Iris Marchand
Biographic Data
| ID | 127454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iris Marchand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iris |
| FAMILY NAME | Marchand |
| SIGNATURE | MARCHAND I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dogla politics? Questioning ethnic consociationalism in Suriname's national elections of 25 May 2010
This paper asks to what extent Suriname's consociational democracy still rests on its historically shaped meta-ideology of ethnic essentialism. Based on ethnographic data of the country's national elections in 2010, I suggest that the 'ethnic taboo' of ethnic mobilization by politicians was present to a certain extent. However, this taboo was challenged by the nationalist turn of Desi Bouterse's National Democratic Party. Furthermore, when consid…
Teaching in the Field as Participant Observation
Teaching during fieldwork is not a common anthropological research method. In this paper, I will share my involvement with a local non-governmental initiative of setting up and teaching at the Volkshogeschool (a school for adult education) during my fieldwork in Nickerie, Western Suriname. By reflecting on some of the ethical and methodological challenges involved in teaching during anthropological fieldwork, I will show the potential of teaching…
Dogla politics? Questioning ethnic consociationalism in Suriname's national elections of 25 May 2010
This paper asks to what extent Suriname's consociational democracy still rests on its historically shaped meta-ideology of ethnic essentialism. Based on ethnographic data of the country's national elections in 2010, I suggest that the 'ethnic taboo' of ethnic mobilization by politicians was present to a certain extent. However, this taboo was challenged by the nationalist turn of Desi Bouterse's National Democratic Party. Furthermore, when consid…
Teaching in the Field as Participant Observation
Teaching during fieldwork is not a common anthropological research method. In this paper, I will share my involvement with a local non-governmental initiative of setting up and teaching at the Volkshogeschool (a school for adult education) during my fieldwork in Nickerie, Western Suriname. By reflecting on some of the ethical and methodological challenges involved in teaching during anthropological fieldwork, I will show the potential of teaching…
Teaching in the Field as Participant Observation
Teaching during fieldwork is not a common anthropological research method. In this paper, I will share my involvement with a local non-governmental initiative of setting up and teaching at the Volkshogeschool (a school for adult education) during my fieldwork in Nickerie, Western Suriname. By reflecting on some of the ethical and methodological challenges involved in teaching during anthropological fieldwork, I will show the potential of teaching…
Dogla politics? Questioning ethnic consociationalism in Suriname's national elections of 25 May 2010
This paper asks to what extent Suriname's consociational democracy still rests on its historically shaped meta-ideology of ethnic essentialism. Based on ethnographic data of the country's national elections in 2010, I suggest that the 'ethnic taboo' of ethnic mobilization by politicians was present to a certain extent. However, this taboo was challenged by the nationalist turn of Desi Bouterse's National Democratic Party. Furthermore, when consid…
Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Democracy (1 work) · Dialogical self (1 work) · Empowerment (1 work)