Making modernity asscountable: A case study of youth in Mozambique
Palavras-chave:
youth, modernity, NGO, MozambiqueResumo
According to the philosopher Stephen Toulmin there is a standard account of modernity which gives primacy to the written over the oral, the universal over the particular, the general over the local and the timeless over the timely. This paper draws from Toulmin to argue that accounts of modernity in Africa are based on the assumptions of the standard account of modernity to deny modernity to Africa even though these assumptions inhere in actual practices as the analysis of the work of a non-governmental organization operating in Mozambique seeks to document. The paper will therefore argue that modernity is real and that it shows its reality in the way in which particular social conditions and categories are done, i.e. through meanings, methods, motives and the management of the social relationship which they bring forth.Referências
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Annex: Background Material
HIV/SRH Integration site interview to Ms. Badiani, responsible for designing and implementing the national Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health/HIV/AIDS programme in Mozambique entitled Geração Biz:
http://www.hivandsrh.org/Voices/Badiani.php
For more information about Geração Biz in Mozambique, see:
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Programs_Mozambique_Projects_GeracaoBiz. (31st October 2008)
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