04603nam 2200721 a 450 991077935400332120230207231736.01-282-16644-197866138095130-226-76459-110.7208/9780226764597(CKB)2550000000110991(EBL)977910(OCoLC)804664924(SSID)ssj0000687354(PQKBManifestationID)12259903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687354(PQKBWorkID)10757122(PQKB)10107691(MiAaPQ)EBC977910(DE-B1597)523119(OCoLC)1135576779(DE-B1597)9780226764597(Au-PeEL)EBL977910(CaPaEBR)ebr10582958(CaONFJC)MIL380951(EXLCZ)99255000000011099120080108d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBewitching development[electronic resource] witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya /James Howard SmithChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (287 p.)Chicago studies in practices of meaningDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-76457-5 0-226-76458-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Bewitching development : the disintegration and reinvention of development in Kenya -- I still exist! Taita historicity -- Development's other : witchcraft as development through the looking glass -- "Each household is a kingdom" : development and witchcraft at home -- "Dot com will die seriously!" spatiotemporal miscommunication and competing sovereignties in Taita thought and ritual -- NGOs, gender, and sovereign child -- Democracy victorious: exorcising witchcraft from development -- Conclusion: Tempopolitics, or why development should not be defined as the improvement of living standards.These days, development inspires scant trust in the West. For critics who condemn centralized efforts to plan African societies as latter day imperialism, such plans too closely reflect their roots in colonial rule and neoliberal economics. But proponents of this pessimistic view often ignore how significant this concept has become for Africans themselves. In Bewitching Development, James Howard Smith presents a close ethnographic account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Similar to magic, development's promise of a better world elicits both hope and suspicion from Wataita. Smith shows that the unforeseen changes wrought by development-greater wealth for some, dashed hopes for many more-foster moral debates that Taita people express in occult terms. By carefully chronicling the beliefs and actions of this diverse community-from frustrated youths to nostalgic seniors, duplicitous preachers to thought-provoking witch doctors-BewitchingDevelopment vividly depicts the social life of formerly foreign ideas and practices in postcolonial Africa. Chicago studies in practices of meaning.Taita (African people)Social life and customsTaita (African people)Rites and ceremoniesWitchcraftKenyaTaita HillsEconomic developmentKenyaTaita HillsTaita Hills (Kenya)Economic conditionswitches, witchcraft, anthropology, anthropological, kenya, kenyan, african, africa, development, imperialism, imperial, colonialism, colonial, neoliberal, neoliberalism, political, politics, government, governing, economics, economy, ethnography, ethnographic, wataita, magic, morality, morals, occult, occultism, diversity, witch doctors, postcolonial, postcolonialism, taita hills, social live, customs, ceremonies, reinvention, miscommunication, living standards.Taita (African people)Social life and customs.Taita (African people)Rites and ceremonies.WitchcraftEconomic development305.896/395Smith James Howard1564586MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779354003321Bewitching development3833766UNINA01017nam0 22002651i 450 UON0019027420231205103211.63288-15-04651-820030730d1994 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| |||||ˆLo ‰ Stato sociale tra crisi e riformeil caso ItaliaGiuliano CazzolaBolognaIl Mulino1994. 177 p. ; 21 cm.001UON004040422001 Studi e ricercheCCCXXXVIIDiritto del lavoroStudiUONC037782FIITBolognaUONL000085CAZZOLAGiulianoUONV111841117330Il MulinoUONV245824650ITSOL20250530RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00190274SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI EUR D A 1863 SI SC 28297 5 1863 Stato sociale tra crisi e riforme636368UNIOR