Humanitarian Handicrafts: Materiality, Development, and Fair Trade. A Re-evaluation.
| Dates: | 27 June 2019 - 28 June 2019 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Workshop |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Humanities |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Families, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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A workshop for those interested in the history and practice of humanitarianism and material culture.
How and why have humanitarian organisations generated the production of artisanal products and ‘folk’ artwork? How have humanitarians sought to utilise arts and crafts production as a means of engaging humanitarian subjects? What do cultures of participatory handicrafts among donors and supporters tell us about the humanitarian imagination? And what ethical challenges are posed by this form of fundraising and membership through consumption?
The Emily Hobhouse Letters Project and the Humanitarian and Confl ict Response Institute are organising this workshop to explore these and related questions and welcome contributions from academics, humanitarian professionals and craft practitioners.
For further details and our call for papers please see the conference website: www.humanitarianhandicrafts.com
Janice Helland
Professor Emerita
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Jo Laycock
Senior Lecturer in Modern History
University of Manchester
?Kasia Nowak
Research Assistant
University of Manchester
David Hopkin
Professor of European Social History
Hertford College, University of Oxford
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Chrissie Webb
Archivist of the Oxfam Papers
Bodleian Library Department of Special Collections
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Nicolette Makovicky
Lecturer in Russian and East European Studies
Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
University of Oxford
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Maria Småberg
Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies
Department of History, Lund University
Sian Roberts
Senior Lecturer, School of Education
University of Birmingham
Jessica Field
Assistant Professor
Jindal University, Delhi
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Adam Millar
PhD Researcher
University of Leicester
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