Abstract
Starting from a detailed review of recent publications oriented by the concept of conviviality and etymologically related expressions (convivialisme, Konvivenz, Konvivialität), the article explores a common analytical deficit in these different contributions: the disregard of the reciprocal constitution of conviviality and inequality. To overcome this deficiency, the essay develops an analytical framework, according to which inequalities – defined along four complementary and interdependent axes (material, power, environmental and epistemological asymmetries) – are always signified, reproduced, and negotiated within convivial interactions.
Highlights
Since the incorporation of the term conviviality to the humanities vocabulary by Ivan Illich (1973), a wide variety of heterogeneous contributions have applied the categories and tools developed by Illich to various fields of knowledge or have even expanded and reformed his concepts to adapt them to the study of contemporary problems
The first is to systematize this vast discussion, seeking to grasp, in its various currents and forms, useful ideas that could support a research program dedicated to studying the nexus of the reciprocal constitution between conviviality and inequality
In dialog with the literature reviewed, the article seeks to specify the nexus between inequality and conviviality and offer some methodological suggestions on how to study this nexus
Summary
Since the incorporation of the term conviviality to the humanities vocabulary by Ivan Illich (1973), a wide variety of heterogeneous contributions have applied the categories and tools developed by Illich to various fields of knowledge or have even expanded and reformed his concepts to adapt them to the study of contemporary problems. The first is to systematize this vast discussion, seeking to grasp, in its various currents and forms, useful ideas that could support a research program dedicated to studying the nexus of the reciprocal constitution between conviviality and inequality. The second objective stems from the first. In dialog with the literature reviewed, the article seeks to specify the nexus between inequality and conviviality and offer some methodological suggestions on how to study this nexus. The structure of this article is determined by its objectives. While the first and longer section reviews the debate about conviviality, the second discusses the nexus between conviviality and inequality and the third and final section focuses on methodological aspects.
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