Human Traffic: Past and Present

Thursday October 13, 2011 - Saturday October 15, 2011

Hosted by the Center for African and African American Research (CAAAR) at
Duke University

Thursday night, October 13


Richard White Lecture Hall (East Campus)
7:00-7:15
Opening remarks, J. Lorand Matory, Center for African and African American
Research, Duke University

7:15-8:45
Keynote address, Siddharth Kara, Harvard University, "An Overview of Human
Trafficking and Contemporary Slavery"

Introduction by Suzanne Shanahan, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke
University Jameson Gallery, Friedl Building (East Campus)

8:45-10:00
Conference Reception
Art Exhibition opening, */Transporter /*by Charles Campbell

Introduction by Michaeline A. Crichlow, Department of African and African
American Studies, Duke University


Friday, October 14

Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, FHI Garage (corner of Buchanan & Main Streets)

9:00-9:30
Breakfast & Registration

9:30-9:50
Opening remarks, Michaeline A. Crichlow, Department of African and 
African American Studies, Duke University

9:50-11:25
Panel I: Mapping
Chair: Vincent Brown, Department of History, Duke University

Panelists:
Robert Bach, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, "Human 
Trafficking: Powerlessness, Resistance, and the Limits of Protection"

Gunther Peck, Duke University, "The Shadow of White Slavery: Race and 
Empire in Contemporary Human Trafficking Campaigns"

Cindy Hahamovitch, College of William and Mary, "Guestworkers or Victims 
of Human Trafficking?: The Global History of Importable and Deportable 
Labor"

Discussion

11:30-1:30
Lunch & Film screening (Trading Women, directed by David Feingold)


1:30-3:05
Panel II: Markets, Labor, Brokers
Chair: Suzanne Shanahan, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University

Panelists:
Allison Petrozziello, OBMICA, CIES-UNIBE, Santo Domingo, "Borders, 
Buscones, Brothels and Bi-National Markets: Haitian Women Negotiate How 
To Get through"

Brad Myles, Polaris Project, "Combating Human Trafficking in North 
Carolina and Nationwide"

Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe, Duke University, "Out of Africa ('By Any Means 
Necessary'): Clandestine West African Migrations and the Gendered 
Politics of Survival"

Discussion

3:05-3:25
Break

3:25-5:00
Panel III: Citizenship and the Law
Chair: Ian Baucom, Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University

Panelists:
Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University, "Targeting the Right Issue: 
Creating Alternatives to Trafficking from the Grass Roots Up"

Liza Buchbinder, University of California at San Francisco, "Of 
Cosmopolitanism and Localism: The Cultural Style of Trafficked Domestic 
Servants in West Africa"

Michelle Gueraldi, Centro Universitário da Cidade, Rio de Janeiro, 
"International Trafficking of Brazilian Workers and the State's Response"

Discussion


Saturday, October 15
Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, FHI Garage (corner of Buchanan & Main Streets)

9:00-9:30
Breakfast

9:30-9:40
Opening remarks, Robin Kirk, Duke Human Rights Center

9:40-10:55
Film Screening (Tales of the Night Fairies, directed by Shohini Ghosh)

10:55-11:05
Break

11:05-12:40
Panel IV: Media and Representation
Chair: Charles Piot, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University

Panelists:
David Feingold, UNESCO, Bangkok, "Feeling Good about Feeling Bad: 
Trafficking Myths and Mekong Realities"

Barbara Limanowska, European Institute for Gender Equality, "Who Is 
Selling What? How To Use Media To Get Funding for Anti-Trafficking Work"

Shohini Ghosh, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, "Trafficking Myths & Sex 
Work: Narratives in Contemporary Films"

Discussion

12:40-1:00
Closing Remarks, J. Lorand Matory, Center for African and African 
American Research, Duke University
Co-sponsors: Franklin Humanities Institute, Kenan Institute for Ethics, 
Department of African and African American Studies, Duke Human Rights 
Center, and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Free parking for Thursday events will be available on Duke's East Campus 
quad beginning at 6:30pm. Free parking for Friday and Saturday events 
will be available beginning at 8:30am in the Maxwell St. parking lot 
next to the Smith Warehouse.

For more information, see 
http://www.fhi.duke.edu/create-content/event/human-traffic-day-1 or 
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