TY - BOOK ID - 46199685 TI - The Act of Living PY - 2019 SN - 9781501736261 9781501735530 9781501735134 9781501735127 1501735128 1501736264 1501735136 1501735535 PB - Ithaca, NY DB - UniCat KW - Social problems KW - Sociology of environment KW - Social geography KW - Addis Abeba KW - Marginality, Social KW - Street life KW - Poor KW - Informal sector (Economics) KW - Ethnology KW - #SBIB:39A4 KW - #SBIB:39A73 KW - Cultural anthropology KW - Ethnography KW - Races of man KW - Social anthropology KW - Anthropology KW - Human beings KW - Hidden economy KW - Parallel economy KW - Second economy KW - Shadow economy KW - Subterranean economy KW - Underground economy KW - Artisans KW - Economics KW - Small business KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Poverty KW - Sidewalk life KW - Urban street life KW - City and town life KW - Exclusion, Social KW - Marginal peoples KW - Social exclusion KW - Social marginality KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Culture conflict KW - Social isolation KW - Sociology KW - People with social disabilities KW - Toegepaste antropologie KW - Etnografie: Afrika KW - Economic conditions KW - Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) KW - Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) KW - ʼAdis ʼAbabā (Ethiopia) KW - Atis Apēpa (Ethiopia) KW - Ādīs Ābeba (Ethiopia) KW - Addis Abbaba (Ethiopia) KW - Addisaaba (Ethiopia) KW - Finfinne (Ethiopia) KW - Social conditions. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Addis Ababa UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46199685 AB - The Act of Living explores the relation between development and marginality in Ethiopia, one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Replete with richly depicted characters and multi-layered narratives on history, everyday life and visions of the future, Marco Di Nunzio's ethnography of hustling and street life is an investigation of what is to live, hope and act in the face of the failing promises of development and change. Di Nunzio follows the life trajectories of two men, "Haile" and "Ibrahim," as they grow up in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, enter street life to get by, and turn to the city's expanding economies of work and entrepreneurship to search for a better life. Apparently favourable circumstances of development have not helped them achieve social improvement. As their condition of marginality endures, the two men embark in restless attempts to transform living into a site for hope and possibility.By narrating Haile and Ibrahim's lives, The Act of Living explores how and why development continues to fail the poor, how marginality is understood and acted upon in a time of promise, and why poor people's claims for open-endedness can lead to better and more just alternative futures. Tying together anthropology, African studies, political science, and urban studies, Di Nunzio takes readers on a bold exploration of the meaning of existence, hope, marginality, and street life. ER -