Affect, Emotions and Power in Development Studies Theory and Practice

This book advances new research directions that explore the emotional and affective dimensions of development. Going beyond merely placing emotion and/or affect as the objects of study, it examines 'development' in fresh ways through analysis of its affective dimensions.

Sommario

Introduction-Understanding power in development studies through emotion and affect: promising lines of enquiry 1. Indigenous peoples' responses to land exclusions: emotions, affective links and power relations 2. Solidarity and 'social jealousy': emotions and affect in Indonesian host society's situated encounters with refugees 3. Feeling climate change to the bone: emotional topologies of climate 4. Intimate technologies for affective development: how crowdfunding platforms commodify interpersonal connections 5. Affective politics of Australian development volunteering 6. Vulnerability as ethical practice: dismantling affective privilege and resilience to transform development hierarchies 7. 'Doing good and feeling good': how narratives in development stymie gender equality in organisations 8. Benevolent discipline: governing affect in post-Yolanda disaster reconstruction in the Philippines 9. (Dis)comfort, judgement and solidarity: affective politics of academic publishing in development studies

Info autore

Tanya Jakimow is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Culture, History and Languages, The Australian National University and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow working on a project examining women's political labour and pathways to politics in Indonesia, India and Australia. She is the author of three books, most recently Susceptibility in Development: Micropolitics of Local Development in India and Indonesia (2020).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tanya (The Australian National University Jakimow
• Con la collaborazione di: Jakimow Tanya (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032600345
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260034-5
• Pagine: 176
• Serie: ThirdWorlds
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Cultural Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Social groups, Development Studies, Social groups, communities and identities