Nomadic Connectivity : An Ethnography of Walad Djifir Navigating Insecurities in Central Africa / Inge Butter.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Butter, Inge, 1983- author.

Series:

Connectivity and society in Africa ; Volume 3.

Connectivity and Society in Africa Series ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nomads--Chad--Social conditions.

Nomads.

Ethnology--Chad.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2023]

Summary:

A focus on the everyday has produced this ethnography, which hopes to give a nuanced voice to an extended family of semi-sedentary nomads, living at the centre of a country and region known for its political turmoil, ecological insecurities, and socio-economic hardship. The everyday of the Chadian Walad Djifir is one in which sedentarity and mobility are approached as two entwined parts of a whole, and where economic and geographical boundaries do not necessarily form constrictions. The ferīkh (nomadic camp) is where all of the Walad Djifir’s networks meet, and often also begin— a physical place embodying various networks and connections, which span time and geographical space. This analytical and methodological approach gives insight in how regional trends can be understood in light of the Walad Djifir’s daily lives. Over time, the Walad Djifir have developed ways of coping and dealing with insecurities, interacting with infrastructural, technological, and socio-political developments in specific ways. In exploring how such insecurities and crises become anchored into the everyday, the ferīkh provides answers. It is precisely the mundane elements of daily life which anchor disruption.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of maps, tables, figures, and photographs

On transcription choices and translation

Maps

Family trees

Ferīkh individuals

Chapter 1. Researching nomadic connectivity

Chapter 2. Contextualizing itineraries

Chapter 3. Brothers in arms

Chapter 4. The walk of life

Chapter 5. New mobilities and old mistrusts

Chapter 6. Family and belonging in times of crisis

Chapter 7. The everyday wilderness

Bibliography

Glossary of Chadian Arabic and French terms

Index.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

PhD Leiden University 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

3-11-071468-X