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The Tycoon and the Tough: towards a comparative anthropology of urban marginality

Department of Anthropology Malinowski Lecture 2009


Anthropologists often use key figures, such as the street tough, the child witch, and the flâneur, as a means to elucidate, personify, and critique underlying dynamics of social and cultural transformation. It is a method that is widely used, but seldom scrutinised. In this lecture Joshua Barker uses examples from his research in the slums of Bandung, Indonesia, to argue that this method can make a powerful contribution to a comparative anthropology of urban marginality.

Joshua Barker is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto.


Speaker(s):

Dr Joshua Barker | talks
Chair: Professor Chris Fuller | talks

 

Date and Time:

7 May 2009 at 6:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science
Houghton St
London
WC2A 2AE


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London School of Economics & Political Science
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