Daniel Mains
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Mains |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Mains |
| SIGNATURE | MAINS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 311 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Adventures in Infrastructure Forum: Introduction
The Ethiopian developmental state and struggles over the reproduction of young migrant women's labor at the Hawassa Industrial Park
Tens of thousands of young Ethiopian women have migrated from small towns and rural areas to work in the Hawassa Industrial Park (HIP), where working conditions and wages are far below their expectations. Low wages and a high cost of living mean that workers face severe challenges in meeting their basic needs for food and shelter that are necessary for reproducing their own labor. Attention to struggles over the reproduction of migrant women's la…
Temporalities of waiting in Africa
Ethnographic accounts of Africa in the late 20th century described a continent in which people were seemingly waiting endlessly for a future that would not come (Ferguson 1999; Piot 2010). Driven b
Too much time
In the context of unprecedented rates of urban unemployment, in the early 2000s young men in Ethiopia struggled with an overabundance of time. I examine changes in urban young men's experiences of time and progress over a period of 13 years to better understand the nature of boredom and modernity. Young men simultaneously experienced a sense a linear progress in their own lives, and feelings of frustration when shift s in their built environment …
Governing three-wheeled motorcycle taxis in urban Ethiopia: States, markets, and moral discourses of infrastructure
Taxi drivers in Hawassa, Ethiopia, have come into conflict with government administrators over the strict regulation of their three-wheeled motorcycle taxis, known as Bajaj. Their conflict with the government is best conceptualized not through a state-market binary but in relation to competing moral discourses concerning modernity, reciprocity, and the right to a livelihood. Such discourses are mediated by the particular characteristics of the Ba…
Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives ed. by Hans Peter Hahn, Kristin Kastner
Reviewed by: Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives ed. by Hans Peter Hahn, Kristin Kastner Daniel Mains (bio) Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives. Edited by Hans Peter Hahn and Kristin Kastner. Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012. Pp. 228. $45. Life in African cities is constantly in motion. People, things, ideas, values, and wealth circulate within cities as well as between them. Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: Af…
Making the city of nations and nationalities: The politics of ethnicity and roads in Hawassa, Ethiopia
This article examines the relationship between the politics of ethnicity and road construction in Hawassa, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian state has recently invested unprecedented amounts of money in the construction of urban roads. These roads both undermine and reinforce longstanding ethnic hierarchies within Ethiopian cities. Contrary to the image promoted by the state of harmony among residents of different ethnic backgrounds, our research revealed …
Chewing over the Future: Khat Consumption, Anxiety, Depression, and Time Among Young Men in Jimma, Ethiopia
Friends and money: Balancing affection and reciprocity among young men in urban Ethiopia
In Jimma, Ethiopia, young men's friendships involve affection and reciprocal exchange of material goods, and in many cases the balance between the two creates conflicts. I examine tensions concerning exchange and friendship in relation to literature on love and transactional sex in Africa to argue for a conception of friendship that does not assume that calculation and self-interest conflict with affection. For friends in urban Ethiopia, affectio…
Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting
Book Review| April 01 2012 Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting, Charles Steffen. Daniel Mains Daniel Mains Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Northeast African Studies (2012) 12 (1): 325–327. https://doi.org/10.2307/41960571 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Danie…
Cultured States: Youth, Gender, and Modern Style in 1960s Dar es Salaam by Andrew Ivaska
Blackouts and Progress: Privatization, Infrastructure, and a Developmentalist State in Jimma, Ethiopia
The recent completion of a hydropower dam near Jimma, Ethiopia coincided with rolling blackouts throughout the country and accusations of corruption and mismanagement being directed toward the Ethiopian government and the Italian company that constructed the dam. The case appears to be one more example of an African state failing to provide its citizens with basic public services in a context of neoliberal economic restructuring. Recent road cons…
Youth and the city in the global south by Hansen, Karen Tranberg, Anne Line Dalsgaard, Katherine V. Gough, Ulla Ambrosius Madsen, Karen Valentin and Norbert Wildermuth
Neoliberal times: Progress, boredom, and shame among young men in urban Ethiopia
In this article, I examine discourses and practices surrounding employment, the experience of time, and international migration among young men in urban Ethiopia to demonstrate the value and limits of understanding cultural and economic processes in terms of neoliberal capitalism. Young men's inability to experience progress and take on the normative responsibilities of adults is conditioned by economic policies associated with structural adjustm…
Drinking, Rumour, and Ethnicity in Jimma, Ethiopia
This paper is an investigation of the relationship between identity, politics, and rumours in Jimma, Ethiopia. The introduction of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia after the fall of the Marxist Derg regime in 1991 has been the topic of a significant amount of academic discussion, but little attention has been given to the day-to-day experience of this change. Consequently, post-1991 Ethiopian politics have been viewed primarily in terms of ethnic po…
Neoliberal times: Progress, boredom, and shame among young men in urban Ethiopia
In this article, I examine discourses and practices surrounding employment, the experience of time, and international migration among young men in urban Ethiopia to demonstrate the value and limits of understanding cultural and economic processes in terms of neoliberal capitalism. Young men's inability to experience progress and take on the normative responsibilities of adults is conditioned by economic policies associated with structural adjustm…
Blackouts and Progress: Privatization, Infrastructure, and a Developmentalist State in Jimma, Ethiopia
The recent completion of a hydropower dam near Jimma, Ethiopia coincided with rolling blackouts throughout the country and accusations of corruption and mismanagement being directed toward the Ethiopian government and the Italian company that constructed the dam. The case appears to be one more example of an African state failing to provide its citizens with basic public services in a context of neoliberal economic restructuring. Recent road cons…
Temporalities of waiting in Africa
Ethnographic accounts of Africa in the late 20th century described a continent in which people were seemingly waiting endlessly for a future that would not come (Ferguson 1999; Piot 2010). Driven b
Friends and money: Balancing affection and reciprocity among young men in urban Ethiopia
In Jimma, Ethiopia, young men's friendships involve affection and reciprocal exchange of material goods, and in many cases the balance between the two creates conflicts. I examine tensions concerning exchange and friendship in relation to literature on love and transactional sex in Africa to argue for a conception of friendship that does not assume that calculation and self-interest conflict with affection. For friends in urban Ethiopia, affectio…
The Ethiopian developmental state and struggles over the reproduction of young migrant women's labor at the Hawassa Industrial Park
Tens of thousands of young Ethiopian women have migrated from small towns and rural areas to work in the Hawassa Industrial Park (HIP), where working conditions and wages are far below their expectations. Low wages and a high cost of living mean that workers face severe challenges in meeting their basic needs for food and shelter that are necessary for reproducing their own labor. Attention to struggles over the reproduction of migrant women's la…
Governing three-wheeled motorcycle taxis in urban Ethiopia: States, markets, and moral discourses of infrastructure
Taxi drivers in Hawassa, Ethiopia, have come into conflict with government administrators over the strict regulation of their three-wheeled motorcycle taxis, known as Bajaj. Their conflict with the government is best conceptualized not through a state-market binary but in relation to competing moral discourses concerning modernity, reciprocity, and the right to a livelihood. Such discourses are mediated by the particular characteristics of the Ba…
Drinking, Rumour, and Ethnicity in Jimma, Ethiopia
This paper is an investigation of the relationship between identity, politics, and rumours in Jimma, Ethiopia. The introduction of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia after the fall of the Marxist Derg regime in 1991 has been the topic of a significant amount of academic discussion, but little attention has been given to the day-to-day experience of this change. Consequently, post-1991 Ethiopian politics have been viewed primarily in terms of ethnic po…
Too much time
In the context of unprecedented rates of urban unemployment, in the early 2000s young men in Ethiopia struggled with an overabundance of time. I examine changes in urban young men's experiences of time and progress over a period of 13 years to better understand the nature of boredom and modernity. Young men simultaneously experienced a sense a linear progress in their own lives, and feelings of frustration when shift s in their built environment …
Making the city of nations and nationalities: The politics of ethnicity and roads in Hawassa, Ethiopia
This article examines the relationship between the politics of ethnicity and road construction in Hawassa, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian state has recently invested unprecedented amounts of money in the construction of urban roads. These roads both undermine and reinforce longstanding ethnic hierarchies within Ethiopian cities. Contrary to the image promoted by the state of harmony among residents of different ethnic backgrounds, our research revealed …
Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting
Book Review| April 01 2012 Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting, Charles Steffen. Daniel Mains Daniel Mains Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Northeast African Studies (2012) 12 (1): 325–327. https://doi.org/10.2307/41960571 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Danie…
Drinking, Rumour, and Ethnicity in Jimma, Ethiopia
This paper is an investigation of the relationship between identity, politics, and rumours in Jimma, Ethiopia. The introduction of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia after the fall of the Marxist Derg regime in 1991 has been the topic of a significant amount of academic discussion, but little attention has been given to the day-to-day experience of this change. Consequently, post-1991 Ethiopian politics have been viewed primarily in terms of ethnic po…
Neoliberal times: Progress, boredom, and shame among young men in urban Ethiopia
In this article, I examine discourses and practices surrounding employment, the experience of time, and international migration among young men in urban Ethiopia to demonstrate the value and limits of understanding cultural and economic processes in terms of neoliberal capitalism. Young men's inability to experience progress and take on the normative responsibilities of adults is conditioned by economic policies associated with structural adjustm…
Youth and the city in the global south by Hansen, Karen Tranberg, Anne Line Dalsgaard, Katherine V. Gough, Ulla Ambrosius Madsen, Karen Valentin and Norbert Wildermuth
Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting
Book Review| April 01 2012 Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting Mutilating Khalid: The Symbolic Politics of Female Genital Cutting, Charles Steffen. Daniel Mains Daniel Mains Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Northeast African Studies (2012) 12 (1): 325–327. https://doi.org/10.2307/41960571 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Danie…
Cultured States: Youth, Gender, and Modern Style in 1960s Dar es Salaam by Andrew Ivaska
Blackouts and Progress: Privatization, Infrastructure, and a Developmentalist State in Jimma, Ethiopia
The recent completion of a hydropower dam near Jimma, Ethiopia coincided with rolling blackouts throughout the country and accusations of corruption and mismanagement being directed toward the Ethiopian government and the Italian company that constructed the dam. The case appears to be one more example of an African state failing to provide its citizens with basic public services in a context of neoliberal economic restructuring. Recent road cons…
Chewing over the Future: Khat Consumption, Anxiety, Depression, and Time Among Young Men in Jimma, Ethiopia
Friends and money: Balancing affection and reciprocity among young men in urban Ethiopia
In Jimma, Ethiopia, young men's friendships involve affection and reciprocal exchange of material goods, and in many cases the balance between the two creates conflicts. I examine tensions concerning exchange and friendship in relation to literature on love and transactional sex in Africa to argue for a conception of friendship that does not assume that calculation and self-interest conflict with affection. For friends in urban Ethiopia, affectio…
Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives ed. by Hans Peter Hahn, Kristin Kastner
Reviewed by: Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives ed. by Hans Peter Hahn, Kristin Kastner Daniel Mains (bio) Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives. Edited by Hans Peter Hahn and Kristin Kastner. Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012. Pp. 228. $45. Life in African cities is constantly in motion. People, things, ideas, values, and wealth circulate within cities as well as between them. Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: Af…
Making the city of nations and nationalities: The politics of ethnicity and roads in Hawassa, Ethiopia
This article examines the relationship between the politics of ethnicity and road construction in Hawassa, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian state has recently invested unprecedented amounts of money in the construction of urban roads. These roads both undermine and reinforce longstanding ethnic hierarchies within Ethiopian cities. Contrary to the image promoted by the state of harmony among residents of different ethnic backgrounds, our research revealed …
Too much time
In the context of unprecedented rates of urban unemployment, in the early 2000s young men in Ethiopia struggled with an overabundance of time. I examine changes in urban young men's experiences of time and progress over a period of 13 years to better understand the nature of boredom and modernity. Young men simultaneously experienced a sense a linear progress in their own lives, and feelings of frustration when shift s in their built environment …
Governing three-wheeled motorcycle taxis in urban Ethiopia: States, markets, and moral discourses of infrastructure
Taxi drivers in Hawassa, Ethiopia, have come into conflict with government administrators over the strict regulation of their three-wheeled motorcycle taxis, known as Bajaj. Their conflict with the government is best conceptualized not through a state-market binary but in relation to competing moral discourses concerning modernity, reciprocity, and the right to a livelihood. Such discourses are mediated by the particular characteristics of the Ba…
Temporalities of waiting in Africa
Ethnographic accounts of Africa in the late 20th century described a continent in which people were seemingly waiting endlessly for a future that would not come (Ferguson 1999; Piot 2010). Driven b
Adventures in Infrastructure Forum: Introduction
The Ethiopian developmental state and struggles over the reproduction of young migrant women's labor at the Hawassa Industrial Park
Tens of thousands of young Ethiopian women have migrated from small towns and rural areas to work in the Hawassa Industrial Park (HIP), where working conditions and wages are far below their expectations. Low wages and a high cost of living mean that workers face severe challenges in meeting their basic needs for food and shelter that are necessary for reproducing their own labor. Attention to struggles over the reproduction of migrant women's la…
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