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DESCRIPTION:Marie Odgaard (University of Toronto)\n\nWhen She Arrives: On f
 riendship\, singular encounters\, and being an anthropologist like a frien
 d\n\nThe Beautiful friend shows up unexpectedly and a worlding can begin. 
 In this talk\, we move from making friends on a quiet street in Denmark to
  friendships in Jordan and finally to friendship and the possibility of tr
 ansformative solidarity in anthropology. When invisible\, affective gestur
 es are captured ethnographically in all their singularity\, can we be an a
 nthropologist like a friend? One primary ethical demand in friendship is t
 hat you do not tell your friends’ secrets\, no matter what. When this dema
 nd is translated into being an anthropologist like a friend\, it often lea
 ds to seemingly endless discussions about how to tell the story of what em
 erges in-between—how to make that story both an expression of a relationsh
 ip and a more general view of the world\, without becoming a tell-tale\, a
 nd how to best honor your friend’s desires against powers that may seek to
  eradicate those desires altogether. Through the lens of anthropology\, th
 is talk examines how friendships—often full of personal secrets and intima
 cies—inform and complicate our positionalities and the purpose of the work
  we do. As illuminated by Leela Gandhi's work on radical possibility and t
 he politics of friendship (2006)\, the talk considers the productive and a
 t times frustrating tension between relational ethics of trust and intimac
 y\, professional responsibility\, and the potential for a radical politics
  of friendship that resists colonial narratives and embraces unfinished re
 lations and transformative solidarity.\n\nFor additional information\, ple
 ase contact Setrag Manoukian: setrag.manoukian [at] mcgill.ca\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 116\, Peterson Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E6\, 3460 rue
  McTavish
SUMMARY:'Old Woman of Nishapur' series - Marie Odgaard (University of Toron
 to)
URL:/anthropology/channels/event/old-woman-nishapur-se
 ries-marie-odgaard-university-toronto-362510
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