Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2284329
D. Bafford
Scholars of contemporary Christianity have long noted the importance of sacred music in constructing faith communities and distinguishing religious actors from one another. Drawing on historical and ethnographic evidence gathered over 16 months in Johannesburg, South Africa, I examine the role of music in contributing to the Christian identity of conservative evangelicals and in mediating their relationship with religious others. For the interdenominational, multiracial network of conservative Christians with whom I worked, music sung during weekly church services was carefully curated to meet elders’ pastoral aims informed by the conventions of orthodox Christian theology, yet it was also a site of tension and innovation as efforts to appeal to wider demographics were implemented. The palpable contrast between this music style and that of more charismatic evangelical churches was a point of implicit social commentary, semiotically standing in for the spectre of dangerous religious difference. This ethnographic research illustrates the power of embodied, sonic “feeling” to maintain cultural boundaries in South Africa’s heterogeneous religious soundscapes.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2280877
Chloé Buire
This article analyses a series of cultural events organised in Luanda, Angola, in 2021–2022 by an artistic collective called the Vosi Yetu Project. These open-mike sessions promoting freedom of expression are analysed as carnivalesque moments redistributing the norms of who can be visible and what can be said (and heard) in public. By doing so, they implicitly challenge the hegemonic workings of the ruling party and open political breaches through which new scenes seem possible. Based on three-year fieldwork in Luanda and mobilising immersive film-recording, the article explores the meaning of these interactive performances both at the individual level and in terms of collective momentum towards systemic change. How are we individually touched to the point of becoming a part of something bigger? It also questions the conditions of possibility of ethnographic encounters in a city marked by high levels of surveillance. What does it mean to hold a camera in the middle of people voicing their discontent? How far can the bodily experience of a foreign white woman help unravel the subjectivities of young Angolan men? The article does not respond unequivocally to all these questions but uses them to reflexively engage the multisensory emergence of public space.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2222150
Julie Grant
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2252489
Fernando Florêncio
In this article I draw on personal experience to discuss the ways of doing ethnography in a context of crisis. In February 2000, when I started fieldwork for my PhD thesis in the central region of Mozambique, the country was living under a climate of political tension in the wake of the December 1999 general elections. Devastating floods also hit, especially the regions where I intended to carry out fieldwork in the districts of Mossurize and Machaze, Manica province, and in the district of Buzi, Sofala province. In this article I demonstrate that a context of political crisis, social disruption and calamity imposes constraints and important challenges on fieldwork with participant observation. Neste artigo, utilizo a experiência pessoal para discutir as formas de fazer etnografia em um contexto de crise. Em fevereiro de 2000, quando comecei o trabalho de campo para a minha tese de doutoramento na região central de Moçambique, o país vivia sob um clima de tensão política na sequência das eleições gerais de dezembro de 1999. Inundações devastadoras também atingiram o país, especialmente as regiões onde eu pretendia realizar trabalho de campo nos distritos de Mossurize e Machaze, província de Manica, e no distrito de Buzi, província de Sofala. Neste artigo, demonstro que um contexto de crise política, turbulência social e calamidade impõe restrições e desafios importantes ao trabalho de campo com observação participante.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2244540
Jose Adalima, Elísio Jossias
AbstractIn this paper, we critically evaluate the insertion of anthropologists in the field in two locations in central and northern Mozambique, focusing on the negotiation and production of ethnographic data in contexts of uncertainty. The anthropologists entered the field sites of Micaúne and Cóbuè via non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and their existing development projects. During the fieldwork, the researchers developed a relationship of proximity with several participants who positioned the anthropologists as agents of change at the same level as NGO officials. We explore the partnership and negotiation between anthropologists and research participants, reflecting on the challenges of collaboration at a critical time when the economic development of Micaúne and Cóbuè was at stake. This enquiry goes beyond the political or ethical dimension of development to focus on the management of expectations for future change.Neste artigo, analisamos criticamente a inserção de antropólogos no campo em dois locais situados no centro e no norte de Moçambique, respectivamente, com foco na negociação e na produção de dados etnográficos em contextos de incerteza. A inserção dos antropólogos nas localidades de Chinde e Cóbuè se deu através de organizações não governamentais (ONGs) e seus projetos de desenvolvimento em implementação. Durante o trabalho de campo, os pesquisadores desenvolveram uma relação de proximidade com vários interlocutores que colocaram os antropólogos na posição de agentes de mudança no mesmo nível que os funcionários das ONGs. Neste trabalho, exploramos a parceria e a negociação entre antropólogos e seus interlocutores na investigação, refletindo sobre os desafios da colaboração num momento crítico, em que estava em risco o desenvolvimento econômico tanto de Chinde como de Cóbuè. Nossa reflexão vai para além da dimensão política ou ética do desenvolvimento, prestando atenção à gestão de expectativas em relação a futuras mudanças.Keywords: changeCóbuècollaborationMicaúnenegotiationNGOs
在本文中，我们批判性地评估了人类学家在莫桑比克中部和北部两个地点的实地插入，重点关注不确定背景下民族志数据的谈判和生产。人类学家通过非政府组织及其现有的发展项目进入Micaúne和Cóbuè的实地地点。在实地考察期间，研究人员与几位参与者建立了亲密关系，这些参与者将人类学家定位为与非政府组织官员相同级别的变革推动者。我们探讨了人类学家和研究参与者之间的伙伴关系和谈判，反思了在Micaúne和Cóbuè的经济发展岌岌可危的关键时刻合作所面临的挑战。这项调查超越了发展的政治或伦理层面，集中于管理对未来变化的期望。Neste artigo，分析性批评和插入性与当地的情况有关，分析性批评和插入性与当地的情况有关，分析性批评和插入性与当地的情况有关，分析性批评和插入性与当地的情况有关，分析性批评和插入性与当地的情况有关，分别，分析性批评和插入性与当地的情况有关，分析性批评和插入性与当地的情况有关，分析性批评和插入性。A .插入组织antropólogos as localidades de Chinde e Cóbuè se deu atravsamas de organizações政府间的政府间组织(政府间组织)在执行政府间组织(政府间组织)。杜兰特o trabalho de campo os pesquisadores desenvolveram乌玛relacao de proximidade com各类对话者,colocaram os antropologos na posicao de代理操作de mudanca没有mesmo含量,os funcionarios das昂。Neste trabalho, explore a parceria a negocicicial。Nossa反射 o vai para alsamacm da dimension o o política o osamacacm do desenvolimento, prestando atenvolimento, prestando atenvolimento, comestest o de expecatiativesem相对于a a future as mudanas。关键词:changeCobuecollaborationMicaunenegotiationNGOs
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2247439
Xénia de Carvalho
AbstractSince 2019, I have been engaged in remote ethnography about the reconstruction of the beginning of the language and literacy policies developed by the Frelimo School in Bagamoyo (1970–1975), Tanzania. I entered the field based on previous ethnographic fieldwork in which the encounter between Mozambique’s national languages and its official language, Portuguese, became one of the central issues to understand the reconstruction of national identity. I look at the origin of that reconstruction as legitimated through language(s). Paulo Freire, who contributed to the development of critical pedagogy, was a key actor in the literacy policies that were developed in post-independent Africa. However, in Mozambique, my research brought me to the other side of the (hi)story, to the (un)Freire (hi)story of Bagamoyo. During pandemic times, my ethnography was done at a distance, supported by a network of shared contacts that I developed during my long personal journey of research and experience in Mozambique. As I call it, this interconnected line of ethnographic inquiry, in which I was not physically present although I was “being then,” was developed using the collective work methodology within a participatory approach as advocated in the Bagamoyo school in the 1970s.Desde 2019, tenho estado envolvida em uma etnografia à distância sobre a reconstrução do início das políticas linguísticas e de alfabetização desenvolvidas na Escola da Frelimo em Bagamoyo (1970–1975), Tanzânia. Parti para o terreno tendo como base um trabalho de campo etnográfico anterior, no qual o encontro entre as línguas nacionais de Moçambique e a sua língua oficial, o português, tornou-se uma das questões centrais para compreender a reconstrução da identidade nacional. Vejo a origem dessa reconstrução como legitimada através da(s) língua(s). Paulo Freire, que contribuiu para o desenvolvimento da pedagogia crítica, foi um ator-chave nas políticas de alfabetização propagadas na África pós-independência. Contudo, em Moçambique, minha pesquisa trouxe-me para outro lado da (hi)estória, para a (hi)estória (des)Freiriana de Bagamoyo. Em tempos de pandemia, minha etnografia foi feita à distância, apoiada por uma rede de contatos partilhados que desenvolvi durante meu longo percurso pessoal de pesquisa e vivência em Moçambique. Como denomino, esta linha de investigação etnográfica interconectada, na qual eu não estive fisicamente presente, embora “estivesse lá” [being then], foi elaborada utilizando a metodologia do trabalho coletivo inserida numa abordagem participativa, tal como foi praticado pela escola de Bagamoyo na década de 1970.Keywords: BagamoyolanguageMozambiquenational identityremote ethnography
【摘要】自2019年以来，我一直从事关于坦桑尼亚巴加莫约Frelimo学派(1970-1975)制定的语言和扫盲政策开始重建的远程民族志研究。我进入这个领域是基于之前的民族志田野调查，在那里，莫桑比克的民族语言和官方语言葡萄牙语之间的相遇，成为理解国家认同重建的核心问题之一。我认为这种重构的起源是通过语言合法化的。保罗·弗莱雷对批判性教学法的发展做出了贡献，他是独立后非洲制定扫盲政策的关键人物。然而，在莫桑比克，我的研究让我看到了故事的另一面，巴加莫约(Bagamoyo)的(un)Freire (hi)故事。在大流行期间，我的民族志是在远距离完成的，得到了我在莫桑比克长期个人研究和经验之旅中建立的共同联系网络的支持。正如我所说，这条相互联系的民族志研究路线，虽然我并不在现场，但我“在当时”，是用集体工作方法发展起来的，这种方法是在20世纪70年代巴加莫约学派倡导的参与式方法中发展起来的。Desde 2019, tenho estado envolvida em uma etnografia distncia sobre a reconstruction o do início das políticas linguísticas e de alfabetiza o desenvolvidas na Escola da Frelimo em Bagamoyo(1970-1975)，坦桑尼亚。Parti para o terreno tendo como base um trabalho de campo etnográfico front，不等于控制中心línguas nacionais de moalambique和sua língua官员，或português, torouu -se uma das questões centrais para conder a rereconstruction - data identidade nacional。从原点重新定义合法的 (s) língua(s)。Paulo Freire, que contribuiu para o desenvolvimento da pedagogia crítica，他的名字是:políticas de alfabetiza o propagadas na África pós-independência。继续，继续，继续，继续，继续，继续，继续，继续(hi)estória，继续(hi)estória (des)Freiriana de Bagamoyo。1 .流行病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势、传染性疾病的流行趋势和传染性疾病的流行趋势。经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织、经济合作组织和经济合作组织。关键词:巴加莫约语;赞比亚;民族认同
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2242410
Maria Paula Meneses
AbstractCovid-19 posed significant challenges to anthropological research as quarantines, travel restrictions and physical distance measures were introduced. In the Mozambican context, however, the pandemic added an additional critical level to previous crises (epidemics, extreme climate events, armed violence) which had led to methodological “innovations” in a field that relies on building relationships of trust. These innovations — such as conducting fieldwork in multiple stages, working collaboratively or using archives — have been conceptualised as “patchwork ethnography.” This article reflects on the impact of this methodological option on making visible agents and knowledges of struggles hitherto silenced, such as the role of ordinary women in the context of the nationalist struggle in Mozambique (1960s–1970s). Through patchwork ethnography, we obtain contextual and dense knowledge that pays attention to the changing circumstances of life and work that are profoundly altering the conditions of knowledge production.A Covid-19 colocou desafios significativos para a investigação antropológica à medida que foram introduzidas quarentenas, restrições de viagem e medidas de distanciamento físico. No contexto moçambicano, contudo, a pandemia acrescentou um nível crítico adicional às crises anteriores (epidemias, eventos climáticos extremos, violência armada), o que levou a “inovações” metodológicas em um campo que depende da construção de relações de confiança. Estas inovações — como a realização de trabalho de campo em múltiplas etapas, o trabalho colaborativo ou a utilização de arquivos — foram conceituadas como “etnografia de retalhos”. Este artigo reflete sobre o impacto desta opção metodológica na visibilização de agentes e saberes de lutas até então silenciados, como o papel das mulheres comuns no contexto da luta nacionalista em Moçambique (décadas de 1960-1970). Através da etnografia de retalhos, obtemos conhecimento denso e contextual que presta atenção às mudanças nas circunstâncias de vida e de trabalho que estão alterando profundamente as condições de produção de conhecimento.Keywords: collaborative researchCovid-19methodological challengesMozambiqueself-reflexivity
摘要新冠肺炎疫情给人类学研究带来了重大挑战，包括隔离、旅行限制和物理距离措施。然而，在莫桑比克的情况下，这一流行病比以往的危机(流行病、极端气候事件、武装暴力)增加了一个额外的临界水平，这些危机导致在一个依赖于建立信任关系的领域进行方法上的"创新"。这些创新——比如在多个阶段进行实地考察、协同工作或利用档案——被概念化为“拼凑人种志”。这篇文章反映了这一方法选择对使迄今为止沉默的斗争的行动者和知识可见的影响，例如莫桑比克民族主义斗争背景下普通妇女的作用(20世纪60年代至70年代)。通过拼凑的民族志，我们获得了上下文和密集的知识，这些知识关注生活和工作环境的变化，这些变化正在深刻地改变知识生产的条件。A Covid-19 colocou desfifius在调查中的意义(p < p < p >) o antropológica 媒介信息与媒介信息与传播，restrições媒介信息与传播信息与传播信息与传播信息físico。No context to mo。Estas inovações - como a realizal。Este artigo反映了对过渡过渡组织(过渡过渡组织)和过渡过渡组织(过渡过渡组织)的严肃影响，也反映了对过渡过渡组织(1960-1970年)的严肃影响。1 . 与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与与: condições与与。关键词:协同研究新冠肺炎方法学挑战莫桑比克自我反思
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2023.2204350
Fraser G. McNeill
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