The Politics of Elite Culture: Explorations in the Dramaturgy of Power in a Modern African Society.

Kuper, Adam; Cohen, Abner

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“…Todo este conjunto de códigos pressupõe, para aqueles que os dominam, uma aprendizagem realizada nos diferentes contextos de socialização a que os indivíduos acedem ao longo da sua vida (Cohen, 1981).…”

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Emigração de quadros, formação superior e desenvolvimento: o caso de Moçambique

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2009

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Resumo: A formação superior, a fuga de cérebros e o desenvolvimento constituem os temas centrais deste artigo centrado em Moçambique. Estes temas são abordados sob diferentes ângulos, de forma a captar quer as principais linhas teóricas que actualmente informam os estudos sobre essas temáticas, quer a complexidade da realidade social e das estratégias dos actores que a vivem. Desta forma apresenta-se, inicialmente, o estado da arte em relação à problemática da fuga de cérebros, relacionando-a com o aumento da mobilidade e da concorrência internacional de, e por, estudantes universitários. Conclui-se esta parte com um breve apontamento sobre aquilo que desta problemática se aferiu em relação a Moçambique.Seguidamente, e tendo por base histórias de vida de moçambicanos com formação superior que são agentes de desenvolvimento no seu país de origem, abordam-se questões que se prendem com as identidades familiares desses quadros e com os critérios de legitimação das elites em Moçambique, relacionando este último aspecto com as problemáticas do desenvolvimento e do ensino superior.Palavras-chave: fuga de cérebros; desenvolvimento; ensino superior; Moçambique.Skilled migration, higher education and development: the Mozambique case Abstract: Higher education, brain drain and development are the main subjects of this article focused on Mozambique. They are addressed from different perspectives in order to capture the main lines that currently inform theoretical studies regarding these issues, as well as the complexity of social reality and social actors strategies. First, the author presents the state of the art of the brain drain issue, relating it to increased mobility and international competition for university students and among them. This part of the text is concluded with some brief notes regarding information collected in Mozambique. Based on life stories of Mozambicans with university degrees and who are also development agents in their own country, the second part of this article addresses topics on these people s family identities and the criteria for the legitimacy of Mozambique s elites, relating this aspect to development and higher education.

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“…This is because group formation and affiliation have been shown to often be situational (Geary 1983). Indeed, there may be different social contexts that evoke different group affiliations (Berreman 1972;Carter Bentley 1987;Cohen 1981), and instances when individuals will hold multiple ethnic identities that are not necessarily mutually exclusive (Keyes 1976). For these reasons, ethnicity has remained a difficult concept to define Carr and Neitzel 1995) and presents unique challenges for those trying to apply the concept to the archaeological record .…”

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Us and them: archaeology and ethnicity in the Andes

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“…New and innovative status markers are constantly added to ever more lavish wedding rituals, such as expensive types of decoration, food or clothing (Pauli 2011(Pauli , 2012. These practices clearly create a mystique of power and legitimise class privileges (Cohen 1981). The dynamics of distinction also lead to new forms of exclusion.…”

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The struggle for marriage: elite and non-elite weddings in rural Namibia

Pauli

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2016

Anthropology Southern Africa

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Namibian weddings have become lavish and expensive rituals. Recent studies have discussed how these marriage transformations are linked to late capitalism and the spread of modernisation ideologies. Much of this research concludes that marriage has become a middle class institution, rather detached from the lives of the unmarried, poor majority of Namibians. However, this overly dichotomous construction of the current situation fails to include non-affluent couples who marry against their economic odds. In this article, we want to shed light on this group and their weddings, locally classified as "struggle marriages." We scrutinise how marriages are accomplished. Special attention is given to the role of kin in marriage negotiations and practices. Our argument is based on 18 months of collaborative ethnography in the rural area of Fransfontein in southern Kunene region, north-west Namibia, between 2003 and 2006. While anthropologist Julia Pauli was living in the community, the other author of this paper, Francois Dawids, got married. In this paper, we use his wedding as a starting point and extend our observations and reflections with additional cases and further ethnographic information.

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The Politics of Elite Culture: Explorations in the Dramaturgy of Power in a Modern African Society.

Cited by 57 publications

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Emigração de quadros, formação superior e desenvolvimento: o caso de Moçambique

Emigração de quadros, formação superior e desenvolvimento: o caso de Moçambique

Us and them: archaeology and ethnicity in the Andes

The struggle for marriage: elite and non-elite weddings in rural Namibia

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