Navigation

5-1245
MATERIALITIES AND SOCIALITIES OF SPECULATION: AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE IN POSTSOCIALIST CONTEXTS
Share |

Reviewed By: Society for Cultural Anthropology
Saturday, December 6, 2014: 6:30 PM-8:15 PM

Abstract is available to registrants only. Please log in or register to view abstract text.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Students
Organizers:  Smoki Musaraj (University of California Irvine/IMTFI)
Chairs:  Smoki Musaraj (Ohio University)
Discussants:  Christina Schwenkel (University of California, Riverside) and Catherine Fennell (Columbia University)
6:30 PM
The Dangers of Kompenzacija
Fabio Mattioli (City University of New York Graduate Center)
6:45 PM
From Common Yard to Condominium: The Trials of the Emergence of the New Middle Class in Astana, Kazakhstan in This Paper, I Explore the Social Implications of Construction Boom and Urban Development Fueled By Both Public and Private Investment in the City
Alima Z Bissenova (Nazarbayev University)
7:00 PM
Mortgage Households As Carry Traders: On the Social Life of the Swiss Franc in Poland
Mateusz Halawa (The New School for Social Research)
7:15 PM
Inter-Asian Property Speculation in Phnom Penh: Korean Projects in Cambodia’s Capital
Sylvia Nam (University of California Irvine)
7:30 PM
Discussant
Christina Schwenkel (University of California, Riverside)
7:45 PM
Discussant
Catherine Fennell (Columbia University)
8:00 PM
Discussion
See more of: Society for Cultural Anthropology
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>