‘Leaving no one behind’ has been put forth a core principle of the ‘transformative agenda’ of ‘sustainable development’. But what does it mean and how might policy actors engage with the ‘left behind’ remains an ongoing challenge. Dr. Divya Jyoti together with Dr. Martin Quinn has been working with garment workers in a left behind community in Leicester in the UK, a city which has been at the centre of media attention with allegations of a textile sector ‘rife with exploitations’. In this seminar the research team will problematise the often-overlapping ideas of left behind ‘places’ and ‘people’ and explore the why and how people and communities ‘dis-engage’. We hope to start a conversation to draw out implications of our insights for scholarship, policy and practice and reflect on the prospects that the ‘simple’ act of listening might entail for enabling ‘trust’ between place, people and authority.

All welcome - registration required

The seminar runs from 14:30-15:30 at Charles Carter Building A05.

Please register below - registrations close Tue 30 April. Please contact pentlandcentre@lancaster.ac.uk for queries re booking after that date.

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Dr. Divya Jyoti is a Lecturer in the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology at Lancaster University. She researches issues of ethics and sustainability in the context of supply chains, with a focus on the fashion industry alongside exploring contestations around sustainable development and ‘ethical’ workplaces. This research is informed by investigations of place, ethnography and autoethnography. Alongside her research, she is actively involved in activist and reform-orientated organisations.

Dr Martin Quinn is Reader in Organisation, Work and Technology. My research explores the points and which the public and private sectors meet to develop policy, society and the economy. I have undertake research into city and place development, the craft and creative industries, and the Anthropocene.

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