In the Event

<p> Events are generative moments in at least three senses: events are created by and condense larger-scale social structures; as moments they spark and give rise to new social processes; in themselves events may also serve to analyze social situations and relationships. Based on ethnographic studies from around the world-varying from rituals and meetings over protests and conflicts to natural disasters and management-this volume analyzes generative moments through events that hold the key to understanding larger social situations. These events-including the Ashura ritual in Bahrain social cleavages in South Africa a Buddhist cave in Nepal drought in Burkina Faso an earthquake in Pakistan the cartoon crisis in Denmark corporate management at Bang & Olufsen protest meetings in Europe and flooding and urban citizenship in Mozambique-are not simply destructive disasters crises and conflicts but also generative and constitutive of the social.</p>