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1 online resource (258 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London ; 63
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Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London ; 63.
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Contents |
Living in a landscape of scarcity: a materiality approach -- 'Making' and 'doing' the Dogon microcosmology : some ethnographic, methodological and conceptual background -- Conceptual boundaries and inside/outside dialectics as a dwelling process -- Inside of the village as cultural matrix : building process and material symbolism -- Outside of the village as a 'life-giving' reservoir -- Dogon 'weather world' : local epistemologies of rains and winds -- Dogon compound : fixing, gathering, and bounding the everyday -- Domestic waste : doing and un-doing the compound -- Making a granary : embedded and embodied technologies -- Pandora's granary : material practice of concealment -- A micro cosmology in a millet pearl : cooking techniques and eating habits -- Cosmological matters : towards a philosophy of containment. |
Summary |
In her close ethnography of a Dogon village of Mali, Laurence Douny shows how a microcosmology develops from people's embodied daily and ritual practice in a landscape of scarcity. Viewed through the lens of containment practice, she describes how they cope with the shortage of material items central to their lives-water, earth, and millet. Douny's study is an important addition to ecological anthropology, to the study of West African cultures, to the understanding of material culture, and to anthropological theory. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Dogon (African people) -- Material culture -- Mali.
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Dogon (African people) |
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Material culture. |
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Mali. |
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Landscapes -- Symbolic aspects -- Mali.
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Landscapes -- Symbolic aspects. |
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Cosmology, Dogon.
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Cosmology, Dogon. |
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Architecture, Dogon.
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Architecture, Dogon. |
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Food supply -- Mali.
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Food supply. |
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Scarcity.
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Scarcity. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Douny, Laurence, 1977- Living in a landscape of scarcity. Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014] 9781611328912 (DLC) 2014005345 (OCoLC)871689270 |
ISBN |
9781611328936 (electronic book) |
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1611328934 (electronic book) |
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9781611328912 |
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1611328918 |
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