Dr. Christiaan Beyers
Christiaan Beyers, B.A. (Trent), M.A. (York), D.Phil. (Sussex)
Associate
Professor, Department of International Development Studies
Director, Trent in Ecuador Program
Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8
Canada
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Chris
Research Interests
Critical social theory and development; Rights, identities and politics; Community and social exclusion; Land struggles in South Africa and the Andes; Andean ethnohistory.
Recent Publications
- "Let's Face It! Writing and Artwork from the Parkdale Activity & Recreation Centre" (ed. with Hume Cronyn) Oakville: Mosaic Press (2011).
- "Identity and Forced Displacement: Community and Colouredness in District Six". In Burdened By Race: Coloured Identities in Southern Africa, ed. Mohamed Adhikari, University of Cape Town Press (2009).
- "Acrimonious Stakeholder Politics" in Land, Memory, Reconstruction and Justice: Perspectives on Land Restitution in South Africa, eds. Anna Bohlin, Ruth Hall, Thembela Kepe, Cherryl Walker, Ohio University Press (2010).
- "The Cultural Politics of 'Community' and Citizenship in the District Six Museum, Cape Town". Anthropologica Special Issue: Citizenship, Politics and Locality: Anthropological Perspectives (ed. Catherine Neveu) Vol 50, 2 (2008).
- "The Contentious Politics of Integrated Urban Development in District Six". Social Dynamics, Vol 34, 1 (2008).
- "The Will-to-Community: Between Loss and Reclamation in Cape Town". In 'Restoring What Was Ours': The Rights and Wrongs of Land Restitution, eds. Deborah James and Derick Fay, Routledge Law and Society Series / Glasshouse books (2008).
- "Land Restitution's 'Rights-Communities': The District Six Case". Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol 33, 2 (June 2007).
- "Mobilizing 'Community' for Justice in District Six: Stakeholder Politics Early in the Land Restitution Process". South African Historical Journal, Vol 58 (2007).
- "Directions in Ethnohistorical Research on the Inca Economy and State". CERLAC Occasional Papers, York University, 2001.
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Courses 2012
- Law, rights, and development (IDST - SOCI 3120H FA)
Department of International Development Studies/Department of Sociology course, Trent University
- Assessment of development projects (IDST 4220) Department of International Development Studies, Trent University
- Perspectives on ethnicity (IDST - ANTH 4750H FA)
Department of International Development Studies/Department of Anthropology course, Trent University
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