La chance : uncertainty, knowledge production and gameplay among university graduates in Bamako, Mali / Susann Ludwig.

Author
Ludwig, Susann, 1987- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Bielefeld : Transcript, 2024.
Description
252 pages : 23 cm.

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"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."-- Page 4 of cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252).
Contents
  • Part 1. Ethnography of La chance
  • 1. Knowledge: Situating La Chance in Graduates' Knowledge
  • 2. Graduates: Situating La Chance in Graduates' Everyday Lives
  • Part 2. Assemblage of la chance
  • 3 A Manual
  • 4. La chance: Emergence
  • 5. La chance: Encounter
  • GAMEPLAY: The game of opening up la chance
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
ISBN
  • 9783837669893 ((paperback))
  • 3837669890 ((paperback))
OCLC
1410515123
International Article Number
  • 9783837669893
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