An Interview with James C. Scott

West, Harry G.; Plender, Celia

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“…So, the trick is, how can you make yourself a quasi-outsider and see with fresh eyes all the things that your discipline takes for granted and one of the things you can do of course is to reverse every assumption that your discipline teaches you and see how it looks upside-down. (West and Plender, 2015)…”

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Memoir of Tanzania: Learning about early childhood projects in developing countries

Penn

2017

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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This article considers the contribution of memoir as a method for understanding complex early childhood issues. It recounts the author’s first visit to Tanzania, a low-income country with a chequered history of independence from colonial rule. The article uses memories from that initial visit to reflect on the changing interpretations of colonial history and early childhood interventions. Looking back, it also considers the impact of that visit on the author’s own work trajectory, as an epiphany which led to new areas of work and conceptualization.

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“…The trick is, how can you make yourself a quasi-outsider and see with fresh eyes all the things that your discipline takes for granted and one of the things you can do of course is to reverse every assumption that your discipline teaches you and see how it looks upside-down, and usually it's just as plausible as it is the way that you're taught and that's a good way to start. (West and Plender, 2014) In his work, one might say that Scott has veered in between the top and bottom of Sisyphus's mountain, and has as a result left a great deal open to interpretation. A more pessimistic reading of his work might note the manner by which, over the many centuries which his work takes in, the role of the state and supra-state bodies has only grown increasingly powerful.…”

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Sisyphus on the Mountain: A Conversation with Professor James C. Scott

Gabay¹

2016

Development and Change

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as well as by members of the audience. The following pages consist of a series of questions posed in that session, as well as an ensuing dialogueby-correspondence between Scott and Gabay which took place over the following 18 months. Professor Scott's work has spanned several decades and has developed into a consistent and canonical body of work which ranges across political economy, agrarian societies, theories of hegemony, resistance, peasant politics, revolution, class relations and anarchism. Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play (2012).An enormous debt of gratitude is owed to Professor James C. Scott for giving of his time at the 2014 conference 'After 2015: Development and its Alternatives', as well as over e-mail in the ensuing months. Thanks also must go to the British Academy, who sponsored and financed the conference at which Professor Scott spoke. I would also like to thank all of the other conference participants and attendees, as well as the editorial board at Development and Change who encouraged me to submit this piece, and the anonymous reviewers who provided invaluable guidance in getting it into a publishable state.Development and Change 47(4): 861-875.

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Democracy in Ghana

Paller¹

2019

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An Interview with James C. Scott

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Memoir of Tanzania: Learning about early childhood projects in developing countries

Memoir of Tanzania: Learning about early childhood projects in developing countries

Sisyphus on the Mountain: A Conversation with Professor James C. Scott

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