Chairs: Anders Sybrandt Hansen and Cameron Warner, Aarhus University, Denmark
| 10.05-10.10 | Cameron Warner and Anders Sybrandt: |
| 10.10-10.25 | Lotte Meinert and Christian Gade, Aarhus University, Denmark: |
| 10.25-10.40 | Caroline Richter, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany: |
| 10.40-10.55 | Mads Daugbjerg and Thomas Randrup Pedersen, Aarhus University, Denmark: |
| 10.55-11.25 | Discussion |
| 11.25-12.05 | Break |
| 12.05-13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00-13.45 | Plenary session: Cheryl F. Mattingly (see Programme) |
| 13.45-14.00 | Anders Sybrandt Hansen, Aarhus University, Denmark: Affordable Practices of Moral Displacement: Social Distrust in Contemporary China |
| 14.00-14.15 | Susanne Højlund, Aarhus University, Denmark: Negotiating Trust and Distrust in Food: Danish Sugar Policy in Children's Institutions |
| 14.15-14.45 | Joel Robbins, UC San Diego, United States: Opacity of Mind and the Coordination of Action: Melanesianist Reflections on the Nature of Trust |
| 14.45-15.15 | Discussion |
| 15.15-15.30 | Cameron Warner, Aarhus University, Denmark: What are the Bases for Trust? Reflections from Tibet and This Weekend |
Similar to other analytical categories in sociology, trust has been studied as a cross-cultural universal in part through the deployment of periodic national and global surveys (Putnam 2000) and through anthropological research among inhabitants of Western societies. However, insufficient attention has been paid to whether the notion of trust expressed in those surveys or performed among Western societies is truly a cross-cultural universal. It is probably the case, as Michael Lambek (2010) writes, that keeping one’s word is valued in every known society, and the potential deceptiveness of others is a recurrent concern in much social interaction. In different cultural contexts, however, vastly different ideas exist surrounding the relationship between intention and action (e.g. Robbins and Rumsey 2008).
This workshop will expand Western notions of trust through the use of field data from various contexts across the globe. Our aim is to uncover alternative definitions and expressions of trust from the ground-up. We welcome papers from the social sciences and the humanities, especially anthropology, history, study of religion, area studies, sociology, and literature.
For example, papers might explore:
interpersonal relations and trust
the relation between intention and action
interfacial reality vs. self-reflection
mistrust and the expectation of cynicism
reciprocity
the role of action vs. self-report in establishing trust
identity and trust
Organized by Anders Sybrandt Hansen (Anthropology and Asian Studies, Aarhus University) and Cameron David Warner (Anthropology and Study of Religion, Aarhus University).
