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Who Counts?: The Mathematics of Death and Life after Genocide
Diane M. Nelson
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Description for Who Counts?: The Mathematics of Death and Life after Genocide
Paperback. In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson presents a complex reading of mathematics and the contested and myriad ways it is used by the Guatemalan state to marginalize indigenous populations as well as its use by indigenous peoples to critique systemic inequalities. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822360056
SKU
V9780822360056
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About Diane M. Nelson
Diane M. Nelson is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University and the author of A Finger in the Wound: Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala; she is also the author of Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala and coeditor of War by Other Means: Aftermath in Post-Genocide Guatemala, both also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews for Who Counts?: The Mathematics of Death and Life after Genocide
"...I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in Guatemala, postgenocidal reconstruction, environmental justice movements, or the social embeddedness of economic rationality."
Rebecca Nelson
Anthropology Book Forum
"In the end, it is a meditation on both Guatemala and numbers that Nelson offers, and . . . for me her book succeeds on both counts."
Douglas V. ... Read more
Rebecca Nelson
Anthropology Book Forum
"In the end, it is a meditation on both Guatemala and numbers that Nelson offers, and . . . for me her book succeeds on both counts."
Douglas V. ... Read more