La Chance : : Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay among University Graduates in Bamako, Mali.

• Superior document: Kultur und Soziale Praxis Series
• Author: Ludwig, Susann.
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur und Soziale Praxis Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Table on Contents -- INTRO -- VIGNETTE: La chance makes a difference -- Jeunesse diplomée - "sans emploi? Universities change, graduates change. -- This book is about "la chance" -- THIS BOOK: chapter description. -- Part One: Ethnography of La Chance. Or, What Graduates Know and What They Know They Don't Know. -- Part Two: Assemblage of La Chance. Or, The Emergence of La Chance in the Encounter. -- Part 1: Ethnography of La Chance -- Part 1: Ethnography of La Chance -- 1 Knowledge | Situating La Chance in Graduates' Knowledge. -- [We are here] -- KNOWLEDGE: On the presence of la chance -- Le bras long | A case of privilege? -- Le concours | A case of random selection? -- THE KNOWN | What they DO know -- KNOWLEDGE: On the absence of la chance -- L'homme propose, Dieu dispose | Nothing is certain -- THE UNKNOWN | What they know they DON'T know -- 2 Graduates | Situating La Chance in Graduates' Everyday Lives. -- [We are here] -- PEOPLE -- 2 UNKNOWNS -- Part 2: Assemblage of la chance -- Part 2: Assemblage of la chance -- 3 A Manual -- VIGNETTE: Dieu donne la chance, mais toi aussi tu peux t'ouvrir la chance. -- INVITATION: Dear Reader,… -- [MAP] -- What is la chance? -- What is la chance - yet, again? -- Now, I put these two layers together. -- In an assemblage. -- 4 La chance | Emergence. -- Assemblage: la chance. -- La chance is a prerequisite. -- KNOWLEDGE: PREREQUISITES. -- La chance is a sprout. -- KNOWLEDGE: SPROUTS. -- La chance is an outcome. -- KNOWLEDGE: OUTCOMES. -- [Tracings] -- Tracing L1: KNOWLEDGE: prerequisites, sprouts, outcomes. -- Tracing L2: Clues on la chance. -- 5 La chance | Encounter. -- Assemblage: Opening up la chance. -- Looking for la chance. -- KNOWLEDGE: PREPARATION. -- Finding la chance. -- KNOWLEDGE: IDENTIFICATION. -- Working with la chance. -- KNOWLEDGE: TRANSFORMATION. -- [Tracings].

Tracing L1: KNOWLEDGE: preparation, identification, transformation -- Tracing L2: The game of opening up la chance. -- GAMEPLAY: The game of opening up la chance. -- [Argument] -- I Graduates are playing the game of la chance -- II Implications of Gameplay -- III What we see now -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements.