[Sugarman] Round 1

Keith Breckenridge keith at breckenridge.org.za
Wed Jun 12 18:33:11 SAST 2013


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 <rdhardin at umich.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Jennifer, and others.
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> 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 <Cynthia.Kros at wits.ac.za>wrote:
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>>  Hi****
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>> 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!!****
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>> Best wishes****
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>> Cynthia****
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>> *From:* Rebecca Hardin [mailto:rdhardin at umich.edu]
>> *Sent:* 09 June 2013 12:32 AM
>> *To:* Nancy Rose Hunt
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>> *Cc:* sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za
>> *Subject:* Re: [Sugarman] Round 1****
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>> dear all,
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>> 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...
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>> 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...****
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>>  rebecca ****
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>> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Nancy Rose Hunt <nrhunt at umich.edu>
>> wrote:****
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>> The March plan surely sounds rushed and exhausting. Thanks for raising
>> this, Gabrielle.****
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>> We should not all pull out of exams and graduation at once though, I
>> would guess.****
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>> best****
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>> n****
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>> Nancy Rose Hunt
>> Professor of History****
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>> University of Michigan****
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>> Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA****
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>> On Jun 8, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote:****
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>> Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting
>> theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great.****
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>> 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.****
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>> Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth
>> revisiting this?****
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>> Best,****
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>> Gabrielle****
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>> *Gabrielle Hecht* <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hechtg/>****
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>> *Professeure invitée, Sciences Po / École des Hautes Études en Sciences
>> Sociales *****
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>> *Professor of History, University of Michigan*****
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>> *Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade<http://www.amazon.com/Being-Nuclear-Africans-Global-Uranium/dp/0262017261/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332867481&sr=8-1>
>>  **(MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012)*****
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>> On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote:****
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>> Dear all,****
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>> 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.****
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>> 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.****
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>> I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the
>> production of a journal special issue.****
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>> *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). ****
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>> I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do
>> let me know.
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>> 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.****
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>> Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for
>> suggestions for key readings.****
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>> My thanks, Keith****
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>> -- ****
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> Environment,University of Michigan, Samuel Trask Dana Building Room 3502,
> 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104
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