Agenda

Journalists cannot get enough of reporting about the financial crisis and its consequences for just about anybody in Europe and North America. But what is the story in the largest part of the world, the people in the Global South? They are also integrated into the global economy and unquestionably feel the impact of the crisis too. Local disinvestments, changes in international migration flows, and loss of jobs are just a few of the consequences affecting the South. Anthropologists, who have already been involved in studying the global effects of neo-liberalism for a long time, shed new light on the financial crisis.

Programme
13:00  Opening Prof. Birgit Meyer (VU University)
13:10  Lecture Prof. James Ferguson (Stanford University and International Fellow Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU University Amsterdam) – “Anthropology and the Crisis: Reflections on Distribution and Labor.”
13:45  Prof. Howard Stein (Center for Afroamerican and  African Studies, University of Michigan and Visiting Fellow, KITLV, Leiden) – “Africa, the Bretton Woods Twins and the International Financial Crisis.”
14:20  Break
14:35  Lecture Prof. Anton Hemerijck (VU University) – “Aftershocks: the Economic Crisis and Institutional Choice.”
15:10  Q&A
15:45  Break
16.00  Views from the field : drs Tijo Salverda, dr Juliette Koning, dr Marleen de Witte, Dr Ton Salman and  dr Marjo de Theije (all anthropologists from VU University) & Discussion
17.00  Drinks