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Informal Meeting on Anthropology and Development in the Bloomsbury Colleges

Informal Meeting on Anthropology and Development in the Bloomsbury Colleges. LIDC 9 May 2008. A bit about LIDC. Help staff to develop research and teaching initiatives Across the six Bloomsbury Colleges In support of international development goals A membership organization

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Informal Meeting on Anthropology and Development in the Bloomsbury Colleges

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  1. Informal Meeting on Anthropology and Development in the Bloomsbury Colleges LIDC 9 May 2008

  2. A bit about LIDC • Help staff to develop research and teaching initiatives • Across the six Bloomsbury Colleges • In support of international development goals • A membership organization • Can help organize workshops, project proposals, etc. at no cost to staff • Keen to develop interdisciplinary projects and dialogue, esp. social & natural science

  3. Why an Anthropology Meeting • LIDC organizes mostly inter-disciplinary meetings, but: • Early interest in disciplines meeting to compare development interests and research methods – econ, anthro, …. • LIDC is keen to have anthro input into • Structural factors in HIV AIDS (20 May) • Medicines for neglected diseases (11 June) • Emerging zoonotic diseases (17 June)

  4. Programme – very loose! • Jeff Waage (LIDC) Welcome and introduction. • David Mosse (SOAS) What is the value of anthropology to international development. • Wenzel Geissler (LSHTM) Anthropology of African biosciences. • Nicole Blum (IoE) Environmental education & sustainable development in Costa Rica. • [Paul Boyce (Thomas Coram Res Unit) Ethnography of same-sex sexualities and health interventions in Bengal.] • Michael Heinrich (School of Pharmacy) Anthropology and medicinal plant research. • Cicely Marsten (LSHTM) Anthropology to research young people's health. • Tea/Coffee break. • Open discussion chaired by David Mosse. • Around 1630 …. informal drinks and networking

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