For an analytics of affective life: marginalized youths, social interventions and development affectspheres in Cusco, Peru

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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Putting intervention and marginalization in context 1.2 Studying "alternative" interventions from youths' perspectives 1.3 Deploying analytics of "affective life" for critical inquiry CHAPTER 2: AFFECT, EMBODIMENT AND "ALTERNATIVE" INTERVENTIONS IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S WELFARE: A FRAMEWORK 2.1 Geographies of children and youth 2.1.1 Young people's perspectives and experiences: affect and embodiment for conceptual and theoretical innovation 2.1.2 Interventions in young people's lives and welfare: affect and "alternative" interventions 2.2 Geographies of development and volunteering 2.3 A Berlantian approach to embodiment and affective life CHAPTER 3: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF AFFECTIVE LIFE AND A MULTI-METHOD APPROACH TO YOUTHS' EXPRESSIONS 3.1 Research design focusing on young participants' "expressions" 3.2 Descriptions of the youths and the two organizations 3.2.1 Notes on case selection 3.2.2 Runachay 3.2.3 CARA 3.3 An ethnographic approach to affective life 3.3.1 Positionality and conduct in the field 3.3.2 Ethnographic evidence of affective life? A quandary 3.4 The mosaic design for generating expressions with young participants 3.4.1 Informed consent 3.4.2 In-depth interviews with elicitation activities 3.4.3 Diary/notebook 3.5 Data analysis and content of the following two chapters XI Contents CHAPTER 4: AFFIRMATIVE BIOPOLITICS: SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR QUECHUA GIRLS IN THE POST-COLONIAL "AFFECTSPHERE" OF CUSCO, PERU 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Cruel optimism, affectsphere, affirmative biopolitics 4.3 The Runachay social center and methodological notes 4.4 The affective biopolitics of "getting ahead" 4.5 The promises of domestic work 4.5.1 The affective pedagogy of saving 4.5.2 Apprehending gendered work 4.6 The promises of tourism and hospitality work 4.6.1 Professional bartending and enterprising subjectivities 4.6.2 Precarious tourism, its aspirants, and discontents 4.7 Conclusion CHAPTER 5: AFFECTIVE LIFE, "VULNERABLE" YOUTHS AND INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING IN A RESIDENTIAL CARE PROGRAMME IN CUSCO, PERU 1 The rationale and substance of what I tentatively addressed as "alternative" interventions here can be influenced by diverse ideologies and cultural values, and it is not my thesis's intention to readily qualify any such intervention as "progressive", "radical" or otherwise (see also the discussion on Kraftl, 2015 in Chapter 2). For other uses of the term "alternative" in discussions related to "alternative" care or education interventions, see