From Warriors to Mere Chicken Men, and Other Troubles: An Ordinary Language Survey of Notions of Resilience in Ngakarimojong

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Main author: Bimeny, Ponsiano
Other authors: Angolere, Benedict Pope
Nangiro, Saum
Sagal, Ivan Ambrose
Emai, Joyce
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institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
description We examine some vernacular concepts that reflect Karamojong understanding and everyday experience of resilience following a devastating disarmament process, and what this means for resilience-driven humanitarian-development processes. We found that whereas humanitarian-development actors view market development, improved security, and accessibility as indicators of increased resilience capacity, local people paint a contrasting picture of a region with mounting inequality. We argue that Ngakaramojong concepts of resilience are, for the most part, unseen or ignored by humanitarian-development programming. In their current form, resilience-based intervention appears to neutralise and dismantle those aspects of communities that make them resilient in the first place.
format Journal Article
author Bimeny, Ponsiano
author_facet Bimeny, Ponsiano
Angolere, Benedict Pope
Nangiro, Saum
Sagal, Ivan Ambrose
Emai, Joyce
authorStr Bimeny, Ponsiano
author_letter Bimeny, Ponsiano
author2 Angolere, Benedict Pope
Nangiro, Saum
Sagal, Ivan Ambrose
Emai, Joyce
author2Str Angolere, Benedict Pope
Nangiro, Saum
Sagal, Ivan Ambrose
Emai, Joyce
title From Warriors to Mere Chicken Men, and Other Troubles: An Ordinary Language Survey of Notions of Resilience in Ngakarimojong
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/38356/

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