workshop at the EASA conference in Nanterre: Materiality and Poverty

We are pleased to invite the submission of abstracts for the following workshop at the EASA conference in Nanterre, Paris, from the 10th-13th July 2012.

Workshop title:          Materiality and Poverty
Co-convenors:              Erin B. Taylor, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa
                                        Daniel Miller, University College London
Chair:                             Erin B. Taylor
Discussant:                   Daniel Miller

Short abstract: If materiality is integral to poverty, can poor people have positive relationships with materiality? This workshop critically explores the possibilities and limitations of material forms as vehicles for self-creation and social transformation among the poorest sectors of societies.

You can find the full abstract and workshop details at:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1116

Abstracts should be submitted by November 28^th, 2011, by logging into EASA on their homepage.

 

Feel free to email us if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your proposals and engaging in a great discussion in Paris!

 

All the best

Erin Taylor and Daniel Miller