Sommerschuh, Julian . From Feasting to Accumulation: Modes of Value Realisation and Radical Cultural Change in Southern Ethiopia. Ethnos. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-588X
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How is it conceivable that people of their own accord radically transform their way of life? Examining a south Ethiopian people's shift from a life centred on feasting to one aimed at wealth accumulation, this article contributes new insights on the mechanisms of cultural change. Complementing Joel Robbins' recent work on the topic, I suggest that next to the adoption of new values, radical change can also result from people's attempts to more fully realise established values through new practices. I show how Aari embraced accumulation as a new means for realising a long-standing cultural value, and how this undermined their capacity to realise other values they care about. This reveals that changes in the modes of value realisation can have far-reaching consequences, and that visions of the good can be drivers of change.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-315864 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/00141844.2020.1828971 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ethnos | ||||||||
| Publisher: | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | ABINGDON | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1469-588X | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31586 |
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