Communication is a two-way streetwe express and we receive information. Doing either without valuing the importance of each leads to a breakdown between ideas and people. This guidebook stresses the importance of being a skilled listener...read more

Product Description: Now, more than ever, the ability to communicate your ideas is critical in succeeding in one's personal and professional lives. The author, a longtime successful marketing and sales executive, gives expert guidance on how anyone can become a professional communicator and succeed at work...read more