(SoSS) Social Anthropology

The Dug-Up Heart: Uncovering Trauma in an Indonesian Convent

16:00 - 18:00 6 February 2023
Dr Meghan Rose Donnelly The Dug-Up Heart: Uncovering Trauma in an Indonesian Convent Is everyone traumatized? What if we took trauma to be a fundamental aspect of human existence?…

Animating the Future: amplifying youth voices through animation co-production

16:00 - 18:00 13 February 2023
Dr Camilla Morelli Animating the Future: amplifying youth voices through animation co-production This talk explores the lives and imagined futures of children and youth who are facing…

Commoning Data: Informational politics in the Energy Crisis

16:00 - 18:00 13 February 2023
Dr Hannah Knox Commoning Data: Informational politics in the Energy Crisis In this talk I will draw on recent research with two projects that have been pursuing energy activism through…

Gilded Space-Time: Economic subjectivities in a boom-and-bust economy

16:00 - 18:00 20 February 2023
Dr Amy Penfield Gilded Space-Time: Economic subjectivities in a boom-and-bust economy This paper explores moral reflections in encounters with gold and the activity of prospector…

When ‘equal partners’ become parents: Individualism, equality and the cost of social reproduction

16:00 - 18:00 6 March 2023
Dr Charlotte Faircloth When ‘equal partners’ become parents: Individualism, equality and the cost of social reproduction Concerned with the sustainability of social reproduction,…

Covid-19 Containment Measures in Japan and the Role of Society JOINT SEMINAR WITH JAPANESE STUDIES

17:00 - 18:30 14 March 2023
Amy Borovoy Covid-19 Containment Measures in Japan and the Role of Society This talk explores Japan’s policies of containing infection without heavy reliance on legally imposed lockdowns…

Faith in paper: Title deeds, land fraud and anxious subjectivities - the pursuit of middle-class homeownership on Nairobi’s urban frontier

16:00 - 18:00 24 April 2023
Dr Peter Lockwood Faith in paper: Title deeds, land fraud and anxious subjectivities - the pursuit of middle-class homeownership on Nairobi’s urban frontier Beginning with scenes of…

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