After Abolition: Metaphors of Slavery in the Political History of the Gambia

Cambiamenti socio-demografici e trasmissione delle risorse materiali e immateriali: prospettive etnografiche dalle Alpi occidentali italiane

“…Ma anche fra i "veri" Walser vi sono opinioni divergenti, da cui derivano posizioni opposte che possono essere categorizzate facendo ricorso alle nozioni antropologiche di introversione e di estroversione (Bayart, 2000;Bellagamba, 2009). A Macugnaga, a un estremo del continuum troviamo l'atteggiamento più prudente di coloro che privilegiano approcci introversivi (ovvero diretti esclusivamente verso i membri del gruppo), e che di conseguenza percepiscono come una grave offesa l'idea di "vendere" o "mettere in scena" il proprio patrimonio culturale per attirare i turisti e il loro denaro.…”

Socio-Demographic Changes and Transmission of Tangible and Intangible Resources: Ethnographic Glimpses From the Western Italian Alps

“…25 But even among the "true" Walser, opinions differ, generating opposing stances that fit closely within the anthropological notions of introversion and extraversion (Bayart, 2000;Bellagamba, 2009). In Macugnaga, at one end of the continuum, we find the more conservative attitudes of those who favor introversive approaches (i.e.…”

Diaspora without Homeland: Slave Descendants and the Cultural Politics of Ancestry in the Upper Gambia River Valley

“…Stories of the displacement of slaves rarely made it into the colonial records, nor were they included in the oral traditions narrated by griots and other local oral historians. 5 In contrast to the trans-Atlantic slave tradea pacified past preserved in several memorial sites and events that have no impact on national politics -the issue of slavery has not resurfaced in Gambia after abolition, except as a metaphor for European exploitation during decolonization (Bellagamba, 2009). Indeed, there is virtually no public debate about the history of slavery in Gambia and elsewhere in West Africa (Pelckmans and Hohanou, 2012).…”