2-0360 THE MATERIAL WORLD: CITIES, STREETS, AND HOUSING

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 14:00-15:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Chair: Andrea Morrell (CUNY Graduate Center)

14:00

India's Incidental Publics

Durba Chattaraj ()

14:15

DIY As Political Action In Reunion Island Shantytowns: Towards a New Anthropology of Governance?

Heloise Finch-Boyer (University of the Witwatersrand)

14:30

Small City, Prison Town: Race, Place and Prison Closures In New York State

Andrea Morrell (CUNY Graduate Center)

14:45

Aboriginalizing the Cityscape: Vancouver’s Olympics, Local Representations, and the Everyday

Natalie J Baloy (University of British Columbia)

15:00

Beirut’s Shifting Borderlines: The Role of Religious-Political Organizations In Shaping Urban Space

Hiba Bou Akar (UC Berkeley)

15:15

Recuperating Catastrophe: Disaster, Memory, and History In Kobe, Japan

Carla C Takaki Richardson (University of California, Santa Cruz)

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