[IMCnetwork] IMC Seminar | States of Subsistence: Methodological Reflections from the Bakery by José Ciro Martínez | Friday 23 August 2024

[RSSS - Admin]

[Australian National University]
School of Politics and International Relations
States of Subsistence
Methodological Reflections from the Bakery

José Ciro Martínez (University of York)

Friday 23 August 2024
5pm AEST (Please note change in time)
Level 3 Room 3.72, RSSS building and via Zoom
Zoom Link<https://anu.zoom.us/j/3364169330?pwd=ZStOdm4vTWpwS1RMbmFYUisxWVB2UT09%20>
On any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of khubz 'arabi-the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation; for others it is a customary pleasure. Yet despite its ubiquity in accounts of Middle East politics and society, rarely do scholarly accounts consider how bread is prepared, consumed, discussed, and circulated-and how, in turn, we can theorise from such ordinary processes. Drawing on more than a year working as a baker in Amman, José Ciro Martínez will probe the practices that underpin subsidised bread before expanding upon some of the insights this methodology of observant participation brought to the fore. Following bakers and bureaucrats, he offers an immersive examination of social welfare provision and the varied political dynamics that surround it.
Seminars are 1 hour in duration.
 All seminars and other IMC events are announced via the listserv. To get on the list go to: https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/imcnetwork
For more information on the talks or the IMC, write to the convenors.
Presenter Bio
[cid:image003.png at 01DAE9A3.D4CF08D0]
José Ciro Martínez is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York. His research explores the politics of food, welfare, contention, and state formation in the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on archival and ethnographic methods. He is committed to modes of political inquiry attentive to the seemingly ordinary and mundane.
Recordings of past seminars are available at the following links:

  *   https://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/events/interpretive-political-science-tool-understanding-policy-making-practice-sarah-ball
  *   https://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/events/making-al-qa-ida-legible-interpretive-methods-secrets-and-mess-sarah-phillips
  *   https://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/events/how-do-interpretive-research-insights-phd-students-and-early-career-researchers-social

Contact
april.biccum at anu.edu.au<mailto:mailto:april.biccum at anu.edu.au>
politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au<https://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/events/series/imc-seminar-series>
[cid:image004.png at 01DAE9A3.D4CF08D0]<https://www.facebook.com/politicsANU/>
[cid:image005.png at 01DAE9A3.D4CF08D0]<https://twitter.com/politicsanu?lang=en>
The Australian National University,
Canberra

TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) | CRICOS Provider Code: 00120C
ABN : 52 234 063 906

If you do not wish to receive future seminar emails from us, please email admin.rsss at anu.edu.au<mailto:admin.rsss at anu.edu.au>
[Australian National University]

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/private/imcnetwork/attachments/20240823/d5703db2/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 313 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/private/imcnetwork/attachments/20240823/d5703db2/attachment-0006.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.png
Type: image/png
Size: 15405 bytes
Desc: image002.png
URL: <https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/private/imcnetwork/attachments/20240823/d5703db2/attachment-0007.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.png
Type: image/png
Size: 19998 bytes
Desc: image003.png
URL: <https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/private/imcnetwork/attachments/20240823/d5703db2/attachment-0008.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image004.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1077 bytes
Desc: image004.png
URL: <https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/private/imcnetwork/attachments/20240823/d5703db2/attachment-0009.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image005.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1222 bytes
Desc: image005.png
URL: <https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/private/imcnetwork/attachments/20240823/d5703db2/attachment-0010.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image006.png
Type: image/png
Size: 3548 bytes
Desc: image006.png
URL: <https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/private/imcnetwork/attachments/20240823/d5703db2/attachment-0011.png>