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DESCRIPTION:Tradition and Modernity: Hybrid Housing for an African Elite In
  this paper\, Dr. Pellow is concerned with the materiality of change in th
 e homes of a group of first generation professionals from Northern Ghana w
 ho have “made it” and now live in the suburbs of Accra\, Ghana. Meaning is
  inscribed in the material/built environment. In the hometown area\, they 
 live in or are surrounded by the architectural idiom of mud and wattle rou
 nd huts\, whereas in relocation\, as these Ghanaians become “modern\,” the
 y create modern housing designs. The new aesthetic speaks to their aspirat
 ions for new identities and status. They are performative of their cosmopo
 litanism. At the same time\, members of this new elite perpetuate old prac
 tices that are tied to an old materiality. To explore the change in identi
 ty and status that is embedded in design\, and the accommodation of old an
 d new practices\, she focuses on the kitchen as a supremely modern space a
 nd the socializing spaces associated with the traditional cooking arena. D
 r. Pellow is a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology and Maxwel
 l’s Master of Social Science program and a founding member and director of
  the Space and Place Initiative based in the Global Affairs Institute. Her
  research program is grounded in the roles and relationships enacted by in
 dividuals in the urban arena and plural society\, under conditions of soci
 al change. Her primary geographic area of interest has been West Africa\, 
 primarily Ghana\; but has also done research in Chicago and Shanghai\, Chi
 na. The interrelationship of social and physical space continues to predom
 inate in her research interest. Speaking: Deborah Pellow Professor Anthrop
 ology Sponsor: Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Maxwell A
 frican Scholars Union\, Co-Sponsor 
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SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union presents: Dr. Deborah Pellow
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tradition and Modernity: Hybrid Housing for an
  African Elite In this paper\, Dr. Pellow is concerned with the materialit
 y of change in the homes of a group of first generation professionals from
  Northern Ghana who have “made it” and now live in the suburbs of Accra\, 
 Ghana. Meaning is inscribed in the material/built environment. In the home
 town area\, they live in or are surrounded by the architectural idiom of m
 ud and wattle round huts\, whereas in relocation\, as these Ghanaians beco
 me “modern\,” they create modern housing designs. The new aesthetic speaks
  to their aspirations for new identities and status. They are performative
  of their cosmopolitanism. At the same time\, members of this new elite pe
 rpetuate old practices that are tied to an old materiality. To explore the
  change in identity and status that is embedded in design\, and the accomm
 odation of old and new practices\, she focuses on the kitchen as a supreme
 ly modern space and the socializing spaces associated with the traditional
  cooking arena. Dr. Pellow is a faculty member in the Department of Anthro
 pology and Maxwell’s Master of Social Science program and a founding membe
 r and director of the Space and Place Initiative based in the Global Affai
 rs Institute. Her research program is grounded in the roles and relationsh
 ips enacted by individuals in the urban arena and plural society\, under c
 onditions of social change. Her primary geographic area of interest has be
 en West Africa\, primarily Ghana\; but has also done research in Chicago a
 nd Shanghai\, China. The interrelationship of social and physical space co
 ntinues to predominate in her research interest. Speaking: Deborah Pellow 
 Professor Anthropology Sponsor: Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-
 Sponsor Maxwell African Scholars Union\, Co-Sponsor <br>
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