unfolding finitudes

On 1 february 2024 the next online book talk within the Unfolding Finitudes series will take place. This edition the book Aspiring in Later Life: Movements across Time, Space, and Generations will be introduced by the editors, Dr. Megha Amrith, Dr. Victoria K. Sakti and Dr. Doria Sampaio and two of the volume’s contributing authors, …

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Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania is a gripping ethnographic account of the deaths of pregnant women in a Tanzanian hospital with limited resources. Anthropologist Adrienne E. Strong untangles the reasons Tanzania has had so little sustained success in reducing maternal mortality rates, despite global development support, through an exploration of everyday ethics and …

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We are very happy to announce that Associate Professor Jessica Robbins (Institute of Gerontology and Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University) will talk about her recent book Aging Nationally in Contemporary Poland: Memory, Kinship, and Personhood, during the next online webinar of our Unfolding Finitudes series. Dr. Olivia Killias (University of Zürich) will act …

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On 6 December 2022 Iza Kavedžija talks about her book Making meaningful lives. This online book talk is part of the webinar series
Unfolding Finitudes: Current Ethnographies of Aging, Dying and End-of-Life Care. Participation is free, but please register to receive the zoom link in advance.