
Nomadic Connectivity
An Ethnography of Walad Djifir Navigating Insecurities in Central Africa
Inge Butter(Author)
De Gruyter Oldenbourg (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXV, 228 pages
978-3-11-221373-5 (ISBN)
Description
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 ferikh (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 ferikh provides answers. It is precisely the mundane elements of daily life which anchor disruption.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/München/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
4 b/w and 81 col. ill., 3 b/w tbl., 3 b/w maps
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-221373-5 (9783112213735)
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An Ethnography of Walad Djifir Navigating Insecurities in Central Africa
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An Ethnography of Walad Djifir Navigating Insecurities in Central Africa
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An Ethnography of Walad Djifir Navigating Insecurities in Central Africa
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Inge Butter
, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands.