Program :
- Presentation of "Living for the City. Social Change and Knowledge Production in the Central African Copperbelt" by Historian Miles Larmer (University of Oxford).
- Presentation of "Inside Mining Capitalism. The Micropolitics of Work on the Congolese and Zambian Copperbelts" by Anthropologist Benjamin Rubbers (ULG/ULB-LAMC).
- Discussion by Historian Gillian Mathys (Ghent University) and Anthropologist Joël Noret (ULB-LAMC)
- Debate
The idea behind this double book launch is to develop a cross discussion between historians and anthropologists about their approaches to social change in Africa, and the significance of the Central African Copperbelt in this endeavour.
- When ?
Wednesday 13 April 2022 from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm
- Where ?
ULB - Campus du Solbosch
Institut de Sociologie (building S)
Room Janne - 15th floor
44 avenue Jeanne - 1050 Bruxelles