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SUMMARY:Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday 25th of September 2017 - Dr 
 Stef Jansen - University of Manchester
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DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nSocial Anthropology Seminar\nMonday\, 25th September 20
 17\n\nDr Stef Jansen - The University Of Manchester\n\n(Non-)Events: ant
 hropological (in)fidelities to Alain Badiou\n\nThis presentation constru
 cts a dialogue between Alain Badiou's philosophy of the event and the de
 mands of and opportunities offered by social scientific analysis of chan
 ge and reproduction. Reflecting on the (after)life of one happening in B
 osnia and Herzegovina (the 2014 Winter Revolt) in light of another happe
 ning (the 1992–1995 war)\, I investigate the conditions under which happ
 enings may or may not come to function—and be recognised—as catalysts of
  change. Substantially departing from Badiou's normative-universalist ap
 proach\, I nevertheless seek to demonstrate how a core dimension of his 
 project—an effort to address events processually in relation to subject 
 formation—can inspire the formulation of interesting avenues for anthrop
 ological investigation. Particularly\, addressing questions of perspecti
 ve\, intensity and duration\, I contend that anthropologists are well-pl
 aced to trace what Badiou calls 'fidelity'. Alert to different modalitie
 s of fidelity\, I counter-intuitively suggest that we mobilise Badiou's 
 event theory to analyse non-events too.  \n\n\nSecond Floor Boardroom 2.
 016 / 017\nArthur Lewis Building\nTime 4:15 - 6:00pm\n(Tea and coffee av
 ailable outside the room from 4:00pm)\n\nALL WELCOME!\n
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LOCATION:2nd floor Boardroom - 2.016 / 17\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manch
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