Event overview
Why Pakistanis Vote: Configurations of Corruption, Patronage, and Programming in a National Election
Why Pakistanis Vote: Configurations of Corruption, Patronage, and Programming in a National Election
Guest speaker Fatima Tassadiq (University of Pennsylvania)
Martin Webb, Discussant
In this talk Fatima draws on ethnographic fieldwork in Lahore, Pakistan during the National Election of 2018 to explore how corruption and its anti-thesis kaam, or the work expected of political leaders by the people, emerged as central idioms to evaluate electoral candidates and inform voter behavior. Local articulations of expectations from the state through the term kaam transcend rigid analytic divisions of patronage and programming and reveal how the two are entangled in the everyday discourse and logics of democratic politics.
Part of the Anthropology, Goldsmiths Spring Seminar Series.
This event will take place on Zoom at 4.30pm GMT. Sign up via Eventbrite and link will be sent 15 minutes before the event.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2021 | 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
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