Historicizing 鈥楩ood Labour鈥� and Law
Conf茅rence avec Adrian A. Smith sur l'esclavage et l'exploitation 脿 travers les 芒ges
Conf茅rence avec Adrian A. Smith, DCL 2011, Universit茅 de Carleton, organis茅e par la Chaire Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer en droit public international, l'Institut de droit compar茅 de McGill, et le Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas. Le conf茅rencier parlera de la production alimentaire dans le contexte de l'esclave ancien et moderne.
Un l茅ger d茅jeuner sera servi: pri猫re de confirmer sa pr茅sence en 茅crivant 脿 oppenheimer [at] mcgill.ca.
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(En anglais seulement) A recent surge of interest in the contemporary relationship between food and (unfree) labour invites critical historical reflection. How have historians understood the relationship between labour unfreedom and food production through the ages ? And what role does law play in these understandings ? Surveying three prominent historical accounts on food and slavery 鈥� Eric Williams鈥檚 Capitalism and Slavery, Sidney Mintz鈥檚 Sweetness and Power and Judith Carney鈥檚 Black Rice 鈥� Adrian Smith will examine the unfree labour-food-law nexus with a view toward historicizing the study of contemporary 鈥榝ood labour鈥� regulation.
Adrian A. Smith is Assistant Professor in Carleton University鈥檚 Department of Law and Legal Studies. He is cross-appointed to the Institute of Political Economy and the Institute of African Studies. His research interests include labour studies and the global economy, migration, the political economy of development, social movements, and visual legal studies. All of his work is situated within an anti-oppression framework with an emphasis on antiracism and anticolonialism.
