Abstract
Die erweiterte Fallmethode, die von der Manchester Schule in der Ethnologie bereits in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren entwickelt wurde, um gesellschaftliche Konflikte anhand von (Groß-) Ereignissen exemplarisch zu untersuchen, findet in der Protestforschung bislang kaum explizite Anwendung. Der vorliegende Artikel veranschaulicht am Beispiel von Protesten um die Eröffnung der ersten Erdölraffinerie in Niger 2011 methodisches Vorgehen, theoretische Prämissen und Stärken der erweiterten Fallmethode. Der Artikel verfolgt dabei auch das Ziel, die Methodologie der erweiterten Fallmethode im Lichte gegenwärtiger Sozialtheorie neu zu formulieren.
Abstract
The extended case method, developed by the Manchester School of Anthropology in the 1950s and 60s to analyze social and political conflicts on the basis of (major) events, has hitherto received little attention in the context of protest research. Using the example of the protests surrounding the opening of the first oil refinery in Niger in 2011, this article illustrates the methodology, theoretical premises, and strengths of the extended case method. The article thereby also aims at reformulating the methodology of the extended case method in the light of contemporary social theory.
About the author
Jannik Schritt hat am Institut für Ethnologie der Georg-August Universität Göttingen zu Erdöl, Macht und Politik in Niger promoviert. Anschließend war er als Gastwissenschaftler am Institut für Afrikastudien des GIGA in Hamburg
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