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SUMMARY:4th JJ Bachofen Lecture: Basic Questions of Anthropology 
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Bachofen lecture considers anthropological approa
 ches to the relationship between human beings and the material world\, esp
 ecially the worlds humans create. Around the globe we are witnessing unpre
 cedented forms of “making”\, of people inventing\, recycling and repai
 ring\, with or without highly advanced technological apparatuses. I am int
 erested in the engagements between society and materiality in terms of bel
 onging\, representation and communication\, but also want to pay attention
  to the moral panics that undergird collective and individual choices when
  confronted with man-made machines that become too smart\, and at times\, 
 that appear beyond the control of their creators and/or users. The present
 ation will situate the “homo faber” of electronic modernity\, or man 
 who "makes"\, fabricates\, in a world governed by high-tech devices\, with
 in a longue durée of scholarship on the socio-cultural contours of creati
 vity and knowledge\, and on the ever-changing configurations of nature and
  culture.​\\r\\nKatrien Pype is a research professor at the Institute fo
 r Anthropological Research in Africa at KU Leuven University and an honora
 ry research fellow at the Department of African Studies & Anthropology at 
 the University of Birmingham. Katrien Pype's main research interests inclu
 de popular culture\, media and technology in urban DR Congo. She co-founde
 d the CongoResearchNetwork (CRN) and currently runs a comparative research
  project on technology and the city in DR Congo and Kenya. Among many othe
 r publications\, she authored The Making of the Pentecostal Melodrama. Rel
 igion\, Media\, and Gender in Kinshasa (2012) and co-edited Ageing in Afri
 ca. Spaces and Practices of Care (2016).\\r\\nThe lecture will be followed
  by an apéro. Spread the word – we look forward to seeing you there!\\r
 \\nFlyer [t3://file?uid=347]
X-ALT-DESC:\n<i>This year’s Bachofen lecture considers anthropological ap
 proaches to the relationship between human beings and the material world\,
  especially the worlds humans create. Around the globe we are witnessing u
 nprecedented forms of “making”\, of people inventing\, recycling and r
 epairing\, with or without highly advanced technological apparatuses. I am
  interested in the engagements between society and materiality in terms of
  belonging\, representation and communication\, but also want to pay atten
 tion to the moral panics that undergird collective and individual choices 
 when confronted with man-made machines that become too smart\, and at time
 s\, that appear beyond the control of their creators and/or users. The pre
 sentation&nbsp\;will situate the “homo faber” of electronic modernity\
 , or man who &quot\;makes&quot\;\, fabricates\, in a world governed by hig
 h-tech devices\, within a longue durée of scholarship on the socio-cultur
 al contours of creativity and knowledge\, and on the ever-changing configu
 rations of nature and culture.​</i>\nKatrien Pype is a research professo
 r at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa at KU Leuven Uni
 versity and an honorary research fellow at the Department of African Studi
 es &amp\; Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. Katrien Pype's mai
 n research interests include popular culture\, media and technology in urb
 an DR Congo. She co-founded the CongoResearchNetwork (CRN) and currently r
 uns a comparative research project on technology and the city in DR Congo 
 and Kenya. Among many other publications\, she authored <i>The Making of t
 he Pentecostal Melodrama. Religion\, Media\, and Gender in Kinshasa</i> (2
 012) and co-edited <i>Ageing in Africa. Spaces and Practices of Care</i> (
 2016).\nThe lecture will be followed by an apéro. Spread the word – we 
 look forward to seeing you there!\n<a title="Opens internal link in curren
 t window" href="t3://file?uid=347">Flyer</a>
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