Capitalism for Anthropologists
Launching “Frontlines of Value: Class and Social Transformation in 21st Century Capitalism”
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The workshop is an informal launch of the “Frontlines of Value” research program, funded by the Bergen Foundation, the University of Bergen, and the Norwegian Government.
The workshop is intended to be a setting for discussing recent research on capitalism in anthropology as instantiated in several larger research groups in Europe. We cannot strive of course to be comprehensive when it comes to capitalism, and indeed at this occasion there will be a bias toward recent research in and on Europe, though not exclusively so. The workshop will take the form of a brainstorming effort around issues of value, class, capitalism, and finance. Scholars from Susana Narotzky’s GRECO project in Barcelona, Chris Hann and Don Kalb’s ‘Financialization project’ in Halle, and from projects at the University of Bergen and elsewhere in Scandinavia, in particular also Bruce Kapferer’s ‘Egalitarianism’ project are invited to join, as will some ‘friends of the project’ who have been involved in discussions over a longer time.
See full program in attachement. All interested are welcome to join!
