Global Perspectives on Changing Secondhand Economies, edited by Karen Tranberg Hansen and Jennifer Le Zotte (London:. Routledge, 2022)
Providing interdisciplinary and global perspectives, this collection examines historical and contemporary changes in secondhand economies, including the emergence and specialization of secondhand venues, the materials involved, and the cultural significance of secondhand things and the professions associated with them. The chapters focus on objects ranging from used clothing, scrap and waste materials, to antiquities and used cars, thrift stores and circular economies. These contributions demonstrate, that recent concerns with the fast pace and adverse effects of global commodity flows have increased the scholarly attention to secondhand economies, both in terms of their history and their significance for livelihoods and sustainability..
War, Women and Post-conflict Empowerment: Lessons from Sierra Leone, edited by Josephine Beoku-Betts and Fredline A. M’Cormack-Hal (London: Bloomsbury, 2022)
This is a collection of studies by Sierra Leonean and Africanist scholars and experts from a broad range of disciplines, this volume analyses the historical and contextual factors that shaped women’s political and socioeconomic development in the country.
It draws on a diverse array of case studies—from health to education, refugees to international donors—that examine the contradictions, successes, and challenges of women’s lives in a postconflict environment. Included among the chapters is “Zainab Hawa Bangura’s Early Career as an Activist in Sierra Leone, 1994–2005” by LaRay Denzer (PAS).
Therapeutic Properties: Global Medical Cultures, Knowledge, and Law, special issue of Osiris, vol. 36 (2021), edited by Helen Tilley
This volume of Osiris reviews the complex historical interplay between medicine and law across the globe. It presents insights on the worldwide ascendancy of biomedicine, the persistence of nonofficial and unorthodox approaches to healing, and the legal contexts that shape these dynamics.
The contributions draw upon source material from the Americas, Africa, Western Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia to trace the influence of penal and civil codes, courts and constitutions, and patents and intellectual properties on not only health practices but also the very foundations of state-sanctioned medicine.