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SUMMARY:Social Anthropology Seminar - Elizabeth Ewart - University of Oxf
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DESCRIPTION:\nSocial Anthropology Seminar\n\nMonday\, 21st November 2016\
 n\nDr Elizabeth Ewart – University of Oxford and \nDr Wolde Tadesse – Af
 rican Studies Centre\, University of Oxford\n\n‘’ A Tree for Living: Ens
 et (False Banana) Cultivation In The Southern Highlands Of Ethiopia”\n\n
 \nEnset (ensete ventricosum) is a widely cultivated staple crop across t
 he southern highlands of Ethiopia. It has received some attention from a
 gro-scientists due to its resilience to fluctuating rainfall patterns an
 d due to the storability of its food products. This has led some to argu
 e that enset could play a significant role in contributing to food secur
 ity in times of scarcity\, resulting in Brandt et al.’s 1997 designation
  of enset as ‘the tree against hunger’. \nIn this paper\, we wish to exp
 lore 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 signifi
 cance of enset in the Gamo highlands is as much aesthetic as it is nutri
 tional\, involving relations between people and their animals and betwee
 n plants and the land.  \n\n\n\n2.016/2.017\,\nSecond Floor Boardroom\, 
 Arthur Lewis Building\n4:15 – 6:00pm \n(Tea and coffee available outside
  the room from 4:00pm)\n\nALL WELCOME!
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:2nd floor Boardroom - 2.016 / 2.017\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Ma
 nchester
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