riumara seeks to redress an imbalance in our culture and our philosophy - an imbalance caused by our neglect of the `listening' side of language in favour of the power of discourse.



We are inhabitants of a culture that knows how to speak but not how to listen. Against a tradition that has endorsed the power of discourse, where warring monologues are mistaken for genuine dialogue, Gemma Corradi Fiumara examines and reveals the other side of language - listening.