Entangled Biographies: Rebuilding a Sasak House

Telle, Kari

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“…Social anthropological studies of houses have emphasised their multifaceted character and the entanglements of the physical entity and the social processes of the house (Carsten and Hugh Jones 1995;Howell 2003;Sparkes and Howell 2003;Waterson 2009Waterson [1990). It has been shown how far house lives and personal biographies intersect (Carsten 2018;Telle 2007); how houses embrace processes of relatedness (Carsten 1997;Janowski 1995); and how their materiality shapes the experience of living in them (Allerton 2013;Helliwell 1996). Local building traditions have been investigated, with a more or, often, less detailed mention of the new forms of modern houses that are increasingly entering the scene (Clément-Charpentier and Clément 1990; Schefold et al 2003Schefold et al , 2008Vellinga 2004).…”

Section: O N C R E T E a N D C H A N G E S I N K H M U H O U S I N Gmentioning

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‘Before others’: construction pioneers in the uplands of northwestern Laos

Stolz

2021

Soc Anthropol

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Given that houses have become a key signifier of an orientation towards the future, several villagers in Pliya can be regarded or regard themselves as pioneers of the construction of a new type of house. I will suggest here that the construction of new concrete houses is not to be understood merely as an adoption of lowland styles but as a self‐conscious and selective use of a style of building. Those who are pioneering these houses also discuss their efforts in terms of pioneering acts, emphasising the self‐taught nature of their appropriation of new aspects of craftsmanship. Drawing on long‐term fieldwork among the Khmu of Pliya, and especially on more recent fieldwork in 2019 and 2020, I wish to argue that the way in which new houses have entered the local cosmos and are materialised by pioneering builders highlights a pioneering ethos that infuses local attempts at future‐making, from wet rice cultivation to concrete villas.

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‘Before others’: construction pioneers in the uplands of northwestern Laos

Stolz

2021

Soc Anthropol

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“…Despite the ubiquity of these unfinished structures, much of the existing literature on the house as an anthropological problem would render the processes and artifacts I have described as outliers, as exceptions to the general rule that one engages in building processes to produce a house to live in. For many who write on the topic, the house is a material reflection of abstract ideas about identity, social values, wealth, and belonging (Bourdieu 1970;Bloch 1971;Waterson 1990;Hestflatt 2003;Tell 2007), and this physical structure is likewise thought to have a profound effect on social relationships (Lévi-Strauss 1983). One can even "read" the house for clues about the culture that has built it (Keane 1995).…”

Section: T H E P R O B L E M W I T H D W E L L I N Gmentioning

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Inside-Out Houses: Urban Belonging and Imagined Futures in Dakar, Senegal

Melly

2009

Comp Stud Soc Hist

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In every neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, large houses in various stages of construction stand as witnesses to and evidence of transnational movements of labor and capital. These ambitious building projects, funded by Senegalese migrants living and working abroad, have utterly transformed the city landscape, and their pervasiveness leads many Dakarois to assume that everyone must be migrating. Intended as eventual family homes, investment properties, or a combination of the two, the innovative layouts and architectural flourishes of these not-yet houses echo lives lived elsewhere while drawing on local aesthetics and approaches to spatial design. Though some houses seem to near completion within just a year or two, most structures linger for several years or even a decade, slowly eroding as families and hired contractors wait for money transfers from abroad. Some constructions boast newly laid bricks or fresh paint, while others are obscured by overgrown vegetation and debris.

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“…Ifølge Daniels gennemført semiotiske analyse har tamilske huse i lighed med mennesker både personlighedstraek og en dynamisk livsbane, hvorfor man i forbindelse med ethvert byggeri må traeffe en raekke forholdsregler til sikring af kompatibilitet mellem husene og deres beboere (op.cit.105ff.). Også en raekke andre analyser har påpeget, at huse er langt mere end samlinger af vaegge, nemlig distinkte mulighedsrum, hvori forskellige handlinger og sociale relationer kan aktualiseres (se fx Bloch 1995; Carsten 1995; Telle 2007). Hvem som helst kan med andre ord ikke bo hvor som helst, og vi bør anskue huse som dynamiske enheder med et socialt liv frem for som stabile arkitektoniske strukturer (Carsten & Hugh-Jones 1995:39).…”

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PÅ SIKKER GRUND: Genhusning efter tsunamien i Tamil Nadu

Hastrup¹

2009

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This article explores the various meanings ascribed to destroyed, repaired and newly constructed houses in the South Indian fi shing village of Tharangambadi which was heavily affected by the tsunami disaster in December 2004. The article focuses on re-housing both as implemented by authorities and as understood by the survivors, thereby investigating divergent notions of danger and safety. The overall argument is that re-housing as a spatial practice is a much more comprehensive process than the mere shift of locality from a disaster-prone area to a safe area. By looking at practices of re-housing and the ways in which both old and new houses are engaged with and appropriated, it becomes clear that what is at stake for the survivors in Tharangambadi is a general attempt at establishing a sense of control over the physical surroundings, the trust in which was temporarily ruined by the tsunami. The article shows how in a disaster-affected region the sense of inhabiting a safe ground is dependent on something other and more than solid walls. Keywords: Catastrophy, security, hominess, materiality.

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Entangled Biographies: Rebuilding a Sasak House

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

‘Before others’: construction pioneers in the uplands of northwestern Laos

‘Before others’: construction pioneers in the uplands of northwestern Laos

Inside-Out Houses: Urban Belonging and Imagined Futures in Dakar, Senegal

PÅ SIKKER GRUND: Genhusning efter tsunamien i Tamil Nadu

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