BRIGHT PROSPECTS OR AN OMINOUS FUTURE. Anticipating Oil in Uganda

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Autore principale: Annika Witte
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contents BRIGHT PROSPECTS OR AN OMINOUS FUTURE. Anticipating Oil in Uganda Annika Witte Antropología oil not yet ness risk Analysing competing visions of Uganda’s future with oil, this article of ers a new perspective on the resource curse as a risk discourse. Political and civil society actors in Uganda create and negotiate visions of the future that are framed by the resource curse thesis: oil could be a blessing or a curse. Connecting this discourse to prevalent notions of uncertainty in Uganda’s oil region, I argue that for the people, knowledge of the resource curse increases their uncertainty about the future. 2017 artículo científico 2813-5237 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=664773209002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6647 Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology application/pdf Universität Bern Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology (Suiza) Vol.22
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publishDate 2017
publisher Universität Bern
spellingShingle BRIGHT PROSPECTS OR AN OMINOUS FUTURE. Anticipating Oil in Uganda
Annika Witte
Antropología
oil
not
yet
ness
risk
BRIGHT PROSPECTS OR AN OMINOUS FUTURE. Anticipating Oil in Uganda Annika Witte Antropología oil not yet ness risk Analysing competing visions of Uganda’s future with oil, this article of ers a new perspective on the resource curse as a risk discourse. Political and civil society actors in Uganda create and negotiate visions of the future that are framed by the resource curse thesis: oil could be a blessing or a curse. Connecting this discourse to prevalent notions of uncertainty in Uganda’s oil region, I argue that for the people, knowledge of the resource curse increases their uncertainty about the future. 2017 artículo científico 2813-5237 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=664773209002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6647 Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology application/pdf Universität Bern Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology (Suiza) Vol.22
title BRIGHT PROSPECTS OR AN OMINOUS FUTURE. Anticipating Oil in Uganda
topic Antropología
oil
not
yet
ness
risk
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=664773209002