Department of Social Policy and Department of Anthropology public discussion
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Professor James Fairhead, Professor Katy Gardner, Professor David Lewis, Professor David Mosse
Chair: Professor Deborah James
This is a panel discussion in support of the following publication Anthropology and Development Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, which will include both authors, Katy Gardner and David Lewis who are both LSE academics.
Anthropology and Development is a completely rewritten new version of the best-selling and critically acclaimed book Anthropology, Development and the Post-Modern Challenge (1996). It offers an innovative reformulation of the field, a resource for researchers and policy makers, and a key reading for students on undergraduate and graduate courses at leading universities in Europe and North America.
Katy Gardner and David Lewis engage with nearly two decades of continuity and change in the development industry. Arguing that the world of international development has expanded and become more technocratic since the 1990s, Anthropology and Development insists on a focus on the core anthropological issues surrounding poverty and inequality, and aims to redefine perceptions of the key problems in the field.
James Fairhead is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex.
Katy Gardner is Professor of Anthropology and Head of the Department of Anthropology at LSE.
David Lewis () is Professor of Social Policy and Development and Head of the Department of Social Policy at LSE.
David Mosse is Professor of Social Anthropology at SOAS.
Deborah James is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at LSE.
The Department of Social Policy (@LSESocialPolicy) is the longest established in the UK and offers outstanding teaching based on the highest quality empirical research in the field.
LSE's Anthropology Department (@LSEAnthropology), with a long and distinguished history, remains a leading centre for innovative research and teaching.
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