Social Anthropology Seminar - Elizabeth Ewart - University of Oxford
| Dates: | 21 November 2016 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Speaker: | Dr Elizabeth Ewart, Dr Wolde Tadesse |
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Social Anthropology Seminar
Monday, 21st November 2016
Dr Elizabeth Ewart – University of Oxford and
Dr Wolde Tadesse – African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
‘’ A Tree for Living: Enset (False Banana) Cultivation In The Southern Highlands Of Ethiopia”
Enset (ensete ventricosum) is a widely cultivated staple crop across the southern highlands of Ethiopia. It has received some attention from agro-scientists due to its resilience to fluctuating rainfall patterns and due to the storability of its food products. This has led some to argue that enset could play a significant role in contributing to food security in times of scarcity, resulting in Brandt et al.’s 1997 designation of enset as ‘the tree against hunger’.
In this paper, we wish to explore enset beyond this characterization which seems to situate it within a language of desperation and scarcity that evokes an image of African livelihoods as ever precarious. Instead, we will argue that the significance of enset in the Gamo highlands is as much aesthetic as it is nutritional, involving relations between people and their animals and between plants and the land.
2.016/2.017,
Second Floor Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building
4:15 – 6:00pm
(Tea and coffee available outside the room from 4:00pm)
ALL WELCOME!
Speakers
Dr Elizabeth Ewart
Role: Speaker
Organisation: University of Oxford
Dr Wolde Tadesse
Role: Speaker
Organisation: African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
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2nd floor Boardroom - 2.016 / 2.017
Arthur Lewis Building
Manchester
