This talk gives insight into research on practices of making by bakers and goldsmiths in Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria. It seeks to highlight how bringing different, co-existing rhythms and modes of production into conversation can give insight into the ways in which practitioners navigate and come to terms with the interplay of existing world orders and customer demands. The talk also turns to rhythms emanating from world orders, seasonal fluctuations in customer demand, craftspersons’ conceptions of time and how work and craft practices structure everyday life.
Katharina A. Oke is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of Graz, Austria and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Link to the Zoom session: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/63942240668?pwd=uQwLMJqqgjooc8KvOKeTbkjtJX5MP5.1
Meeting-ID: 639 4224 0668
Kenncode: 608629
The lecture is part of the current seminar series "Anthropologies of Skill and Making" at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, University of Graz.