Escalations: A Comparative Study of Accelerating Change

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    Description

    This project aims to understand and theorize escalating processes from an
    anthropological perspective. Through a comparison of different ethnographic settings, the project
    examines shared features of contemporary escalations, defined as accelerating and unpredictable
    changes that involve transformations of scale, intense imaginations of past and future and ripple
    effects. In the project, escalations will be examined from the vantage point of the Mongolian mining
    boom, Danish Muslims’ engagement in the Arab Spring and the monsoon in India. A comparison of
    these settings – enabled by a project design of coordinated field methods and shared theoretical
    concepts – facilitates an understanding of the nature of escalations in specific settings and as a
    general phenomenon. An understanding of this may be crucial for grasping the dynamics of the
    unprecedented change emerging in the 21st century.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date01/09/201401/09/2019

    Collaborative partners

    • University of Copenhagen (Project partner)

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    • Escalations

      Kublitz, A. (Organizer)

      11 Oct 201712 Oct 2017

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