BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1216@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20200811T101712 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20191108T173000 SUMMARY:Amanda Hammar: Speaking Through Houses - Interweaving Biography\, P roperty and Personhood in Urban Zimbabwe DESCRIPTION:Neither property nor personhood are uncontested concepts or sta tic empirical realities. Each term has its own contextual meanings shape d by specific yet changing historical\, spatial\, social\, cultural\, po litical and economic conditions. The Comaroffs have argued that African notions of personhood are ‘infinitely more complicated’ than the si ngular\, universalising and teleological Euro-American version of ’the autonomous individual’.  Similarly\, property in many African and oth er global South settings is viewed as diverse\, dynamic and relational i n multiple senses.  This lecture aims to reflect on the dynamic\, co-c onstitutive relationship between property and personhood through applyin g a relational (ethno)biographical approach to a particular building – in this case a specific house in the urban margins of Bulawayo\, Zimbab we – and the interconnected figures associated with it over four decad es\, including the researcher herself.  It combines reflexive\, interwe aving ethnobiographies of the infrastructural and the socially intimate over time\, locating these within Zimbabwe’s shifting political\, econ omic and social landscapes since the late 1970 to the present. In doing so\, it offers insights into the (sometimes unexpected) ways in which pr operty and personhood in post-colonial settings are influenced by the co mplex intersections of race\, class and gender\, and displacement. \\r\ \nFlyer [https://ethnologie.philhist.unibas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/ethno logie/JJ_B_2019_Amanda_Hammar_MB_final.pdf]\\r\\nAmanda Hammar is Associat e Professor and Director of the Centre of African Studies\, University o f Copenhagen\, and current President of the European African Studies Ass ociation (AEGIS). Her book publications include Displacement Economies i n Africa (2014) and Zimbabwe’s Unfinished Business (2003). Her current research focus includes urban displacement and resettlement\, juxtaciti es\, and certifications of citizenship in Africa\\r\\nThe lecture will be followed by a reception (apéro). Everybody is welcome! X-ALT-DESC:

Neither property nor personhood are uncontested concepts or s tatic empirical realities. Each term has its own contextual meanings sha ped by specific yet changing historical\, spatial\, social\, cultural\, political and economic conditions. The Comaroffs have argued that Africa n notions of personhood are ‘infinitely more complicated’ than the singular\, universalising and teleological Euro-American version of ’th e autonomous individual’. \; Similarly\, property in many African and other global South settings is viewed as diverse\, dynamic and relat ional in multiple senses.  \;This lecture aims to reflect on the dyn amic\, co-constitutive relationship between property and personhood thro ugh applying a relational (ethno)biographical approach to a part icular building – in this case a specific house in the urban margins o f Bulawayo\, Zimbabwe – and the interconnected figures associated with it over four decades\, including the researcher herself. \; It comb ines reflexive\, interweaving ethnobiographies of the infrastructural an d the socially intimate over time\, locating these within Zimbabwe’s s hifting political\, economic and social landscapes since the late 1970 t o the present. In doing so\, it offers insights into the (sometimes unex pected) ways in which property and personhood in post-colonial settings are influenced by the complex intersections of race\, class and gender\, and displacement.

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Amanda H ammar is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre of African S tudies\, University of Copenhagen\, and current President of the Europea n African Studies Association (AEGIS). Her book publications include Dis placement Economies in Africa (2014) and Zimbabwe’s Unfinished Business (2003). Her current research focus includes urban displacement and res ettlement\, juxtacities\, and certifications of citizenship in Africa

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The lecture will be followed by a reception (apéro). Everybody is we lcome!

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