BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Dr. Rebecca Warne Peters Local Cosmopolitans in Post-War Angola n Development Work The anthropological study of African professionals is a promising area of research to contribute to scholarly understandings of t he contemporary era\, particularly the connections between local and globa l scales of activity. Distinct from but complementary to studies of Africa n ‘elites\,’ the study of professionals gives sharp insight into social ch ange on the continent. This lecture examines a group of Angolan developmen t workers as African professionals\, critiques institutional presumptions of ‘national’ workers as inherently ‘local\,’ and contributes to the broad er study of African professionals as such. The argument identifies local s taff members as development cosmopolitans in their engagement with the hig hly internationalized professional sphere of development work. As critical studies of development have themselves often overlooked the backgrounds\, intentions\, and experiences of local field staff\, the research also con tributes to the ethnography of development in Africa by describing and ana lyzing the cosmopolitanism of contemporary African development work. Dr. R ebecca Peters is currently an Assistant Professor in Maxwell School’s Depa rtment of Public Administration and International Relations. Dr. Peters re ceived a PhD and MA in Anthropology from Brown University and an MPH in In ternational Health from Emory University. She has done extensive research in Angola\, with research interests including cosmopolitanism\, global pub lic health\, international development\, and governmentality. Pizza Will B e Served DTEND:20120223T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T090934Z DTSTART:20120223T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union presents: Dr. Rebecca Warne Peters UID:RFCALITEM639140729740057724 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Dr. Rebecca Warne Peters Local Cosmopolitans i n Post-War Angolan Development Work The anthropological study of African p rofessionals is a promising area of research to contribute to scholarly un derstandings of the contemporary era\, particularly the connections betwee n local and global scales of activity. Distinct from but complementary to studies of African ‘elites\,’ the study of professionals gives sharp insig ht into social change on the continent. This lecture examines a group of A ngolan development workers as African professionals\, critiques institutio nal presumptions of ‘national’ workers as inherently ‘local\,’ and contrib utes to the broader study of African professionals as such. The argument i dentifies local staff members as development cosmopolitans in their engage ment with the highly internationalized professional sphere of development work. As critical studies of development have themselves often overlooked the backgrounds\, intentions\, and experiences of local field staff\, the research also contributes to the ethnography of development in Africa by d escribing and analyzing the cosmopolitanism of contemporary African develo pment work. Dr. Rebecca Peters is currently an Assistant Professor in Maxw ell School’s Department of Public Administration and International Relatio ns. Dr. Peters received a PhD and MA in Anthropology from Brown University and an MPH in International Health from Emory University. She has done ex tensive research in Angola\, with research interests including cosmopolita nism\, global public health\, international development\, and governmental ity. Pizza Will Be Served
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