The Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change. Dedicated to pursuing ethnographic research in fields of urgent concern to humanity
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Joined March 2018
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🚨 Join us for the CRASSH annual lecture with Professor Gina Neff!
'The Cost of #Data: Making Sense in #DigitalSociety'
Can new kinds of data help us live better lives and solve big social problems?
🗓️ 19 Oct at 5pm BST, with @MCTDCambridge
ℹ️ ➞ bit.ly/3mMcZG3
ALT Graphic with a portrait of Gina Neff and the title of her lecture: The cost of data: making sense in digital society.
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'Where is the Good in the World? Ethical Life between Social Theory and Philosophy', our manuscript coedited with @AnnaStrhan and Joel Robbins @MaxCamCentre has been handed over to production @berghahnbooks 🥳 @AnthroUtrecht #Anthropology #Anthropologyofvalue #socialtheory
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New volume in the Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy series!
WORK, SOCIETY, AND THE ETHICAL SELF: Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era | Edited by Chris Hann
Learn more: ow.ly/oXZ750GiK36 #AnthroTwitter
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Collective identification with an orphan exemplifies a Korowai pattern akin to what Ferguson calls ‘declaring dependence’, an act that Rupert Stasch identifies as having complex power. More here: bit.ly/v91i2Stasch
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NEW publication with Yichen RAO, Jack L. XING, and Jun ZHANG on capitalism, freedom and overwork in China. Please check out chapter 6 of the Max Planck volume edited by Chris Hann 👇berghahnbooks.com/title/Hann…
Get 50% discount with code HAN254 until Oct 31st 2021 #China #overwork
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"... #ethnography offers a different way to approach #ethical and practical questions about what makes #care good or effective in different cultural contexts..."
New #OpenAccess entry on Care by @P_McKearney (@Cambridge_Uni) & @meghaamrith (@mpimmg)
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NEW! Rachel E. Smith describes how ‘independence’ and ‘(inter)dependence’ have been used to distinguish different modes of personhood and exchange in Vanuatu. Read more here: bit.ly/v91i2Smith
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At the forefront of this series are the approaches to these connections by anthropologists, whose explorations of the local ideas & institutions underpinning social and economic relations illuminate large fields ignored in other disciplines.
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Now Available!
WORK, SOCIETY, AND THE ETHICAL SELF: Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era | Edited by Chris Hann
Learn more: ow.ly/F0yA50G9hxJ #AcademicTwitter
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NEW! Rachel E. Smith presents two case studies – kava cultivation and seasonal work in New Zealand – to examine ‘self-reliance’ as articulation of aspirations for development and citizenship in Vanuatu. Read more here: bit.ly/v91i2Smith
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Review article: 'Revisiting diffusion: power, personhood, and the post in Eurasia' by Chris Hann: rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
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Very cool volume on dependence in Oceania:
The concept of ‘dependence’ has been central to analyses of Oceanic sociality. Despite this, the concept has received little scrutiny, instead it remains as the foundation for other conceptual positions. Read our discussion on it on this Special Issue: bit.ly/2021V91I2ToC
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Blog 2: 'Anthropology, Psychology and IAPT: Some Comments on Ethnography' by @DrBruun of Cambridge Social Anthropology Department: bit.ly/3reCPn3 #anthrotwitter
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Now Available!
WORK, SOCIETY, AND THE ETHICAL SELF: Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era | Edited by Chris Hann
Learn more: ow.ly/Ms2950G2xQh #AcademicTwitter
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Daniel White about #incitement - how do we approach such a matter beyond a strictly legalistic viewpoint? What is the role of individuals, of #authority? Take a look now, and tune in on Friday to our next #resonancecast! allegralaboratory.net/incite…
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"The volume as a whole brings up lively conversations about a variety of themes in #economicanthropology, and groups of the contributions can be used for class teaching on particular themes.” • Minh Nguyen, Bielefeld University
Learn more: bit.ly/3hNbUMU #AnthroTwitter
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I can’t wait for the full @gilliantett assault on tech without social science — YES, we need more anthropology in business cc| @MaxCamCentre
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Looking forward to speaking at @MaxCamCentre on the ambiguous ethics of smuggling next week.
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If you missed my public lecture @MaxCamCentre on the outsourcing of the UK's pandemic response to management consultants, you can catch a recording here tinyurl.com/sn465v4x
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