ISBN:
9781782388906
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (186 p.)
DDC:
306.01
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.
DOI:
10.1515/9781782388906
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782388906?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782388906
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