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Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa

Beschreibung

This collection explores the productive potential of uncertainty for people living in Africa as well as for scholars of Africa. Eight ethnographic case studies from across the continent examine how uncertainty is used to negotiate insecurity, create and conduct relationships, and act as a source for imagining the future.

Autor

Julie Soleil Archambaultl, Oxford University, UK Nadine Beckmann, University of Roehampton, UK Elizabeth Cooper, Simon Fraser University, Canada Godfrey Etyang Siu, Makerere University, Uganda Adam Gilbertson, Oxford University, UK Marco Di Nunzio, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium David Pratten, Oxford University, UK Susan Reynolds Whyte, Copenhagen University, Denmark Simon Turner, Aalborg University, Denmark Henrik Vigh, Copenhagen University, Denmark ?

Produktdetails

• Anthropology, Change, and Development
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-35082-4
• 2015
• Seitenzahl: 211
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 397g
• ISBN-13: 9781137350824
• ISBN-10: 1137350822
• Artikelnr.: 41244743

Rezensionen

"The book Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa edited by Cooper and Pratten focuses specifically on one phenomenon that has been largely overlooked in development studies: uncertainty. ... the book presents detailed ethnographies of people's experiences of coping with uncertainty in their everyday life. ... the book is relevant for readers involved in development practice and development studies, as well as for practitioners and academics concerned with change processes more generally." (Aleid Groenewoudt, Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 18 (4), 2018)