Rumours as Anticipatory Knowledge in a Future Petro-State

Building on ethnographic research in Uganda, this paper discusses the mundane practice of rumour mongering and gossiping as anticipatory practices. Crude oil discovery in Uganda brought a small oil boom to the region endowed with the natural resource including some infrastructure development and the...

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Main Author: Annika Witte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2022-01-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:https://cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/article/view/1692