Encounters and Border Crossings: Towards a Post-Lockdown Anthropology Panel Discussion | SOAS
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2020-11-09

Moderators:

Dr Safet Hadzimuhamedovic and Professor Tom Selwyn

Panellists:

Geoffrey DeVito - ‘Encounter over dinner’
Linda Coventon - ‘Encounter over sports’
Safet HadžiMuhamedović - ‘Encounter over time’
Senija Čaušević - ‘Encounter over heritage’
Tom Selwyn - ‘Encounter over borders’
Julie Scott - 'Encounters across species'
Panel Description:

Faced with conversations about reduced social proximity, this experimental panel seeks to explore the multiple affective and political registers of encounters. Through a succession of ten-minute presentations, each relying on a single image, the panellists consider encounters over dinner, sports, ritual, heritage, time and borders. Extending their analyses from specific situations, these short talks invite the audience to unpack the notions of proximity and distance through ethnography. The second half of the panel is a conversation with the attendees about encounters, borders and knowledge towards potential post-lockdown perspectives.

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