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Recap: Social Change | Development Working Group with Dr. Noémi Tousignant

On March 29th,2021, The Social Change and Development Working Group hosted Dr. Noémi Tousignant, Lecturer at The University College London. Her presentation was titled: Carcinogenic Residues of Global Biomedicine in Senegal. Dr. Tousignant’s work focuses on historical and contemporary intersections of biomedicine with global inequalities in health in West Africa, especially in Senegal. Dr. Tousignant […]

Recap: Social Change and Development | Africa with Audrey Smith

On Monday February 17, Audrey Smith (University of Florida) presented at the Social Change and Development in Africa (SCAD) Working Group meeting. Her talk, “Large-scale Land Acquisitions and Ecosystem Services: Impacts on Natural Woodlands and Energy Security in Ethiopia,” centered on her preliminary findings from her research on large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia. The overarching […]

Recap: SCAD with Ikram Getachew

The Social Change and Development in Africa Working Group met on Monday April 2 for a lecture by Ikram Getachew (University of Florida) titled, “Ruqa: Healing, Power Struggle and Women in Ethiopia.” Ikram used the presentation to discuss her research on exorcism—its change and continuity, analyzing impacts of society and gender, and how it exists as a […]

Recap: SCAD with Peter Redfield

On Monday, March 12th, Peter Redfield (Professor of Anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill) gave a provocative presentation titled “Aftermaths: Equipment for Living in a Broken World.” The lecture followed several examples of minimalist humanitarian equipment, or “magic bullets,” and the imaginations surrounding them to interrogate three problem spaces: biopolitical horizons of expectations; the needy human and a mobile […]

Recap: SCAD with Valerie Valerio

On February 19, Valerie Valerio (University of Florida) gave presented, “Systems Modeling for Quantitative Value Chain Analysis: a Case Study from the Lowveld of Swaziland.” The lecture centered on her doctoral research on the use of value chains for livestock management and investment. She began the lecture by discussed what a value chain is—the full range of […]

Recap: SCAD with Jackie Curnick

University of Florida MDP student, Jackie Curnick, presented on “Water Security and Rainwater Catchment Systems in Eastern Cape, South Africa,” at the February 5th SCAD meeting. Her lecture centered on the water crisis in Cape Town as the city approaches “Day Zero,” when water will run out in the city, making it the first major city to […]

Recap: SCAD with Alula Pankhurst

On November 13, the Social Change and Development in Africa working group welcomed Alula Pankhurst (Ethiopia WIDE) for his lecture titled, “The changing faces of Ethiopia’s rural communities: evidence from Ethiopia WIDE 20 communities over 20 years with a focus on inequalities and youth transitions.” The presentation focused on changes affecting Ethiopia’s rural communities, the WIDE […]

Recap: SCAD with Natasha Sokolsky

On Monday October 23, Natasha Sokolsky from the Pact Institute presented “Friend or Foe? The New Role of Corporations in Africa’s Development and Mining Sectors: Case Studies from the INGO Shared Value Perspective,” at the SCAD working group meeting. The Pact Institute is a 45-year-old NGO that supports projects in health and international development in […]

Recap: SCAD with Max Gelber

Social Change and Development in Africa On Monday October 9, Max Gelber (University of Florida) presented “Mapping the Shark Chain in Ghana,” at the Social Change and Development in Africa working group meeting. Max was presenting his research from the summer, conducted in the coastal western region of Ghana. Max worked with Hɛn Mpoano (Our Coast), a local NGO, […]

Recap: SCAD Symposium “Revisiting Partnership for Development in Africa”

SCAD Symposium: Revisiting Partnership for Development in Africa On Monday September 25, the Social Change and Development in Africa Working group held the symposium, “Revisiting Partnership for Development in Africa.” The symposium consisted of three lectures from guest speakers and a panel discussion with four speakers from UF. Jon Harald Sande Lie gave the first lecture […]

Recap: SCAD with Nancy Rose Hunt

On Monday April 10th, Nancy Rose Hunt gave a talk to the Social Change and Development Working Group titled, “Pleasure and Dreams in a Congolese ‘Shrunken Milieu’”. Dr. Hunt joined the University of Florida as Professor of History and African Studies in Fall 2016, after a 19-year career at the University of Michigan. The talk focused on […]

Recap: SCAD with Chesney McOmber

On Monday, March 27th, Chesney McOmber gave a talk to the Social Change & Development Working Group titled, “The Feminization of Rural Space: Exploring the Politics of Male Absence in Kenya and Morocco.” The talk focused on McOmber’s dissertation research comparing 4 communities between both Kenya and Morocco with dominant female populations (largely due to […]

Recap: SCAD with David Dillon

On Monday March 13th, David Dillon delivered a presentation to the Social Change & Development Working Group (co-authored with Alyson Young), titled, “The Socioecology of Household Toxin Exposure in Eastern Zambia”. David Dillon is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology and Alyson Young is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UF. The talk presented an analysis […]

Recap: SCAD with Goran Hyden

On Monday February 6th, Goran Hyden gave a Social Change and Development Working Group talk titled, “Who Owns What? Ownership in Partnership”. Dr. Goran Hyden is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at UF. His talk introduced a study of ownership, which promotes a reconceptualization of the international aid in terms of ownership, which has historically […]

Recap: SCAD with Steven Brandt and Justin Dunnavant

On Monday, January 23rd, Steven Brandt and Justin Dunnavant gave a Social Change & Development Working Group talk titled, “Cultural Heritage as an Agent of African Social Change & Development.” Dr. Steve Brandt is Associate Professor of Anthropology at UF and Justin Dunnavant is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at UF. They both conduct fieldwork in Ethiopia, among other […]

Recap: SCAD with Amanda B. Edgell

On Friday November 18th, Amanda B. Edgell gave a presentation for the Social Change & Development in Africa Working Group titled, “Vying for a Man Seat: Constituency Magnitude and Mainstream Female Candidature in Uganda and Kenya.” The talk assessed the effects of gender quotas on female representation in the legislatures in Uganda and Kenya, finding that these […]

Recap: SCAD with Riley Ravary

On Friday November 4th, Riley Ravary gave a talk titled, “Impacts of Transboundary Protected Areas Governance on Gender at Mount Elgon National Park” for the Social Change and Development in Africa Working Group. Ravary is a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at UF. Her talk focused on the experiences of residents within or […]

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