Trainmasters or Easyjet pilots? Historical production, labor organizing, and the Spanish engine drivers’ union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18935554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Buier (0000-0001-6210-2836, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 257-275 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialectical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4092 • E-ISSN: 1573-0786 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10624-018-9507-8 |
| OpenAlex | W2800717809 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This article presents an analysis of the relationship between historical memory and the emergence and reproduction of a specific model of unionism. I argue that in order to understand the militant particularism of the Spanish engine drivers, we need to look at the historical representations that it is embedded in. Recourse to a generational framework makes possible the sustained presentation of the union as a case of successful workers’ organizing, in spite of evidence to the contrary. The historical ethnographic analysis of SEMAF, the Spanish engine drivers’ union, contributes to the analysis of historical memory within the contemporary anthropology of class. The article contributes to theoretical debates in the anthropology of class by reclaiming Michel Trouillot’s conceptualization of the historical process. Two aspects of Trouillot’s work are singled out: his dynamic understanding of the process of historical production and the corollary formulation of the overlapping capacities in which people participate in it (as agents, actors, and subjects) and his emphasis on the importance of expanding scholarly views of the field of historical production
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |