Edges of global transformation : ethnographies of uncertainty
· edited by Håkon Fyhn, Harald Aspen, and Anne Kathrine Larsen ; foreword by Nigel Rapport
Bok · Engelsk · 2018
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| Omfang | xxxvi, 187 sider
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| Opplysninger | Foreword: The grey zone of glocal relations : on the complexities of reality beyond cultural purities / Nigel Rapport -- Introduction: Neoliberalism and the ethnographies of uncertainty / Håkon Fyhn, Harald Aspen, and Anne Kathrine Larsen -- 1. Building creatures of uncertainty : crisis, storytelling and othering in the Norwegian building industry / Håkon Fyhn -- 2. The perfect subject and its discontents : Central Europe at a crossroad / Martin Thomassen -- 3. Protection as a strategy : the responses of Bedouin village women to the development of Dubai / Anne Kathrine Larsen -- 4. Localizing ontologies of uncertainly in neoliberal Tanzania / Liv Haram -- 5. Aggravated uncertainty : the dubious influence of a modern management regime on Lake Chad Fisheries / Bjørn Arntsen -- 6. Vulnerability and trust : migrants in search of a better position in urban Northern Cameroon / Trond Waage -- 7. State, peasant society, and modernization in Ethiopia / Harald Aspen -- 8. Globally designed accountability and local social inequality : a case study of two maternal deaths in Tanzania / Sire Lange, Dorcas Mfaume, and Astrid Blystad -- 9. Well-being, healthcare, and development in Turkana : pre- and post-devolution / Marianna Betti -- Conclusion / Håkon Fyhn, Harald Aspen, and Anne Kathrine Larsen. - Through nine ethnographic case studies, Edges of Global Transformation explores situations where global transformations associated with neoliberalism meet local realities. The "edge" of transformation is characterized by uncertainty, as old patterns are consumed and new are formed. The case studies from Africa, Europe, and the Middle East shed light on how uncertainty plays an inevitable and essential role in the gray zone between macro-transformations and local responses. Despite the tremendous differences in precariousness between these cases, each contributor explores the way in which transformations are conceived and acted upon within the space of possibility that is opened and apprehended locally. The role of uncertainty as an active force is explored throughout this book. While is some cases, uncertainty has a clear restricting effect, other cases illustrate its potential as a productive force. As a contribution to understanding the dynamic of the local realities of global change, this book will be valuable reading for anyone interested in globalization and the neoliberal world order
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| ISBN | 978-1-4985-8407-4
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