Crisis and Chronicity: Anthropological Perspectives on Continuous Conflict and Decline

Vigh, Henrik

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“…Vigh, 2008Vigh, , 2011, og det at afkode stemninger ud fra selv de mindste tegn bliver en kropsliggjort faerdighed, en mere eller mindre ureflekteret sansning. Som her beskrevet af 12-årige Lungelo efter han på afstand har afkodet en gruppe af unge maend og derudfra afgjort, at det er tid til at Sommetider bliver de også genkendt på TV, hvilket får nogle børn til at pege og sige: "Min mor tager den der medicin".…”

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Steder smitter: hiv, aids-medicin og tavshedens sociale liv i Khayelitsha

Houmøller

2017

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Steder smitter: hiv, aids-medicin og tavshedens sociale liv i Khayelitsha

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2017

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“…Yet as anthropologist Henrik Vigh (2008) has aptly pointed out in his essay Crisis and Chronicity, such an understanding of crises as temporary disruptions misses the fact that 'a great many people find themselves caught in prolonged crisis rather than merely moving through it' (ibid. : 8).…”

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Introduction to 'Risks, Ruptures and Uncertainties: Dealing with Crisis in Asia's Emerging Economies'

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2014

The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

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“…2 Nonetheless, for a huge number of people living in situations of extreme poverty, where unemployment or labor instability are endemic, is it possible to speak of a situation in which a 'normal' state has been altered and should be restored? (Vigh 2008). 3 I am aware that 'crisis', 'critical situation', 'critical state', 'collapse', 'disaster', 'catastrophe', 'hecatomb' and 'calamity' are often used as synonyms.…”

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When Time Freezes: Socio-Anthropological Research on Social Crises

Visacovsky

2017

Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Social and cultural anthropologists have made a unique, relevant and anti-normative contribution to the study of crises. By means of ethnographic fieldwork in specific settings, anthropologists have provided significant information on how social groups try to cope with critical situations in everyday life resorting to different strategies, forms of cooperation or political action. Simultaneously, anthropology has brought to light the role played by cognitive schemata and symbolic resources in making sense of crisis situations, turning them intelligible and developing possible resolutions. Anthropology has carried out important studies on how people experience time, give meaning to and produce plausible images of the future in crisis situations, when time freezes. The main theoretical contributions to the study of crises will be discussed, together with a number of empirical studies among which special attention will be paid to those carried out in Latin America, including my own research on the experiences and responses of the middle class during the 2001 Argentine crisis.Keywords: crisis; social anthropology; time; experience; Latin America Los antropólogos sociales y culturales han hecho una contribución única, relevante y anti-normativa a los estudios de crisis. Mediante el trabajo de campo etnográfico en escenarios específicos, los antropólogos han proporcionado información importante sobre cómo los grupos sociales tratan de hacer frente a situaciones críticas en la vida cotidiana por medio de diferentes estrategias, formas de cooperación o acción política. Al mismo tiempo, la antropología ha puesto de manifiesto el papel que desempeñan los esquemas cognitivos y los recursos simbólicos para dar sentido a las situaciones de crisis, tornándolas inteligibles y desarrollando posibles soluciones. La antropología ha llevado a cabo importantes estudios sobre cómo las personas experimentan el tiempo, dan sentido y producen imágenes del futuro plausibles en situaciones de crisis, cuando el tiempo se congela. Aquí se discutirán las principales contribuciones teóricas a los estudios de crisis, junto con una serie de investigaciones empíricas, entre las cuales se prestará especial atención a aquellas llevadas a cabo en América Latina, incluso mis propios estudios sobre las experiencias y las respuestas de la clase media durante la crisis argentina de 2001.

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Crisis and Chronicity: Anthropological Perspectives on Continuous Conflict and Decline

Cited by 339 publications

References 12 publications

Steder smitter: hiv, aids-medicin og tavshedens sociale liv i Khayelitsha

Steder smitter: hiv, aids-medicin og tavshedens sociale liv i Khayelitsha

Introduction to 'Risks, Ruptures and Uncertainties: Dealing with Crisis in Asia's Emerging Economies'

When Time Freezes: Socio-Anthropological Research on Social Crises

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