La Chance : Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay among University Graduates in Bamako, Mali

La Chance Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay among University Graduates in Bamako, Mali

The concept of la chance accounts for everyday knowledge production in uncertain contexts in Bamako, Mali, where university graduates constitute an educational elite strongest affected by unemployment. Graduates know that la chance decides whether they succeed or fail. Susann Ludwig shows that this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ludwig, Susann (-)
Autor Corporativo: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funder (funder)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag 2024.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Kultur und Soziale Praxis Series
Materias:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Africa.
Cultural Anthropology.
Economic Sociology.
Economy.
Ethnology.
Gameplay.
Knowledge Production.
Mali.
Neoliberalism.
Science.
Uncertainty.
University Graduates.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009841236506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table on Contents
  • INTRO
  • VIGNETTE: La chance makes a difference
  • Jeunesse diplomée - "sans emploi? Universities change, graduates change.
  • This book is about "la chance"
  • THIS BOOK: chapter description.
  • Part One: Ethnography of La Chance. Or, What Graduates Know and What They Know They Don't Know.
  • Part Two: Assemblage of La Chance. Or, The Emergence of La Chance in the Encounter.
  • Part 1: Ethnography of La Chance
  • Part 1: Ethnography of La Chance
  • 1 Knowledge | Situating La Chance in Graduates' Knowledge.
  • [We are here]
  • KNOWLEDGE: On the presence of la chance
  • Le bras long | A case of privilege?
  • Le concours | A case of random selection?
  • THE KNOWN | What they DO know
  • KNOWLEDGE: On the absence of la chance
  • L'homme propose, Dieu dispose | Nothing is certain
  • THE UNKNOWN | What they know they DON'T know
  • 2 Graduates | Situating La Chance in Graduates' Everyday Lives.
  • [We are here]
  • PEOPLE
  • 2 UNKNOWNS
  • Part 2: Assemblage of la chance
  • Part 2: Assemblage of la chance
  • 3 A Manual
  • VIGNETTE: Dieu donne la chance, mais toi aussi tu peux t'ouvrir la chance.
  • INVITATION: Dear Reader,…
  • [MAP]
  • What is la chance?
  • What is la chance - yet, again?
  • Now, I put these two layers together.
  • In an assemblage.
  • 4 La chance | Emergence.
  • Assemblage: la chance.
  • La chance is a prerequisite.
  • KNOWLEDGE: PREREQUISITES.
  • La chance is a sprout.
  • KNOWLEDGE: SPROUTS.
  • La chance is an outcome.
  • KNOWLEDGE: OUTCOMES.
  • [Tracings]
  • Tracing L1: KNOWLEDGE: prerequisites, sprouts, outcomes.
  • Tracing L2: Clues on la chance.
  • 5 La chance | Encounter.
  • Assemblage: Opening up la chance.
  • Looking for la chance.
  • KNOWLEDGE: PREPARATION.
  • Finding la chance.
  • KNOWLEDGE: IDENTIFICATION.
  • Working with la chance.
  • KNOWLEDGE: TRANSFORMATION.
  • [Tracings].
  • Tracing L1: KNOWLEDGE: preparation, identification, transformation
  • Tracing L2: The game of opening up la chance.
  • GAMEPLAY: The game of opening up la chance.
  • [Argument]
  • I Graduates are playing the game of la chance
  • II Implications of Gameplay
  • III What we see now
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements.

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