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