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SUMMARY:Joking relationships in West Africa (Senegal):  from scientific ca
 nonisation to political instrumentalisations - Etienne Smith\, Sciences Po
 \, Paris
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on field research on joking relationships in Senegal\,
  Etienne Smith will explore debates on the historical emergence of joking 
 relationships in West Africa\, the canonization of the concept by social a
 nthropology and its consequences. Blending intellectual history and politi
 cal anthropology\, the discussion will examine the political instrumentali
 sation of the concept and the practice by political and cultural entrepren
 eurs in contemporary Senegal and what it tells us about the vernacular lan
 guages of politics\, the imagination of nationhood and the fabrics of inte
 r-community relations. Finally\, the case study of the conflict in Casaman
 ce will illustrate the attempts by segments of the Senegalese state appara
 tus to harness joking relationships in conflict resolution\, and the ambig
 uities of these neo-traditionalist endeavours.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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