Living in a Landscape of Scarcity

Materiality and Cosmology in West Africa

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Laurence Douny ISBN: 9781315425191
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 17, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Laurence Douny
ISBN: 9781315425191
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 17, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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