The Uncertainty of Oil
This paper argues that uncertainty is intricately entwined with temporalities and aff ects. Taking the uncertain future of oil in Gabon as my ethnographic example, I trace fi ve versions with which people contemplate depletion: a scenario, a vision / plan, a calculation, a dream, and a desire. I sh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Bern Open Publishing
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology |
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| Online Access: | https://journal-sa.ch/article/view/7344 |