[Sci-tech-public] An afternoon with David Graeber, March 12th @ Harvard

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>The Program on Science, Technology, and Society at the John F. 
>Kennedy School of Government presents
>
>An afternoon with David Graeber
>Monday, March 12, 2007
>4:30-6:30 PM
>
>Harvard University Center for Environment
>Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street
>
>Please join us for an afternoon of conversation with the 
>distinguished anthropologist David Graeber of Yale University. 
>Graeber is internationally known as a cutting edge theorist and 
>public intellectual.  His publications span theories of value, the 
>anti-globalization direct action movement, political culture in 
>Madagascar, and re-thinking anthropology as anarchism. In addition 
>to his academic writings, Graeber has published essays in journals 
>such as Harper's and the Nation. He has delivered numerous 
>prestigious lectures, including the 2006 Malinowski Lecture at the 
>London School of Economics.  His work has been translated into many 
>languages, and he continues to participate in debates about the 
>international direct action movement.  At Harvard, Graeber will 
>discuss his recent work, including his essay "On the Phenomenology 
>of Giant Puppets: Broken Windows, Imaginary Jars of Urine, and the 
>Cosmological Role of the Police in American Culture," which will 
>available for circulation on request.
>
>David Graeber is the author of:
>
>Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value: The False Coin of Our Own 
>Dreams (Palgrave, 2001)
>Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. (Prickly Paradigm Press, 2004)
>Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar (Indiana 
>University Press, forthcoming 2007)
>Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire. (AK 
>Press, forthcoming 2007)
>
>
>Space for this event is limited. To reserve a spot and to request a 
>copy of the paper, please RSVP to Peter Alagona at 
><mailto:peter_alagona at ksg.harvard.edu>peter_alagona at ksg.harvard.edu.
>
>This event is generously co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for 
>International Affairs and the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
>
>Map: 
><http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/directions.htm>http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/directions.htm 
>
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