Alternative US Muslim Economies
November 16, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
1501 UH
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Download iCal FileA talk sponsored by the Classics and Mediterranean Studies Department by Dr. Esra Tunc, San Diego State University. She will present on the following: "Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in innovative US Muslim economic organizations, this talk presents an alternative economy and sociality in East Cleveland, a Black-majority historically redlined city. While many Muslim economic organizations find strategic and profitable ways to manage accumulated wealth through Islamic principles, this alternative economy organizes for economic and racial justice through investment in local communities. With this example, I suggest that the Black radical tradition and feminist approaches to capitalism can help us rethink the intersection of religion and economy and reimagine our socioeconomic relationships towards organizing for a just social order."
Date posted
Oct 10, 2023
Date updated
Oct 30, 2023