All Day Seminar with
JANE GUYER
The African Studies Program and African Studies Reading Group** will present a one day seminar with
Jane Guyer, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the African Studies Program at Northwestern
University. The seminar topic is:
"MATERIAL LIFE AND THE PLURALITY OF SOCIAL TIME"
MORNING PANELS:
215 College Hall
8:45 - 9:00 Coffee & Refreshments
9:00 - 10:45 "FOOD"
Chair: Igor Kopytoff, Professor of Anthropology
10:45-12:30 "ECONOMICS OF HOUSEHOLDS"
Chair: Tom Callaghy, Professor of Political Science
12:30-1:30 Lunch - Museum Cafe
AFTERNOON PANELS:
419 University Museum
1:30 - 3:15 "TAXATION AND SOCIETY"
Chair: Ann Norton, Professor of Political Science
3:15 - 5:00 "CURRENCIES, WEALTH AND VALUE CREATION"
Chair: Sandra Barnes, Professor of Anthropology
5:00 - 5:45 "COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES"
Closing Discussion
The Seminar will focus on Jane Guyer's cumulative works. All works to be discussed are available for
review at the African Studies' office (418 University Museum).
**Co-Sponsored by Departments of History and Political Science.