16 June, 2010: Food for Thought
At the ninth 'Food for Thought' session the speakers were Erik Bähre (Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) and Frank de Zwart (Public Administration).
Aim
The aim of these informal meetings is to provide an opportunity to hear about colleagues' research projects, questions, and methods. The dean hopes that this meeting will see the same fruitful interdisciplinary interaction as the previous ones. The presentations and discussions are in English.
Programme
At this ninth lunch the speakers were:
Erik Bähre (Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology)
The Future of South Africa: Utopia or Apocalypse?
Conversations on the future of South Africa have a strong sense of urgency. South Africa is expected to turn apocalyptic or a great success. Some argue that South Africa will collapse like Zimbabwe while others argue that ot will become as prosperous as the BRIC countries. Erik Bähre will explore the coexistence of these utopian and dystopian visions: Why does South Africa give rise to such rich and contradictory imaginations?
Frank de Zwart (Public Administration)
The Dilemma of Recognition
This research inquires into the struggle of states around the world with, one the one hand, the felt urge to combat group inequality by means of group-specific redistribution, and, on the other hand, the common hesitation to grand official recognition to ascribed groups. How do countries resolve this dilemma, and to what effect?
Details
| Date | 16 June 2010 |
| Time | 12.15 - 13.45 |
| Location | 1A09 |