Thug Realism: Inhabiting Fantasy in Urban Tanzania

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Thug Realism: Inhabiting Fantasy in Urban Tanzania

Presented by: Lindsay Poirier

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Globalization

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Locality

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Brad Weiss

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Aim and Methods

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Weiss interacts with young men in barbershops

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The Road to Fantasy

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Explosion of mass media exposed Tanzanians to the outside world

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Imagination as a Social Practice

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Distancing

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Thug Realism

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Questions and Future Research

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Shifts in Fantasy

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Growing unease with current state of governmental affairs?

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Shift in attitudes and values of young men? Or shift in media?

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How do social practices surrounding political fantasy shape Arusha as its own locality?

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Conclusion

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Questions?