ISBN:
9781782388906
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (186 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version In the Event : Toward an Anthropology of Generic Moments
DDC:
306.1
Keywords:
Ethnology ; Philosophy
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Ethnology ; Methodology
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Symbolic anthropology
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Experience
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Life change events
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Events are “generative moments” in at least three senses: events are created by and condense larger-scale social structures; as moments, they spark and give rise to new social processes; in themselves, events may also serve to analyze social situations and relationships. Based on ethnographic studies from around the world—varying from rituals and meetings over protests and conflicts to natural disasters and management—this volume analyzes generative moments through events that hold the key to understanding larger social situations. These events—including the Ashura ritual in Bahrain, social cleavages in South Africa, a Buddhist cave in Nepal, drought in Burkina Faso, an earthquake in Pakistan, the cartoon crisis in Denmark, corporate management at Bang & Olufsen, protest meetings in Europe, and flooding and urban citizenship in Mozambique—are not simply destructive disasters, crises, and conflicts, but also generative and constitutive of the social.
Description / Table of Contents:
In the Event; Contents; Introduction: In the Event-toward an Anthropology of Generic Moments; Chapter 1: 'Ashura in Bahrain; Chapter 2: 'Burying the ANC'; Chapter 3: A Topographic Event; Chapter 4: The Outburst; Chapter 5: Events and Effects; Chapter 6: The Cartoon Controversy; Chapter 7: Studying Human Resource Management; Chapter 8: Figurations of the Future; Chapter 9: Mimesis of the State; About the Editors; Index
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