Conférence de M. Louis-Herns Marcelin

Marcelin Louis-Herns. Conférence de M. Louis-Herns Marcelin. In: École pratique des hautes études, Section des sciences religieuses. Annuaire. Tome 111, 2002-2003. 2002. pp. 79-82

Cooperation, Peace and (Re-)Construction? A Tale from the Shanties

The catastrophic earthquake of January 2010 deepened the socio-cultural fault lines and disparities that define Haitian society. Even before, the needs of the population and the prioritisation of intervention were managed by international actors. As a result of societal fragilities and the ineffectiveness of the Haitian state in shoring up community relations and basic services, a proliferation of NGOs has arisen in shanties to organise local groups around short-term programmes. Building on surveys and ethnographic research, this article analyses residents' perceptions of such initiatives to foster peace, reconstruction and development in one of Port-au-Prince's poorest and most violent neighbourhoods. Findings suggest that residents remain sceptical about the peace and development impacts of the proliferation of scattered, foreign-driven and unsustainable interventions in Cité Soleil

A linguagem da casa entre os negros no Recôncavo Baiano

Para analisar o sistema familiar dos negros do Recôncavo da Bahia, Nordeste do Brasil, é preciso compreender a construção cultural da organização e das relações sociais, bem como as representações que as sustentam. Este artigo começa com uma discussão das categorias analíticas chave e das metodologias estrutural-funcionalistas, seus fundamentos teóricos e socioculturais e seu lugar nas análises das práticas familiares e de parentesco entre populações marginalizadas da América Latina, particularmente do Brasil. Em seguida, busca explorar os sentidos implícitos, imersos nos contextos socioétnicos, e que estruturam as linguagens, crenças e experiências familiares entre negros na região. O modelo proposto funda-se na associação entre dois níveis conceituais: o das "casas" e o da "configuração de casas" (conjunto de casas estruturadas por uma ideologia da família e do parentesco) como um sistema de significados

Conférence de M. Louis-Herns Marcelin

Marcelin Louis-Herns. Conférence de M. Louis-Herns Marcelin. In: École pratique des hautes études, Section des sciences religieuses. Annuaire. Tome 111, 2002-2003. 2002. pp. 79-82

INTRODUCTION HAITIAN YOUTH IN THE AMERICAS: GENERATIONS, IDENTITY AND TRANSNATIONAL CIRCULATION

Movement and circulation within and beyond Haiti’s borders are inherent characteristics of Haitian society. From captivity to the middle passage, enslavement to the Haitian revolution, the population has always been on the move. Haiti’s independence in the early 19 th century only reframed the sociopolitical economic parameters of movement and circulation of its people. National and international forces have designed different mechanisms to regiment indentured Haitian workers in the construction of the Panama Canal, on early 20 th century plantations in Cuba and, more recently, in the Dominican Republic and beyond. Serial disasters, agrarian instability, social neglect and political cynicis

INTRODUCTION LES JEUNES HAÏTIENS DANS LES AMÉRIQUES GÉNÉRATIONS, IDENTITÉ ET CIRCULATION TRANSNATIONALES

Les déplacements et la circulation à l’intérieur comme à l’extérieur des frontières d’Haïti sont des caractéristiques inhérentes à la société haïtienne. De leur captivité à la Traversée, de l’esclavage à la révolution haïtienne, la population a toujours été en mouvement. L’indépendance d’Haïti, au début du XIX e siècle, n’a fait que reformuler les paramètres économiques et sociopolitiques du mouvement et de la circulation de sa population. Des forces nationales et internationales ont élaboré différents mécanismes dans le but d’enrégimenter les travailleurs haïtiens dans la construction du canal de Panama, les plantations de Cuba au début du XX e siècle et