More than singular, less than plural - Anjuna as a fractal place

• Authors: Agata Rybus
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Drawing on ethnographic research carried out in the Indian coastal village of Anjuna in Goa, this article presents an analysis of the process of the contemporary production of a specific type of place, i.e., former colonies which now function as important tourist and migrant hubs. Using the Actor-Network Theory as a methodological frame, I attempt to show how the practices of diverse social actors in Anjuna construct different, partly overlapping versions of the village. I focus on different variants of the village that are performatively produced by Goans under the influence of and in the face of both desirable and unwanted socio-cultural presences. As context, I also show how the village is constructed by other groups crucial for its functioning, namely, lifestyle migrants, labor migrants and tourists.

Keywords

EN

actor-network theory; fractal; Goa; India; migration; place production; tourism

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 112
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 163-198
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Agata Rybus

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic