Centre for the Study of Global Governance Global Civil Society Yearbook 2009 launch
Date: Wednesday 6 May 2009
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor David Campbell, Teresa Hanley, Dr Ruth Kattumuri, Dr Sally Stares
Chair: Professor Mary Kaldor
This diverse panel explores global civil society approaches to the social problem of poverty. The ways in which poverty are articulated, how poverty is represented, and how 'the poor' are designated are important political processes with implications for people's agency, our perceptions of impoverishment, and policies to alleviate it.
David Campbell is professor of cultural and political geography at Durham University. Teresa Hanley is manager of public interest in poverty issues at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Ruth Kattumuri is co-director of the India Observatory and Asia Research Centre. Sally Stares is a research fellow in the Methodology Institute at LSE.
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Reception and Exhibition Launch
After the debate there will be a reception and launch of Viewing Restricted: [Re]presenting Poverty, a major new exhibition which sets out to explore different notions, representations and manifestations of 'poverty' within a global context.
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