Global Inequality — Calendar - Research project - An Intellectual History of Global Inequality

CalendarSeminars are generally open but seats are limited. If you wish to participate in an event, please send us an email at global-inequality@cas.au.dk24/10The all-important preservation of indeterminacy"In this seminar Nicolaisen talks about his ethnographic research on the Ghanaian commodity chain of cocoa and how intentional preservation of indeterminacy constitutes an important factor for those who wish to pursue personal accumulation of wealth, whilst also meeting expectations for reciprocity from their social peers."⬤ October 24th, 14.30 – 16.0028/11A global history of poverty"Global history has often focused upon the tangible traces of global connections, the flows of capital and commodities, and the transcultural dialogues inscribed in material culture. Poverty, often defined as an absence of money, resources, and luxury goods, has long been in global history’s blind spot."⬤ November 28th30/01Human Rights and Economic Inequality: The Scandinavian Approach"The project provides the first examination of socio-economic human rights in the multilateral diplomacy of the Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway, and Denmark) at the United Nations from 1970 to 2000."⬤ January 30th, 14.00 – 15.30made with Lay Theme