From ghe at umich.edu Sun Jun 2 18:37:14 2013 From: ghe at umich.edu (Geoff Eley) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 12:37:14 -0400 Subject: [Sugarman] Getting started In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, My apologies for some slowness in being able to respond. I'm currently away in the UK and getting to email only unevenly. Aside from wholeheartedly supporting the general goals and purposes of this terrific collaboration, I'm something of an outsider to the collective conversation given my fields and areas of specialization, and I suspect that I'm on the list because of the accident of being UM History Chair, which is now at an end! However, I'll be delighted to be involved in the project as it continues to move forward, if you're interested in having me. Among the proposed themes, I can claim a strong set of theoretical and historiographical interests relating to *Legacies of the Imperial Archive*, *Interrogating Neoliberalism *, and the *Global South as an Idea and Source of Theory*. But the one particular theme mentioned in the subsidiary list that connects with what I'm doing, going back now over many years, would be *Social History after Edward Thompson*. E.g. I've been heavily in demand during the past couple of years for panels and workshops prompted by the 50th anniversary of *The Making of the English Working Class*, the next of which will be a conference on the subject in November at Urbana-Champaign. It's really fabulous that the project will be up and running. Thanks and congratulations to all those whose work and ideas helped it to happen! All best wishes, Geoff On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Keith Breckenridge < keith at breckenridge.org.za> wrote: > Dear friends, > > We should now begin to assemble the people, ideas and projects that will > carry this collaboration project for the next five years. Our proposal is > clear about the themes we have in mind, and we had to adjust theme to meet > Mellon's objections, so we should try, very hard, to stick to them. It > might be necessary, and interesting, to set up subsets within each of these > themes, narrow or expand them, but let's see how far we can get before we > do that. > > To begin with we have in mind workshops in Johannesburg in our late Summer > (timed to coincide with the Michigan Spring Break), and workshops in Ann > Arbor in the Fall, probably in September. (The exact dates will have to be > worked out by the workshop committees). > > Our first object should be to assemble committees around the themes we > have selected, and to do that the easiest way to begin will be for people > to indicate in which of the themes (at the bottom of this message) they'd > be interested to participate. > > Please reply to the list (yes, that will generate a bit of mail) > explaining your interests. For many people at both institutions this will > be a useful way to meet potential collaborators. WISER and the ASC will > use those replies to assemble the committees. > > WISER will support the project vigorously throughout, intellectually and > politically, but the committees will be responsible for at least the > following things (and I'm sure that there will be more): > > 1) Assembling a group of thirty interesting people, including about a > dozen who will fly from one side of the world to the other. Most of those > people, but not all, should come from (or have very close links with) Wits > or Michigan. > > 2) Chose readings, and works in progress from participants, to ensure > that the workshops produce new kinds of arguments and advance what we know > and think about each of the problems. > > 3) Plan for publication of some of the work, ideally as a special edition > in one of the journals well matched to the problems. > > 4) Think carefully through a program of events -- workshops, lectures, > exhibitions, visits -- that will (again) produce new and stronger insights > in to each problem area. > > The proposed themes include: > > - Legacies of the imperial archive in post-colonial history, > museums and performance > - Textual analysis, visual culture and the state in the making of > African publics > - Interrogating Neoliberalism as idea and explanation > - The politics of literacy, legibility and expert knowledges in > Africa > - Narrative, visual forms and biopolitics in the medical humanities > - Cultural studies of science and technology in Africa > - Intellectual property and curatorship in the digital humanities > - Public spaces, informality and infrastructures in the > desegregating city > - Vernacular literatures in the making of transnational movements > and subjects > - The Global South as an idea and a source of theory > > In addition, we have six themes mentioned in the proposal which we might > reasonably adapt or (ideally) join to the list above. > > - The perils and possibilities of the digital humanities in Africa > - Social History after Edward Thompson > - The politics of heritage > - Province and diaspora in African intellectual history > - The cultural politics of science and technology > - The cultural politics of performance and media > > Many thanks, Keith > > -- > Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and > Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, > Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | > Web: wiser.wits.ac.za > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. 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URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130602/5ef9369a/attachment.html From jti at umich.edu Mon Jun 3 00:55:10 2013 From: jti at umich.edu (Judith Irvine) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 18:55:10 -0400 Subject: [Sugarman] Getting started In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Keith and all, My apologies for being slow to respond! A series of family events and visitors has kept me from focusing on this. I am enthusiastic about almost all of the topics and themes, but I'll pick a few that would have priority for me: - Legacies of the imperial archive in post-colonial history, museums and performance - Textual analysis, visual culture and the state in the making of African publics - The politics of literacy, legibility and expert knowledges in Africa - Public spaces, informality and infrastructures in the desegregating city - Vernacular literatures in the making of transnational movements and subjects - The politics of heritage - The cultural politics of performance and media All best, Judy On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Geoff Eley wrote: > Dear all, > > My apologies for some slowness in being able to respond. I'm currently > away in the UK and getting to email only unevenly. Aside from > wholeheartedly supporting the general goals and purposes of this terrific > collaboration, I'm something of an outsider to the collective conversation > given my fields and areas of specialization, and I suspect that I'm on the > list because of the accident of being UM History Chair, which is now at an > end! > > However, I'll be delighted to be involved in the project as it continues > to move forward, if you're interested in having me. Among the proposed > themes, I can claim a strong set of theoretical and historiographical > interests relating to *Legacies of the Imperial Archive*, *Interrogating > Neoliberalism*, and the *Global South as an Idea and Source of Theory*. > But the one particular theme mentioned in the subsidiary list that connects > with what I'm doing, going back now over many years, would be *Social > History after Edward Thompson*. E.g. I've been heavily in demand during > the past couple of years for panels and workshops prompted by the 50th > anniversary of *The Making of the English Working Class*, the next of > which will be a conference on the subject in November at Urbana-Champaign. > > It's really fabulous that the project will be up and running. Thanks and > congratulations to all those whose work and ideas helped it to happen! > > All best wishes, > > Geoff > > > > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Keith Breckenridge < > keith at breckenridge.org.za> wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> We should now begin to assemble the people, ideas and projects that will >> carry this collaboration project for the next five years. Our proposal is >> clear about the themes we have in mind, and we had to adjust theme to meet >> Mellon's objections, so we should try, very hard, to stick to them. It >> might be necessary, and interesting, to set up subsets within each of these >> themes, narrow or expand them, but let's see how far we can get before we >> do that. >> >> To begin with we have in mind workshops in Johannesburg in our late >> Summer (timed to coincide with the Michigan Spring Break), and workshops in >> Ann Arbor in the Fall, probably in September. (The exact dates will have >> to be worked out by the workshop committees). >> >> Our first object should be to assemble committees around the themes we >> have selected, and to do that the easiest way to begin will be for people >> to indicate in which of the themes (at the bottom of this message) they'd >> be interested to participate. >> >> Please reply to the list (yes, that will generate a bit of mail) >> explaining your interests. For many people at both institutions this will >> be a useful way to meet potential collaborators. WISER and the ASC will >> use those replies to assemble the committees. >> >> WISER will support the project vigorously throughout, intellectually and >> politically, but the committees will be responsible for at least the >> following things (and I'm sure that there will be more): >> >> 1) Assembling a group of thirty interesting people, including about a >> dozen who will fly from one side of the world to the other. Most of those >> people, but not all, should come from (or have very close links with) Wits >> or Michigan. >> >> 2) Chose readings, and works in progress from participants, to ensure >> that the workshops produce new kinds of arguments and advance what we know >> and think about each of the problems. >> >> 3) Plan for publication of some of the work, ideally as a special >> edition in one of the journals well matched to the problems. >> >> 4) Think carefully through a program of events -- workshops, lectures, >> exhibitions, visits -- that will (again) produce new and stronger insights >> in to each problem area. >> >> The proposed themes include: >> >> - Legacies of the imperial archive in post-colonial history, >> museums and performance >> - Textual analysis, visual culture and the state in the making of >> African publics >> - Interrogating Neoliberalism as idea and explanation >> - The politics of literacy, legibility and expert knowledges in >> Africa >> - Narrative, visual forms and biopolitics in the medical >> humanities >> - Cultural studies of science and technology in Africa >> - Intellectual property and curatorship in the digital humanities >> - Public spaces, informality and infrastructures in the >> desegregating city >> - Vernacular literatures in the making of transnational movements >> and subjects >> - The Global South as an idea and a source of theory >> >> In addition, we have six themes mentioned in the proposal which we might >> reasonably adapt or (ideally) join to the list above. >> >> - The perils and possibilities of the digital humanities in Africa >> - Social History after Edward Thompson >> - The politics of heritage >> - Province and diaspora in African intellectual history >> - The cultural politics of science and technology >> - The cultural politics of performance and media >> >> Many thanks, Keith >> >> -- >> Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and >> Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, >> Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | >> Web: wiser.wits.ac.za >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. 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URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130602/65104e23/attachment-0001.html From Belinda.Bozzoli at wits.ac.za Mon Jun 3 14:25:20 2013 From: Belinda.Bozzoli at wits.ac.za (Belinda Bozzoli) Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:25:20 +0000 Subject: [Sugarman] Getting started In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <30AAA887736EEB4BA88CE991613E958C1D9A81C4@Ekho.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> Dear Sugarpeople My interests would be: biopolitics in the medical humanities; cultural studies of science and technology in Africa, (obviously including cultural politics as in your second list); and the desegregating city stuff. Best wishes Belinda Professor Belinda Bozzoli Senior Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg 2050 South Africa Tel: (27) (11) 717-1125 Fax: (27) (0)86 726 3064 (Vice-Chancellor's Office) From: Keith Breckenridge [mailto:keith at breckenridge.org.za] Sent: 22 May 2013 11:11 AM To: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: [Sugarman] Getting started Dear friends, We should now begin to assemble the people, ideas and projects that will carry this collaboration project for the next five years. Our proposal is clear about the themes we have in mind, and we had to adjust theme to meet Mellon's objections, so we should try, very hard, to stick to them. It might be necessary, and interesting, to set up subsets within each of these themes, narrow or expand them, but let's see how far we can get before we do that. To begin with we have in mind workshops in Johannesburg in our late Summer (timed to coincide with the Michigan Spring Break), and workshops in Ann Arbor in the Fall, probably in September. (The exact dates will have to be worked out by the workshop committees). Our first object should be to assemble committees around the themes we have selected, and to do that the easiest way to begin will be for people to indicate in which of the themes (at the bottom of this message) they'd be interested to participate. Please reply to the list (yes, that will generate a bit of mail) explaining your interests. For many people at both institutions this will be a useful way to meet potential collaborators. WISER and the ASC will use those replies to assemble the committees. WISER will support the project vigorously throughout, intellectually and politically, but the committees will be responsible for at least the following things (and I'm sure that there will be more): 1) Assembling a group of thirty interesting people, including about a dozen who will fly from one side of the world to the other. Most of those people, but not all, should come from (or have very close links with) Wits or Michigan. 2) Chose readings, and works in progress from participants, to ensure that the workshops produce new kinds of arguments and advance what we know and think about each of the problems. 3) Plan for publication of some of the work, ideally as a special edition in one of the journals well matched to the problems. 4) Think carefully through a program of events -- workshops, lectures, exhibitions, visits -- that will (again) produce new and stronger insights in to each problem area. The proposed themes include: * Legacies of the imperial archive in post-colonial history, museums and performance * Textual analysis, visual culture and the state in the making of African publics * Interrogating Neoliberalism as idea and explanation * The politics of literacy, legibility and expert knowledges in Africa * Narrative, visual forms and biopolitics in the medical humanities * Cultural studies of science and technology in Africa * Intellectual property and curatorship in the digital humanities * Public spaces, informality and infrastructures in the desegregating city * Vernacular literatures in the making of transnational movements and subjects * The Global South as an idea and a source of theory In addition, we have six themes mentioned in the proposal which we might reasonably adapt or (ideally) join to the list above. * The perils and possibilities of the digital humanities in Africa * Social History after Edward Thompson * The politics of heritage * Province and diaspora in African intellectual history * The cultural politics of science and technology * The cultural politics of performance and media Many thanks, Keith -- Keith Breckenridge W I S E R - The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | Web: wiser.wits.ac.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130603/278a85b3/attachment.html From keith at breckenridge.org.za Thu Jun 6 09:58:16 2013 From: keith at breckenridge.org.za (Keith Breckenridge) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:58:16 +0200 Subject: [Sugarman] Round 1 Message-ID: Dear all, I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen whose subversive participation will be critical. Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning. I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production of a journal special issue. *My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th* -- with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to March 9). *Please reserve that time.* For those who can stay a bit longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit Kruger). I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let me know. I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. *The important thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces of writing that they might want to present during the workshop.* It would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate students. Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for suggestions for key readings. My thanks, Keith -- Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | Web: wiser.wits.ac.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130606/1dca62ce/attachment-0001.html From hechtg at umich.edu Sat Jun 8 09:48:46 2013 From: hechtg at umich.edu (Gabrielle Hecht) Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 09:48:46 +0200 Subject: [Sugarman] Round 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6CBC385B-DF6D-406C-A741-1F2E4C1AEB60@umich.edu> Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great. I wonder only whether it's worth revisiting the date. My sense is that zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of a deciding factor that is. Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth revisiting this? Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professeure invit?e, Sciences Po / ?cole des Hautes ?tudes en Sciences Sociales Professor of History, University of Michigan Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade (MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012) On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote: > Dear all, > > I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen whose subversive participation will be critical. > > Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning. > > I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production of a journal special issue. > > My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th -- with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to March 9). Please reserve that time. For those who can stay a bit longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit Kruger). > > I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let me know. > > I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. The important thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces of writing that they might want to present during the workshop. It would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate students. > > Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for suggestions for key readings. > > My thanks, Keith > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Keith Breckenridge W I S E R - The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | Web: wiser.wits.ac.za > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130608/84564517/attachment.html From nrhunt at umich.edu Sat Jun 8 16:55:42 2013 From: nrhunt at umich.edu (Nancy Rose Hunt) Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 10:55:42 -0400 Subject: [Sugarman] Round 1 In-Reply-To: References: <6CBC385B-DF6D-406C-A741-1F2E4C1AEB60@umich.edu> Message-ID: > The March plan surely sounds rushed and exhausting. Thanks for raising this, Gabrielle. > We should not all pull out of exams and graduation at once though, I would guess. > best > n > > Nancy Rose Hunt > Professor of History > University of Michigan > Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA > > > > > > On Jun 8, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote: > >> Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great. >> >> I wonder only whether it's worth revisiting the date. My sense is that zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of a deciding factor that is. >> >> Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth revisiting this? >> >> Best, >> Gabrielle >> >> >> >> Gabrielle Hecht >> Professeure invit?e, Sciences Po / ?cole des Hautes ?tudes en Sciences Sociales >> Professor of History, University of Michigan >> >> Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade (MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen whose subversive participation will be critical. >>> >>> Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning. >>> >>> I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production of a journal special issue. >>> >>> My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th -- with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to March 9). Please reserve that time. For those who can stay a bit longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit Kruger). >>> >>> I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let me know. >>> >>> I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. The important thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces of writing that they might want to present during the workshop. It would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate students. >>> >>> Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for suggestions for key readings. >>> >>> My thanks, Keith >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Keith Breckenridge W I S E R - The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | Web: wiser.wits.ac.za >>> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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Indeed, that is often a time when we travel to teach and think and work with colleagues there, our minds really free to focus on those exchanges rather than being divided or depleted by the grind of the academic year here. i am glad to see this talked about. and, like nancy, i have both students and recent graduates who would be apppropriate participants during the september dates if those cannot move... rebecca On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Nancy Rose Hunt wrote: > > The March plan surely sounds rushed and exhausting. Thanks for raising > this, Gabrielle. > We should not all pull out of exams and graduation at once though, I would > guess. > best > n > > Nancy Rose Hunt > Professor of History > University of Michigan > Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA > > > > > > On Jun 8, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote: > > Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting > theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great. > > I wonder only whether it's worth revisiting the date. My sense is that > zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, > but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was > late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people > don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of > May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of > a deciding factor that is. > > Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth > revisiting this? > > Best, > Gabrielle > > > > *Gabrielle Hecht* * > * > *Professeure invit?e, Sciences Po / ?cole des Hautes ?tudes en Sciences > Sociales * > *Professor of History, University of Michigan* > > *Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade > **(MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012)* > * > * > > > > > > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote: > > Dear all, > > I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at > http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I > fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll > edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen > whose subversive participation will be critical. > > Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have > for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing > Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most > interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we > bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still > have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting > will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning. > > I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production > of a journal special issue. > > *My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th* -- > with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to > March 9). *Please reserve that time.* For those who can stay a bit > longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be > very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural > themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit > Kruger). > > I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let > me know. > > I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. *The important > thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces > of writing that they might want to present during the workshop.* It > would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to > have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate > students. > > Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for > suggestions for key readings. > > My thanks, Keith > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and > Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, > Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | > Web: wiser.wits.ac.za > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. 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My sense is that > zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, > but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was > late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people > don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of > May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of > a deciding factor that is. > > Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth > revisiting this? > > Best, > Gabrielle > > > > *Gabrielle Hecht* * > * > *Professeure invit?e, Sciences Po / ?cole des Hautes ?tudes en Sciences > Sociales * > *Professor of History, University of Michigan* > > *Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade > **(MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012)* > * > * > > > > > > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote: > > Dear all, > > I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at > http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I > fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll > edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen > whose subversive participation will be critical. > > Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have > for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing > Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most > interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we > bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still > have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting > will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning. > > I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production > of a journal special issue. > > *My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th* -- > with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to > March 9). *Please reserve that time.* For those who can stay a bit > longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be > very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural > themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit > Kruger). > > I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let > me know. > > I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. *The important > thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces > of writing that they might want to present during the workshop.* It > would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to > have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate > students. > > Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for > suggestions for key readings. > > My thanks, Keith > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and > Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, > Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | > Web: wiser.wits.ac.za > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. 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Best wishes Cynthia From: Rebecca Hardin [mailto:rdhardin at umich.edu] Sent: 09 June 2013 12:32 AM To: Nancy Rose Hunt Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Round 1 dear all, i am constrained to run some meetings in europe to close out an NSF grant of mine around Sept 20 and i fear doing both these things would prove too much for my early term. hmmm... my sense of the south african academic year is less precise than it should be; i know that the months of may and june are always boons to my relationships with european colleagues and students, as they are still in session when we are not. Indeed, that is often a time when we travel to teach and think and work with colleagues there, our minds really free to focus on those exchanges rather than being divided or depleted by the grind of the academic year here. i am glad to see this talked about. and, like nancy, i have both students and recent graduates who would be apppropriate participants during the september dates if those cannot move... rebecca On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Nancy Rose Hunt > wrote: The March plan surely sounds rushed and exhausting. Thanks for raising this, Gabrielle. We should not all pull out of exams and graduation at once though, I would guess. best n Nancy Rose Hunt Professor of History University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA On Jun 8, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote: Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great. I wonder only whether it's worth revisiting the date. My sense is that zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of a deciding factor that is. Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth revisiting this? Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professeure invit?e, Sciences Po / ?cole des Hautes ?tudes en Sciences Sociales Professor of History, University of Michigan Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade (MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012) On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote: Dear all, I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen whose subversive participation will be critical. Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning. I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production of a journal special issue. My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th -- with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to March 9). Please reserve that time. For those who can stay a bit longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit Kruger). I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let me know. I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. The important thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces of writing that they might want to present during the workshop. It would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate students. Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for suggestions for key readings. My thanks, Keith -- Keith Breckenridge W I S E R - The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | Web: wiser.wits.ac.za This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130610/41b34605/attachment-0001.html From rdhardin at umich.edu Mon Jun 10 20:48:52 2013 From: rdhardin at umich.edu (Rebecca Hardin) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:48:52 -0400 Subject: [Sugarman] Round 1 In-Reply-To: <51b5e9c5.a150b60a.3f9d.ffff89f5SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> References: <6CBC385B-DF6D-406C-A741-1F2E4C1AEB60@umich.edu> <51b5e9c5.a150b60a.3f9d.ffff89f5SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Thanks Jennifer, and others. i would second the motion of a target date window between May 5 and 10; even closer to the 10th would be best for me, if it did not crowd the Wits exam process too much...i must be at the association of law, property, and society (ALPS) meetings in Vancouver May 2/3/4. ALPS would highly value more participation from South Africa, and I would work hard as a member of its leadership to find ways of supporting participants from Wits or elsewhere in South Africa. It is an organization with strong emphasis on mentoring non traditional and minority students in the legal academy and social sciences, but most members to date are from North America, Europe/UK. Website here ( http://www.alps.syr.edu/mission.aspx) though it still reflects info from our most recent meetings at University of Minnesota lawschool, rather than the pages we have approved but not yet uploaded, with info about the Vancouver meetings May 2 and 3 at UBC. If there were any interest among this group in having a panel or event in Vancouver around themes such as "cities and space" or "heritage" (many of our members work on legal and social implications of gendered poverty and home ownership, the mortgage crisis/financial governance and neighborhood level outcomes in property ownership and management, etc) I would be delighted to get a more international and interdisciplinary panel that enables our group to connect and consider other publication outlets on the Vancouver agenda. There is plenty of time for this, however. Apologies for the shameless plug; please accept it in the spirit of building not only bridges between our two institutions but also connections among our constellations of scholarly engagement. Of course i realize this latter may well better be built in later! Thanks all, Rebecca Hardin On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Cynthia Kros wrote: > Hi**** > > ** ** > > At Wits we?re coming to the end of our first semester by late May. In June > the students write exams. From my point of view it?s usually not too hard > to negotiate around this though. The weather in Joburg in May is usually > pretty mild ? especially by northern hemisphere standards!!**** > > ** ** > > Best wishes**** > > ** ** > > Cynthia**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Rebecca Hardin [mailto:rdhardin at umich.edu] > *Sent:* 09 June 2013 12:32 AM > *To:* Nancy Rose Hunt > > *Cc:* sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za > *Subject:* Re: [Sugarman] Round 1**** > > ** ** > > dear all, > > i am constrained to run some meetings in europe to close out an NSF grant > of mine around Sept 20 and i fear doing both these things would prove too > much for my early term. hmmm... > > my sense of the south african academic year is less precise than it should > be; i know that the months of may and june are always boons to my > relationships with european colleagues and students, as they are still in > session when we are not. Indeed, that is often a time when we travel to > teach and think and work with colleagues there, our minds really free to > focus on those exchanges rather than being divided or depleted by the grind > of the academic year here. i am glad to see this talked about. and, like > nancy, i have both students and recent graduates who would be apppropriate > participants during the september dates if those cannot move...**** > > rebecca **** > > ** ** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Nancy Rose Hunt wrote: > **** > > > > **** > > The March plan surely sounds rushed and exhausting. Thanks for raising > this, Gabrielle.**** > > We should not all pull out of exams and graduation at once though, I would > guess.**** > > best**** > > n**** > > ** ** > > Nancy Rose Hunt > Professor of History**** > > University of Michigan**** > > Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Jun 8, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote:**** > > > > **** > > Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting > theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great.**** > > ** ** > > I wonder only whether it's worth revisiting the date. My sense is that > zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, > but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was > late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people > don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of > May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of > a deciding factor that is.**** > > ** ** > > Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth > revisiting this?**** > > ** ** > > Best,**** > > Gabrielle**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Gabrielle Hecht* **** > > *Professeure invit?e, Sciences Po / ?cole des Hautes ?tudes en Sciences > Sociales ***** > > *Professor of History, University of Michigan***** > > ** ** > > *Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade > **(MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012)***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote:**** > > > > **** > > Dear all,**** > > I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at > http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I > fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll > edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen > whose subversive participation will be critical.**** > > Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have > for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing > Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most > interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we > bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still > have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting > will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning.**** > > I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production > of a journal special issue.**** > > > *My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th* -- > with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to > March 9). *Please reserve that time.* For those who can stay a bit > longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be > very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural > themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit > Kruger). **** > > ** ** > > I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let > me know. > > I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. *The important > thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces > of writing that they might want to present during the workshop.* It > would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to > have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate > students.**** > > Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for > suggestions for key readings.**** > > ** ** > > My thanks, Keith**** > > > > > > > > > > > **** > > > -- **** > > Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and > Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, > Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | > Web: wiser.wits.ac.za**** > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. 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URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130610/cb6bf189/attachment-0001.html From ashforth at umich.edu Wed Jun 12 18:15:58 2013 From: ashforth at umich.edu (Adam Ashforth) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:15:58 -0400 Subject: [Sugarman] Round 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If there is a spare seat on this bus, could I put my hand up for a place? I'm not much of a theorist, but have some ideas that might be worth contributing to the discussion. I could come at either time. Best, Adam. On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge < keith at breckenridge.org.za> wrote: > Dear all, > > I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at > http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I > fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll > edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen > whose subversive participation will be critical. > > Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have > for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing > Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most > interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we > bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still > have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting > will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning. > > I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production > of a journal special issue. > > *My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th* -- > with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to > March 9). *Please reserve that time.* For those who can stay a bit > longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be > very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural > themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit > Kruger). > > I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let > me know. > > I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. *The important > thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces > of writing that they might want to present during the workshop.* It > would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to > have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate > students. > > Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for > suggestions for key readings. > > My thanks, Keith > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and > Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, > Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | > Web: wiser.wits.ac.za > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. 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URL: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20130612/9fa8e1a7/attachment.html From keith at breckenridge.org.za Wed Jun 12 18:33:11 2013 From: keith at breckenridge.org.za (Keith Breckenridge) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:33:11 +0200 Subject: [Sugarman] Round 1 In-Reply-To: <51b61fa5.1447c20a.7102.ffffdd18SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> References: <6CBC385B-DF6D-406C-A741-1F2E4C1AEB60@umich.edu> <51b5e9c5.a150b60a.3f9d.ffff89f5SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> <51b61fa5.1447c20a.7102.ffffdd18SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Dear All, Just to say that I'm persuaded that an event after May 8 would be best. It's not summer, but it shouldn't be cold, even by our standards. Please do start thinking about 1) pieces you might want to write on theorizing from the South and 2) good readings. k On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Rebecca Hardin wrote: > Thanks Jennifer, and others. > > i would second the motion of a target date window between May 5 and 10; > even closer to the 10th would be best for me, if it did not crowd the Wits > exam process too much...i must be at the association of law, property, and > society (ALPS) meetings in Vancouver May 2/3/4. > > ALPS would highly value more participation from South Africa, and I would > work hard as a member of its leadership to find ways of supporting > participants from Wits or elsewhere in South Africa. It is an organization > with strong emphasis on mentoring non traditional and minority students in > the legal academy and social sciences, but most members to date are from > North America, Europe/UK. Website here ( > http://www.alps.syr.edu/mission.aspx) though it still reflects info from > our most recent meetings at University of Minnesota lawschool, rather than > the pages we have approved but not yet uploaded, with info about the > Vancouver meetings May 2 and 3 at UBC. If there were any interest among > this group in having a panel or event in Vancouver around themes such as > "cities and space" or "heritage" (many of our members work on legal and > social implications of gendered poverty and home ownership, the mortgage > crisis/financial governance and neighborhood level outcomes in property > ownership and management, etc) I would be delighted to get a more > international and interdisciplinary panel that enables our group to connect > and consider other publication outlets on the Vancouver agenda. There is > plenty of time for this, however. > > Apologies for the shameless plug; please accept it in the spirit of > building not only bridges between our two institutions but also connections > among our constellations of scholarly engagement. Of course i realize this > latter may well better be built in later! > > Thanks all, > > Rebecca Hardin > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Cynthia Kros wrote: > >> Hi**** >> >> ** ** >> >> At Wits we?re coming to the end of our first semester by late May. In >> June the students write exams. From my point of view it?s usually not too >> hard to negotiate around this though. The weather in Joburg in May is >> usually pretty mild ? especially by northern hemisphere standards!!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Best wishes**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cynthia**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Rebecca Hardin [mailto:rdhardin at umich.edu] >> *Sent:* 09 June 2013 12:32 AM >> *To:* Nancy Rose Hunt >> >> *Cc:* sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za >> *Subject:* Re: [Sugarman] Round 1**** >> >> ** ** >> >> dear all, >> >> i am constrained to run some meetings in europe to close out an NSF grant >> of mine around Sept 20 and i fear doing both these things would prove too >> much for my early term. hmmm... >> >> my sense of the south african academic year is less precise than it >> should be; i know that the months of may and june are always boons to my >> relationships with european colleagues and students, as they are still in >> session when we are not. Indeed, that is often a time when we travel to >> teach and think and work with colleagues there, our minds really free to >> focus on those exchanges rather than being divided or depleted by the grind >> of the academic year here. i am glad to see this talked about. and, like >> nancy, i have both students and recent graduates who would be apppropriate >> participants during the september dates if those cannot move...**** >> >> rebecca **** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Nancy Rose Hunt >> wrote:**** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> The March plan surely sounds rushed and exhausting. Thanks for raising >> this, Gabrielle.**** >> >> We should not all pull out of exams and graduation at once though, I >> would guess.**** >> >> best**** >> >> n**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Nancy Rose Hunt >> Professor of History**** >> >> University of Michigan**** >> >> Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Jun 8, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote:**** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting >> theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I wonder only whether it's worth revisiting the date. My sense is that >> zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, >> but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was >> late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people >> don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of >> May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of >> a deciding factor that is.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth >> revisiting this?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Best,**** >> >> Gabrielle**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *Gabrielle Hecht* **** >> >> *Professeure invit?e, Sciences Po / ?cole des Hautes ?tudes en Sciences >> Sociales ***** >> >> *Professor of History, University of Michigan***** >> >> ** ** >> >> *Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade >> **(MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012)***** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote:**** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> Dear all,**** >> >> I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests >> at http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as >> I fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and >> I'll edit it). I've had some responses off list, including from David >> Cohen whose subversive participation will be critical.**** >> >> Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have >> for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing >> Theory from the South." This is the problem that attracts the most >> interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration. If we >> bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still >> have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering). This meeting >> will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning.**** >> >> I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the >> production of a journal special issue.**** >> >> >> *My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th* -- >> with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to >> March 9). *Please reserve that time.* For those who can stay a bit >> longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be >> very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural >> themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit >> Kruger). **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do >> let me know. >> >> I will start working with Achille on a bibliography. *The important >> thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces >> of writing that they might want to present during the workshop.* It >> would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to >> have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate >> students.**** >> >> Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for >> suggestions for key readings.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> My thanks, Keith**** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> **** >> >> >> -- **** >> >> Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and >> Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, >> Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | >> Web: wiser.wits.ac.za**** >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >> confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please >> notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or >> disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. >> Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on >> behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content >> of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may >> contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not >> necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, >> Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are >> subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the >> contrary. **** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugarman mailing list >> Sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za >> http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sugarman**** >> >> ** ** >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >> confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please >> notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or >> disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. >> Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on >> behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content >> of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may >> contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not >> necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, >> Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are >> subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the >> contrary. **** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugarman mailing list >> Sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za >> http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sugarman**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >> confidential. 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All agreements between the University and outsiders are >> subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the >> contrary. **** >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugarman mailing list >> Sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za >> http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sugarman**** >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rebecca Hardin, Associate Prof School of Natural Resources and >> Environment,University of Michigan, Samuel Trask Dana Building Room 3502, >> 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104 >> Tel: 734 647 5947 Website: >> https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/rebecca-hardin/home >> Blog: http://biotically.blogspot.com/2012_09_01_archive.html**** >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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