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La chance: Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay among University Graduates in Bamako, Mali
[Dissertation]
Abstract The concept of la chance accounts for everyday knowledge production in uncertain contexts in Bamako, Mali, where university graduates constitute an educational elite strongest affected by unemployment. Graduates know that la chance decides whether they succeed or fail. Susann Ludwig shows that this ... mehr
The concept of la chance accounts for everyday knowledge production in uncertain contexts in Bamako, Mali, where university graduates constitute an educational elite strongest affected by unemployment. Graduates know that la chance decides whether they succeed or fail. Susann Ludwig shows that this concept embodies common sense as much as it offers the possibility of the extraordinary. Graduates play "the game of la chance", in which success is defined by a continuation of play rather than an end goal. Providing an explorative experience to the reader, this study accounts for the elusiveness of la chance in the Bamako context and beyond.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Neoliberalismus; Wissenschaft; Ethnologie; Ökonomie; Kulturanthropologie; Wirtschaftssoziologie; Afrika; Mali; Wissensproduktion
Klassifikation
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Chance; Gameplay; University Graduates; Uncertainty
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2024
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
252 S.
Schriftenreihe
Culture and Social Practice
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839469897
ISSN
2703-0032
ISBN
978-3-8394-6989-7
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)