Day 2
CHAIR: Massimiliano Mollona (Anthropology, Goldsmiths College)
Panel 1. Trust, relational capital, human capital?
10:00 - 10:30 Susana Narotzsky (Anthropology, Universitat de Barcelona)
"Binding labour and capital: moral obligation and emotional ties in a regional economy"
Abstract (pdf)
Full Paper (pdf 102kb)
10:30 - 11:00 Gavin Smith (Anthropology, University of Toronto)
"What do classes look like under the extraction of absolute surplus value in so-called 'informal' or 'regional' economies?"
Abstract (pdf)
Full Paper (pdf 93kb)
11:00 - 11:30 Victoria Goddard (Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, UK)
'Responding to the crisis in Argentina'
Abstract (pdf)
11:30 - 12:00 Discussion with Frances Pine (Anthropology, Goldsmiths College)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break
Panel 2: Delocalisation.
13:00 - 13:30 Geert De Neve (Anthropology, Sussex University, UK)
'Global garment chains, local labour activism: new challenges to trade
unionism in the Tirupur industrial cluster, South India'
Abstract (pdf)
13:30 - 14:00 Adrian Smith (Geography, Queen Mary, London)
Reconfiguring 'post-socialist' regions: garment production networks, competitive pressures and cross-border outsourcing.
Abstract (pdf)
14:30 - 15:00 Discussion with Huw Beynon (Sociology, Cardiff University).
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break
Panel 3: Local knowledge, micro credit and
Information technology
15:00 - 15:30 Keith Hart (Anthropology, Goldsmiths)
IE + IT = ED?
[Does informal economy plus information technology equal economic democracy?]
Abstract (pdf)
Full Paper (pdf 129kb)
15:30 - 16:00 Valeria Siniscalchi (Anthropology, Université de Provence)
Ovens, banks and millers: economic circuits and micro-finance in South of Italy.
Abstract (pdf)
16:00 - 16:30 Cristina Grasseni (Anthropology, University of Bergamo)
Poetics and politics, aesthetics and economy: dairy breeding between local knowledge and agribusiness
Abstract (pdf)
16:30 - 17:00 Discussion with Johnny Parry (Anthropology, LSE)
17:00 - 17:30 CONCLUSIONS