Month: August 2019
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Seminar: Mzulungile Gaqa — Wednesday 21 August 2019
Read More: Seminar: Mzulungile Gaqa — Wednesday 21 August 2019Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series 2019 Life beyond protests: What it means to be an informal settlement resident in Kanana/Gugulethu, Cape Town Mzulungile Gaqa University of the Western Cape Wednesday 21 August 2019 Anthropology lab, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, 13h00-14h20 Abstract This study explores the lives of the residents of Kanana, an informal settlement…
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Seminar: Zayaan Khan — Wednesday 14 August
Read More: Seminar: Zayaan Khan — Wednesday 14 AugustFrom seeds-as-object to seeds-as-relation; seeing seeds through neoliberal othering by Zayaan Khan Department of Anthropology and Sociology Anthropology Lab, h00-14h20 Abstract This research uses seed bill hearings and policy readings of the Plant Breeders Rights Act and the Plant Improvement Act to understand government and corporate views through interviews and parliamentary debates. These systems of…
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Seminar: Carolyn Orban — Wednesday 7 August 2019
Read More: Seminar: Carolyn Orban — Wednesday 7 August 2019“Historical Epidemics, Novel Techniques: Using Historical and Ethnographic Materials to Build Computer Simulation Models” by Carolyn Orban (Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Health Sciences at the University of Missouri) Wednesday 07 August 2019 Anthropology lab, Department of Anthropology and Sociology 13h00-14h20 Abstract In this talk, I will introduce my work using agent-based computer simulation models…
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Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe By Godfrey Maringira
Read More: Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe By Godfrey MaringiraCongratulations to Godfrey Maringira for the publishing of the book Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe. Godfrey was a researcher and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of the Western Cape. Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe explores the barrack experiences of soldiers in post-independence Zimbabwe, examining the…
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LECTURER: DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology at the University of the Western Cape has recently been reconstituted as its own department, reinvigorating a long-standing tradition of rigorous ethnographic research and pedagogy oriented towards critical questions emergent in our African context. The Department invites applicants for the position of Lecturer to contribute towards the growth of a vibrant and…
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A Biennial Conference of the SCA and SVA May 7-8-9 Re/Distribute: Three Radical Economists on (Post)Apartheid Two radical collectives working inside and outside of the academy to agitate with ideas and actions against ongoing histories of dispossession consider what redistribution means in the most unequal national context on earth. In a 50-minute short film, we…
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