Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa [electronic resource] /
Cooper, E.editor.
Pratten, D.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Part 1. Social contingencies -- Part 2. Future visions.
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.
Ethnography.
Anthropology.
Economic development.
Poverty.
Economic policy.
Development economics.
Ethnography.
Anthropology.
Development Studies.
Development Aid.
Development Policy.
Development Economics.