« C’était bien à l’époque mais l’avenir iko sombre » : Negotiating Nostalgia with and among Ex-Mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) /
Waldburger, Daniela,
« C’était bien à l’époque mais l’avenir iko sombre » : Negotiating Nostalgia with and among Ex-Mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) / Negotiating Nostalgia with and among Ex-Mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) Daniela Waldburger. - 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations. - Africa Multiple ; 5 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025 . - Africa Multiple ; 5. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Copyright page / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Dedication Page / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Acknowledgements / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- List of Figures / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 2 Positionality / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 3 Methodological and Theoretical Considerations / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 4 Objects of Loss / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 5 Negotiating Nostalgia / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 6 Conclusions / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Extensive Summary in French/Resume Detaille En Français / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Appendices / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Archival Sources / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Index / Author: Daniela Waldburger.
Why do former mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) remember exploitative working conditions and measures to control their private lives with nostalgia? Building on their 'objects of loss', this book answers this question, foregrounding the voice of so-called 'Départs Volontaires’. The study combines linguistics, anthropology, and archives research to explore what ex-mineworkers regard as material and emotional 'objects of loss'. The book advocates for a participatory research framework called ‘the baraza web’ which merges the researcher’s perspective with the standpoint of the ex-miners to create an alternative archive and to show that power relations within a research setting need constant questioning.
English and Swahili
9789004724907
10.1163/9789004724907 DOI
African Studies.
Literature and cultural studies.
History.
PL8000
496
« C’était bien à l’époque mais l’avenir iko sombre » : Negotiating Nostalgia with and among Ex-Mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) / Negotiating Nostalgia with and among Ex-Mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) Daniela Waldburger. - 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations. - Africa Multiple ; 5 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025 . - Africa Multiple ; 5. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2025. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Copyright page / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Dedication Page / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Acknowledgements / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- List of Figures / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 2 Positionality / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 3 Methodological and Theoretical Considerations / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 4 Objects of Loss / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 5 Negotiating Nostalgia / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 6 Conclusions / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Extensive Summary in French/Resume Detaille En Français / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Appendices / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Archival Sources / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Index / Author: Daniela Waldburger.
Why do former mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) remember exploitative working conditions and measures to control their private lives with nostalgia? Building on their 'objects of loss', this book answers this question, foregrounding the voice of so-called 'Départs Volontaires’. The study combines linguistics, anthropology, and archives research to explore what ex-mineworkers regard as material and emotional 'objects of loss'. The book advocates for a participatory research framework called ‘the baraza web’ which merges the researcher’s perspective with the standpoint of the ex-miners to create an alternative archive and to show that power relations within a research setting need constant questioning.
English and Swahili
9789004724907
10.1163/9789004724907 DOI
African Studies.
Literature and cultural studies.
History.
PL8000
496