BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news101@ethnologie.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190919T155716 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20191108T173000 SUMMARY:5th JJ Bachofen Lecture: Speaking Through Houses. Interweaving Biog raphy\, Property and Personhood in Urban Zimbabwe DESCRIPTION:Neither property nor personhood are uncontested concepts or sta tic empirical realities. Each term has its own contextual meanings shaped by specific yet changing historical\, spatial\, social\, cultural\, politi cal and economic conditions. The Comaroffs have argued that African notion s of personhood are ‘infinitely more complicated’ than the singular\, universalising and teleological Euro-American version of ’the autonomous individual’.  Similarly\, property in many African and other global So uth settings is viewed as diverse\, dynamic and relational in multiple sen ses.  This lecture aims to reflect on the dynamic\, co-constitutive relat ionship between property and personhood through applying a relational (eth no)biographical approach to a particular building – in this case a speci fic house in the urban margins of Bulawayo\, Zimbabwe – and the intercon nected figures associated with it over four decades\, including the resear cher herself.  It combines reflexive\, interweaving ethnobiographies of t he infrastructural and the socially intimate over time\, locating these wi thin Zimbabwe’s shifting political\, economic and social landscapes sinc e the late 1970 to the present. In doing so\, it offers insights into the (sometimes unexpected) ways in which property and personhood in post-colon ial settings are influenced by the complex intersections of race\, class a nd gender\, and displacement. \\r\\nFlyer [t3://file?uid=412]\\r\\nAmanda Hammar is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre of African Studie s\, University of Copenhagen\, and current President of the European Afric an Studies Association (AEGIS). Her book publications include Displacement Economies in Africa (2014) and Zimbabwe’s Unfinished Business (2003). H er current research focus includes urban displacement and resettlement\, j uxtacities\, and certifications of citizenship in Africa. X-ALT-DESC:Neither property nor personhood are uncontested concepts or stat ic empirical realities. Each term has its own contextual meanings shaped b y specific yet changing historical\, spatial\, social\, cultural\, politic al and economic conditions. The Comaroffs have argued that African notions of personhood are ‘infinitely more complicated’ than the singular\, u niversalising and teleological Euro-American version of ’the autonomous individual’. \; Similarly\, property in many African and other globa l South settings is viewed as diverse\, dynamic and relational in multiple senses.  \;This lecture aims to reflect on the dynamic\, co-constitut ive relationship between property and personhood through applying a rel ational (ethno)biographical approach to a particular building – in t his case a specific house in the urban margins of Bulawayo\, Zimbabwe – and the interconnected figures associated with it over four decades\, incl uding the researcher herself. \; It combines reflexive\, interweaving ethnobiographies of the infrastructural and the socially intimate over tim e\, locating these within Zimbabwe’s shifting political\, economic and s ocial landscapes since the late 1970 to the present. In doing so\, it offe rs insights into the (sometimes unexpected) ways in which property and per sonhood in post-colonial settings are influenced by the complex intersecti ons of race\, class and gender\, and displacement. \nFlye r\nAmanda Hammar is Associate Professor and Director of the Cen tre of African Studies\, University of Copenhagen\, and current President of the European African Studies Association (AEGIS). Her book publications include Displacement Economies in Africa (2014) and Zimbabwe’ s Unfinished Business (2003). Her current research focus includes urba n displacement and resettlement\, juxtacities\, and certifications of citi zenship in Africa. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR