Dear All,
Just a reminder that the following event takes place next Thursday at the Anthropology Library and Research Centre in the British Museum. Coffee is at 9.30 for a 10.00 start and a 12.00 finish
The British Museum's Anthropology Library and Research Centre, in conjunction with the Royal Anthropological Institute, runs a series of seminars in which the authors of anthropological works meet with those who reviewed their works for the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Our next meeting is on November 20th when Helen Sampson, author of 'International seafarers and transnationalism in the twenty-first century', will debate the work with Olivia Swift, who reviewed the book for the JRAI.
International seafarers and transnationalism in the twenty-first century
This ethnographic account of seafarers discusses the detailed life experiences of migrant workers in the context of transnationalism in the twenty-first century. It argues for a consideration of the social space available to transnational migrant workers and suggests that the experiences of migrants may be more likely to involve exclusion and alienation than an expansion of social space as a result of bi-location. Based upon original qualitative research in three different settings, the book draws upon voyages undertaken by the author on five different working cargo ships. It describes the situation of seafarers from Cape Verde and Ghana searching for work in northern Germany and considers the perspectives of women married to Indian seafarers resident in Goa and Mumbai. The book was awarded the BSA/BBC Thinking Allowed prize for ethnography in April 2014 and has been nominated for the Mountbatten Maritime Award.
Bookings to: Ted Goodliffe- [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Best wishes
Ted Goodliffe
RAI Library Officer
Anthropology Library and Research Centre
British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
020 7323 8067
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