Teachers College will host 鈥淭he Work of Education,鈥� its third annual conference on anthropology and education, on Friday and Saturday, October 26th and 27th, in Milbank Chapel.
The conference 鈥� the only recurring one of its kind in the field 鈥� will include keynote addresses by Thea Abu-El Haj, Associate Professor in Education at Barnard College, Cati Coe, Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and Ilana Gershon, Associate Professor of Communication and Culture at Indiana University-Bloomington.
Haj鈥檚 talk is titled "Education that 'breaks your heart': Learning and Teaching in the Lebanese Conflict Zone." Coe will speak on "The Enchantments of Education: States, Markets, and Transnational Migration in the Constitution of Persons," and Gershon will discuss "The Work of Giving Bad Advice: Instruction, Translation, Standardization."
麻豆原创 President Thomas Bailey will deliver opening remarks.
鈥淲e are very proud that, for the third year in a row, we have attracted speakers who are major figures in the field and who are willing to work with us to define the future of anthropology in education,鈥� said conference chair Herv茅 Varenne, Professor of Anthropology & Education.
The conference defines 鈥渢he work of education鈥� broadly to include 鈥減arents struggling with infants (and their own parents, pediatricians, etc.)鈥he elderly (and their children, neighbors, etc.) figuring out who does what in the crowd treating them鈥攁nd who is to pay for them鈥� and even 鈥減oets reading to their audience.鈥� Speakers will also consider 鈥渢he educative work involved in urban and/or globalized settings of performance, oral traditions, the court of law, youth recruitment鈥� and more.
Visit the conference鈥檚 website to register and see a full listing of sessions and presentations.