Why do different cultures form and persist? Learning from the case of Makerere University

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dc.contributor.authorJoan Ricart-Huguet
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T12:10:54Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T12:10:54Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-09
dc.description.abstractCulture is a central concept in the social sciences. It is also difficult to examine rigorously. I study the oldest university in East Africa and a cradle of political elites, Makerere University, where halls of residence developed distinct cultures in the 1970s such that some hall cultures are activist (e.g. Lumumba Hall) while others are respectful to authorities (e.g. Livingstone Hall) even though assignment to halls has been random since 1970. I leverage this unique setting to understand how culture forms and affects the values and behaviours of young adults. Participant observation, interviews and archives suggest that cultural differences arose from critical junctures that biased group (hall) composition and from intergroup (inter-hall) competition. Hall governments promote cultural and institutional persistence through the intergenerational transmission of norms and practices, thereby highlighting the role of political hierarchy in reproducing culture.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRicart-Huguet J, “Why Do Different Cultures Form and Persist? Learning from the Case of Makerere University” (2022) 60 The Journal of Modern African Studies 429en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN 0022-278X
dc.identifier.issnEISSN 1469-7777
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8832
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectCulture; intergroup; relations; identity; elites; Ugandaen_US
dc.titleWhy do different cultures form and persist? Learning from the case of Makerere Universityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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