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SUMMARY:The Non-Identical Human
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Hylton White (University of the Witwatersrand)\nIn t
 his paper\, I explore connections between humanism\, posthumanism and neol
 iberal constructions of difference.  I ask questions about the theoretical
  and applied efficacy of posthumanism as a legitimate way of thinking anth
 ropologically\, and argue that\, ultimately\, anthropology has always been
 \, and should remain to be\, a fundamentally humanistic endeavour.  I root
  the paper in the context of increasing global inequalities\, ethno-nation
 alisms\, the destruction of ecosystems\, the imposition of physical and me
 taphysical boundaries and other products of neoliberal dynamics.  Of parti
 cular concern is the impact that neoliberalism has made in the Academy\, s
 pecifically in anthropology as an intellectual pursuit\, giving rise to a 
 plethora of twists and ‘turns’ through which practitioners seek to car
 ve out spaces of particularity through increasing peculiarity.  I argue th
 at\, in this current global context\, posthumanist approaches have the pot
 ential to help generate meaningful understandings of contemporary lived ex
 periences only if they remain firmly embedded in their humanist origins.\n
 \nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/171/contributions/2073/
LOCATION:School of Tourism and Hospitality
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/171/contributions/2073/
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