The Social Change and Development (SCAD) Working Group invites you to the first meeting of the year on Monday, September 28th from 12:50-1:45pm! Talk: Artemisia annua and COVID-19 Speaker: Sarah Staub, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida Zoom webinar registration link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vqs1Izp9S72MYCC-FpAA0w To kick off this year's emphasis on health, Sarah will share on-going research on …
Terje Ostebo, UF. Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia: Between Proximity and Distance. 11:45am Link to the meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92484216980?pwd=Z0Z5ZzJWd05RczJyL0JIb2J2T3ptQT09 Abstract: Geographical proximity has enabled deep connections between peoples on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Horn of Africa. While this enabled important ethnic, cultural, and religious points of contacts between Muslims on the Peninsula and in …
Abdalla Adamu, Bayero University. "Don’t’ Translate M**r in the Vernacular”: Rap, Hip-Hop and Islamicate Public Culture in Northern Nigeria. October 9 | 3:30pm EST Register in advance for this meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-uurz0oHNUUomD5s6vjJIPjSnYz5oZe
Social Change | Development Opioid Scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Project Directions. Dr. Adrienne Strong, Assistant Professor and Megan Cogburn, Ph.D. Candidate UF Department of Anthropology. October 26 | 12:50pm EST In the United States we often hear about the overuse and abuse of opioids, not their absence but a parallel challenge, long in the making, has …
With Paul Landau, University of Maryland. "Operation Mayibuye and the Limits of the Political Imagination." October 30 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Landau is professor of history. His publications include: “The M-Plan: Mandela’s Struggle to Reorient the African National Congress.” Journal of Southern African Studies (2019); Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 (2010); and Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial …