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  • Seminar: Zayaan Khan — Wednesday 14 August

     From 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

     “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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