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Layers of Protection: Everyday Life with Empowered Objects |
In her talk, Inger Vasstveit discusses “empowered objects” - small Buddhist objects that people wear on their person - in relation to the broader socio-political and cosmological environment in India |
Inger Vasstveit |
02 Mar 2021 |
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Death by Poisoning: Cautionary Narratives and Inter-Ethnic Accusations in Contemporary Sikkim |
Kikee Bhutia talks about the contemporary discourses around ‘othering’ in Sikkim and analyse the region’s inter-ethnic challenges |
Kikee Bhutia |
04 Feb 2021 |
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Gift, sacrifice, and deadly rumours (3 May 2013) |
In this seminar, Dr Julien Bonhomme (École normale supérieure, Paris) discusses the cultural significance of rumours of deadly alms and gift giving that first appeared in Senegal in 2010. |
Julien Bonhomme |
13 Nov 2013 |
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Geology, potentiality, speculation: on the indeterminacy of natural resources (10 May 2013) |
In this seminar, Dr Gisa Weszkalnys (London School of Economics) focuses her study of the indeterminacy of natural resources on the small island state of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea. |
Gisa Weszkalnys |
13 Nov 2013 |
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Brazilian serialities: imagining persons (24 May 2013) |
In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Professor Joao de Pina-Cabral (University of Kent) discusses the creative use of personal names in Brazil. |
Joao de Pina-Cabral |
13 Nov 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Creativity Lecture 3: Creativity - Abduction or Improvisation? |
Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen) discusses his current research, on the comparative anthropology of the line, exploring issues on the interface between anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. |
Tim Ingold |
20 Jun 2011 |
