Who counts? : the mathematics of death and life after genocide
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Who counts? : the mathematics of death and life after genocide
Duke University Press, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-296) and index
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内容説明
In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson explores the social life of numbers, teasing out the myriad roles math plays in Guatemalan state violence, economic exploitation, and disenfranchisement, as well as in Mayan revitalization and grassroots environmental struggles. In the aftermath of thirty-six years of civil war, to count-both numerically and in the sense of having value-is a contested and qualitative practice of complex calculations encompassing war losses, migration, debt, and competing understandings of progress. Nelson makes broad connections among seemingly divergent phenomena, such as debates over reparations for genocide victims, Ponzi schemes, and antimining movements. Challenging the presumed objectivity of Western mathematics, Nelson shows how it flattens social complexity and becomes a raced, classed, and gendered skill that colonial powers considered beyond the grasp of indigenous peoples. Yet the Classic Maya are famous for the precision of their mathematics, including conceptualizing zero long before Europeans. Nelson shows how Guatemala's indigenous population is increasingly returning to Mayan numeracy to critique systemic inequalities with the goal of being counted-in every sense of the word.
目次
Preface xi
-1. Chapter Minus One 1
Part I. When You Count You Begin with 1, 2, 3
0. Bookkeeping 7
1. Before and After-Math 37
Part II. Bonesetting
2. The Algebra of Genocide 63
3. Reunion of Broken Parts 93
Part III. Mayan Pyramids
4. 100% Omnilife 121
5. Mayan Pyramid (Scheme) 157
Part IV. Yes to Life = NO to Mining
6. A Life's Worth 189
7. Beyond Adequacy 227
Notes 265
References 281
Index 297
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