Ludwig La chance

Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay among University Graduates in Bamako, Mali
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-8394-6989-7
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm

Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis

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 concept embodies common sense as much as it offers the possibility of the extraordinary. Graduates play 'the game of la chance', in which success is defined by a continuation of play rather than an end goal. Providing an explorative experience to the reader, this study accounts for the elusiveness of la chance in the Bamako context and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ludwig, Susann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Ludwig, Susann
Susann Ludwig, born in 1987, is affiliated with the University of Leipzig, Germany. She did her doctorate at the Centre for African Studies at Universität Basel (ZASB). As a social anthropologist in African studies, she is fascinated by the every-day play of people doing things, and by questions related to chance, space, relationality, and possibility. Overall, she has spent two years doing ethnographic fieldwork in West Africa, particularly in Bamako, Mali.

Susann Ludwig, born in 1987, is affiliated with the University of Leipzig, Germany. She did her doctorate at the Centre for African Studies at Universität Basel (ZASB). As a social anthropologist in African studies, she is fascinated by the every-day play of people doing things, and by questions related to chance, space, relationality, and possibility. Overall, she has spent two years doing ethnographic fieldwork in West Africa, particularly in Bamako, Mali.