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Papers by Vincent Joos
Berghahn Books, Dec 30, 2023
Berghahn Books, Dec 30, 2023
Manchester University Press eBooks, Nov 8, 2022
Transforming Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology, 2022
The Moïse presidency was a short, yet violent, and devastating period for Haiti. The story of his... more The Moïse presidency was a short, yet violent, and devastating period for Haiti. The story of his home region—the Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement—sheds light on Moïse’s own incompetence and lies, and explains how Haiti fell into its most profound crisis even though an unprecedented amount of aid funds were pledged to the country after the 2010 earthquake.
Jean-Claude Charles: A Reader’s Guide
Economic Anthropology, 2017
This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtow... more This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtown Port-au-Prince shape and are shaped by the vernacular buildings in which they take place. Women living in, and working from, shotgun houses—a structure with a small street facade that allows for both private and commercial life—use these houses to build moral economies woven around familial solidarity and egalitarian relations. Working in houses that formerly belonged to Haitian black middle classes implies inheritance of respectability values based around home caretaking, religious life, and intimacy. In their economic inventiveness, women who do not have access to formal employment mobilize the power and politics of these houses in a distinctive mode of work and entrepreneurship. Houses and acts of commerce, together, form a particular kind of Haitian respectability for women that offers visibility, social networking, and risk adversity. These domestic spaces that open up new political, social, and economic horizons are threatened by top-down urban planning projects. Through the narration of the life history of Clomène Firmin, this article details female economic and moral practices and phases of urban planning that had for effect, since the devastating 2010 earthquake, to dismantle female economies in urban centers.
Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 2020
This article explores the life history of Ulrick Rosarion, a Haitian federal prosecutor who built... more This article explores the life history of Ulrick Rosarion, a Haitian federal prosecutor who built his career during the Duvalier dictatorship. Rosarion lived his entire life in a small house of downtown Port-au-Prince, in a neighborhood formerly inhabited by the Black middle-classes that gained prominence in the political and administrative sphere during the dictatorship (1957-1986). Rosarion was also a writer who produced four books of nationalist poetry. Based on interviews and readings of his literary production, and beyond, through an exploration of architectural forms and material remnants echoing the dictatorship, this paper explores how an idealized version of the dictatorship today haunts the political landscape of Haiti. Moreover, this article argues that the state takes on a sensual form that allows for the diffusion and/or rupture of past ideologies.
Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Missis... more Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi. All the victims were African Americans. This event is central in the collective memory of Natchez black residents. This ethnographic work explores the shapes memory ...
The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories
Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Missis... more Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi. All the victims were African Americans. This event is central in the collective memory of Natchez black residents. This ethnographic work explores the shapes memory ...
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review
Berghahn Books, Dec 30, 2023
Berghahn Books, Dec 30, 2023
Manchester University Press eBooks, Nov 8, 2022
Transforming Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology, 2022
The Moïse presidency was a short, yet violent, and devastating period for Haiti. The story of his... more The Moïse presidency was a short, yet violent, and devastating period for Haiti. The story of his home region—the Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement—sheds light on Moïse’s own incompetence and lies, and explains how Haiti fell into its most profound crisis even though an unprecedented amount of aid funds were pledged to the country after the 2010 earthquake.
Jean-Claude Charles: A Reader’s Guide
Economic Anthropology, 2017
This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtow... more This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtown Port-au-Prince shape and are shaped by the vernacular buildings in which they take place. Women living in, and working from, shotgun houses—a structure with a small street facade that allows for both private and commercial life—use these houses to build moral economies woven around familial solidarity and egalitarian relations. Working in houses that formerly belonged to Haitian black middle classes implies inheritance of respectability values based around home caretaking, religious life, and intimacy. In their economic inventiveness, women who do not have access to formal employment mobilize the power and politics of these houses in a distinctive mode of work and entrepreneurship. Houses and acts of commerce, together, form a particular kind of Haitian respectability for women that offers visibility, social networking, and risk adversity. These domestic spaces that open up new political, social, and economic horizons are threatened by top-down urban planning projects. Through the narration of the life history of Clomène Firmin, this article details female economic and moral practices and phases of urban planning that had for effect, since the devastating 2010 earthquake, to dismantle female economies in urban centers.
Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 2020
This article explores the life history of Ulrick Rosarion, a Haitian federal prosecutor who built... more This article explores the life history of Ulrick Rosarion, a Haitian federal prosecutor who built his career during the Duvalier dictatorship. Rosarion lived his entire life in a small house of downtown Port-au-Prince, in a neighborhood formerly inhabited by the Black middle-classes that gained prominence in the political and administrative sphere during the dictatorship (1957-1986). Rosarion was also a writer who produced four books of nationalist poetry. Based on interviews and readings of his literary production, and beyond, through an exploration of architectural forms and material remnants echoing the dictatorship, this paper explores how an idealized version of the dictatorship today haunts the political landscape of Haiti. Moreover, this article argues that the state takes on a sensual form that allows for the diffusion and/or rupture of past ideologies.
Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Missis... more Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi. All the victims were African Americans. This event is central in the collective memory of Natchez black residents. This ethnographic work explores the shapes memory ...
The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories
Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Missis... more Abstract: In April 1940, two hundred and nine people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi. All the victims were African Americans. This event is central in the collective memory of Natchez black residents. This ethnographic work explores the shapes memory ...
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review
Migrants shaping Europe, past and present Multilingual literatures, arts, and cultures , 2022
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This pioneering volume explores the contribution of migrants to European culture from the early modern era to today. It takes culture as an aesthetic and social activity of making, one practised by migrants on the move and also by those who represent their lives in an act of support. Adopting a multilingual approach, the book interprets the aesthetics and political practices developed by and with migrants in Spain, Italy and France. It juxtaposes early modern and modern work with contemporary, reconceiving migrants as crucial agents of change. Scholars and artists track people on the move within the continent and without, drawing a significant map for the cultural history of migration around Europe.
Rutgers University Press, 2021
About This Book Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstru... more About This Book
Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes the failures of international aid in Haiti while it analyzes examples of Haitian-based reconstruction and economic practices. By interrogating the relationship between indigenous uses of the cityscape and the urbanization of the countryside within a framework that centers on the violence of urban planning, the book shows that the forms of economic development promoted by international agencies institutionalize impermanence and instability. Conversely, it shows how everyday Haitians use and transform the city to create spaces of belonging and forms of citizenship anchored in a long history of resistance to extractive economies. Taking readers into the remnants of failed industrial projects in Haitian provinces and into the streets, rubble, and homes of Port-au-Prince, this book reflects on the possibilities and meanings of dwelling in post-disaster urban landscapes.