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Medical Anthropology Research Seminar Series at LSHTM
Please join us for the second of our LSHTM Medical Anthropology seminars of the Spring Term on Tuesday 6th February from 4pm-5pm in the Jenny Roberts room, LSHTM, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH. We will head out for drinks after the seminar to a nearby pub.
Tuesday 6th February- Nadine Beckmann (University of Roehampton)
'Love won't be enough: marriage, companionship and intimacy in the face of HIV/AIDS in Zanzibar'
Transformations of courting practices and marriage expectations are at the center of tense debates about the decline of Islamic morality in Zanzibar. This paper analyses how Zanzibaris negotiate traditional values, modernist processes and Islamic reformism in their quest for intimacy and companionship, and demonstrates continuities with the values upon which previous marriages were built. Rather than merely acting upon feelings of passion and romantic love, the women portrayed in this paper exercise a reasoned form of emotion, which requires strategies of weighing up, testing, and surveilling. The paper will draw out some broader implications for notions of trust and the management of intimate relationships in the face of HIV/AIDS in the islands.
Upcoming seminars:
Tuesday 6th March - Charlotte Faircloth (Department of Social Science, UCL)
'Studying reproduction and parenting culture: Some anthropological reflections'
For more information please contact: Rebecca Lynch ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Melissa Parker ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
All welcome, please distribute widely.
Best wishes,
Rebecca and Melissa
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Rebecca Lynch
Research Fellow (Medical Anthropology)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH
020 7636 8636 ext. 8298
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