Research in unpleasant places: From the political economy of production to the reality of waste in India - An ESID Masterclass
| Dates: | 15 April 2015 |
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| Times: | 10:00 - 11:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Brooks World Poverty Institute |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Prof. Barbara Harriss-White |
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In this seminar Professor Barbara Harris-White from the University of Oxford will talk about how to move from theory at a high level of abstraction to fieldwork in unpleasant places: What are the elephant traps awaiting the move from the abstract to the concrete? When that move cannot avoid fieldwork in unpleasant places, what are the challenges and how does one experiment with solutions? These and other questions will be aired in a class about research that moves from the theory of the metabolic rift to fieldwork on the waste economy of a small town in South India and the ‘waste people’ who derive their livelihoods from waste.
Staff and Masters/PhD students can book their place by emailing kat.bethell@manchester.ac.uk by Monday 13th April.
Speaker
Prof. Barbara Harriss-White
Role: Emeritus Professor of Development Studies
Organisation: University of Oxford
Travel and Contact Information
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University Place
Manchester
