Anthropologist at LSE. Current research: debt and financialisation in South Africa
England / South Africa
Joined May 2015
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Thanks @AfricaAtLSE for hosting a very special launch for my book "In the Time of Ebola", and thank you @djameslse for sharing the stage with me
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Contested law: between principles, pragmatics and belonging
Law refracts questions of African national and continental belonging, and global/Northern legacies and influence. These pertain to histories and to future possibilities.
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We are excited to be hosting LSE's own @clairecmercer book launch this evening from @LSEGeography with Deborah James @djameslse, Susan Parnell and Ola Uduku #LSEEvents
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🛠️ African cities are under construction.
In this @LSEGeography & @AfricaAtLSE event, @djameslse, Susan Parnell, Ola Uduku & Gareth Jones will discuss @clairecmercer's new book and the formation of Africa's middle classes. #LSEEvents
Hybrid. Details 👇
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Next year in Birmingham...I will give this (gradually evolving) talk....
📢We are pleased to announce that Professor Deborah James (London School of Economics) will deliver the 2025 Firth Lecture during the #ASA2025 conference, 8-11 April! The Lecture is titled Clawing Back: Redistribution in Precarious Times👇
🔗 theasa.org/conferences/asa20…
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The book will be launched on 14th November, 5.30pm, Old Anthropology Library, LSE. RSVP [email protected]
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📓 Join us for the launch of @clairecmercer's book, "The Suburban Frontier".
In this @LSEGeography & @AfricaAtLSE event, @djameslse, Susan Parnell, Ola Uduku & Gareth Jones will discuss the themes in the book with the author. #LSEEvents
Hybrid. Info 👇
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Just to note that I'll be _contesting_ the view that debt is a single-stranded phenomenon that, as an outcome of financialization, has turned welfare into debtfare and welfare beneficiaries into repayers. Looking forward to the lecture...
📣 Join us for the 2024 Marett Memorial Lecture with Prof Deborah James @djameslse
Prof James will explore debt as part of a complex matrix that 'has turned welfare into debtfare & welfare beneficiaries into repayers.'
📅 5pm 25 Oct, @ExeterCollegeOx
🔗 anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ma…
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For one term only: the New Frontiers of Ethnographic Fieldwork seminars⬇️
Explore the potential of ethnographic #fieldwork in locations/groups like hackers, multispecies, far-right & #prisons.
Convenors: @AlpaShah001 & Mathijs Pelkmans @LSEAnthropology
🔗 anthro.web.ox.ac.uk/new-fron…
ALT New Frontiers of Ethnographic Fieldwork Seminar Series, 3pm-4.45pm, All Souls College
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Great to have @djameslse presenting her work on debt, work and welfare in Edinburgh!
Join our next seminar, with Professor Deborah James from LSE, who will deliver a talk on 'Distributive labour in South Africa: Debt, work, and welfare', on Wednesday 16th October (3.30-5pm).
In-person only event.
Follow this link to register👉: eventbrite.co.uk/e/distribut…
Here is my SAFM interview on the report omny.fm/shows/the-weekend-vi…
Exciting news! The recently launched "Collaborations to curb indebtedness" report is now available on our website.
To download follow this link: blacksash.org.za/collaborati… #makinghumanrightsreal
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@djameslse kicks off the Forum with the interesting contribution "Beyond social policy? ‘patchwork’ livelihoods" @SageJournals @Sage_Publishing
#GlobalSocialPolicy Check it out here:
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The first paper is from @djameslse “Just a bridge between the government and the Loan Shark (Mashonisa): Debt-fare in South Africa”
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Maria Dlamini from Masisukumeni Trust,who participated in the workshops that informed the report, says mashonisas abuse community members and urges government departments to play an active role and come together to address the abuse happening in communities.
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We are all set to launch the "Collaborations to Curb Indebtedness" from 10h00am - 12h00pm today!
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Amanda highlights that we cannot work in silos, calling for sustained collaboration and partnerships to make a change at community level.
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Professor Deborah James, from the London School of Economics and Political Science, touches on the findings of the report.
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Launch currently underway. Our Education and Training Manager, @AmandaBRinquest highlights that South Africa grapples with a triple challenge of inequality, poverty and unemployment, compounded by structural issues and recurring natural disasters.
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New article available #Openaccess "Beyond social policy? ‘patchwork’ livelihoods" by @djameslse as part of our upcoming forum!
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#GlobalSocialPolicy #SocialPolicy
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