Message from Steven Drakeley.
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From: Steven Drakeley [mailto:s.drakeley@uws.edu.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2005 5:49 PM
Dear colleagues and friends
I am writing to remind you that our fourth SISC seminar of the year will
be
held at 5.30 on Friday 27 May.
Speaker: Dr Maria Amigo
Maria completed her PhD in Anthropology at the University of Sydney in
January this year. She lived in Indonesia, conducting her field work in
East Lombok, in 2002-2003. Her research interests are in the areas of
the
Anthropology of Development and Economic Anthropology.
Topic: "Children" and "Work": Viewpoints from child workers in Lombok.
Abstract:
This paper will address the concept of "work" in connection with the
concept of "childhood" and discuss how both these socio-historically
constructed notions have come to be perceived as incompatible. The paper
will explore the ideas of work and labour, counterpoise them with
vernacular conceptions of "work" where I conducted fieldwork in Lombok,
Indonesia, and present ethnographic material that will question and
unravel
the pejorative idea of "child labour". By taking the voices of the same
working children as key sources of information, the paper aims at
conceiving child workers as subjects - and not objects - of study.
Time and Date: 5.30 pm Friday 27 May.
Venue: CMO5C.02.46-g
We look forward to seeing you there.
Steven Drakeley
For the SISC Organising Committee
