Who Knows Tomorrow?

Calkins, Sandra

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“…Som indgang til at forstå, hvordan det børnecentrerede, risikobevidste foraeldreskab blev udfoldet og udfordret under den pandemiske krise i Danmark, er vi inspireret af antropologiske studier af krise, usikkerhed og uforudsigelighed, som belyser menneskelig refleksion og handlekraft i mødet med usikre og uforudsigelige fremtidsudsigter (Calkins, 2016;Knight & Stewart, 2016;Narotsky & Besnier, 2014;Vigh, 2008). Disse studier er foretaget i kontekster, hvor usikkerheden er langt mere gennemgribende end for danske middelklasseforaeldre under Covid-19-krisen, men perspektiverne kan trods det vaere med til at udfolde, hvordan samfundskriser som pandemien får betydning i hverdagslivet.…”

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“…Antropolog Henrik Vigh definerer således krise som oplevelsen af laengerevarende social, økonomisk og politisk nedgang og forfald forbundet med livsvilkår og handlemuligheder (Vigh, 2008). Krise kan i denne betydning ses som overlappende med usikkerhed (uncertainty) (fx Calkins, 2016). Hvad enten oplevelsen af kaos, nedgang og usikkerhed er kortvarig eller langstrakt, medfører nedbrudte fremtidsforventninger ofte refleksion over eksisterende samfundsforhold og hverdagsliv, hvilket kan forandre vaerdier og forskyde rammer for moralsk ansvar.…”

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“…Hvad enten oplevelsen af kaos, nedgang og usikkerhed er kortvarig eller langstrakt, medfører nedbrudte fremtidsforventninger ofte refleksion over eksisterende samfundsforhold og hverdagsliv, hvilket kan forandre vaerdier og forskyde rammer for moralsk ansvar. Krise og sikkerhed kan lamme handleevnen, men også bibringe nytaenkning i hverdagslivet eller i politiske engagementsformer (Calkins, 2016;Knight & Stewart, 2016;Narotsky & Besnier, 2014).…”

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Familieliv i krise og forandring. Betydningen af pandemi og klimaforandringer for forældreskabsidealer i Danmark

Jørgensen,

Dannesboe,

Kousholt

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Barn

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I denne artikel undersøger vi forældres refleksioner over barndom og familieliv, som de udfoldede sig under Covid-19-pandemien i Danmark, der også var en tid præget af voksende klimabevidsthed blandt mange danskere. På baggrund af empirisk materiale fra danske familier fra middelklassen sætter vi fokus på disse forældres håndtering og forståelser af store samfundskriser som pandemi og klimaforandringer. Artiklens teoretiske vinkel kombinerer indsigter fra familieforskning om forældreskab og risikohåndtering med perspektiver fra antropologiske krisestudier. Vores analyse viser, at særligt spørgsmål som tid og nærvær i familien og barnets relation til naturen har været genstand for refleksion. Analysen belyser dermed bevægelser i kulturelle forståelser af forældreskab og barndom under pandemien. English abstract Family Life in Crisis and Change. The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change on Parenting Ideals in Denmark In this article, we explore parents’ reflections on childhood and family life as they unfolded during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark, which was also a time marked by growing climate-change awareness among Danish citizens. Based on empirical data from Danish middle-class families, we discuss these parents’ responses to major societal crises like the pandemic and climate change. The article’s theoretical angle combines family research on parenting and risk management with insights from anthropological studies on crisis. Suggesting that reflections related to presence in family life and children’s relationships with nature are particularly prevalent, the article discusses continuity and change in cultural understandings of parenting and childhood.

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Familieliv i krise og forandring. Betydningen af pandemi og klimaforandringer for forældreskabsidealer i Danmark

Jørgensen,

Dannesboe,

Kousholt

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Barn

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“…Sandra Calkins (2016) explores the lived reality of being on the margins of starvation in North-Eastern Sudan. She helps us understand that uncertainty may be universal but its consequences are very unevenly distributed between and among groups.…”

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An argument for sparsity

Zeitlyn

2023

Royal Anthropological Inst

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I consider the influence of the language used in anthropological analysis (the metalanguage). If in principle there are at least as many anthropologies as there are languages, then we must allow the possibility of seven thousand or so more or less incommensurable anthropologies. However, incommensurability need not follow: not only can sparse theory aid comparison but it can also help establish partial (incomplete) commensurability. The parsimony of sparse theory allows for clarity even when dealing with vague ideas. If to achieve this some fashionable terms of analysis have to avoided, this is a price worth paying. In sum: we should all say less more clearly.

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“…33 Calkins argues that "uncertainty" off ers people the chance to "pragmatically cooperate and [people] seem to agree on what is happening" or it may lead to "fear" and "confl ict." 34 Individuals confronted with uncertainty are forced to react to that situation, which demands refl exivity and sometimes "experimenting." 35 Th is article considers the railroad construction from southern Sakha to Nizhniy Bestyakh as a key element of the center-driven aspirations for the industrialization of the Republic, and how this was perceived among students from mostly remote rural communities being educated to become the fi rst railroad workers in central Sakha.…”

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State of Uncertainty

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2020

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In July 2019, the village of Nizhniy Bestyakh in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya), the Russian Far East, was finally able to celebrate the opening of an eagerly awaited railroad passenger connection. Through analysis of rich ethnographic data, this article explores the “state of uncertainty” caused by repeated delays in construction of the railroad prior to this and focuses on the effect of these delays on students of a local transportation college. This college prepares young people for railroad jobs and careers, promising a steady income and a place in the Republic's wider modernization project. The research also reveals how the state of uncertainty led to unforeseen consequences, such as the seeding of doubt among students about their desire to be a part of the Republic's industrialization drive.

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Who Knows Tomorrow?

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Familieliv i krise og forandring. Betydningen af pandemi og klimaforandringer for forældreskabsidealer i Danmark

Familieliv i krise og forandring. Betydningen af pandemi og klimaforandringer for forældreskabsidealer i Danmark

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