Introduction to Stategraphy: Toward a Relational Anthropology of the State

Autor(en)

Tatjana Thelen, Larissa Vetters, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann

Abstrakt

In the introduction to this special issue, we discuss recent trends in anthropological research on and in theorizing the state. We show how these have given rise to an analytical gap between state images, on the one hand, and practices, on the other. Based on this analysis, we propose a relational approach that we call ‘stategraphy’ as a way to tie together state practices and representations. This ethnographically grounded approach focuses on relational modalities, bound- ary work, and forms of embeddedness of actors as constitutive factors. These avenues of analyses enable a nuanced understanding and com- parative investigation of change and continuity as well as of mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie

Journal

Social Analysis

Band

58

Seiten

1-19

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

0155-977X

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2014.580302

Publikationsdatum

12-2014

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504017 Kulturanthropologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Cultural Studies, Allgemeine Kunst und Geisteswissenschaften, Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/94f39879-1401-4f33-a558-e09ea7308cb7