From acjancius at ysu.edu  Tue Feb  1 11:13:08 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Feb  1 11:21:57 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN (Reposted): Third Annual Summer Institute on International Migration
Message-ID: <00d801c50878$fa1f9a40$c2a49bac@toshibauser>

[Editor's Note: Apologies for the duplicate posting. When this announcement
was sent out yesterday, the pdf attachment was filtered out by our listserv
software. Subscribers posting to URBANTH-L should note that our list
software is currently not configured to accept attachments.  Below is the
full announcement.]


SSRC announces the Third Annual Summer Institute on International Migration
to be held at the University of California, Irvine on June 27-30, 2005.

For more information see below or go directly to the website at
www.cri.uci.edu.  Please forward this email to anyone who might be
interested.


THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON IMMIGRATION,
POPULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
SUMMER INSTITUTE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
June 27-30, 2005

In collaboration with the Center for Research on Immigration, Population and
Public Policy (CRI) and other academic and research units at the University
of California, Irvine (UCI), the SSRC Program on International Migration is
sponsoring a Summer Institute on International Migration at UC, Irvine, June
27-30, 2005.
Application Process:
* Eligibility: Advanced doctoral candidates currently involved in research
or writing for their dissertations and recent PhDs revising their
dissertations for publication or initiating new research are eligible to
apply to participate in the Institute.
* Deadline: February 18, 2005
* Applications: The application form can be downloaded from the CRI website
at: www.cri.uci.edu.
* Contact Information: If you have questions about the Summer Institute,
please contact Carolynn J. Bramlett, Administrative Assistant of CRI
(e-mail: cbramlet@uci.edu; tel.#: 949-824-1361).
The Institute:
The Summer Institute will consist of formal and informal discussions,
seminars, training sessions and lectures designed to expose advanced
graduate students and recent post doctoral scholars to recent theories and
cutting-edge research in international migration and refugee studies. The
emphasis will be on presentation and discussion of new ideas and unpublished
research that can help to shape doctoral dissertations and postdoctoral
research projects. The Institute includes a two-day conference (June 28-29)
in which senior scholars and some junior scholars will report on their
current research projects. Training modules and seminars preceding and
following the conference will explore specific substantive, methodological
and career development issues and provide opportunities for junior scholars
to discuss their individual research with senior and other scholars in
small-group and one-on-one meetings. Conference sessions will focus on key
topics of multidisciplinary significance, including:
* Relationships among gender, class, race/ethnicity, and immigrant
incorporation
* Second-generation immigrant mobility and integration
* Global economic and population changes and the future of international
migration policies
* Migration, gender, and health
* Transnational involvements, citizenship dynamics and immigrant
naturalization
* Immigrant education, language choice, spatial location and mobility, and
integration patterns and policies
* Political mobilization and access to social services among immigrants
Training workshops will be conducted on such subjects as comparative and
historical methods in immigration research, network-based approaches to
documenting and measuring migration, getting immigration research funded and
published, and job placement for immigration scholars.

Scholars invited to serve as faculty members for the Summer Institute
include Richard Alba (SUNY-Albany) Frank D. Bean (UCI), Irene Bloemraad
(UCB), Susan K. Brown (UCI), Rogers Brubaker (UCLA), Kitty Calavita (UCI),
Leo Ch?vez (UCI), Susan Carter (UCR), William A.V. Clark (UCLA), Wayne
Cornelius (UCSD), Susan Coutin (UCI), Louis DeSipio (UCI), Adrian Favell
(UCLA), Cynthia Feliciano (UCI), Patricia Fernandez-Kelly (Princeton), Josh
DeWind (SSRC), Yen Espiritu (UCSD), Charles Hirschman (UW Seattle),
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo (USC), Phil Kasinitz (CUNY), Jennifer Lee (UCI),
April Linton (UCSD), David Lopez (UCLA), John Mollenkopf (CUNY), Alejandro
Portes (Princeton), Jen'nan Ghazal Read (UCI), Gaspar Rivera (USC), Vicki
Ruiz (UCI), Rub?n Rumbaut (UCI), Kamal Sadiq (UCI), George S?nchez (USC),
John Skrentny (UCSD), Gillian Stevens (Illinois), Richard Sutch (UCR),
Eduardo Telles (UCLA), Marta Tienda (Princeton), Judith Treas (UCI),
Takeyuki Tsuda (UCSD), Roger Waldinger (UCLA), Mary Waters (Harvard), and
Min Zhou (UCLA).


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Wed Feb  2 00:13:15 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Feb  2 00:21:27 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: 2nd International Social Geography Workshop (Gdansk, Poland)
Message-ID: <004a01c508e5$e822e0a0$e71999ac@toshibauser>

CFP: 2nd International Social Geography Workshop

ENHANCING URBAN GOVERNANCE

Gdansk - Gdynia - Sopot, Poland
22 -24 September 2005

The urban governance is one of the most important factors influencing local,
regional and often national development. Decisions taken on local level meet
many residents' needs and desires and directly influence broad spectrum of
social, economic and cultural aspects of everyday life. The process of urban
governance involves numerous actors of the local stage. Sometimes they are
acting individually, sometimes they create coalitions, and sometimes they
build a strong urban regime. The workshop is planned to provide a forum for
discussing the multifold problems of urban management and governance that
shape a contemporary European city. The workshop's aim is also to integrate
the researchers with local and regional policy makers and entrepreneurs, to
promote and disseminate the study results, and to support decision-making
processes for the sustainable development solutions.

The workshop is planned in the form of both field and seminar meetings. They
will present different urban policies of three local municipalities of
Gdansk agglomeration in relation to the theoretical explorations and other
European practices. The cases of Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot will illustrate
the methods and results of different concepts of urban development, while a
range of examples from Europe will begin open debate over the urban policy

Themes:
The seminar will be opened by presentation of the case of Gdynia. Gdynia,
with its entrepreneurial milieu and society is a very good example of a
post-industrial and post-socialist city. Therefore the opening session held
in this city will mainly be the invitation to discussion concentrated on
those aspects of local policy

The second session, held in Sopot, will concentrate on the policy of
developing the town as a spa and resort within the metropolitan region. The
unique location of Sopot, in the centre of the agglomeration, together with
the natural and cultural assets, implies the tourism and recreation
orientated policy of the urban government.

Highly industrialised in the communist time Gdansk, faces the process of the
industrial decline, which affect even such celebrated places as Gdansk
Shipyard. The post-industrial landscape of the city, its historical and
cultural heritage influences the systematic process of revitalisation and
regeneration.

Gdansk, as the economic and administrative centre of the Pomeranian Region,
plays the leading role in the city-region policy. The Region's authorities
are facing an complicated problem of turning the individually oriented
policy of particular cities into the coherent, unified metropolitan region
governance.

The sessions held in Gdansk will create the frames for presenting and
discussing the problems of the industrial change, as well as metropolitan
region management.
The closing session will help to conclude the discussed issues as well as
connect the different international practices and experiences with
theoretical concepts.

Proposed working schedule:
Thursday, September 22nd Working session 1 GdyniaNew actors on urban stage
of post-socialist and post-industrial city

Working session 2 Sopot Leisure industry and cultural economy in urban
policy
Friday, September 23rd Working session 3 GdanskDeindustrialisation,
revitalisation, and cultural landscape

Working session 4 GdanskCity-region and metropolitan planning
Saturday, September 24th Seminar session 5 GdyniaTools and practices of
urban management

Costs:
The full workshop charge is 300 PLN and 100 PLN for students, and includes
the workshop documentation, three lunches, evening meal, tea/coffee breaks.
Payment will be due by August 1st 2005. The payment can also be made in cash
within Poland during the workshop.

Organisation:
The workshop will be held at the Gdynia campus of the University of Gdansk.
The working sessions will be organised in various outdoor and indoor sites
of Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot, in cooperation with local municipalities and
firms.

The application forms should be sent by May 15th 2005. Detailed information
on the workshop and applications are available on the RECOURSE web page
(http://recourse.univ.gda.pl),

For more information contact:
Department of Economic Geography
office (Stach Rzyski phone +48 58/ 6601670, e-mail: recourse@univ.gda.pl,)
or at Mariusz Czepczynski (phone +48 58/ 6601675,  e-mail:
geomc@univ.gda.pl).

Dr hab. Iwona Sagan
Dr Mariusz Czepczynski

Application forms should be sent by the  May 15th  2005 to Mariusz
Czepczynski, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Katedra Geografii Ekonomicznej, Al.
Pilsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, fax: +48/ 58, 6601670 or e-mail:
geomc@univ.gda.pl


From mlpeters at uchicago.edu  Wed Feb  2 19:54:57 2005
From: mlpeters at uchicago.edu (Marina Peterson)
Date: Wed Feb  2 23:08:30 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Papers sought for AAA panel: Center, Symbol, Site: Reexamining
 Downtown
Message-ID: <f0602040abe2725d1688a@[192.168.0.3]>

We're looking for additional panelists for a AAA panel on "downtown" 
(abstract is below).  Geographic area is open.
Please send us abstracts by February 20 so we can submit to SUNTA by 
the March 1 invited sessions deadline.

Thank you,
Marina Peterson (mlpeters@uchicago.edu)
Sareeta Amrute (sbamrute@uchicago.edu)

_______

Center, Symbol, Site: Reexamining Downtown

This panel will focus on one aspect of the city - the downtown or
city center - in the context of translocal social and capital
flows.  As a concept that seems to belong to an older idea of the
urban landscape the downtown demands reexamination in light of over
a decade of research on how global, transnational processes become
localized in cities.  We invite participants to utilize the
downtown as a point of departure from which to rethink the place of
existing urban geographic labels, reassess the stability of such
categories and places in a translocal context, and reflect on their
role in the production of contemporary global or mega-cities.

Does the term downtown as a geographic descriptor of urban space
apply to cities that are growing exponentially and to cities whose
parts may be unevenly linked to transnational networks?  How does
the recent emphasis, through planning, development, and marketing,
on urban downtowns help constitute the global or mega-city?  Do
these developments mark a departure in the nature of the downtown
and the urban?  By reexamining the downtown, this panel seeks to
explore how the city center participates in the mediation between
built spaces and social practices.   We suggest that one key
process taking place in global cities is the reappropriation and
redeployment of sedimented terms and established spaces, such as
the downtown, in new contexts, practices, and situations.  Some
topics panelists might consider are the downtown as a site for
architectural presentation, as a hub in a tourist economy, as a
heritage site, or as a stage for multicultural arts performances.
Panelists may also want to consider other frames of reference that
participants in cities are using to describe the city center, as
well as the significance of anxieties about the decay,
disappearance, or even renewal of the same.  We especially welcome
contributions that reflect on the ways we as researchers can
incorporate creative imaginings and uses of the city center in an
ethnographic project than aspires to an understanding of translocal
cities.

From acjancius at ysu.edu  Thu Feb  3 11:08:04 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Feb  3 11:16:50 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB:  Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Urban Health,
	CUHI
Message-ID: <005b01c50a0a$9181f0d0$9e6582ac@toshibauser>

[X-Posted from CUSS]

CENTRE FOR URBAN HEALTH INITIATIVES

Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Urban Health

The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (CUHI) at the University of Toronto
invites applications for a Post Doctoral Fellowship in the area of urban
health research.

Goal:  The Position will be available from Sept. 1, 2005.  The
Post-doctoral fellow will collaborate with faculty from the Centre for Urban
Health
Initiatives in developing a research program for the fellowship and will
receive mentoring about research opportunities, publications and career
development.

Opportunities exist for applicants working either within one of CUHI's three
research interest groups or at the interface of two or more of these groups.
CUHI's research interest groups (RIGs) include Food and Health, Physical
Environments and Health, and Neighbourhoods and Health.

We strongly encourage candidates to contact one or more of the Directors of
CUHI's research interest groups (identified below) to discuss their interest
in the post-doctoral fellowship and their proposed program of research.

 Dr. Sarah Wakefield, Food and Health RIG Director
 sarah.wakefield@utoronto.ca

 Dr. Miriam Diamond, Physical Environments and Health RIG Director
 miriam.diamond@utoronto.ca

 Dr. Jim Dunn - Neighbourhoods and Health RIG Director
 jim.dunn@utoronto.ca

The fellowship offers a salary of $36,000 and a research allowance of 2,000.
Fellowships are awarded for 1 year with possible renewal for a second year.

Eligibility:  A candidate must hold, or be at the final stages of completing
a PhD
in any field related to urban health from an accredited university.
Candidates with
more than five years of post-Ph.D research training by the competition
deadline
are not eligible to apply for this award.  Any interruption in a candidate's
post-Ph.D research training will be taken into account in determining
eligibility.
The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives and the University of Toronto are
strongly
committed to diversity within its community and especially welcome
applications
from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with
disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may
contribute to the further
diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply;
however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Application Process: To apply for the fellowship, candidates should send:

- a 2- 3 page letter identifying their background and training, career
goals, areas of research interest and research skills and the   relevance to
CUHI's research interest areas, and personal goals and  expected outcomes
for the post-doctoral fellowship.  This letter must address the
candidate's interest in urban health issues as well as  CUHI's specific
topic areas.
- Project description or description of particular interest in CUHI's
research areas.
- A complete C.V.
- Include 2 reprints, manuscripts or brief sections of a doctoral
dissertation and publications that demonstrate writing ability and
analytical methods used in research.
- References - three written references, preferably from the most recent
research supervisors.  References should speak about the suitability of the
applicant for this program and in particular the relevance of the
applicant's interests in CUHI's research areas.
- Transcripts (including undergraduate work) - copies acceptable

The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives will begin assessing applications as
of March 15, 2005 and will continue until the position is filled.  Faxes of
letters of recommendation are accepted at 416-946-0669, but must be followed
by hard copies.

For further information about the application or review process, contact:
Dr. Jennifer Butters, Director of Research, CUHI -
jenn.butters@utoronto.ca
(416-946-0668)

Applications should be sent to: Dr. Jennifer Butters, Director of Research,
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University College, 15 King's College
Circle, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H7


CUHI is funded by the Institute of Population and Public Health, as part of
a strategic initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to
create research development centres.  We would also like to acknowledge the
support of the Wellesley Central Health Corporation.


From dboehm at ucsd.edu  Thu Feb  3 10:36:13 2005
From: dboehm at ucsd.edu (Debbie Boehm)
Date: Thu Feb  3 14:21:30 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CORI Elections
Message-ID: <003601c50a1f$3d4dcce0$3d4d0945@zac.televicable.net.mx>

Dear members of CORI and SUNTA,
We recently sent a communication to members of CORI (Committee on Refugees and Immigrants) about the upcoming election of officers.  Typically we hold elections at our business meeting at AAA, but because we did not meet at the 2004 annual meeting, this year we will be electing officers online.  If you are a member of CORI, and did not receive the letter about elections, please send an email message to Elzbieta Gozdziak (emg27@georgetown.edu), and she will send you the information.  If you are not currently a member of CORI, but would like to become one, you may contact Elzbieta to receive instructions for joining the organization.  

Should you have any questions about CORI or the election process, please do not hesitate to contact us.  You may also visit our website (www.sunta.org/cori) for more information about CORI.

Sincerely,

Julia Meredith Hess (meredith@unm.edu)

Deborah A. Boehm (dboehm@ucsd.edu)

Co-Chairs, CORI



Deborah A. Boehm
Guest Scholar
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA  92093
dboehm@ucsd.edu
From malheur at ku.edu  Thu Feb  3 19:42:29 2005
From: malheur at ku.edu (Marie Alice L'Heureux)
Date: Thu Feb  3 21:06:23 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Panelists for SACRPH on Urban Issues and race
Message-ID: <BE282F25.3EB1%malheur@ku.edu>


I am submitting a paper on Urban development and race in Kansas City to The
Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) (due Feb.
14) to be held in Coral Gables, Fl., October 20-23, 2005  and I thought I'd
see if anyone would like to get together and submit it as a panel.

I would need  ASAP
* a one-page abstract of each paper, clearly marked with title and
participant's name
* a list of AV equipment (the Society can not guarantee all equipment will
be available)    
* a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant,
including address, telephone, and e-mail information

Marie Alice L'Heureux
Assistant Professor Urban Design and Architecture
University of Kansas
malheur@ku.edu


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Fri Feb  4 13:42:37 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Feb  4 14:06:16 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Collaboration:  Socio-cultural Anthropologists as Expert Witnesses 
Message-ID: <009d01c50ae9$50717e00$d51595ac@toshibauser>

Collaboration:  Socio-cultural Anthropologists as Expert Witnesses

I urgently need to develop a list of socio-cultural anthropologists with
experience as expert witnesses, especially in federal criminal cases, and
even more narrowly related to undocumented immigrants. Please send your
name, institution affiliation (if applicable), address, phone number(s),
email address, and basic description of your role as an expert witness. If
you know others with expert witness experience, please ask them to contact
me. The information is needed for an appeal in a federal case dealing with
transporting illegal aliens.

Contact Information
Robert V. Kemper
Dept of Anthropology
Southern Methodist University
Dallas TX 75275 USA
Phone: 214-768-2928
Email: rkemper@smu.edu


From bridgman at cc.umanitoba.ca  Fri Feb  4 13:22:36 2005
From: bridgman at cc.umanitoba.ca (RAE BRIDGMAN)
Date: Fri Feb  4 16:23:53 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Papers on Homelessness (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0502041321570.13140@antares.cc.umanitoba.ca>


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:25:02 -0500
From: "Tracy Peressini, Ph.D." <tperessini@uwaterloo.ca>
To: tperessini@uwaterloo.ca
Subject: Call for Papers on Homelessness

Dear Colleagues:
I am writing to ask that you circulate the attached call for papers to your associates in your department, institution and/or organization, or to anyone who might be interested in submitting an article for consideration for a Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Urban Research entitled Homelessness: Next Steps.  I would also like to invite you to submit a paper for consideration in this special issue.  I would be very excited and honored to have the opportunity to review your current research efforts in the field.

Kind regards,
Tracy

Tracy Peressini, Ph.D.,
Director, Social & Community Development Research Centre
Social Development Studies, University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3G1
Tel: 519-884-4404, ext. 602; Fax: 519-884-5135
E-mail: tperessi@uwaterloo.ca


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF URBAN RESEARCH (CJUR) - SPECIAL ISSUE:  SPRING/SUMMER 2007

HOMELESSNESS: NEXT STEPS

CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS:  August 4th, 2006

The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) is a multidisciplinary, scholarly journal dedicated to publishing articles that address a wide range of issues relevant to the field of urban studies. The Spring/Summer 2007 issue will feature the topic of homelessness.  The theme of the issue is on next steps in homelessness.  Papers focusing on next steps in research on homelessness, in program and service development, and in public policy are welcome.  Cross-country and cross-cultural comparisons of homelessness are also welcome. Authors should submit their papers to: Dr. Tracy Peressini, Guest
Editor, Renison College, University of Waterloo, email tperessi@uwaterloo.ca by August 4th , 2006.

When preparing a submission, please abide by the manuscript preparation style guidelines available on-line at http://ius.uwinnipeg.ca/cjur_contribute.html or available by request from Michelle Swanson, CJUR Editorial Assistant at m.swanson@uwinnipeg.ca. Authors should submit one electronic copy along with two hardcopies of manuscripts to Dr. Tracy  Peressini. Renison College, University of
Waterloo, 240 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario Canada  N2L 3G4

****Deadline for submission of articles: August 4th, 2006****

For more information about CJUR, please contact Michelle Swanson by telephone at (204) 982-1150, email m.swanson@uwinnipeg.ca or visit http://ius.uwinnipeg.ca/cjur_overview.html.

Tracy Peressini, Ph.D.,
Director, Social & Community Development Research Centre
Social Development Studies, University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3G1
Tel: 519-884-4404, ext. 602; Fax: 519-884-5135
E-mail: tperessi@uwaterloo.ca


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Sat Feb  5 20:04:35 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Feb  5 20:13:54 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Comparative Postcolonialities: Aesthetics, History, Locality
Message-ID: <005101c50be7$daa27d00$3b888aac@toshibauser>

CFP: Comparative Postcolonialities: Aesthetics, History, Locality
October 27th-29th, 2005, University of Pittsburgh

_Comparative Postcolonialities_ will examine how postcolonial scholarship
can move beyond the political pessimism that haunts both the discipline and
our present political moment, seeking a movement towards a future possible.

_Comparative Postcolonialities_ seeks to contribute to this effort by
advancing a theoretically nuanced comparative area studies. The goal is to
recover postcolonial studies not only as an academic formation (largely in
the First World), but also as a constellation of theoretical practices from
across the post/colonial world.
Postcolonial Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, Language and Area
Studies, Comparative Literature, History, and Anthropology are disciplines
that house archives, methods, and
self-critiques that are integral to the study of postcolonial cultures. The
conference will feature and build on productive trends within them,
elaborating an Area-based and disciplinary comparatism. We hope that
presentations will stage (rather than only name) the methodological and
substantive directions in which they would like to take the field.

For More Information Contact:

    Prof. Shalini Puri
    Department of English
    526 Cathedral of Learning
    The University of Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, PA 15260
    Phone: 412-624-2824
    Fax: 412-624-6639
    Email: pococonf@pitt.edu

Or Visit the website at:
http://www.english.pitt.edu/events/pococonf/index.html


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Sat Feb  5 20:12:59 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Feb  5 20:22:05 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]TOC: Space and Polity
Message-ID: <008001c50be9$02eeb110$3b888aac@toshibauser>

Table of Contents: Space and Polity

Volume 8 Number 3/2004 of Space and Polity is now available on the Taylor &
Francis web site at http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk.


This issue contains:


Republika Srpska and its Boundaries in Bosnian Serb Geographical Narratives
in the Post-Dayton Period, p. 267
DENISA KOSTOVICOVA
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=TRC7A0YUDFQ9V0HK

Dividing Up the Spoils: Australia, East Timor and the Timor Sea, p. 289
DAVID MERCER
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=UA08HKFX5CFYVV3P

Urban Policy in the New Scotland: The Role of Social Inclusion Partnerships,
p. 309
CHRIS MCWILLIAMS, CHARLIE JOHNSTONE, GERRY MOONEY
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=R5CW7FV6LRWMNPYK

Petroleum, Fiscal Federalism and Environmental Justice in Nigeria, p. 321
CHRIS O. IKPORUKPO
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=R5CW7FV6LRWMNPYK

Dissent, Public Space and the Politics of Citizenship: Riots and the
'Outside Agitator', p. 355
BRUCE D'ARCUS
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=RLRKULGNTGUWQ8XW

Book Reviews, p. 371
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=JBMJP3VHQGXJ2BME



If you are not a current subscriber to this publication, you can request a
free sample issue here.


Register your email address at www.tandf.co.uk/eupdates to receive
information from the Taylor & Francis Group on books, journals and other
news within your areas of interest.
You will be able to update your details or unsubscribe at any time. We
respect your privacy and will not disclose, rent or sell your email address
to any outside organisation.

From acjancius at ysu.edu  Sun Feb  6 13:42:03 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Feb  6 13:51:39 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: "The Boundaries of Urban Studies," Urban Network Panel, SSHA
Message-ID: <011801c50c7b$949dd6d0$e48194ac@toshibauser>

From: Daniela Sandler <sand@mail.rochester.edu>

Call for Papers

Panel "The Boundaries of Urban Studies," Urban Network,
Social Science History Association, 30th Annual Meeting (November 4-7,
2005, Portland, Oregon)

How do we configure the field of Urban Studies today? Urban Studies as an
area of inquiry encompasses not only approaches from sociology or
political science, but also history, urban geography, economics, planning,
architecture, anthropology, art history, and cultural studies, among
others. Research is increasingly interdisciplinary, and so are academic
programs and journals. How has our understanding of the theories and
practices of Urban Studies expanded to integrate - or not - these often
conflicting approaches? How do our methodological choices impact the field
as a whole and relate to each other? This panel seeks papers that address
these questions either through a conceptual discussion, or through
case studies combined with theoretical reflections. The panel should
reflect the variety of methodological and theoretical approaches so as to
propitiate a productive debate among scholars from different disciplines.

Papers may deal with, but are not limited to, the following themes:

-       Methodological challenges of urban research
-       Field work: between data collection and anthropological immersion
-       Intersections of theory and practice
-       Combining history and sociology in urban research
-       The difference between Urban History and Urban Studies
-       The turn of the humanities: can art history and cultural studies
        enter the field?
-       The contribution of Urban Geography
-       Comparative research versus single case studies
-       The expanding frontier: is Suburban Studies part of Urban Studies,
        or does it configure a new field? How does Urban Studies respond to
        suburbia and exurbia?
-       What are, if any, the "defining" research questions (housing,
        transportation, administration, economy)?
-       Teaching Urban Studies
-       Urban Studies in different contexts: US, Latin America, Europe,
        Africa, etc; small towns, metropolitan areas, etc.

250-word abstracts should be sent to Daniela Sandler at
sand@mail.rochester.edu by February 15th. Please include contact
information (address, phone, and email).

Graduate students may apply for conference travel grants
(http://www.ssha.org/ssha2003/travelgrant_apply.html).

For more information, visit the SSHA website (www.ssha.org)

Daniela Sandler
From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Sun Feb  6 16:39:37 2005
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David W. Haines)
Date: Mon Feb  7 11:50:45 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]AAA in DC: Interlocutor Session
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050206163424.022630d0@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>

To: SUNTA members
Re: 2005 interlocutor session

SUNTA has generally had an interlocutor session
at each annual AAA meeting. The session includes
a non-anthropologist in dialogue with a panel of
SUNTA members.

Because of the collapse of the San Francisco
meetings, it was not possible to have a discussion
of what this next year's session should be. So,
if you have ideas or want to be part of the decision or
discussion, please let me know as soon as possible.

Best regards,

David Haines
SUNTA program chair
dhaines1@gmu.edu



From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Mon Feb  7 09:32:19 2005
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (bvergara@sfsu.edu)
Date: Mon Feb  7 12:32:59 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Nationalism and National Identities in the Americas, Seville,
 2/21 (deadline)
Message-ID: <1107797539.4207a62315ab2@webmail.sfsu.edu>

Nationalism and National Identities in the Americas a symposium of the 52nd
International Congress of Americanists
Seville, Spain
July 17-21, 2006
sponsored by

A R E N A
Association for Research in Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Americas

ARENA, a new international organization, invites proposals for a symposium
focusing on nationalism and national identity in the Americas. Our symposium
will be open to a wide range of subjects and methodologies involving all nations
of the Americas, but we are especially interested in comparative, transnational
approaches to subjects of particular relevance to the formation of nations in
the Americas:

    * The Americas and the trans-Atlantic exchange of ideas and models
    * Independence and liberation movements
    * Nation-building and state construction: integration, unification, ethnic
autonomy, and secession
    * Nationalism and national identity in multi-ethnic immigrant nations
    * Nationalism as a plural and contested identity
    * The American nations of the New Millennium: plurality, sexual diversity,
multiculturalism, democracy and recognition 

Deadline: February 21, 2005 (preliminary round).
Final Deadline: September 15, 2005.
Send proposals of 500 words (English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French) and a
curriculum vitae to: ARENA@sc.edu

Coordinators:

    * Don H. Doyle, University of South Carolina, USA don.doyle@sc.edu
    * Natividad Guti?rrez Chong, Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico,
nativid@servidor.unam.mx
    * Marco Antonio Villela Pamplona, Universidade Federal Fluminense e
Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. pamplona@rdc.puc-rio.br 

For further information on ICA 52, see: http://www.52ica.com/index.html

For further information on ARENA, see the following web address.

Spanish and Portuguese versions of this announcement also at the ARENA site.

	Don H. Doyle, Department of History
245 Gambrell Hall
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208
Email: arena@sc.edu
Visit the website at http://www.cas.sc.edu/arena

From acjancius at ysu.edu  Mon Feb  7 12:36:42 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Feb  7 12:36:47 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: SUNTA panel on performance, expressive culture, and urban spaces
Message-ID: <001e01c50d3b$961ad6a0$2d5c8696@ysu.edu>

Posted by Kim Holton <kholton@andromeda.rutgers.edu>



Performance and Cities

 

 

We are seeking papers for a panel dedicated to performance, broadly defined, and its expression within the space of the city.  Examining the intersection between expressive culture and urban space, one angle of inquiry might investigate how cities become embodied through various kinds of performances.  In particular, the ways in which "being urban" alternatively serves as cultural capital and evidence of "modernity" in some community contexts, and as pathological, barbaric, and "anti-traditional" in others.  

 

We are also interested in exploring the ways in which performance can be employed as a transformative medium within the urban context--salving social ills, costuming the built environment, or exacerbating conflict among diverse social actors.  

 

This panel examines how urban spaces produce and are produced by performative practices and identities.  The papers in this panel approach the concept of "being urban" from various perspectives, and address how population displacements and transnationalism resignify spatial identities and performative practices.  Collectively, we hope that the work presented by the panelists contribute to our exploration of new configurations of urbanism and performance as they affect community formation in the U.S. and abroad.  

 

Please submit an abstract of approximately 300 and a short cv via email attachment to Ana Ramos-Zayas ( AYRamos@aol.com) or Kimberly DaCosta Holton (kholton@andromeda.rutgers.edu) by February 16.  We plan to select panel participants by February 20 and submit the panel proposal to SUNTA before the March 1 deadline.

 

 

Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Anthropology and 
Puerto Rican & Hispanic Caribbean Studies
Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Jersey 
Email: AYRamos@aol.com
http://anthro.rutgers.edu/faculty/ramoszayas.shtml

 

Kimberly DaCosta Holton, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 

Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies

Rutgers University-Newark

Email: kholton@andromeda.rutgers.edu

http://www.portuguese.rutgers.edu/kim.html

 
From acjancius at ysu.edu  Mon Feb  7 14:08:53 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Feb  7 14:09:01 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]The February Events Calendar
Message-ID: <000a01c50d48$77277c50$2d5c8696@ysu.edu>

WORKING-CLASS-STUDIES FORUM
The February Events Calendar (covering 2/7/05 - 2/28/05)

Lectures, Conferences and Workshops

February 8, 7:30 P.M. Sponsored by the Center for Working-Class Studies, Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.
Public Lecture: "The African American Struggle: Shifting Visions and Strategies"
Joe W. Trotter, Chairperson and Mellon Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University.

Joe Trotter is a specialist in U.S. urban, labor, and African-American history. He is the director of Carnegie Mellon's Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE), and past President of the Labor and Working Class History Association. This event is located at YSU's Kilcawley Center, in the Ohio Room. For more information visit CWCS's website at: http://www.as.ysu.edu/~cwcs.
---------------------
February 12, 2-3 P.M. Sponsored by The Labor Action Coalition, San Francisco, California.
"SF Forum On The Crisis in The AFL-CIO, The Future Of Labor & How To Win Some Victories."  Held at the Women's Building at 3543 18th St. (between Valencia and Gurrero St.) in San Francisco. 

The failure of the AFL-CIO to put Kerry in the White House has exacerbated and exposed their deep going internal crisis. Hundreds of millions in union dues were used to support Kerry and the Democrats, and now the unions are paralyzed about what Bush and his co-hort Arnold in California plan to do to them. Andy Stern of the SEIU and other officials of the AFL-CIO say there need to be major changes if the AFL-CIO is to survive. This forum will look at how these unions function, why they are in crisis, what changes these officials want, and why the AFL-CIO faces a possible break-up.

List Of Speakers: 
Giselle Quesada, CWA 9410 Shop Steward 
Doug Slaydon, UFCW 588 Butcher 
Brian Everett, UAL-AMFA District 9 SFO machinist 
Charles Minster, Laborer?s Local 261 gardener 
Carl Bryant, Letter Carriers Local 214 
Rutillio Rivas, United Service Workers Local 87 SF janitor 
$5.00 Donation Requested (no one turned away for lack of funds) 

For more information go to http://www.laboraction.org or in the bay area contact: 
Labor Action Coalition Bay Area (415)867-0628, (415)750-1091 
carltv214@aol.com, lvpsf@labornet.org 
---------------------
February 12-15 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) National Conference
http://www.lawcha.org/lenore@usasnet.org

The conference will bring together student-labor activists from all over the country for a weekend of strategizing, identity caucuses, amazing speakers, and actions. This will be a great opportunity to network with other activists and see what is happening in other parts of the country, not to mention have a great time! This is the first USAS conference to be held in the South, with part of the conference focusing on the history of organizing for social and economic
justice in this part of the U.S. Contact Information: david mitchell dmitch@riseup.net, 515-242-3501.
---------------------
February 18, 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. Sponsored by the Newberry Library Seminar in Labor History in Chicago, Illinois.
Scholl Center Seminar: "On a Wing and a Prayer: Organizing on the Airlines" Liesl Orenic, Dominican University

This event is co-sponsored by the History Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northern Illinois University, and the Labor and Working Class History Association.  It will be held at the Newberry Library.  Scholl Center seminars present scholars' works-in-progress. All papers are pre-circulated. If you plan to attend, you may receive a paper by sending an e-mail message to the e-mail address provided below. The full schedule for all Scholl Center seminars is available at www.newberry.org. Contact: scholl@newberry.org
---------------------
February 18-20 at the Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 First Avenue, Seattle, WA. 
A FESTIVAL OF WORKERS' CULTURE - CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
With performances by the Seattle Labor Chorus, Solidarity Notes, John O'Connor, and the Wobbly Road Show. You can register or just get more information at www.pnlha.org  Telephone: 206-524-0346 or email pnlha@aol.com
---------------------
February 25-27, 7 P.M. Sponsored by the Colombia Action Network (CAN), DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois.
The Colombia Action Network Conference, "Defend Colombian Trade Union and Human Rights: Stop Plan Colombia!"

With Guest Speaker Luis Adolfo Cardona and other Colombian trade unionists. Co-sponsored by the DePaul University Alliance for Latino Empowerment, and the Activist Student Union of DePaul.

In Colombia, two to three trade unionists are murdered by paramilitary death squads every week. As the U.S. wages war in Iraq for control of oil. Colombia becomes more important as an oil producer for the U.S. empire. Under Plan Colombia, the United States has sent sends over $4 billion to the Colombian government which supports the terror and allows the killers to operate with impunity Yet, despite ten years of intensifying repression, the unions continue to organize, struggle for human rights and dignity, and to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. We will hear from the courageous trade unionists and activists, who confront the repression every day. The conference will bring together activists, students and scholars to learn about the grave situation facing Colombia directly from the experiences and analysis of these trade unionists and leaders of the movements for social justice and freedom. The Conference will also host U.S. trade unionists, students, lawyers and solidarity activists from the Boycott Coca-Cola Campaign and other work promoting solidarity and human rights for the Colombian people.

Basic Conference Agenda 
- Friday, February 25: Welcoming Event 
- Saturday, February 26: One Day Educational Conference, 8:00 A.M - 6:00 P.M., including keynote addresses, panel discussions and workshops. 
- Saturday evening: Cultural Event featuring Colombian dance troupe. 
Sunday, February 27: Strategy and Planning Meeting of the Colombia Action Network with student groups and solidarity activists to discuss our work and plan future campaigns. 

Registration fee of $20, per participant, ($10 for students) includes lunch and dinner on Saturday. Free housing is available. Additional support from Rev. Dan Dale and the Wellington Avenue Church of Christ.  For more information, contact Bob Hearst bobhearst@msn.com 
---------------------
February 25-28. Sponsored by the Institut f?r Deutsche Philologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t M?nchen, Munich, Germany.
"Working Girls: Zur  ?konomie von Liebe und Arbeit in der Moderne. Interdisziplin?re Tagung."
[Working Girls: Towards an Economy of Love and Work in Modern Times. An Interdisciplinary Workshop] 

Das working girl ist sp?testens seit den 1920er Jahren Gegenstand einer ?berbordenden kulturellen Phantasie, 
die in Filmen, Literatur, Unterhaltungsmusik und Werbung zur Darstellung kommt, aber auch in die zeitgen?ssischen wissenschaftlichen Diskurse Eingang gefunden hat. Seit der zweiten H?lfte des 19. Jahrhunderts ist "working girl" ein allgemein gebr?uchlicher Terminus zur Bezeichnung arbeitender junger M?dchen und Frauen, erst seit den sp?ten 1960er Jahren wird er auch in einem engeren Sinn als 
Slang-Ausdruck f?r Prostituierte verwendet. Den Terminus "working girl" kennzeichnet jedoch von Beginn an die zentrale Ambivalenz, mit der das Auftreten junger lediger berufst?tiger Frauen im ?ffentlichen Raum verbunden ist: die ?konomisierung von Liebe und Sexualit?t auf der einen und die Romantisierung von Arbeitsverh?ltnissen auf der anderen Seite. Das working girl kann als eine Figur des Dazwischen 
skizziert werden, die in der gesellschaftlichen Ordnung keinen fest definierten Platz hat. Programm: www.angestellten.de/workinggirls 



Current Exhibits and Films

December 20, 2004 - April 30, 2005 at the George Meany Center, 10000 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD

Belle Glade - features eleven paintings by Carol Carter, an established St. Louis artist working primarily in large-scale watercolors and acrylics. The exhibition is based on the rural town of Belle Glade, Florida, and includes large-scale watercolors of Belle Glades' landscape and agricultural workers. Exhibit hours/holidays: Mon. - Thur., 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.; Fri., 8:00
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  Closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays.  For more information, go to www.georgemeany.org/archives

 January 28 - April 30, 2005 at the AFL-CIO, 815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
"Service, Not Servitude - The Pullman Porters"- a Photo Exhibit. Open Reception, Monday January 31, 2005 from 5:30-7:00 PM.


[Care to have your event listed in our March calendar? Email working-class-studies@lists.ysu.edu]
From ana.aparicio at umb.edu  Mon Feb  7 14:38:00 2005
From: ana.aparicio at umb.edu (Ana Aparicio)
Date: Mon Feb  7 14:42:31 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Deadline Extended: SANA May 3 in Mexico
Message-ID: <BC1AFF681AF0F146857C614865DFEB6F513F23@UMBE2K1>

Call For Papers
"Translocality: Discussing Culture and Change in the 21st Century"
Merida, Mexico, May 3 - May 8, 2005

SANA 2005 Annual Meeting
Jointly sponsored with CASCA (Canadian Anthropological Society / Societe Canadienne d'Anthropologie) and UADY (Universidad Aut?noma de Yucat?n, Facultad de Ciencias Antropol?gicas)


Keynote Speaker: Leith P. Mullings, Presidential Professor, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York

Anthropologists have long ago stopped seeing the world as a collection of self-contained localities.  Yet the task of responding to the challenges posed by the new forms of hybridity, inequality, and intensified exchanges and confrontations between localities, nations and world regions remains incomplete. As war, state terror, and structural violence escalate across the globe and as people move and organize across geo-political borders, anthropologists must rethink its cherished paradigms for the study of culture, borders, power, and change. 

The Canadian Anthropological Society / Societe Canadienne d'Anthropologie (CASCA), the Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA), an the Facultad de Ciencias Antropol?gicas de la Universidad Autonoma de Yucat?n (UADY) have joined to hold together their 2005 Conference in the city of Merida, Yucatan, in Mexico.  This conference will take place May 3-8, 2005 at the central campus of the Automous University of the Yucatan.  This conference promises to be an exciting transnational gathering, bringing together anthropologists from around the world. 

We invite anthropologists from all areas and regional specializations to submit abstracts in any of the three official languages of the conference.  Papers and sessions could focus on a broad range of topics including (but not limited to): 
* race, class and power; 
* local sites of resistance and their interaction with the state; 
* everyday practices and struggles via translocal processes;
* gender, race, and social movements; 
* gender and sexuality; 
* indigenous rights; 
* immigrant rights and the role of the state; 
* policing the nation across borders; 
* contemporary forms and practices of xenophobia, racism, and state terror; 
* bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, new patterns of accumulation and imiseration; 
* locales, boundaries, borders, unions and allegiances; 
* political edges and zones of confrontation; 
* sites of contestation; moments of innovation; 
* places on the margin or on the cusp; 
* tensions and conflicts in our research sites; 
* our roles as researchers and public intellectuals; 
* research ethics; 
* the ways in which marginal places, people and agendas may become central, and the reverse; and 
* our praxis from social, regional and national locations as anthropologists trying to intercede in debates about pressing issues in troubling times. 


Abstract submission and registration deadlines:
Sessions and workshops: February 28, 2005
Individual papers: February 28, 2005

Please email all abstracts for sessions or individual papers to: 
ana.aparicio@umb.edu

Advance registration: 
DEADLINE: February 28, 2005
Professors and professionals US $70.00
Students and unemployed: US $20.00

On-site registration (only for those not delivering papers):
Professors and professionals: US $75.00
Students: US $25.00
From acjancius at ysu.edu  Tue Feb  8 11:35:58 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Feb  8 11:46:08 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Conference Programme: Tourism, Carnival and Folklore
Message-ID: <003401c50dfc$4f979120$444fa6ac@toshibauser>

Message[x-posted from SPACE-AND-PLACE]

sorry for crossposting...conference programme now online

JOURNEYS OF EXPRESSION IV: TOURISM, CARNIVAL AND FOLKLORE
17-20 March 2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia
www.tourism-culture.com

organised by the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Sheffield Hallam
University, UK
and Ivo Pillar Institute, Croatia

A PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME IS NOW LIFE AT WWW.TOURISM-CULTURE.COM

Tourism, Carnival and Folklore is an international academic conference
jointly organised by the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change at Sheffield
Hallam University and the Croatian Ivo Pilar Institute for Social Sciences.
It will be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 17-20 March 2005. Tourism,
Carnival and Folklore is the fourth of the Journeys of Expression
conferences, which will again bring together an international audience
interested in the ethnology, geography and political economy of festivals
and festival performance, the transnational connectivity of festival spaces,
and the micro-politics of festive hospitality and exchange.

Conference themes
The themes to be discussed are inspired by the conclusions of our 2004
conference held in Innsbruck, Austria, with our partners at the Institute of
European Ethnology and Folklore, Innsbruck University. In this sense, there
will be a focus on festival tourism as a transnational social practice, the
theme of the 2004 Innsbruck conference, which we believe allows us to
rethink the role of tourists in the symbolic and economic exchange and
consumption processes of contemporary society. Integral to this we will also
focus upon the extent to which custom, tradition, legend and myth are
expressed or performed through festivals and are communicated to, and
experienced by, tourists.

Themes of the conference include:
- Festival Tourism as Transnational Connectivity, Exchange and Consumption
- Carnivores, Carnivals, Cannibals: Ontology of Tourist 'Consumption'
- Music, Feast, Firework, Orgy and Dance - Festive Transgressions and Erotic
Spaces
- Micropolitics of Hospitality: Appropriations and Manipulations of Festival
Tourists
- Nation / Region Building in a Transnational Society: Changing Forms,
Boundaries and Meanings of Festival Folklore
- Cultural Performance, Ethnicity and the Politics of the Aesthetic
- Festival Tourism, Folklore, Intangible Heritage and Agency
- Management Dilemmas related to Cross-Cultural Festival Audiences;
- 'Non-Festivals': Global Mobility, Uni-formisation, Re-signification of
Festival Spaces and Practices
- Urban Myths and Legends in Contemporary Festival Spaces
- Myth, Legend and Superstition in Festival Tourism
- Tales that Travel - 'Buying' and 'Selling' Narratives of Tradition

Late abstract
As it happens, some delegates may drop out and time slots will be coming
available. If you wish to present a paper in this conference, you may still
send an abstract of no more than 300 words with full address details as an
electronic file to Dr. David Picard (d.picard@shu.ac.uk).

Venue and programme
The conference will take place in the old buildings of the Dubrovnik
University, situated next to Dubrovnik's historic town centre. Coffee, tea
and lunch will be served in the courtyard of this building (if it does not
rain!). In this time of the year, temperatures are likely to be around
15-20?C (no guarantees!). The programme will further include a guided study
trip through the walled town and a conference dinner. A full preliminary
programme is included in the downloadable file below.

Conference Registration and Accommodation
To register to this conference, please download a registration form and
further details (accommodation booking form, preliminary conference
programme, how-to-get-to-Dubrovnik information) from our website
www.tourism-culture.com.  We offer an early bird registration fee at 185? if
you register before February 20 2005. The conference registration fee does
not include accommodation. We have negotiated special accommodation rates in
hotels close to the conference venue (at around 35-45 EUR for standard
category). These preferential prices can be booked directly with the
Dubrovnik conference centre by using the hotel booking form included in the
downloadable file below.

Further information
For any further information, contact us at d.picard@shu.ac.uk.

Alternatively, you may mail to
Dr David Picard
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Sheffield Hallam University
Howard Street, Owen Building
Sheffield, S1 1WB, United Kingdom.



From acjancius at ysu.edu  Tue Feb  8 18:48:07 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Feb  8 18:57:59 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]URBANTH-L Job Postings, February 1-8, 2005
Message-ID: <004901c50e38$a83a7d10$6eef81ac@toshibauser>

URBANTH-L Job Postings, February 1-8, 2005

*  Carnegie Mellon University,  Postdoctoral fellow, African American Urban
History
* George Madison University, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution,
Asst. Professor
* New York Univ., Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis, Asst.
Professor/Faculty Fellow
*  University of Puget Sound,  Assistant Professor of Anthropology
*  Yale University,  Assistant Professor, African-American Studies
===========================================================
*  Carnegie Mellon University,  Postdoctoral fellow, African American Urban
History

 Postdoctoral Fellow: Center for African American Urban Studies and the
Economy (CAUSE). The Dept. of History, Carnegie Mellon University, seeks a
scholar in the humanities and/or social sciences doing history-related
research in African American urban studies. The fellow will pursue his/her
own research project; collaborate with the director on current Center
projects; and interact with faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate
students. The appointment is for 9 months beginning August 15, 2005. The
fellowship carries a stipend of $40,000 and $4,000 for research and
expenses, and benefits. Send a cover letter, c.v., two letters of reference,
writing sample, and a 3-5 page project proposal. The proposal should provide
a description, explain the significance to relevant fields, include a
chapter outline, and state plans and goals for the fellowship term. Send to
Prof. Joe W. Trotter, CAUSE, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890. Deadline for receipt of applications
is March 11. (Notification of decision by April 11.)
===========================================================
* George Madison University, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution,
Asst. Professor

George Mason University, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
(ICAR) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant
Professor level, beginning in Fall 2005. ICAR is a free-standing,
multi-disciplinary unit within the university committed to the analysis of
deeply rooted, protracted social conflicts, and the exploration of processes
for their resolution (www.gmu.edu/departments/ICAR).
We seek candidates with disciplinary or interdisciplinary training in social
science, especially urban studies and sociology, conflict analysis and
resolution, public policy, anthropology and psychology. We seek those who
combine serious writing and research on conflict resolution together, in
some measure, with practice. Area/regional interests and methodology
specialization are open.  The committee will begin reviewing applications
February 28th. Applicants should send a letter of application, inclusive of
names and contact information for three potential referees, as well as their
curriculum vitae and examples of research and publications. Regular mail
should be sent to Pamela Harris, ICAR Search Coordinator, Assistant
Professor Position, George Mason University, Institute for Conflict Analysis
and Resolution, MSN 4D3, 3401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201. To
send via FedEx or UPS, the physical address is 3330 N. Washington Blvd.,
Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22201.
 ===========================================================
* New York Univ., Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis, Asst.
Professor/Faculty Fellow

The new Department of Social And Cultural Analysis in the Faculty of Arts
and Science at New York University invites applicants for an Assistant
Professor/Faculty Fellow.  The successful candidate's primary
responsibilities will fall within the Department's interdisciplinary
Metropolitan Studies Program, which sponsors the undergraduate major for the
study of the city.  The initial appointment will be for one year beginning
September 1, 2005, renewable annually for a maximum of three years, pending
administrative and budgetary approval.  The search will be open-field at
this rank, but the Department especially seeks an outstanding scholar of
non-western cities, and would also prefer someone with expertise in gender
and social space, urban planning, cultural geography, the built environment,
or urban anthropology.  Responsibilities include teaching three courses a
year and advising students.  Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to
interdisciplinary scholarship and excellence in teaching, and have completed
the Ph.D. no earlier than May 2002.  To apply, send letter of application,
curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to the Metropolitan
Studies Program, 285 Mercer Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003.
Applications will be reviewed after February 15, 2005, but accepted until
the position is filled.  For more information about the Metropolitan Studies
Program visit our web-site at www.nyu.edu/pages/metro.studies.
===========================================================
*  University of Puget Sound,  Assistant Professor of Anthropology

 Full-time, tenure-line position; begins Fall Term 2005. Teach social
research (qualitative) methods, anthropological theory, and introductory
cultural anthropology with specialization in at least two of the following
areas: research methods, indigenous peoples of North, Meso or South America,
urban anthropology, and public policy issues (e.g., health, law,
environment, education). Three courses/semester. Participate in core
curriculum, continue professional development, advise students, and
participate in governance.
 Expertise in at least two of the following areas: research methods,
indigenous peoples, urban anthropology, and public policy issues. Commitment
to undergraduate teaching, active scholarship and liberal arts education in
an interdisciplinary department also required. Must be able to employ an
explicitly cross-national, cross-cultural, and/or comparative perspective in
teaching and research. We especially welcome candidates whose teaching
emphasizes minority issues. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit
application materials postmarked no later than February 28, 2005 to ensure
consideration. To apply, submit interest letter, a statement describing how
you would contribute to the department and the liberal arts mission of Puget
Sound, resume, course syllabi, evidence of teaching excellence, a sample of
scholarly work, and three reference letters to: Anthropology Search,
University of Puget Sound, Campus Mailbox 1007, Tacoma, WA 98416-1007.
===========================================================
*  Yale University,  Assistant Professor, African-American Studies

Assistant Professor Yale University invites applications for an Assistant
Professorship to commence July 1, 2005, as a joint appointment in the
Departments of African-American Studies and Anthropology. The Departments
have particular needs for a scholar with expertise in at least one of the
following areas: urban anthropology, the cultural politics of race, and
bio-medical or science studies. It would be advantageous if the candidates
were willing to teach courses in qualitative methodology. The successful
applicant should have an interest in furthering the departments' joint
commitment to the importance of developing comparative and
multi-disciplinary approaches to African American history and culture, and
show evidence of excellence in research and teaching. Please send letter of
application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to:
Search Committee, Yale University, Department of African American Studies,
PO Box 203388, New Haven, CT 06520-3388, USA. Application Deadline is March
1st, 2005. Online applications will not be accepted. The successful
applicant should have Ph.D. by the time of appointment.


From acjanciu at cc.ysu.edu  Wed Feb  9 14:19:36 2005
From: acjanciu at cc.ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Feb  9 14:34:48 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 REV: Thakur on Das & Poole eds., _Anthropology in the Margins of the State_
Message-ID: <002d01c50edc$85d3c750$c900a3ac@toshibauser>

[Book Review x-posted from the ARD]

Das, Veena and Deborah Poole (eds.)
2004 Anthropology in the Margins of the State. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School
of American Research Press.

Reviewed 08 Feb 2005 by Manish Kumar Thakur <mt@unigoa.ac.in>
Department of Sociology, Goa University, Goa, India

ABSTRACT:    Wide-ranging analyses of groups on the edges of state power
probe the everyday functioning of the modern state as embedded in practices,
places and languages. Drawing on fieldwork in the Chad Basin, Colombia,
Guatemala, India, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Sri Lanka, the
contributions disrupt the conventional notion that the state as a political
organization becomes weakened along its territorial or social margins.

 Historically speaking, political anthropologists have been late in covering
the ethnography of the modern state. For long, they have been preoccupied
with how order is maintained in the so-called stateless societies. By
contrast, this book embodies the recent ethnographic shift to the
documentary practices of the modern state and their forms and falsifications
as played out in the everyday encounters of modern citizens. Moving beyond
the usual platitudes of 'frustrated', 'incomplete', or 'failed' states, it
views the failures of state-building as necessarily constitutive of the
state as a theoretical or political object. While formulating three
interrelated concepts of margins along the space-power grid, the editors
assert that an anthropology of the state is about transgressing formal
models bestowed to us by political philosophy. For them, margins not only
underscore crucial aspects of everyday state function but also are a
necessary entailment. Evidently, in their rendition, such margins are no
longer sites of disorder where the state has been unable to impose its
order.
     In their conceptualization, margins are peripheral natural containers
for people inadequately socialized under law. In this sense, an
understanding of margins entails coming to terms with processes through
which states transform unruly subjects into lawful citizens. Secondly,
margins refer to issues of tangibility of the state; that is, how the state
is experienced as well as undone in the daily practices of its citizens. It
includes the unstated assumptions of citizenship and involves state
practices such as the use of identity documents and checkpoints that may
unsettle the identity and rights of fringe communities. Lastly, margins can
be seen as 'a space between bodies, law and discipline' (p. 10). After all,
the sovereign power exercised by the state is not only about territories but
also about bodies.
     Viewed thus, margins provide an interesting vantage point from which to
observe the production of categories of pathology. Very often, their
production is parasitical, and therefore, margins are sites 'that do not so
much lie outside the state but rather, like rivers, run through its body'
(p. 13). In other words, the editors impart much methodological weight to
practices through which these subjects/citizens learn the gap between
membership and belonging. For them, it is futile to look for the pedagogic
aspects of the state in school textbooks.
     Within this framework, Deborah Poole's 'Between Threat and Guarantee:
Justice and Community in the Margins of the Peruvian State' examines how
peasants engage with the state in their quest for justice. Though quite
arbitrary, justice, as embodied in the flow of paperwork, acts as an
ephemeral link to the central authority. The effective absence of state
authority combined with the natural marginality of indigenous groups in Peru
restrains Poole from either celebrating marginality, or according canonical
status to resistance. Rather than seeing agency primarily in acts of
resistance, she focuses on everyday peasant life to unpack the ways in which
the conceptual state boundaries are extended and remade in securing survival
or justice.
     Drawing on her fieldwork in the highland province of Chumbivilcas, in
the department of Cuzco, she further probes the privatization of justice.
The workings of the everyday state clearly reveal that margins are not
simply peripheral spaces: local worlds and the state are not binary
opposites. Notwithstanding the unequal relations between the two, central
authority remains an overwhelming, though distant, presence. At the same
time, the law is also close at hand as Peruvian peasants invest their desire
for justice. Interestingly, the state remains the ultimate referee for the
Peruvian peasants even when the absence of the state and its procedures
frustrates their hopes and aspirations.
     Poole's account challenges not only the discreet spaces of local and
national life but also the conceptualization of nation-state as a
centralized administrative and political community whose density decreases
as one moves from the administrative center. The accepted understanding of
development tells us that state building has been about the need to
progressively incorporate marginalized territories and populations into the
modern center of the state. In this dated view, the margins represent a zone
of instability and danger precisely because they lie outside both the
control and territory of the national state, and were expected to be
cannibalized and modernized over time.
     In a similar vein, Janet Roitman's 'The Reconstitution of State Power
in the Chad Basin' documents how the marginalized youth deal with the
regulatory processes of the state in a region that offers a lucrative market
for drugs, small arms, contraband, and mercenaries, and has been devastated
by wars, drought, and other economic disasters. These youths exhibit a
different mode of sociality; their everyday concerns are different from
those imagined in the rational bureaucratic apparatus of the state.
Arguably, a different notion of justice or common good animates activities
that take place on the margins of the state. This probably explains the
parallel growth of both the efficacy of state infrastructure and the
intensity of unregulated activities.
     Nelson's contribution is an account of the post-war illusory and
trickster-like quality of the Guatemalan state. He demonstrates the
mechanisms through which counter-insurgency images of a two-faced Indian are
used to defend military incursions into indigenous areas as well as for
resettling indigenous communities into hamlets. Expectedly, central
authority is both feared and desired in Guatemala.
     Pradeep Jeganathan, in his 'Checkpoint: Anthropology, Identity and the
State', accounts for the location of violence in the Sri Lankan capital.
According to him, 'violence is only visible in the cusp of things, at the
moment of its emergence as violation before its normalization and
relegitimation' (p.70). For him, violence can be part of the very legibility
of power, and violent practices can also be produced as a legitimate mode of
the exercise of power.
     Veena Das dwells on the authority of the state in the context of
anti-Sikh riots in Delhi (India) in her essay 'The Signature of the State:
The Paradox of Illegibility'. She shows how claims to sovereignty are not
always made and sustained through law. In her view, the state is neither a
purely rational bureaucratic organization nor simply a fetish, but a form of
regulation that oscillates between rational and magical modes of being. Even
as structures of rules and regulations are embodied in law as well as
institutions for its implementation, legal systems are not a sign of state
sovereignty. Nor does the law always facilitate institution of a state's
disciplinary regime. While enabling citizens to seek certain rights, the law
as a resource is also represented and performed in modes of rumor, gossip,
and mockery. Since the legal recourse is equally fraught with danger and
uncertainty, we need to shift our gaze from the obvious places where power
is expected to reside, to the margins and recesses of everyday life where
such infelicities become observable.
     Victoria Sanford's 'Contesting Displacement in Colombia: Citizenship
and State Sovereignty at the Margins' highlights the reassertion of
citizenship and human rights of those rendered homeless by civil war. A
final postscript by Talal Asad concurs with the editors in reiterating that
neither state nor its margins are fixed objects.
     By analyzing the changing forms and reach of the modern state in three
regions characterized by state reforms and violence -- Africa, Latin
America, and South Asia -- the contributors make us aware that the modern
state does not always possess the firmness that many assume to be essential
to its functioning. The authors offer ethnographic vignettes on how people
perceive and experience the agency of the state. More importantly, they
attempt to explain complex processes through which state practices at the
margins shape the state itself. By asking 'who is of, and not of, the state'
(..), the contributors extend anthropology's traditional scope where
spatially identifiable communities were the prime focus. Put together, they
challenge the conventional wisdom where margins were imagined to exist
separate from national culture and polity, where peasants fleetingly engage
with institutions of the state. Their encounters with the state are
generally cast in the territorializing language of the modern nation-state,
and thus, margins are often located at the outer edge of the said social and
territorial unit 'where occasional incursions are made in the form of
schools, sanitary posts and the occasional development project' (p.37).
      Anthropology in the Margins of the State emphasizes mobile, tangible,
and embodied spaces though which the power of the state is felt. Indeed,
centers and margins are differentially constituted in relation to varied
experiences and perceptions of power and, thus, are not fixed entities.
Though a difficult text to read, students of politics and cultural
anthropology will find it theoretically engaging.


From acjanciu at cc.ysu.edu  Fri Feb 11 11:16:57 2005
From: acjanciu at cc.ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Feb 11 11:27:24 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Stories of Milwaukee's homeless, and Other News
Message-ID: <00b601c51055$24d3c4d0$05c68eac@toshibauser>

[This message contains three pieces of news.  I'd also like to apologize for
inadvertantly sending a message entitled "February Calendar" out on Monday.
While a working-class studies calendar is certainly interesting, it wasn't
my intention to post it to the list.  - AJ]

* CFP: Internat'l Conference on Teens with HIV/AIDS, Other News
* JOB: Departmental Lecturer in the Anthropology of Migration, University of
Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
* WEBSITE:  Urban Anthropology Inc. shares stories of Milwaukee's homeless
people
===========================================================
* CFP: 3RD ANNUAL ELNIPS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEENS ASSOCIATED WITH
HIV/AIDS

Location: March 18-20, 2005, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 Febuary 2005
Website: http://www.elnipsint.org
Contact name: Prince Aire
Venue: Monterey Park Community Association
2707 Catalina Blvd N.E
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T1Y 6L7
E-mail: coordinator@elnipsint.org, elnipsint@canada.com
Purpose: To minimize the impact of social stigma and economic factors that
increase individual and collective risk of HIV Infection in teens.
Organized by: Elnips International Calgary Foundation (EIC FOUNDATION)
Contact Person: Prince Aire or Maria Reyes
===========================================================
* JOB: Departmental Lecturer in the Anthropology of Migration, University of
Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
The ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS -
www.compas.ox.ac.uk) within the Institute of Social and Cultural
Anthropology (ISCA), a department of the School of Anthropology , wishes to
appoint a Departmental Lecturer in the Anthropology of Migration. It is
anticipated that the post-holder will have a research background, alongside
graduate and undergraduate teaching experience, surrounding the anthropology
of migration. The position is a fixed-term three-year post tenable from 1
August 2005 or as soon as possible thereafter. It is hoped to negotiate an
affiliation with an Oxford college. The salary range is ?19,460 - ?25,699
with a possibility of extending to ?27,989 in exceptional circumstances.
COMPAS and ISCA have established a new M.Phil. degree programme in Migration
Studies to start in October 2005. This two-year programme will provide
training in Social Anthropology, Migration Studies and methods of social
research to students drawn from across the social sciences. The M.Phil.
programme is interdisciplinary in nature and will prepare students for
independent D.Phil. research on migration in social anthropology or one of
the other social sciences. The postholder's main responsibilities will be to
coordinate the degree programme and teach core components in the M.Phil.
programme. She or he will also be responsible for the organization of
several of the other components in the programme, including dissertation
supervision, that will be shared by the post-holder and other members of
COMPAS academic staff. In addition, the post-holder may be asked to make a
contribution to the wider undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at ISCA.
Further particulars are available from Mrs Ann Cowie , School of
Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, 51 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE;
telephone: +44 (0) 1865 274-624; fax: +44 (0) 1865 274-630 (e-mail
ann.cowie@anthro.ox.ac.uk ). Applications (4 copies, or one in the case of
candidates resident overseas) including a complete curriculum vitae , a
statement of teaching interests and research objectives, one set of up to
three reprints of recent publications and the names and contact details of
three referees, one of whom should be your current employer, should be sent
to Mrs Ann Cowie, School of Anthropology, 51 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE by
Friday 11th March 2005.
===========================================================
* WEBSITE:  Urban Anthropology Inc. shares stories of Milwaukee's homeless
people

 Over a three-year period of time from 2000-2003, Urban Anthropology Inc., a
Milwaukee nonprofit organization, deployed a handful of anthropologists,
anthropology interns and former homeless individuals to document 109 stories
of homelessness. They research team has posted findings from its work
online:
http://www.urban-anthropology.org/homeless_study.html



From acjancius at ysu.edu  Sun Feb 13 12:45:38 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Feb 13 12:57:00 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Call for Workshops: 10th International Metropolis Conference, Toronto
Message-ID: <00b601c511f3$e4bd1810$c12a9dac@toshibauser>

CFP: 10th International Metropolis Conference
Toronto, Canada, October 17-21, 2005
Deadline for Workshop Submission: February 28, 2005

THE INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS PROJECT

The International Metropolis Project aims to strengthen research, policy and
practice on issues related to migration, including migration flows and their
management, integration, and diversity. Its activities include conferences,
publications and co-ordinated exchanges that encourage dialogue, analysis
and innovative approaches to migration-related policy at all levels of
government. The Metropolis network brings together people from a range of
backgrounds and disciplines, with members from more than 20 countries and
international organizations who share a vision of interconnectivity among
migration research, policy, and practice.

The International Metropolis Project is committed to collaboration between
countries and, in particular, between those in the research, policy and
community sectors. The work of the Metropolis Project demonstrates this
commitment and is, in large part, the reason for its success. Through its
various initiatives, the Metropolis Project supports the development of
policy that is based on solid research, informed thought and a keen
understanding of the issues.
The 2005 Conference marks the 10th anniversary of the International
Metropolis Project.

OUR DIVERSE CITIES: MIGRATION, DIVERSITY AND CHANGE

The 10th International Metropolis Conference will feature some of the
world's key thinkers who will stimulate debate on questions such as:

How does increasing diversity affect the economic, social, cultural,
justice, and political aspects of the world's cities?

What are the benefits and challenges of diversity for our societies?

To what extent are national migration policies consistent with the interests
of the cities that become home to migrants?

What are our best available policy and program options? How can they be made
transferable from one setting to another?

What are the respective roles of national and local governments in ensuring
the best outcomes for all? What ought to be the role of international and
intergovernmental organizations in managing migration?

How can we more effectively take advantage of the wealth of research that is
being carried out worldwide on these issues?

The unwavering pace of international migration is dramatically changing the
world's cities. Immigrants, refugees, temporary workers, and migrants
primarily settle in urban areas where populations have become increasingly
diverse with respect to culture, race, language, religion, and ethnicity.
These forms of diversity intersect with those of gender, class, ability, and
sexual orientation, thereby producing a diversity of greater depth that
poses yet greater challenges for our societies.

While some cities have embraced this rapidly deepening diversity as a
strength, even as a competitive advantage, others are struggling with the
social and governance challenges that it presents.

Although national governments regulate entry to states, it is usually their
cities that must respond to the resulting social changes. When changes arise
from large scale migration over a long period of time and from a wide range
of countries, governments and service providers must work exceptionally hard
to develop the policy and program measures required for healthy and
successful nations and communities. All orders of government, as well as the
many organizations of civil society active in the fields of migration and
diversity, face a range of dilemmas in addressing integration, diversity
management, multiculturalism, and social inclusion. At the same time, they
face the delicate challenge of precluding social exclusion, discrimination,
marginalization, and profiling.

The Conference aims to take the discussion beyond the familiar rhetoric to
discern which policy and program measures can be beneficial and how they can
be implemented in order to achieve the desired results.

Registration: On-line registration will be made available in March 2005.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The 2005 Metropolis Conference will be of interest to policy makers,
administrators and representatives from non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) as well as academic researchers. Metropolis wants to reach all those
with a professional interest in international migration and urban management
issues.

Graduate students and interested stakeholders in the private sector are
encouraged to attend this event. A special registration fee will be made
available for graduate students and NGO representatives.

Please note: The Metropolis Project does not have the financial resources to
support participants and workshop presenters. Participants and workshop
presenters need to secure their own funding to participate at this event.

CONTACT DETAILS

Metropolis 2005 Secretariat
You can reach the Metropolis 2005 Conference Secretariat at:
Tel: +1-416-392-4990
E-mail: metropolis2005@toronto.ca
Robert Davis - Project Manager

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS
Dr. Howard Duncan
Executive Head, Metropolis Project
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
365 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 1L1
Tel: + 1-613-957-5916
Fax: + 1-613-957-5968
E-mail: howard.duncan@metropolis.net

Rosanna Scotti
Director, Strategic and Corporate Policy
Chief Administrator's Office, City of Toronto
11th Floor East
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, Canada
M5H 2N2
Tel: +1-416-392-8637
Fax: +1-416-696-3645
E-mail: rscotti@toronto.ca

ADJUDICATED WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

We invite you to submit your workshop proposal to an adjudicated review
process. We have set up a panel of experts who will evaluate each workshop
proposal on criteria such as quality, best fit with Conference theme,
overall program structure and representations of different viewpoints. The
panel will also look for a balanced representation of world regions and
gender.
Deadline for submission: Please submit your workshop proposals by February
28, 2005, by e-mail to: metropolis2005@toronto.ca

Notification: You will be notified by the end of April 2005, if the
adjudication panel has accepted your workshop proposal.

SUBMISSION FORMAT
Workshop sessions will last three hours. In organizing workshops, please try
to ensure as far as possible that: you have broad representation from
academics, policy makers and NGOs
the workshop has an international comparative content  there is sufficient
time for a discussion of ideas.

Workshop title: Maximum of 10 words. Organizers: Please identify:
* Name
* Title, affiliation/institution
* Address
* Telephone number, fax number and e-mail address.

Presenters: Please identify:
* Name
* Title and affiliation/institution.
* Workshop description and Web-summary:

Please describe your workshop in a maximum of 250 words.
* Clearly state:
* Goals of the workshop
* Policy relevance and topic
* Comparative data
* Reference to best practices - locally, nationally and internationally.
Please prepare an abstract (maximum 50 words). These abstracts will be
printed in the Conference program.


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Sun Feb 13 12:49:08 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Feb 13 13:00:04 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Several Announcements
Message-ID: <00b901c511f4$5b85e080$c12a9dac@toshibauser>

* Panelists sought for the upcoming SACRPH conference in Coral Gables
* Anthropology on a Global Scale
*  CFP for workshop on immigrants in France, for the 2005 Metropolis
conference
******************************************************

From: Nicholas Dagen Bloom <nbloom@nyit.edu>

Panelists are sought for the upcoming SACRPH conference in Coral Gables.

I would like to assemble a panel that analyzes (in different regions,
building types, etc.) the rise and fall of the superblock planning
concept. My own research concerns the practices of the New York City
Housing Authority. Please note that the DEADLINE is FEBRUARY 15th for
panel proposals.

Nicholas Dagen Bloom
E-mail: nbloom@nyit.edu
http://www.civicprojects.com
*******************************************************

Anthropology on a Global Scale
Please send submissions to Stacy Lathrop, AN Managing Editor,
slathrop@aaanet.org, by August 20, 2005.

Anthropologists and the association are recognizing the necessity of
addressing and engaging globalization, international collaboration, and
developing ties with anthropologists and practitioners worldwide.
Because of this, and with the formation of the World Council of
Anthropological Associations (see
http://www.abant.org.br/diversos/WCAA_Agreement.doc), Anthropology News
invites short commentaries of 1000 words that address issues relevant to
establishing such a network envisioned by the WCAA, and promoting
international communication and collaboration.  Questions include the
following, although contributors are not limited to these:

*       How is anthropology related to globalization and power?  What
does this mean for its future?

*       How might we create a more diversified and equal anthropology on
a global scale?  And how do we engage issues of anthropology
universalism and particularism?

*       How does anthropology differ historically, institutionally,
socially, politically theoretically, etc. in different regions in the
world?  What do these differences mean for attempts to promote further
international collaboration and cooperation between anthropologists?

*       Can anthropology have a unified voice in public debates?

*       What are the challenges and possibilities for new exchanges
between anthropological associations and their members (for instance in
meetings, conferences and publishing)?  For example, how should we
address language, prestige and funding differences?  How should unequal
exchanges between practitioners in hegemonic and non-hegemonic centers
be addressed?

*       Is the idea of nation-building and empire-building
anthropologies good to think anthropology today?
*******************************************************

Hello,

My name is Brigitte Jelen, I am a Doctoral Candidate in history at the
University of California Irvine. I study the social and cultural history of
Portuguese and North African immigrants in France.

I am looking for 2 or 3 people to potentially participate in a workshop at
the
2005 Metropolis conference in Toronto:
http://www.toronto.ca/metropolis/index2.htm#workshop

I would like to do something around the theme Living on the border: migrants
as cultural mediators. The idea would be to talk about the general theme of
?the border? from different angles: for the moment, I have three potential
participants:
- a sociologist from Mexico who studies populations living in the border
cities
of Northern Mexico.
- myself who would talk about borders between neighborhoods
(immigrant/French)
within an industrial city in France.
- a Francophone literature professor who would talk about cultural borders
in
the Mediterranean in a more philosophical way

It would be great for people with an interest on ?cultural? or ?religious?
borders to participate, but also for people with an interest in public
policy
... since this is absent from the workshop for the moment...

All ideas are welcome.
Please respond directly to bjelen@uci.edu
Thank you

=====
Brigitte Jelen
Department of History
University of California, Irvine
brigitte_jelen@yahoo.com



From dmakagon at mtu.edu  Sun Feb 13 14:31:59 2005
From: dmakagon at mtu.edu (Daniel Makagon)
Date: Sun Feb 13 17:34:52 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Seven Deadly Sins (TPQ) 
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.56.0502131431040.12970@ginger.hu.mtu.edu>

Call for Submissions
Text and Performance Quarterly
Special Issue: The Seven Deadly Sins

Sin is both a cultural construct and a resource. It is simultaneously
social and surreptitious, and seems emblematic for understanding many of
the practices of everyday life. Sin has long held a firm grasp on our
cultural imagination: internal battles between good and evil are at the
very heart of most of our storytelling; external battles between good and
evil comprise the bulk of our tales of history. The seven deadly sins are
particularly dramatic because the stakes are drawn so high: in their
original context, they name offenses against God's will that lead to
certain damnation and the death of the soul. In their contemporary
context, the seven deadly sins have become something of a cottage industry
in popular culture, and are often employed as an organizing trope to
discuss topics as disparate as chess, business, education, literature,
psychology, and love. This trope has made its way into film, talk radio,
magazine columns, and a series of popular books commissioned by an
prestigious university press. The seven deadly sins have become something
of a brand name in this manner, and thus provide a fruitful cultural
milieu for analysis, reflection, and theory.

Michael LeVan and Daniel Makagon, guest editors of Text and Performance
Quarterly, invite essays at the intersections of performance, culture, and
the seven deadly sins. Of particular interest are manuscripts that engage
a specific deadly sin (e.g., lust, gluttony, sloth, anger, greed, envy, or
pride). Topics addressed in submitted manuscripts may range from
examinations of sin as method and/or resource for performance,
scholarship, cultural critique, or political resistance to explorations of
sin in the cultural imagination, in performance practice, as a technique
of power, as an economic or social virtue, or as a resource for writing,
relationships, freedom, or critique. Manuscripts from a wide range of
perspectives, including rhetorical, feminist, ethnographic, political, and
aesthetic are welcome.

All submissions should observe the following guidelines:

Manuscripts submitted for this special issue should not be under
consideration elsewhere. Because TPQ follows a policy of blind, peer
review, no material identifying the author(s) should appear anywhere other
than the title page. Double-space the entire manuscript, including notes
and block quotes. Include an abstract of not more than 150 words and a
list of 5 suggested keywords. Indicate the history of the manuscript,
noting whether it is part of a thesis or dissertation and, if so, the
director's name, and/or whether any portion of the essay has been
presented at a colloquy, conference, or convention. Manuscripts must
conform to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, edited by
Joseph Gibaldi (6th edition).

Please e-mail manuscripts (no hard copies please) in MS Word to Michael
LeVan and Daniel Makagon by May 1, 2005. We welcome inquiries to either
Michael or Daniel.

Michael LeVan
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave, CIS 1040
Tampa, FL  33620
mlevan@cas.usf.edu

Daniel Makagon
Assistant Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies
Department of Humanities
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI  49931
dmakagon@mtu.edu

Text and Performance Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal of the National
Communication Association published by Routledge Journals, an imprint of
Taylor & Francis Ltd.


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Mon Feb 14 17:24:17 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Feb 14 17:24:23 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]REV: Hoffman on Salih, _Gender in Transnationalism_
Message-ID: <000b01c512e3$ebc96e10$2d5c8696@ysu.edu>

H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-Gender-MidEast (December, 2004)

Ruba Salih. Gender in Transnationalism: Home, Longing and Belonging Among
Moroccan Migrant Women. Routledge Research in Transnationalism Series. New
York: Routledge, 2003. xi + 192 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index.
$114.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-4152-6703-X.

Reviewed by: Katherine E. Hoffman, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern
University.

Solitude, Isolation, and Marginalization

Scholarship on migrants and diaspora populations increasingly has been
concerned with the issue of simultaneous participation in home and host
countries, as people find themselves neither fully assimilated into their
adopted country nor at home in their country of origin. A recent push to
replace the concepts of emigration/immigration (implying a break from
origins and settling in the host country) and diaporas (stressing the
displacement from one's home country) has led to the spread of the concept
of transnationalism. Transnationalism is not just a new word for an old
phenomenon; it emphasizes the dynamic process of nation-making as anchored
across nations (and states), privileging neither place of origin nor adopted
land, and collapsing time and space into a single social field (Glick
Schiller et al 1992: 1 in Salih 5). Salih raises the important theoretical
issue of the role of gender in transnationalism, a neglected domain of
research. Her ethnographic focus is on Moroccan women in Italy, however,
more than the mutual construction of maleness and femaleness through
interaction. In this and other respects, the book seems partitioned into
thoroughly researched theoretical passages and sparser interview-informed
sections. From an ethnographer's perspective, the book suffers from a lack
of integration between theoretical foci and ethnographic data. Nevertheless,
there remains much to recommend this text.

Salih takes up such questions as Moroccan women's relations with the new
places they inhabit and their changing conceptualizations of home. How are
women's identities and cultural practices shaped by the transnational
dimension of their lives and by living in a world supposedly increasingly
interconnected? What are the relations between marginalization and lack of
recognition in Italy and transnationalism? How are migrants represented by
the Italian state and how in turn do they respond to these representations
(p. 3)? Despite the ample literature on Moroccans and other North Africans
in France, little has been written about these emigrants to Italy, in part
because their arrival began in earnest only in the late 1980s, and in part
because, as Salih notes, Italians are more accustomed to considering their
country an exporter of labor rather than a draw for emigrants. The dominant
themes that emerge from the accounts of women Salih interviewed are
solitude, isolation, and marginalization. Structurally this makes sense, as
there are few conglomerations of Moroccan emigrants sufficient to be
considered a community in its conventional sense in the region of Emilia
Romagna, where research was based. But even those emigrant women familiar
with other Moroccans tended to avoid them, critical of the ways in which
other emigrants adhered to competing discourses of secularism and Islamic
piety. The state and Italian society, for their part, put up obstacles to
women's integration, simultaneously endorsing discriminatory discourse
against Moroccans as a whole and embracing an essentialist image of Moroccan
female personhood that revolved around her honor, restraint, and modesty in
the service of her husband's reputation, qualities inherently compromised by
her immigrant status. Salih's Moroccan informants longed for the food,
clothes, and companionship they knew growing up in Morocco, yet many felt
isolated by their domestic and public lives that offered neither the
benefits of European citizenry nor the familiarity of Moroccan residence. In
an effort to stress the dissimilarity between emigrant women, Salih refuses
to characterize them as a type of community. This makes it difficult,
however, to assess the ways in which her informants' experiences are
particular to Moroccan emigrants, shared by other emigrants in Italy, or
shared by Moroccans in other diasporic locales. However, one argument that
emerges from the particularities is that discrimination in social service
contexts is gendered: headscarved women complained of being denied
acknowledgement of their personhood apart from male protectors, especially
husbands. More analysis of the women's profiles--indeed, more people in the
text in general--would better flesh out this and other arguments in the
book.

Indeed, while the theoretical arguments and scholarly literature on
modernity, globalization, migration, diaspora, and transnationalism are
amply discussed in this book, the ethnographic portions are limited to
interview excerpts and sparse descriptions. One facet of women's experience
is clear: the respects in which emigration, even when first perceived by
women as emancipation, turns out not to be liberating because of the ways in
which the nation-state is an extension of male domination (p. 50). Thus
whether the women migrated to Italy to join husbands, or instead to free
themselves from men and restrictions, they faced many of the same
constraints once settled in Italy. Yet their sense of home while living in
Italy, and during return visits to Morocco, was rooted less in their
structural position in a family network, as female head of household, and
more in their engagement with commodities that reminded them of the other
home (p. 78). Despite such insights, the areas of most interest to North
Africanists and anthropologists are not adequately addressed. Some of this
is a problem of sloppy editing and awkward phrasing. For instance, in the
first profile introduced on p. 40, the reader learns that Samia's mother
basically lives between Casablanca and Reggio Emilia. What does this mean,
exactly? In a book on this kind of transnational practice, the reader
expects more probing into the texture of transnational lives. Ultimately,
however, the reader is left yearning for more about the women and their
lives, and less about the scholarly literature.

Salihs book may interest scholars of transnationalism, gender studies,
Italy, and North Africa, but ultimately it falls short of contributing
significantly to regional studies or social anthropology. There are many
threads that may interest specialists even if they are not tightly woven
into a neat whole. Its most valuable contribution may be in raising
questions about the ways in which subjectivities are shaped by belonging to
multiple locales that are collapsed in time and space, and the ways in which
our conventional models for understanding personhood and place-making are
inadequate to capture the complexity of contemporary migrations.

Citation: Katherine E. Hoffman. "Review of Ruba Salih, Gender in
Transnationalism: Home, Longing and Belonging Among Moroccan Migrant Women,"
H-Gender-MidEast, H-Net Reviews, November, 2004. URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=194971100891542.


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Tue Feb 15 11:55:38 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Feb 15 12:11:01 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN: Audio Documentaries Produced by Girls Media Group, Presented by PUKAR
Message-ID: <008401c5137f$c5829190$548188ac@toshibauser>

From: PUKAR <pukar@pukar.org.in>

Pukar cordially invites you to a presentation of:

4 AUDIO DOCUMENTARIES

Date: Friday 18th February 2005

Venue: 1st Floor, Max Muller Bhavan (adjacent to Jehangir Art
Gallery), Kala Ghoda, Mumbai.

Time: 6:30 p.m.

The Documentaries:

The Sick Girl (11 minutes)               by Anita Atgamkar
Angela & Her Devil (10 minutes)       by Angela Nagarajan
If Shrek Were An Ogre (12 minutes)  by Divya Sharma
Career Girl (14 minutues)                 by Shabnam Badshah

Produced by Girls Media Group - A Woman's Place Project

"Four audio documentaries by four teen girls as they identify the
possibilities and complexities of life in the city as a young
woman, the search for meaning, the excitement and difficulty of
making choices - told with humour, reflectiveness and
creative abandon."

Executive Producer - Paromita Vohra; Editor - Rikhav Desai; Script
Consultant - Hansa Thapliyal;
Project Assistants - Sadaf Siddique, Patience Rustomji

About the Radio Documentaries:

1. The Sick Girl: An interior, reflective narrative about Anita who
recounts the experience of getting a rare, near fatal disease
and fighting back, only to find that she now has to fight being
always treated as 'the sick girl'.

2. Angela & Her Devil: A road documentary set in the streets of
Bandra, about her girl and her bicycle.

3. Career Girl: A wondering aloud piece about the importance of
success. Shabnam Badshah has her head in the clouds, and
her eyes full of stars - namely Salman Khan - but she thinks maybe,
she ought to be a career girl.

4. If Shrek Were An Ogre: A poetic, stream of consciousness
collection of 6 short pieces meandering through many thoughts,
many selves, many truths - while all around people keep telling you,
don't think so much, nice girls keep it to themselves.

These 4 audio documentaries were created towards the end of a year of
various creative workshops. The form of the audio
documentary is a relatively unknown one in India, where our radio is
mostly about popular music. It was a form that allowed
the girls in the workshop to work free of the clutter of perceived
ideas of how their creation should be. Each of the girl has
written and recorded a documentary of her own, with help from the
others in the group.

About the Girls Media Group.

The Girls Media Group is a program of A Woman's Place Project. the
program emphasises a creative and curious approach to
making sense of the world. It is designed to make high school/junior
college girls familiar with the media - to better understand
its content and its form, to understand its process so that they no
longer consume it passively, but have a more empowered
relationship with media and how it shapes our knowledge of the world.
The project has two dimensions - learning how to
analyse media and learning how to produce it in order to express and
articulate yourself better. While the project aims to create
greater political awareness and analytical ability, it emphasizes
creative approaches over didactic ones. The project has been
carried out simultaneously between Mumbai and New York.

PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)
Mumbai

Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort,
Mumbai 400 001
Telephone:: +91 (022) 5574 8152 / +91 (0) 98204 04010
Email:: pukar@pukar.org.in
Website:: http://www.pukar.org.in


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Tue Feb 15 11:59:25 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Feb 15 12:30:17 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Summer School, "the Making of Urban Britain
	1700-2000"
Message-ID: <008501c5137f$c960dd30$548188ac@toshibauser>

From: R.G. Rodger <rgr@leicester.ac.uk>

Announcement - SUMMER SCHOOL

The Centre for Urban History, Leicester, UK, is hosting a residential
summer school from 26 June to 3 July 2005. 'The Making of Urban
Britain 1700-2000', a week-long programme which pioneered
successfully in 2003, will explore three centuries of urban history
covering topics from the eighteenth-century town to the development
of the post-war new towns through lectures and fieldwork.

The course explores Leicester's rich historical past, the diverse
midlands region and includes day trips to Derbyshire, the heartland
of the industrial revolution, to the nineteenth century cities of
Wolverhampton and Birmingham and to the pioneering Letchworth Garden
City. The course draws upon the wealth of expertise and the
successful teaching record of the Centre for Urban History at the
University of Leicester.

Further information is available at
http://www.le.ac.uk/ur/courses/pdf/dl_leaflet.pdf and poster can be
downloaded from
http://www.le.ac.uk/ur/courses/pdf/a4_flyer.pdf

Please inform faculty, graduate students, and interested members of
the general public.

Dr Joanna Herbert
Centre for Urban History
University of Leicester
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK

Tel: 0116 252 2760/5062
Fax: 0116 252 5062
E-mail: jlh9@le.ac.uk


Richard Rodger
Centre for Urban History
University of Leicester,
UK

Centre for Urban History website: http://www.le.ac.uk/urbanhist
From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Tue Feb 15 12:13:05 2005
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David W. Haines)
Date: Tue Feb 15 13:30:52 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]"Invited" sessions for the AAA
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050215121056.021f6350@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>

To: SUNTA members

Re: "Invited" sessions for D.C. AAA meeting

Please remember that you must submit full session and paper abstracts by 
March 1 if you wish to have a session considered for "invited" status. We 
will likely only have two slots open for invited status, so co-sponsorship 
by another section would be a decided advantage.

Just email everything directly to me by March 1 at dhaines1@gmu.edu. Do NOT 
submit to AAA at that time. The AAA submission follows the overall April 1 
deadline.

As always, other inquiries are welcome.

-- David Haines, Program Chair



From sbeck at med.cornell.edu  Tue Feb 15 13:22:15 2005
From: sbeck at med.cornell.edu (Sam Beck)
Date: Tue Feb 15 13:31:07 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]AAA '05 session on Experiential Learning and the
	University
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20050215131918.02ffe4f8@pop.med.cornell.edu>



Carl Maida (UCLA) and Sam Beck (Cornell U) are organizing a session with 
the following description.
Former AAA President, Louise Lamphere, has agreed to be the discussant for 
the session.

Please submit your contribution ideas to sb43@cornell.edu

Sam Beck



From acjancius at ysu.edu  Tue Feb 15 18:20:43 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Feb 15 18:32:13 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA Panel Proposal (Sam Beck)
Message-ID: <001a01c513b5$039cc060$754985ac@toshibauser>



I left off the enclosure.  Here it is the the announcement with the
enclosure.

Please submit your contribution ideas to: sb43@cornell.edu


Sam Beck, Cornell
Carl Maida, UCLA


This session provides a critical analysis of experience-based learning and
its relation to public anthropology in the new century. Papers focus on the
varieties of "real-world coursework," including experience-based and
community service learning, and internships. These styles of learning are
being promoted to administrators, faculty, and students as key mediators
between the world of higher education and the service-oriented workplace.
Who is this pedagogy designed for, and why is it so prevalent in the
contemporary student-centered, corporate university?  Anthropologists have
been involved in this form of learning and, from one point of view the
practice has been part of our discipline's "colonial" legacy.  British
anthropologists were involved in learning about "the other" to further the
imperial program.  American anthropologists worked at the Indian frontier to
garner information also for the expansion of European hegemony in North
America. Experience-based learning is a double-edged sword upon which our
field's ethical standards are balanced. What is the nature and quality of
the relationship we develop with - the university, the community, and our
students - as anthropologists become increasingly engaged in this style of
learning? How has "public" scholarship in the form of applied, practicing,
and public anthropology changed both the discipline in the university, and
the way professionals and the lay public think about what counts as
anthropological knowledge?


From outtes at uol.com.br  Wed Feb 16 10:57:22 2005
From: outtes at uol.com.br (Joel Outtes)
Date: Wed Feb 16 11:47:15 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Offer of Lectures in the USA and Canada
Message-ID: <001a01c5142f$709f1760$578cfea9@windowsxh710ht>

Dear Colleagues,

 

As I am going to attend the AAG meeting in Denver from April 5-9
(www.aag.org), I am planning to stay 15 days out of my basis here in Porto
Alegre-RS, Brazil. I will be glad to deliver lectures in universities in the
US or Canada during the period after the AAG meeting. This is to say that I
will accept invitations to lecture from April 10 to April 20. If you are
interested in this offer, please email me in the address below so that we
make arrangements. You will find topics in which I can lecture below as
well. Please feel free to forward this message to any interested parts.

 

Thank you in advance for any invitation.

Yours,

 

Joel Outtes

 

Prof. Dr Joel Outtes, DPhil (University of Oxford)

Head, GEST-Group for the Study of Society and Territory

UFRGS-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil

Email:  <mailto:Outtes@uol.com.br> Outtes@uol.com.br

 

Possible Topics for Lectures

 

1. Cities Representing the Nation: Planning and Nation-Building in Brazil in
a Comparative Perspective (1855-2005).

2. At the Crossroad of Urban and Social Reform: The International Federation
for Housing and Planning and the International Union of Local Authorities in
a Comparative Perspective (1913-2005).

3. The Spatial Dynamics of Crime in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre:
A Geography of Illegal Territories.

4. Economic Restructuring and its Impacts in the Metropolitan Region of
Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.


5. The History of Housing and Housing Policies in Brazil in a Comparative
Perspective (c. 1850-2005).

From acjancius at ysu.edu  Wed Feb 16 15:38:18 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Feb 16 15:50:21 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Cortona Colloquia - "A Multi-Voiced Dialogue on
	Global Society" (graduate)
Message-ID: <006f01c51467$7da50180$5c699cac@toshibauser>

Call for Research Proposals for the 2005 edition of the
 Cortona Colloquia - "A Multi-Voiced Dialogue on Global Society",

to be held on 20-21 August 2005 in Cortona, Italy

The Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, one of Europe's most important
documentation and research centers devoted to the social sciences, history,
political and social economics, and the study of modern societies, and the
University of Pavia, in association with the Human Development and
Capability Association (HDCA), an academic forum that promotes high quality
research in the interconnected areas of human development and capability
across a broad range of topics including the quality of life, poverty,
justice, gender, development, and the environment invites PhD students
working within the capability approach (CA)
on the themes of global economy, global justice, global law and human
rights, global culture, global sustainable development, and global society
to participate in the 2005 Colloquium - "A Multi-Voiced Dialogue on Global
Society".

Professor Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics (1998) and president of
the HDCA, will be keynote speaker at this event, which will be held in
Cortona, a beautiful medieval city in Tuscany close to Arezzo, Siena, and
Perugia.  Other prominent scholars working in these fields of research are
also expected to participate.

A limited number of PhD students (10-15) will be invited to attend the
two-day colloquium.  Those selected to participate will be given the
opportunity to present their research projects, or a specific part of their
research, within special workshops to be held on Sunday 21st August.  The
workshops will be chaired by prominent scholars from these fields of
research.  The working language will be English.

The organizers of the Colloquium will cover accommodation costs (3-night
stay) for the students invited to attend, as well as providing a lump-sum
contribution that should be sufficient to cover a low-fare round-trip ticket
within Europe.  PhD students interested in participating must submit their
research proposal (using the Application Form attached) no later than 15
April 2005 (NB: earlier submissions are welcome).  A Committee will select
the proposals and send notice of acceptance to those students invited to
attend by 30 May 2005.  Application forms should be sent to Enrica Chiappero
Martinetti, University of Pavia, Italy at enrica.chiappero@unipv.it
<mailto:enrica.chiappero@unipv.it <mailto:enrica.chiappero@unipv.it> > .

APPLICATION FORM FOR Ph.D. STUDENTS

2005 Cortona Colloquium - "A Multi-Voiced Dialogue on Global Society"

20-21 August 2005 in Cortona, Italy







This application form must be emailed no later than 15 April 2005 to the
attention of Enrica Chiappero Martinetti, University of Pavia, Italy at
enrica.chiappero@unipv.it <mailto:enrica.chiappero@unipv.it
<mailto:enrica.chiappero@unipv.it> > .







First name:



Last name:



Title:          Ms. / Mr. / Other: ....................





Please indicate:



-       Title and topic of your Ph.D. thesis/research project:



-       Name and institution of your supervisor:



-       Your academic institution:



-       Country:



-       Your full address:



-       Your email address:



-       Your daytime telephone number:







Please provide a brief description (contents & structure) of your research
project and explain how it engages with the capability approach (400 words
maximum):


From mlpeters at uchicago.edu  Wed Feb 16 20:03:26 2005
From: mlpeters at uchicago.edu (Marina Peterson)
Date: Wed Feb 16 20:33:30 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Papers sought for AAA panel: Center, Symbol, Site: Reexamining
 Downtown
Message-ID: <f06020405be399dcec05d@[192.168.0.2]>

We're looking for additional panelists for a AAA panel on "downtown" 
(abstract is below).  Geographic area is open.  Please send us 
abstracts by February 20 .

Thank you,
Marina Peterson (mlpeters@uchicago.edu)
Sareeta Amrute (sbamrute@uchicago.edu)

_______

Center, Symbol, Site: Reexamining Downtown

This panel will focus on one aspect of the city - the downtown or
city center - in the context of translocal social and capital
flows.  As a concept that seems to belong to an older idea of the
urban landscape the downtown demands reexamination in light of over
a decade of research on how global, transnational processes become
localized in cities.  We invite participants to utilize the
downtown as a point of departure from which to rethink the place of
existing urban geographic labels, reassess the stability of such
categories and places in a translocal context, and reflect on their
role in the production of contemporary global or mega-cities.

Does the term downtown as a geographic descriptor of urban space
apply to cities that are growing exponentially and to cities whose
parts may be unevenly linked to transnational networks?  How does
the recent emphasis, through planning, development, and marketing,
on urban downtowns help constitute the global or mega-city?  Do
these developments mark a departure in the nature of the downtown
and the urban?  By reexamining the downtown, this panel seeks to
explore how the city center participates in the mediation between
built spaces and social practices.   We suggest that one key
process taking place in global cities is the reappropriation and
redeployment of sedimented terms and established spaces, such as
the downtown, in new contexts, practices, and situations.  Some
topics panelists might consider are the downtown as a site for
architectural presentation, as a hub in a tourist economy, as a
heritage site, or as a stage for multicultural arts performances.
Panelists may also want to consider other frames of reference that
participants in cities are using to describe the city center, as
well as the significance of anxieties about the decay,
disappearance, or even renewal of the same.  We especially welcome
contributions that reflect on the ways we as researchers can
incorporate creative imaginings and uses of the city center in an
ethnographic project than aspires to an understanding of translocal
cities.

From dbmonter at uchicago.edu  Wed Feb 16 20:15:57 2005
From: dbmonter at uchicago.edu (Daniel Monterescu)
Date: Wed Feb 16 22:37:09 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP for AAA: "Mediterranean Cities": Space, Sociality, Nationalism
 and Cultural Encounters
Message-ID: <1108606557.4213fe5d3a9de@churlish.uchicago.edu>



CALL FOR PAPERS
2005 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
November 30 - December 4, 2005
Washington, DC


"MEDITERRANEAN CITIES": SPACE, SOCIALITY, NATIONALISM AND CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS


 The renowned historian Fernand Braudel queries in the introduction to his ?La 
M?diterran?e: L?espace et l?histoire? (1977): ?What is the Mediterranean? A 
thousand things at one and the same time. It is not a landscape but 
uncountable landscapes. It is not a sea but a complex of seas. It is not a 
culture but many cultures piled upon each other. To explore the Mediterranean 
is to encounter ancient things, still living, residing alongside very modern 
things [
] In its physical landscape, as well as in its human landscape, the 
colorful Mediterranean crossroads appears in our memories as a coherent image, 
as a system in which everything blends and combines again in original unity. 
How can we explain this clear unity, this deep essence of the Mediterranean?? 
(translation mine).
This panel seeks to critically address this question and problematize existing
conceptualizations of the urban Mediterranean from anthropological, 
sociological and historical perspectives. Potential themes are: Mediterranean 
cities between Europe and the Middle East; the Mediterranean as a trade zone; 
Mediterranean urbanity and immigration; Mediterranean nostalgia; Mediterranean 
(post)colonialisms; power relations within the Mediterranean; gender in 
Mediterranean cities; and literary representations of Mediterranean cities.
 
For More Information Contact: 
Daniel Monterescu
The Department of Anthropology
The University of Chicago 
dbmonter@uchicago.edu
(773) 288-6552

Abstracts of no more than 250 words are due by April 1, 2005. 
See http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0501General_Rules.htm#volunteered for more 
details.



----- End forwarded message -----



From acjancius at ysu.edu  Thu Feb 17 10:29:27 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Feb 17 10:42:03 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]TOC: J of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Message-ID: <005101c51505$82d23080$1945afac@toshibauser>

TOC: J of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volume 31 Number 2/March 2005 of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies is
now available on the Taylor & Francis web site at
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk.

This issue contains:

Transnational urbanism: Attending to everyday practices and mobilities p.
227
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=TCKJYNHDJE896L1U
David Conradson, Alan Latham

Transnational urbanism revisited p. 235
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=QE2403MXU34PAMNH
Michael Peter Smith

Transnational elites in the city: British highly-skilled inter-company
transferees in New York city's financial district p. 245
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=R6BP2XNPBKWUGB47
Jonathan V. Beaverstock

Singaporean and British transmigrants in China and the cultural politics of
'contact zones' p. 269
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=JNTDNE8B966JB0TA
Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Katie Willis

Friendship, networks and transnationality in a world city: Antipodean
transmigrants in London p. 287
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=PH07QPQEGW1036D2
David Conradson, Alan Latham

Detailing transnational lives of the middle: British working holiday makers
in Australia p. 307
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=W49UU43GFNLT1EYB
Nick Clarke

Spheres of transnationalism within the European union: On open doors,
thresholds and drawbridges along the Dutch-German border p. 323
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=MU2TJGJEJFV75F26
Anke Str?ver

Placing identities: Transnational practices and local attachments of Turkish
immigrants in Germany p. 345
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=KDF4Q89LYLXGYY4P
Patricia Ehrkamp

The construction of transnational spaces by Indian migrants in Australia p.
365
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=TJG5YT10B77RWAD4
Carmen Voigt-Graf

Spiced-up sandringham: Indian transnationalism and new suburban spaces in
Auckland, New Zealand p. 385
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=X4R072GN174Y4ADJ
Wardlow Friesen, Laurence Murphy, Robin Kearns

Observations on transnational urbanism: Broadening and narrowing the field
p. 403
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=K9EMV8X9G5FXHA5Q
Alisdair Rogers

Observations on Transnational Urbanism: Possibilities, Politics and Costs of
Simultaneity p. 409
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=GAB82DD0ABX24TXM
Brenda S. A. Yeoh

Reviews p. 415
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=MF2GWYAVY2P9ULP7

Notes for Contributors p. 427
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=U27M2UNUV1P2DTHF



From acjancius at ysu.edu  Thu Feb 17 10:32:48 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Feb 17 10:46:53 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]2nd CFP: Urban geographies of post-communist states
Message-ID: <006501c51506$33aa6800$1945afac@toshibauser>


Sorry for cross-postings, please spread widely / Thomas Bor?n

2nd Call for papers
The Inaugural Nordic Geographers Meeting, 10-14 May 2005, Lund, Sweden
Conference Web Page: http://www.ngm.cc/

Deadline for abstracts: 20 February 2005; send them to both
thomas.boren@humangeo.su.se and michael.gentile@kultgeog.uu.se. Please also
note that the last day for registering is 20 February.

Session(s): Urban geographies of post-communist states

The demise of the economic order of central planning in the countries of
Central and Eastern Europe and of the Former Soviet Union has opened up a
new research agenda for social scientists interested in cities. The purpose
of this session(s) is to gather contributions from urban geographers from
the Nordic countries and beyond. Fifteen years have gone since the
pulverization of the iron curtain between East and West. What has happened
in the set of post-socialist cities and their inhabitants since then? How
important is the legacy of a centrally planned past? What impact has the
economic transition had on the social, spatial and socio-spatial structure
of cities? In what directions are the political, social and cultural
transformations developing? What is the impact on the everyday spatialities
and lifeworlds? How are environmental legacies being tackled, and what new
challenges have appeared?

Some of the topics which we would like to cover are as follows, but we
welcome paper proposals within a variety of themes related to the
post-communist urban setting:

* Urban spatial structure before and after 1989 (1991)
* Urbanization and settlement structure (including suburbanization,
counter-urbanization and the like)
* Residential Segregation
* Gentrification and Urban Renewal
* Urban livelihoods, everyday economies and survival strategies
* Urban poverty alleviation strategies
* Papers on methodology
* Inter-urban competition (competitiveness of cities)
* Urban governance and political structure
* Urban environmental management
* Gender perspectives on the post-communist city
* Demographic challenges faced by the post-communist city
* Children and the post-communist city
* Maps, mapping practices and cartography

The language of the sessions will be English, although presentations in
Russian may be allowed if agreed in advance.

Conveners:
Thomas Bor?n
Dept. of Human Geography
Stockholm University
e-mail: thomas.boren@humangeo.su.se

Michael Gentile
Dept. of Social and Economic Geography
Uppsala University
e-mail: michael.gentile@kultgeog.uu.se
--


From booneshear at sbcglobal.net  Thu Feb 17 08:28:11 2005
From: booneshear at sbcglobal.net (Boone Shear)
Date: Thu Feb 17 11:45:38 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Session Particpants to round out autoethnography panel at
	SANA
Message-ID: <20050217162811.89463.qmail@web81205.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello.
 
We are looking for one or two more papers to round out a session discussing the possibilities and problematics of autoethnography at the upcoming 2005 SANA meeting in Merida. The session abstract is attached and pasted below. If you have interest, please contact us as soon as possible.
 
Thanks,
 
Juan Florencia 
UMASS Anthropology Department
 
Boone W. Shear
Western Michigan University
 

 

Reimagining Ethnographic Praxis: Constructing Knowledge through Autoethnography

 

 Autoethnography offers a useful approach in which to respond to the methodological and theoretical complications facing anthropology in the wake of postmodernism. This session explores the practice of autoethnography, when subject and researcher become one and the same, and the resistance of anthropology as a discipline to accept the validity of autoethnographic works. 

The postmodern turn has problematized anthropological methodology and theory by questioning processes of representation, revealing positional asymmetries between researcher and subject, and subverting “objective” constructions of knowledge. We propose autoethnography as an effective avenue to circumvent the web of political and epistemological entanglements that go largely unresolved with more traditional approaches.

Papers will focuses on the legitimization of autoethnography and argue for its inevitable space within the discipline. To this end, we include analysis and discussion of autoethnography as a method, as well as examples of autoethnographic praxis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 
 
 

From bridgman at cc.umanitoba.ca  Thu Feb 17 18:59:44 2005
From: bridgman at cc.umanitoba.ca (RAE BRIDGMAN)
Date: Thu Feb 17 20:35:21 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Urban Nexus No. 25 / Child-Friendly Cities (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0502171858540.10408@mira.cc.umanitoba.ca>

=2E..for those of you who are working on issues related to "child-friendly
cities."  Rae Bridgman

****


>From: nexus@cprn.org
>
>Urban Nexus
>
>An e-bulletin of the Family Network of CPRN
>
>
>Welcome to Urban Nexus, a monthly e-bulletin of
>policy research, news and events on cities and
>communities launched by Canadian Policy Research
>Networks (CPRN) in October 2002. Urban Nexus is
>for policy-makers, researchers and interested
>members of the public seeking up-to-date
>information, from Canadian and non-Canadian
>sources, about new research on cities.
>
>
>To view archived Urban Nexus summaries on the
>CPRN Web site, simply click here:
><http://www.cprn.org/en/nexus-list.cfm>www.cprn.org/en/nexus-list.cfm
>
>February 16, 2005 =96 Child-Friendly Cities
>
>
>As the world becomes increasingly urbanized,
>more children and young people live in cities.
>In industrialized countries, one-half to
>three-quarters of all children live in urban
>areas. In the developing world, six out of every
>ten children will live in cities by the year
>2025. Yet, across a wide range of indicators,
>cities are failing to meet the needs of young
>people and their families. Urban spaces put
>children at risk in many ways =96 through lack of
>safe drinking water, outdoor contaminants and
>pollution, inadequate or overcrowded shelter, a
>shortage of green and open play spaces, poverty,
>exposure to disease, traffic dangers, and crime.
>In the wake of the 1996 UN Habitat II
>conference, which declared that the well-being
>of children is the ultimate indicator of a
>healthy habitat, a number of initiatives have
>been undertaken to improve the quality of life
>in cities for young people. These initiatives
>are occurring on global, cross-national,
>national, regional, and local scales: for
>example, UNESCO=92s Growing Up in Cities project,
>(<http://www.unesco.org/most/guic/guicmain.htm>www.unesco.org/most/guic/gu=
icmain.htm),
>the European Children=92s Network
>(<http://www.europeanchildrensnetwork.org/>www.europeanchildrensnetwork.or=
g/),
>Ireland=92s National Children=92s Strategy
>(<http://www.nco.ie/>www.nco.ie/), Society for
>Children and Youth of BC
>(<http://www.scyofbc.org/>www.scyofbc.org/) and
>Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa
>(<http://www.cayfo.ca/>www.cayfo.ca). These
>movements challenge governments to integrate the
>needs of children into the planning, design and
>governance of the modern city =96 not only to
>address children=92s rights to play, recreation,
>and safety, but also their right to active
>participation in civic life and urban design.
>This issue of Urban Nexus highlights recent
>policy-relevant research on child-friendly
>cities and communities. For a comprehensive
>overview of current information and research
>about policies and programs for children and
>families in Canada, visit CPRN=92s Kids Canada
>Policy Digest
>(<http://www.cprn.org/en/kids.cfm>www.cprn.org/en/kids.cfm).
>
>
>Resum=E9s
>
>
>UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. 2004. Building
>Child Friendly Cities: A Framework for Action.
>Florence: UNICEF International Secretariat for
>Child Friendly Cities.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/cfc_booklet_eng.pdf>www.childfrien=
dlycities.org/pdf/cfc_booklet_eng.pdf
>
>
>Riggio, Eliana. 2002. =93Child Friendly Cities:
>Good Governance in the Best Interests of the
>Child.=94 Environment & Urbanization Vol. 14, No.
>2: 45-58.
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/riggio.pdf>www.childfriendlycities=
=2Eorg/pdf/riggio.pdf
>
>
>Hood, Suzanne. 2004. =93Reporting on Children in
>Cities: The State of London=92s Children Reports.=94
>Children, Youth and Environments Vol. 14, No. 2:
>113-123.
>
><http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/14_2/note2.pdf>www.colorado.edu/jour=
nals/cye/14_2/note2.pdf
>
>
>These three documents offer insights on
>defining, developing, and implementing
>child-friendly cities and communities. Building
>Child Friendly Cities sets out a strategy for
>building local systems of governance =96 whether
>large or small, urban or rural =96 committed to
>fulfilling children=92s rights. It defines
>child-friendly cities as those that provide
>governance structures to actively engage
>children in civic life, ensure a children=92s
>rights perspective in all relevant
>decision-making, and provide equal rights of
>access to basic services. The document shows how
>to transform national commitments to the UN
>Convention on the Rights of the Child into local
>government processes through nine =93building
>blocks,=94 which can be adapted and customized to
>local circumstances. In =93Child Friendly Cities:
>Good Governance in the Best Interests of the
>Child,=94 Riggio uses examples from Spain, the
>Occupied Territories of Palestine, Croatia,
>Ecuador, Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Sweden,
>Lebanon, Albania and the Ukraine to illustrate
>the features that make a city =93child friendly.=94
>She describes the legal, institutional,
>budgetary and planning measures needed to
>support child-friendly cities and explains how
>the concept of child-friendly cities developed.
>Hood=92s paper offers a detailed case study of the
>role and value of regular reporting on the state
>of children (one of UNICEF=92s =93building blocks=94)
>in London, UK. She reviews the policy context
>for the development of the 2001 and 2004 State
>of London=92s Children Reports, highlights the
>unique circumstances and characteristics of
>London=92s children, and explores the challenges
>involved in monitoring children=92s well-being.
>The paper considers the role of the 2001 and
>2004 reports in developing the London Mayor=92s
>Children and Young People=92s Strategy, and
>providing an outcomes framework to measure
>progress towards the Mayor=92s goals of promoting
>equality and reducing poverty and social
>exclusion for London=92s children.
>
>
>Population Connection. 2004. Kid Friendly Cities: Report Card 2004.
>
><http://www.kidfriendlycities.org/2004/>www.kidfriendlycities.org/2004/
>
>
>Annie E. Casey Foundation. 2004. KIDS COUNT
>Special Report: City & Rural KIDS COUNT Data
>Book. Baltimore: Annie E. Casey Foundation.
>
><http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/city_rural_databook.pdf>www.aecf.or=
g/publications/data/city_rural_databook.pdf
>
>
>These indicator studies provide over-time data
>on key measures to describe the well-being of
>America=92s children and youth. Population
>Connection=92s 2004 Kid-Friendly Cities Report
>Card is the ninth in a series of biennial
>reports on the quality of life for urban
>children in the United States. Single-source
>data on the social, economic, educational and
>physical environment in the 100 most populated
>cities in the United States is used to grade and
>rank the =93kid-friendliness=94 of each city
>according to 16 key indicators. The indicators
>include infant mortality, babies born to teen
>mothers, percentage of children without health
>coverage, education levels, rate of violent
>crime, and child poverty rates, as well as
>indicators specific to population growth and
>natural environments, such as rate of population
>change, access to subsidized reproductive health
>services, sexual education curriculum, urban
>sprawl, and recycling. The resulting report card
>highlights both problems and successes for each
>city. For more than 15 years, the Annie E. Casey
>Foundation=92s KIDS COUNT project has used ten key
>indicators to track the status of American
>children nationally, state-by-state, and
>locally. The ten indicators use Census Bureau
>data to measure and monitor poverty, family
>structure, parental employment, housing
>affordability, and education, providing
>objective data for policy-makers to compare the
>conditions of urban families in their
>communities against those in other communities.
>The 2004 Special Report, City & Rural KIDS COUNT
>Data Book, is an effort to enhance understanding
>and awareness of conditions faced by children in
>rural communities as well as 71 large cities,
>enabling a comparison of child outcomes between
>urban and rural settings. The data shows that
>low-income families in isolated rural
>communities share the same kinds of problems,
>barriers, and disadvantages found in inner-city
>neighborhoods.
>
>
>Bridgman, Rae. 2004. =93Child-Friendly Cities:
>Canadian Perspectives.=94 Children, Youth and
>Environments Vol. 14, No. 2: 178-200.
>
><http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/14_2/field3.pdf>www.colorado.edu/jou=
rnals/cye/14_2/field3.pdf
>
>
>Canadian Institute of Planners. 2002. A Kid=92s
>Guide to Building Great Communities: A Manual
>for Planners and Educators. Ottawa: Canadian
>Institute of Planners.
>
><http://www.cip-icu.ca/English/images/kidsguide.pdf>www.cip-icu.ca/English=
/images/kidsguide.pdf
>
>
>Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Centred
>Prairie Communities. 2003. Our Prairie Future:
>Toward Child and Youth-Centred Communities.
>
><http://www.communityresearch.ca/v2/www/publications/centres/Our%20Prairie=
%20Future.pdf>www.communityresearch.ca/v2/www/publications/centres/
>Our%20Prairie%20Future.pdf
>
>
>Hertzman, Clyde, S. McLean, D. Kohen, J. Dunn,
>and T. Evans. 2002. Early Development in
>Vancouver: Report of the Community Asset Mapping
>Project (CAMP). Ottawa: Human Early Learning
>Partnership.
>
><http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/vancouverreport.pdf>www.earlylearning.ubc=
=2Eca/vancouverreport.pdf
>
>
>These four documents highlight recent Canadian
>approaches to building child-friendly cities.
>=93Child-Friendly Cities: Canadian Perspectives=94
>explores best practices in educational programs
>and environmental design projects that address
>the needs of young people in Canadian cities.
>The paper features case studies of youth
>involvement in a range of spheres (arts and
>urban revitalization, environmentalism,
>community development, educational programming,
>and civic participation) spanning different
>scales, from individual activism and non-profit
>programs to neighborhood-based development and
>municipal initiatives. Through these case
>studies, Bridgman identifies 15 factors that
>constitute best practice, including the degree
>of young people=92s participation, intended goals
>of fostering independence, recognition of
>diverse groups of young people, safety and
>security, innovative use of existing resources,
>operational sustainability, replicability, and
>innovative development or implementation
>processes and structures. The Canadian Institute
>of Planners=92 A Kid=92s Guide to Building Great
>Communities is a practical resource for planning
>professionals and educators interested in
>teaching children and youth about urban planning
>and community development. The manual offers
>tools to engage young people in thinking about
>their communities and involving them in
>decisions that link directly to many aspects of
>their daily lives and the future of their
>communities. Our Prairie Future: Toward Child
>and Youth Centred Communities reports on the
>first phase of a five-year community-based
>research project involving six prairie cities
>with the deliberate, structured engagement of
>Aboriginal people. Primary focus group research
>is used to compare community responses, or
>mediating actions, to social, physical and
>health impacts on young people. The research
>reveals common concerns across the six sites
>about community capacity to respond and the need
>for cultural sensitivity and awareness, as well
>as shared recognition of the importance of
>involving young people in developing successful
>mediating actions. The second phase of the
>research develops models of mediating actions
>and best practices based upon the practical
>experiences of the six cities. The Report of the
>Community Asset Mapping Project measures the
>state of development of Vancouver=92s children.
>The report finds large and consistent
>differences in developmental vulnerability
>between the most and least affluent Vancouver
>neighbourhoods, and urges inter-sectoral
>collaboration to ensure neighbourhood access to
>a comprehensive range of programs, including
>child care, family literacy, and special
>developmental services.
>
>
>National Association of Children and Youth
>Councils (ANACEJ). 2000. =C9tude exploratoire:
>quelles modalit=E9s de collaboration possibles
>entre les conseils d=92enfants et de jeunes et le
>contrat de ville. Available in French only.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/anacej_etude_div_complete.pdf>www.=
childfriendlycities.org/pdf/anacej_etude_div_complete.pdf
>
>
>In 1999, ANACEJ (Association Nationale des
>Conseils d=92Enfants et de Jeunes =96 National
>Association of Children and Youth Councils) and
>DIV (D=E9l=E9gation Interminist=E9rielle =E0 la Ville =96
>Interministerial Delegation on Cities) made the
>decision to conduct an exploratory study on the
>various types of collaboration possible between
>Children and Youth Councils and City Social
>Contracts. The study offers reflections on and
>comparisons between the experiences of three
>cities, within the context of two goals. First,
>to offer an account of how and to what extent
>such collaboration has worked in practice; and
>second, to reflect on the possibilities and
>limits for the future. These three case studies
>demonstrate that the prerequisite for
>establishing substantive links between Councils
>and City Social Contracts is a direct engagement
>between Councils and policy-making bodies, which
>would create functional and structural
>relationships at the heart of municipal
>governments.
>
>What=92s New?
>
>
>On the Bookshelf
>
>
>Adams, Eileen, and Sue Ingham. 1998. Changing
>Places: Children=92s Participation in
>Environmental Planning. London: The Children=92s
>Society.
>
>
>This book shows how children of all ages can
>participate in the process of community planning
>and urban change. It encourages planners,
>architects, youth and community workers,
>teachers and others to consider what community
>participation means, how children learn about
>planning processes, and how to incorporate
>children=92s opinions and views into a planning
>process.
>
>
>Chawla, Louise (ed.). 2002. Growing Up in an
>Urbanising World. London: UNESCO, Earthscan.
>
>
>Written by an interdisciplinary team of experts
>from the fields of urban planning, architecture,
>geography, anthropology, psychology, and
>environmental education, Growing Up in an
>Urbanising World summarizes the results of an
>eight-nation UNESCO project involving a spectrum
>of low-income neighborhoods in the
>industrialized and developing worlds. The book
>emphasizes the importance of enabling the active
>participation of children and youth in the
>planning, design, and implementation of urban
>improvements.
>
>
>Driskell, David (ed.). 2002. Creating Better
>Cities with Children and Youth: A Manual for
>Participation. London: UNESCO, Earthscan.
>
>
>This book is a practical manual on how to
>conceptualize, structure and facilitate the
>participation of young people in community
>development. It is intended for use by urban
>planners, municipal officials, community
>development staff, non-governmental
>organizations, educators, youth-serving
>agencies, youth advocates, and others who are
>involved in community development. Using case
>studies from a wide range of both developing and
>industrialized urban settings, the manual shows
>the value of engaging young people in analyzing
>and prioritizing their needs to improve their
>community.
>
>
>O=92Brien, Margaret, and Pia Christensen (ed.).
>2003. Children in the City: Home, Neighbourhood
>and Community. London: RoutledgeFalmer Press.
>
>
>This book brings together leading international
>scholars to consider the importance of the
>contemporary city as a social, cultural and
>material place for children, and explore the
>connections and boundaries between home,
>neighbourhood, community and city. The authors
>stress the importance of engaging children in
>successfully reforming cities within a
>child-sensitive framework.
>
>
>Conferences and Events
>
>
>Saskatchewan Association of Rural
>Municipalities. =93Annual Convention. A Century of
>Success =96 Leading the Future.=94 March 7-10, 2005.
>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
>
><http://www.quantumlynx.com/sarm/Events/calendar.htm>www.quantumlynx.com/s=
arm/Events/calendar.htm
>
>
>Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa and Ottawa
>Anti-Bullying Coalition. =93Beyond Rhetoric:
>Canada=92s Second Conference on Bullying.=94 March
>21-23, 2005. Ottawa, Ontario.
>
><http://www.bullyingawarenessnetwork.ca/site.php?page=3Dhome.php>www.bully=
ingawarenessnetwork.ca/site.php?page=3Dhome.php
>
>
>Third Urban Research Symposium, World Bank and
>Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA).
>=93Land Development, Urban Policy and Poverty
>Reduction.=94 April 4-6, 2005. Brasilia, Brazil.
>
><http://www.worldbank.org/urban/symposium2005/>www.worldbank.org/urban/sym=
posium2005/
>
>
>University of London, Department of Politics and
>IR. =93Rethinking European Spaces: Territory,
>Borders, Governance.=94 April 21-22, 2005. Surrey,
>United Kingdom.
>
><http://www.chrisrumford.org.uk/>www.chrisrumford.org.uk
>
>
>United Nations Children=92s Fund (UNICEF) and the
>Graduate Program in International Affairs
>(GPIA), New School University. =93Children and
>Poverty: Global Trends, Local Solutions?=94 April
>25-27, 2005. New York, New York.
>
>Information: <mailto:komarecm@newschool.edu>komarecm@newschool.edu
>
>
>Environmental Design Research Association.
>=93Children=92s Environments Research and Design:
>Diverse Perspectives, Diverse Outcomes.=94 April
>27, 2005. Vancouver, British Columbia.
>
><http://edra.org/conference/pdfs/EDRA36CFP(7).pdf>edra.org/conference/pdfs=
/EDRA36CFP(7).pdf
>
>
>Rural and Remote Medicine Conference. =93Rural
>Communities and Their Medical Needs.=94 April
>28-30, 2005. Montreal, Quebec.
>
><http://www.srpc.ca/rr2005>www.srpc.ca/rr2005
>
>
>The Cultural Future of Small Cities, Kamloops
>Art Gallery and University College of the
>Cariboo. =93Small Cities Forum.=94 May 4-7, 2005.
>Kamloops, British Columbia.  Information:
><mailto:ldubinsky@museums.ca>ldubinsky@museums.ca
>
>
>RAIC Festival of Architecture. =93Celebrating the
>City.=94 May 5-7, 2005. Edmonton, Alberta.
><http://www.raicfestival2005.ca/>www.raicfestival2005.ca
>
>
>Canadian Co-operative Association. =932005
>Congress.=94 May 14-19, 2005. Saskatoon,
>Saskatchewan.
><http://www.coopscanada.coop/meetings/nationalcongress/>www.coopscanada.co=
op/meetings/nationalcongress/
>
>
>Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), Dubai
>Municipality and the World Bank. =93Urban Children
>and Youth in the MENA Region: Addressing
>Priorities in Education.=94 May 16-18, 2005.
>Dubai, U.A.E.
>
><http://www.araburban.org/childyouth>www.araburban.org/childyouth
>
>
>3rd InASEA Conference. =93Urban Life and Culture
>in Southeast Europe.=94 May 20, 2005. Belgrade,
>Serbia and Montenegro.
>
><http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/conference3.html>www-gewi.kfunigra=
z.ac.at/inasea/conference3.html
>
>
>Local Initiatives Service Corporation. =93Urban
>Forum 2005.=94 May 23-25, 2005. San Francisco,
>California.
>
><http://www.lisc.org/>www.lisc.org
>
>
>=93Urbistics Montreal 2005. New Trends in the
>Integrated Urban Development.=94 May 23-26, 2005.
>Montreal, Quebec.
>
><http://www.congresbcu.com/urbistics/>www.congresbcu.com/urbistics/
>
>
>Cooperative State Research, Education, and
>Extension Service. =93The Children, Youth, and
>Families at Risk (CYFAR) Conference 2005.=94 May
>25-27, 2005. Boston, MA.
>
><http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/family/cyfar/announcement.html>www.csrees.=
usda.gov/nea/family/cyfar/announcement.html
>
>
>UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
>=93African Development Forum V Devoted to Youth
>Issues.=94 June 15-19, 2005. Addis Ababa,
>Ethiopia. Information:
><mailto:kboateng@uneca.org>kboateng@uneca.org
>
>
>University of Oslo, Norwegian Social Research
>Association, Childwatch International Research
>Network. =93Childhoods 2005.=94 June 29-July 3,
>2005. Oslo, Norway.
>
><http://childhoods2005.uio.no/contact_us.htm>childhoods2005.uio.no/contact=
_us.htm
>
>
>Research Committee, Environment and Society.
>=93Technonatures 111: Environments, Technologies,
>Spaces and Places in the 21st Century.=94 July
>6-9, 2005. Stockholm, Sweden.
>
><http://www.scasss.uu.se/IIS2005/total_webb/frame.html>www.scasss.uu.se/II=
S2005/total_webb/frame.html
>
>
>International Association for the Child=92s Right
>to Play (IPA). =93Play: Learning for Life.=94 July
>18-22, 2005. Berlin, Germany.
>
><http://www.ipa2005.de/>www.ipa2005.de/
>
>
>United Nations Enivronmental Programme (UNEP)
>and the Aichi Prefectural Government of Japan.
>=93Children=92s World Summit for the Environment.=94
>July 26-29, 2005. Aichi, Japan.
>
><http://www.children-summit.jp/eng_g/index.html>www.children-summit.jp/eng=
_g/index.html
>
>
>Sister Cities International. =932005 Annual
>Conference. Connecting Global Villages.=94 July
>27-31, 2005. Spokane, Washington.
>
><http://www.sister-cities.org/www/sci/pdf/2005ACBrochure.pdf>www.sister-ci=
ties.org/www/sci/pdf/2005ACBrochure.pdf
>
>
>International Institute for the Urban
>Environment (IIUE), the City of Delft and the
>Network of Child Friendly Cities in the
>Netherlands. =93Childstreet 2005.=94 August 24-26,
>2005. Delft, The Netherlands.
>
><http://www.urban.nl/childstreet2005/>www.urban.nl/childstreet2005/
>
>
>International Congress on Environmental Planning
>and Management. =93Environmental Challenges of
>Urbanization.=94 September 11-15, 2005. Brasilia,
>Brazil.
>
><http://www.urbenvironcongress.com/>www.urbenvironcongress.com
>
>
>Winnipeg Inner City Research Alliance.
>=93Cuexpo2005 =96 Community University Research
>Partnerships: Leaders in Urban Change.=94
>September 15-18, 2005. Winnipeg, Manitoba.
>
><http://cuexpo.uwinnipeg.ca/>cuexpo.uwinnipeg.ca/
>
>
>National League of Cities Institute for Youth,
>Education, and Families. =932005 National Summit
>on Your City=92s Families.=94 September 25-28, 2005.
>San Antonio, Texas.
>
><http://www.nlc.org/iyef/your_city_s_families_conference/862.cfm>www.nlc.o=
rg/iyef/your_city_s_families_conference/862.cfm
>
>
>49th IFHP World Congress. =93Urban Futures,
>Continuities and Discontinuities.=94 October 2-5,
>2005. Rome, Italy.
>
><http://www.ifhp.org/>www.ifhp.org
>
>
>Search Institute. =932005 Healthy Communities,
>Healthy Youth Conference.=94 November 3-5, 2005.
>Dallas, Texas.
>
><http://www.search-institute.org/hchy/Info05.pdf>www.search-institute.org/=
hchy/Info05.pdf
>
>
>Policy Research Reports
>
>
>Aguirre, Angela, and Mary Racelis. 2002. =93Child
>Rights for Urban Poor Children in Child Friendly
>Philippine Cities: Views from the Community.=94
>Environment & Urbanization Vol. 14, No. 2:
>97-113.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/racelis.pdf>www.childfriendlycitie=
s.org/pdf/racelis.pdf
>
>
>Baker, Stephen, Joan Costello, Joan Wynn, Sheila
>Merry, and Harold Richman. 2001. Marking
>Progress in Community Initiatives. Chicago:
>Chapin Hall Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1285&L2=3D63&L3=
=3D109>www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1285&L2=3D63&L3=3D1=
09
>
>
>Beauvais, Caroline, and Jane Jenson. 2003. The
>Well-being of Children: Are There Neighbourhood
>Effects? Ottawa: Canadian Policy Research
>Networks.
>
><http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=3D156>www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=3D15=
6#
>
>
>Bennett, Fran, and Sandy Ruxton. 2002. Including
>Children? Developing a Coherent Approach to
>Child Poverty and Social Exclusion across
>Europe. Brussels: Euronet.
>
><http://www.europeanchildrensnetwork.org/Documents/EURONET_EN.pdf>www.euro=
peanchildrensnetwork.org/Documents/EURONET_EN.pdf
>
>
>Blinkert, Baldo. 2004. =93Quality of the City for
>Children: Chaos and Order.=94 Children, Youth and
>Environments Vol. 14, No. 2: 99-112.
>
><http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/14_2/note1.pdf>www.colorado.edu/jour=
nals/cye/14_2/note1.pdf
>
>
>Center for Community Research & Service. 2003.
>Community Development and Family Support:
>Forging a Practical Nexus to Strengthen Families
>and Communities. Newark: University of Delaware.
>
><http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/delaware_report_final.pdf>www.aecf.=
org/publications/data/delaware_report_final.pdf
>
>
>Chaskin, Robert. 2001. Lessons Learned from the
>Implementation of the Neighborhood and Family
>Initiative: A Summary of Findings. Chicago:
>Chapin Hall Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1295&L2=3D63&L3=
=3D108>www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1295&L2=3D63&L3=3D1=
08
>
>
>Chaskin, Robert, Selma Chipenda-Dansokho, and
>Amanda K. Toler. 2001. Moving Beyond the
>Neighborhood and Family Initiative: The Final
>Phase and Lessons Learned. Chicago: Chapin Hall
>Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1294&L2=3D63&L3=
=3D108>www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1294&L2=3D63&L3=3D1=
08
>
>
>Corsi, Marco. 2002. =93The Child Friendly Cities
>Initiative in Italy.=94 Environment & Urbanization
>Vol. 14, No. 2: 169-179.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/corsi.pdf>www.childfriendlycities.=
org/pdf/corsi.pdf
>
>
>Costello, Joan, Sheila Merry, Stephen Baker, and
>Lisa Marie Pickens. 1998. The Children, Youth
>and Families Initiative: A Mid-Course Report.
>Chicago: Chapin Hall Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1278&L2=3D63&L3=
=3D109>www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1278&L2=3D63&L3=3D1=
09
>
>
>Council on Social Development Regina. 2002. A
>Focus on Regina=92s Children and Youth: A
>Literature Review Perspective. Regina: The
>Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Centred
>Prairie Communities.
>
><http://www.communityresearch.ca/v2/www/publications/Regina/CECYReportfina=
lwithApp.pdf>www.communityresearch.ca/v2/www/publications/Regina/
>CECYReportfinalwithApp.pdf
>
>
>Daro, Deborah, Eboni Howard, Jennifer Tobin, and
>Allen Harden. 2004. Cuyahoga County Early
>Childhood Initiative Evaluation Report: Welcome
>Home and Early Start. Chicago: Chapin Hall
>Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1364&L2=3D61&L3=
=3D129>www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1364&L2=3D61&L3=3D1=
29
>
>
>Euronet. 2003. Children and the Future of
>Europe, Conference Report. Brussels: Euronet.
>
><http://www.europeanchildrensnetwork.Org/Updates/Confreport-En.Pdf>www.eur=
opeanchildrensnetwork.Org/Updates/Confreport-En.Pdf
>
>
>Family Service Association of Toronto and
>Community Social Planning Council of Toronto.
>July 2004. Falling Fortunes: A Report on the
>Status of Young Families in Toronto. Toronto:
>Family Service Association of Toronto and
>Community Social Planning Council of Toronto.
>
><http://www.fsatoronto.com/programs/social/FallingFortunes.pdf>www.fsatoro=
nto.com/programs/social/FallingFortunes.pdf
>
>
>Feinstein, Otto. 2000. The Urban Agenda =96 Civic
>Literacy Project and the Educational Needs of
>Urban Youth: Promoting Citizenship and Inclusion
>in the School and Community. Detroit: Skillman
>Center for Children, Wayne State University.
>
><http://www.skillmancenter.culma.wayne.edu/OP2000-2.pdf>www.skillmancenter=
=2Eculma.wayne.edu/OP2000-2.pdf
>
>
>Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and
>Health. 2004. Children=92s Environment and Health
>Action Plan for Europe. Budapest: World Health
>Organization.
>
><http://www.euro.who.int/document/che/edoc07.pdf>www.euro.who.int/document=
/che/edoc07.pdf
>
>
>Freiler, Christa, Laurel Rothma, and Pedro
>Barata. 2004. Pathways to Progress: Structural
>Solutions to Address Child Poverty. Toronto:
>Campaign 2000.
>
><http://www.campaign2000.ca/res/dispapers/PathwaysENG.pdf>www.campaign2000=
=2Eca/res/dispapers/PathwaysENG.pdf
>
>
>Fronczek, Valerie, and Robert A. Yates. 2003.
>Society for Children and Youth of BC. Child and
>Youth Friendly Communities Initiative =96 Project
>Review. Florence: UNICEF International
>Secretariat for Child Friendly Cities.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/scy_canada_fulldocument.pdf>www.ch=
ildfriendlycities.org/pdf/scy_canada_fulldocument.pdf
>
>
>Fuentes, Patricio, and Reiko Niimi. 2002.
>=93Motivating Municipal Action for Children: The
>Municipal Seal of Approval in Cear=E1, Brazil.=94
>Environment & Urbanization Vol. 14, No. 2:
>123-133.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/fuentes.pdf>www.childfriendlycitie=
s.org/pdf/fuentes.pdf
>
>
>Government of Canada. 2004. A Canada Fit for
>Children: Canada=92s Plan of Action in Response to
>the May 2002 United Nations Special Session on
>Children. Ottawa: Government of Canada.
>
><http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/publications/ncd-jna/canada_fit_for_ch=
ildren.pdf>www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/publications/ncd-jna/canada_fit_for_=
children.pdf
>
>
>Greater London Authority. 2004. Making London
>Better for All Children and Young People: The
>Mayor=92s Children and Young People=92s Strategy.
>London: Greater London Authority.
>
><http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/children/docs/main.pdf>www.lond=
on.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/children/docs/main.pdf
>
>
>Hahn, Andrew. 2001. Change that Abides: A
>Retrospective Look at Five Community and Family
>Strengthening Projects and Their Enduring
>Results. Waltham: Center for Youth and
>Communities, Brandeis University.
>
><http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/change_abides.pdf>www.aecf.org/publ=
ications/data/change_abides.pdf
>
>
>Hall, Georgia, Laura Israel, and Joyce Shortt.
>2004. It=92s About Time: A Look at Out-of-School
>Time for Urban Teens. Wellesley: The National
>Institute on Out-of-School Time.
>
><http://www.niost.org/AOLTW.pdf>www.niost.org/AOLTW.pdf
>
>
>Health Canada. 1999. Healthy Development of
>Children and Youth: The Role of the Determinants
>of Health. Ottawa: Government of Canada.
>
><http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/publications/pdf/child_and_youth_e.pdf=
>www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/publications/pdf/child_and_youth_e.pdf
>
>
>Hogan, Cornelius D. 1999. Vermont Communities
>Count: Using Results to Strengthen Services for
>Families and Children. Baltimore: Annie E. Casey
>Foundation.
>
><http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/vermont.pdf>www.aecf.org/publicatio=
ns/data/vermont.pdf
>
>
>Jenson, Jane, and Rianne Mahon. 2002. Bringing
>Cities to the Table: Child Care and
>Intergovernmental Relations. Ottawa: Canadian
>Policy Research Networks.
>
><http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=3D164>www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=3D16=
4#
>
>
>Kunert-Schroth, Heidrun. 1998. Planning Cities
>for Children and Youth: Current Efforts in
>Germany. Berlin: German Institute of Urban
>Affairs.
>
><http://www.difu.de/publikationen/occasional/DC0530.pdf>www.difu.de/publik=
ationen/occasional/DC0530.pdf
>
>
>Makhoul, Anne. 2001. Healthy Families, Healthy
>Communities. Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social
>Policy.
>
><http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/1-894598-53-9.pdf>www.caledon=
inst.org/Publications/PDF/1%2D894598%2D53%2D9%2Epdf
>
>
>Makhoul, Anne. 2000. Project Early Intervention.
>Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy.
>
><http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/469ENG.pdf>www.caledoninst.or=
g/Publications/PDF/469ENG%2Epdf
>
>
>Mannes, Marc, Shenita Lewis, Nicole Hintz, Karen
>Foster, and Michael Nakkula. 2002. Cultivating
>Developmentally Attentive Communities: A Report
>on the First Wave of the National Asset-Building
>Case Study Project. Boston: Search Institute and
>Harvard University.
>
><http://www.search-institute.org/research/NatlAsset-BldgCaseStdyProjectI.p=
df>www.search-institute.org/research/NatlAsset-BldgCaseStdyProjectI.pdf
>
>
>Morrow Virginia. 2001. Networks and
>Neighbourhoods: Children and Young People=92s
>Perspectives. London: Health Development Agency.
>
><http://www.hda-online.org.uk/downloads/pdfs/netneigh.pdf>www.hda-online.o=
rg.uk/downloads/pdfs/netneigh.pdf
>
>
>National Children=92s Office. 2004. 2003 Progress
>Report on the National Children=92s Strategy.
>Dublin: Government of Ireland.
>
><http://www.nco.ie/upload_documents/2003_NCS_Progress_Report_PDF_Final.pdf=
>www.nco.ie/upload_documents/2003_NCS_Progress_Report_PDF_Final.pdf
>
>
>O=92Hare, William, and Mark Mather. 2003. The
>Growing Number of Kids in Severely Distressed
>Neighborhoods: Evidence from the 2000 Census.
>The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Population
>Reference Bureau.
>
><http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/distressed_neighborhoods.pdf>www.aecf.org/k=
idscount/distressed_neighborhoods.pdf
>
>
>Reidy, Mairead, and Carolyn Winje. 2002. Youth
>Indicator Initiatives in Place in States as of
>September 2002. Chicago: Chapin Hall Centre for
>Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/pdf_g_new.asp?ar=3D1344&L2=3D65&L3=3D120>www.ch=
apinhall.org/pdf_g_new.asp?ar=3D1344&L2=3D65&L3=3D120
>
>
>Reidy, Mairead, and Carolyn Winje. 2002. Youth
>Indicators in Use in States as of September
>2002. Chicago: Chapin Hall Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/pdf_g_new.asp?ar=3D1343&L2=3D65&L3=3D120>www.ch=
apinhall.org/pdf_g_new.asp?ar=3D1343&L2=3D65&L3=3D120
>
>
>Riggio Chaudhuri, Eliana. 2004. Cities Fit For
>Children in A World Fit For Children. Background
>Paper: Intergovernmental Conference on Making
>Europe and Central Asia Fit for Children.
>Florence: UNICEF International Cities
>Secretariat.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/srj_cities_for_children_paper.pdf>=
www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/srj_cities_for_children_paper.pdf
>
>
>Simpson, Ann. October 2000. Street Culture Kidz.
>Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy.
>
><http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/1-894598-08-3.pdf>www.caledon=
inst.org/Publications/PDF/1%2D894598%2D08%2D3%2Epdf
>
>
>Skillman Center for Children. 2002. Voices from
>the City =96 =93Safe and Sound: Making a Commitment
>to Detroit=92s Kids.=94 Detroit: Skillman Center for
>Children, Wayne State University.
>
><http://www.skillmancenter.culma.wayne.edu/safe.pdf>www.skillmancenter.cul=
ma.wayne.edu/safe.pdf
>
>
>Spielberger, Julie, Carol Horton, Lisa Michels,
>and Robert Halpern. 2005. Teens in the Library:
>Findings from the Evaluation of Public Libraries
>as Partners in Youth Development. Chicago:
>Chapin Hall Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1380&L2=3D62&L3=
=3D106>www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1380&L2=3D62&L3=3D1=
06
>
>
>Steinhauer, Paul D. 1996. The Primary Needs of
>Children: A Blueprint for Effective Health
>Promotion at the Community Level. Ottawa:
>Caledon Institute of Social Policy.
>
><http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/12ENG.pdf>www.caledoninst.org=
/Publications/PDF/12ENG%2Epdf
>
>
>Torjman, Sherry, E. Leviten-Reid, and P.
>Heisler. 2002. A Social Vision for the New City
>of Hamilton. Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social
>Policy.
>
><http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/553820266.pdf>www.caledoninst=
=2Eorg/Publications/PDF/553820266%2Epdf
>
>
>UNICEF. 2004. Project Review: Children and Young
>People=92s Strategy, London, UK. Florence: UNICEF
>International Secretariat for Child Friendly
>Cities.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/pdf/london_fulldocument.pdf>www.childf=
riendlycities.org/pdf/london_fulldocument.pdf
>
>24 UNICEF project reviews reflecting good
>child-friendly practices are available for
>download:
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/cgi-bin/cfc/project_search/main.sql?fi=
le=3Dproject_search_result.sql>www.childfriendlycities.org/cgi-bin/cfc/proj=
ect_search/
>main.sql?file=3Dproject_search_result.sql
>
>
>UNICEF. 2004. Sport, Recreation and Play. New York: UNICEF.
>
><http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_23560.html>www.unicef.org/public=
ations/index_23560.html
>
>
>UNICEF Children=92s Environments Research Group.
>1996. Children=92s Rights and Habitat: Working
>Towards Child-Friendly Cities. New York: UNICEF.
>
><http://www.childfriendlycities.org/cgi-bin/cfc/main.sql?file=3Dsearch_sim=
ple_result.sql&lunga=3DYes&ProductID=3D27>www.childfriendlycities.org/cgi-b=
in/cfc/main.sql?
>file=3Dsearch_simple_result.sql&lunga=3DYes&ProductID=3D27
>
>
>Vandivere, Sharon, Megan Gallagher, and Kristin
>Anderson Moore. 2004. =93Changes in Children=92s
>Well-Being and Family Environments.=94 Child
>Trends No. 18. Washington: Urban Institute.
>
><http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/310912_snapshots3_no18.pdf>www.urban.org=
/UploadedPDF/310912_snapshots3_no18.pdf
>
>
>Wynn, Joan. 2000. The Role of Local Intermediary
>Organizations in the Youth Development Field.
>Chicago: Chapin Hall Centre for Children.
>
><http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1284&L2=3D64&L3=
=3D114>www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=3D1284&L2=3D64&L3=3D1=
14
>
>
>Yohalem, Nicole, and Karen Pittman. 2003. Public
>Libraries as Partners in Youth Development:
>Lessons and Voices from the Field. Washington:
>The Forum for Youth Investment.
>
><http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/papers/publiclibraries.pdf>www.for=
umforyouthinvestment.org/papers/publiclibraries.pdf
>
>
>
>
>Send information on submissions you would like
>to have considered for a future update to
><mailto:nexus@cprn.org>nexus@cprn.org.If you
>have not already done so, subscribe to the Urban
>Nexus list-serve
>at <http://www.cprn.org/en/nexus.cfm>www.cprn.org/en/nexus.cfm
>
>
>
><>
><http://www.cprn.org/en/nexus.cfm>

From acjancius at ysu.edu  Fri Feb 18 10:31:01 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Feb 18 10:54:52 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Perspectives on Urban Education/Gender and Education 
Message-ID: <007f01c515d0$6d926a20$34f1a8ac@toshibauser>

[X-Posted from the CAEList]

Dear Colleagues:
I encourage all of you to take a look at the latest issue of Penn GSE's
urban ed journal. It includes several interesting articles and book
reviews. Please forward this email to friends and colleagues. Also,
please consider submitting articles (and encouraging others to submit
articles) for any of the next issues.
Best,
Kathy Schultz

Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education announces its sixth issue -
Gender and Education (Volume III, Issue 2).  Check it out at
www.urbanedjournal.org

This issue considers some of the topics and controversies related to
gender and schooling.  The feature articles include Gender Equity Programs
in Urban Education: Redefining Relationships Between Funding and
Evaluation by Ginsberg, and Using Sociotransformative Constructivsm to
Unearth Gender Identity Discourses in Upper Elementary Schools by
Rodriquez & Zozakiewicz.  The Commentaries provide a review of literature
on the challenges of teaching African American male students, and a
discussion
of two qualitative studies conducted with a group of African American
students
in an urban school district.  Articles in The Notes From the Field section
take
up issues of teaching as a feminized profession, black femininity read in a
media
text, and supports for "queer and questioning" youth.  In addition, you can
enjoy
book and movie reviews of recently released texts related to gender and
education in our Reviews section.

Call for Papers: We are now seeking submissions for our upcoming issues!
For more information see http://www.urbanedjournal.org/callforpapers.html
Issue 7: No Child Left Behind, Deadline for submission is March 21, 2005
Issue 8: New Teachers, Deadline for submission is September 15, 2005
Issue 9: Teaching During Wartime: Education post 9/
--

Katherine Schultz
Associate Professor of Education
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
3700 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6216
office: (215) 573-2990
fax: (215) 898-4399
email: kathys@gse.upenn.edu
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty/schultz.html
http://www.urbanedjournal.org


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Fri Feb 18 15:06:53 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Feb 18 15:27:52 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Articles on Social Exclusion, Gender and Conflict for
 International Development Journal
Message-ID: <000701c515f5$63ed6400$2d5c8696@ysu.edu>

Call for Papers

Deadline:  April 15, 2005

ARTICLES ON SOCIAL EXCLUSION, GENDER AND CONFLICT NEEDED FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL

Women for Women International, a non-profit, humanitarian organization,
seeks submissions for the autumn 2005 edition of its bi-annual academic
journal, Critical Half, about economic, social, and political issues as they
relate to women in international development and post-conflict societies.
The journal is intended as a venue for debate among professionals and
practitioners, addressing issues from various viewpoints.  Each article is
expected to present a theoretical framework as well as the practical
implications resulting from its implementation.

The journal is targeted to the international development and post-conflict
reconstruction community, including but not limited to government policy
makers, the United Nations, international and overseas NGOs, US foundations,
and philanthropists.  In addition, it is written in a style that is
accessible to our 35,000 grassroots supporters, in order to educate them
about the issues we believe must be addressed so that women are included in,
and best served by, the programs intended to rebuild their communities.  We
wish to raise public awareness about the dynamics of the development and
post-conflict reconstruction fields and how women are affected by various
projects that are intended to assist them.

This issue of the journal will focus on the manifestation of social
exclusion during and after conflict, with special attention to gender
issues.  It is important to understand the role that gender plays in social
exclusion and the effect that it has on women, as we understand women's
experiences to be a barometer for the rest of society.  We will look at
various manifestations of exclusion in conflict and post-conflict settings
"economic, social, cultural, and political" as well as strategies designed
to extend opportunities for participation that are shared equitably between
men and women.  Accordingly, we welcome articles on the following topics and
questions:
*  Overview of social exclusion; the relevance and importance of the term,
and its gendered implications for understanding the processes that limit
access to opportunities, resources, and participation
*  Discussion of social exclusion as it affects the individual, the
community, and/or the country in conflict and/or post-conflict situations
*  Identification of some of the gender-specific issues that are experienced
in conflict and/or post-conflict contexts that increase risks of social
exclusion
*  A discussion of indicators designed to assess and understand the
manifestation of exclusion during conflict and/or post-conflict situations
*  How to design programs and projects, particularly in post-conflict
settings, that are aimed at expanding social inclusion and participation in
areas such as governance, decision-making, and resource allocation, and the
importance of gender in these approaches
*  An analysis of successful cases in which cycles of social exclusion are
broken in specific issue areas after conflict - in particular, we welcome
papers that address case studies in countries where we operate:
Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, and Rwanda, although examples from other countries
are also acceptable (Papers should incorporate a discussion of gender in
their analysis.)

Articles should provide at least one example of a country's experience that
demonstrates the writer's argument.  Papers should incorporate a theoretical
framework where possible and a discussion of its practical implications.
Dual submission of opposing articles is encouraged.  Articles must contain
appropriate citations.

Articles should be 2,000-2,500 words long.  Submission deadline is April 15,
2005.  Articles should be sent by e-mail.  Additional submission guidelines
follow.  Past issues of the journal and this call for papers are available
at http://www.womenforwomen.org.  Early submission of articles before the de
adline is encouraged.

Submission Guidelines for Authors

Approximate Word Limits for Articles:
2,000-2,500 words of in-depth, referenced analysis

Format:
All articles should be submitted in their final form and should conform to
the following guidelines:
*  Submissions must be typewritten on one side of the paper only,
double-spaced with wide margins, and with pages numbered.
*  Titles and subheadings should be succinct.  Women for Women International
reserves the right to alter titles and subheadings in consultation with the
author.
*  A detachable title page must include the title and author; a 200-word
abstract of the article; a 50-word biographical profile of the author(s)
that includes titles, degrees, academic and professional affiliations; and
correspondence information (address, telephone, e-mail, and fax) for all
authors.
*  Tables and figures should be avoided wherever possible.  If absolutely
necessary, they should be printed on separate pages and numbered in the
order in which they are referred to in the text, e.g., (Table 1) (Figure 1).
The author must supply a camera-ready copy.
*  Block indent any quotations of more than 50 words.  Other quotations
should be inside double quotation marks.  Use square brackets [ ] to
indicate matter inserted into a quotation, and a space followed by three
periods and a space to indicate matter omitted.  Please indicate where
emphasis is added in any quotation.
*  An acronym used repeatedly should be cited in its entirety along with the
abbreviation in parentheses on first reference, e.g., Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).  All subsequent citations should use only the
abbreviation.
*  For other format issues, please conform to the Chicago Manual of Style.

Language:
*  American spelling forms should be used, and authors are responsible for
consistency in hyphenating words, abbreviations, and use of capital letters.
Bold and italicized words in the text are discouraged.  Articles must be
written in nonsexist and nonracist language.
*  Authors should use a clear, accessible style, free from specialized
jargon, in order to reach the widest possible readership.  Experts and
academics referred to the in the text should be identified, for example:
"Political economist Safi'tou Faye believes, ..." rather than "Safi'tou Faye
believes ..."

References:
*  The journal uses endnotes rather than footnotes.  Citations listed more
than once should use the short form for subsequent listings.
*  Place the endnote number at the end of the sentence in which it appears,
except when the reference falls within a bracket.
*  Assign a separate number to each endnote throughout the text, even when
referring back to a source previously cited.
*  The first endnote, unnumbered, should include any acknowledgments of
grant support, substantial assistance, etc.
*  Bibliographies should only list works directly cited in the endnotes.
Lists of general works consulted cannot be published.

Copyright:
*  The journal will consider articles submitted for publication with the
understanding that they have not been published or accepted for publication
elsewhere.  Authors are responsible for the accuracy of quotations and
references and for obtaining permission where needed to cite or republish
another author's material.  Such use must be clearly noted and acknowledged.
*  Once an article has been accepted for publication, it becomes the
property of Women for Women International and may not be reproduced or
published elsewhere by third parties without written permission from Women
for Women.  Authors retain the right to reuse any portion of the work,
without fee, in future works of the author's own, including books, articles,
lectures, and presentations in all media, with appropriate citation.  In
accordance with the 1978 US copyright law, all authors submitting articles
to the journal must sign a copyright transfer agreement.

Journal Copies:
Each author will be mailed two copies of the issue in which the article
appears.  Authors should contact Women for Women International if additional
copies are needed.

Submission:
*  Submissions should be sent by e-mail (as attachment, preferably in MS
Word for Windows).
*  Include an abstract of the article, consisting of no more than 125 words.
*  All submitted articles are subject to peer editorial review and revision;
those that are accepted will be edited according to journal standards.
Authors will be given designated periods to submit revisions to content as
recommended by a peer reviewer, and stylistic edits as recommended by
journal editorial staff.  Corrections of punctuation, spelling, and style
will not be submitted for author?s approval if they do not alter the sense
of the original article.  If previously accepted articles do not adequately
address mutually agreed upon revisions by the deadline, Women for Women
International reserves the right to cancel publication of the article.

Contact:
Women for Women International
Attn:  Corey Oser
1850 M Street NW, Suite 1090
Washington, DC 20036
(202)-737-7705
http://www.womenforwomen.org
coser@womenforwomen.org

Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife
and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and
poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil
societies.  Additional information about our program can be found on our
website at http://www.womenforwomen.org.

Deadline:  April 15, 2005


From kenguest at earthlink.net  Fri Feb 18 17:40:33 2005
From: kenguest at earthlink.net (Kenneth Guest)
Date: Fri Feb 18 18:14:07 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Panel on Transnational Migration and/or Religion 
Message-ID: <002101c5160a$dc4ac9a0$472ef7a5@compaq>

I'm looking for an existing panel at the SANA meeting in Merida that might need one more contributor or some folks who might be interested in forming a panel with me on transnational migration and/or religion. Please see the description of my paper below

All the best,

Ken Guest

Assistant Professor

Baruch College, CUNY

Kenguest@earthlink.net



Title: Transnational Villagers, Transnational Gods: Social, Economic and Religious Networks Between New York and Fuzhou, China and their role in the Immigrant Experience

Over the past fifteen years tens of thousands of mostly rural Chinese have arrived in New York's Chinatown to seek economic opportunities in below-minimum-wage jobs in restaurants, garment shops and the construction industry. They come from towns and villages around Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province on China's southeast coast, across from Taiwan. Like the Cantonese who migrated to Chinatown before them, the Fuzhounese have brought with them their religious beliefs, practices and local deities. Utilizing one such Fuzhounese religious community, the He Xian Jun Buddhist temple, as the central research location, this study will examine the transnational religious network created between Fuzhou and New York and its role in creating a transnational village in which people, money, ideas and even deities flow back and forth between China and the United States. 






From acjancius at ysu.edu  Sun Feb 20 14:26:54 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Feb 20 14:40:14 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Urban Clandestine Undergrounds
Message-ID: <00a001c51782$304cbd10$7459aaac@toshibauser>

URBAN CLANDESTINE UNDERGROUNDS IN THE WESTERN WORLD FROM THE XVIth CENTURY
TO TODAY
Submission deadline: March 30, 2005

Clandestine facts in all their aspects (actors, places, repression...) have
already been thoroughly studied by historians, but not necessarily as an
urban phenomenon. This symposium intends to explore clandestine places in
the city, and aims to locate their secret geography and itineraries, to spot
their inhabitants and their networks, to understand their secret rules, to
evaluate their flaws and vulnerabilities.

We first discus lexicographical issues. " Clandestine " is close to terms
such as deviance, marginality, or illegacy, though it is synonymous with
none. The core of the concept is the notion of secrecy: whether in a legal
or illegal situation, the clandestine individual always seeks to flee from
the persecution of the law or the reprobation of public opinion. Would this
mean that the city is the only means of escape? Rural spaces, of course,
have their own resources as clandestine hideways. In a comparative process,
we intend to define and classify the specific assets of the city as far as
clandestine spaces are concerned, in order to show that they probably do not
attract the same kind of groups, or do it at the same time or for the same
reasons. The city should therefore be seen as a paradoxical place, where it
is easy to hide, but quite as easy to be seen ; in the city are concentrated
police forces and social control tools, but on the other hand, the city
offers many specific ways to hide : its surface and density of population,
its topography sometimes comparable to a maze, its public transportation,
its trade, its networks are remarkable assets for those who need to escape
but also to survive. In this regard, we'll try to establish different scales
within the city and among cities. What kinds of neighbourhoods, buildings
and public spaces are most efficient as clandestine refuges? Should we
establish distinctions between big and small cities, suburbs and town
centres? Not only is this geography crucial, but it has probably been deeply
altered during history, which makes it necessary to trace the general
evolution from the classical to the contemporary city. Have the urban growth
and the rationalization of cities during the XIXth and XXth centuries
strongly modified the presence and habits of clandestine individuals? Are
those more uncomfortable in modern cities, with their wide boulevards, their
electric light, their public transportations which all make it easier for
the police to track them? Or do they take advantage of modernity, including
the more or less uncontrolled proliferation of urban space? Even though it
could have been very interesting, in this regard, to study modern third
world cities, we choose to restrict our study to North American and European
cities, in order to make comparisons possible. Those questions can be
answered throughout a large scope of studies dealing with : Clandestine
trades and occupations (such as smuggling, gambling, editing, moonlighting,
black-market...) Clandestine people (clandestine lovers, illegal workers,
traffickers, criminals, dissident minorities, political or religious
opponents...) Clandestine places (brothels, opium dens, gambling places,
ghettos, shanty towns...) The repression of clandestine occupations The
representation of urban clandestine life in the cinema, literature, the
newspapers...


papers have to be submitted to:
Sylvie Aprile
Universit? Fran?ois Rabelais, Tours
saprile@noos.fr


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Mon Feb 21 12:30:32 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Feb 21 12:30:45 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Participants: Trinity College's Institute for
	Urban Learning and Action
Message-ID: <004001c5183b$0bbb79a0$2d5c8696@ysu.edu>

Call for Participants: Trinity College's Institute for Urban Learning and
Action

Trinity College's Institute for Urban Learning and Action will convene again
on May 31-June 3, 2005 to help colleges, universities and activists build,
broaden, and sustain their community engagement.  This year's Institute will
have a special focus on creating, caring for and advancing partnerships
between academic institutions and their surrounding communities.

Colleges and universities increasingly seek urban engagement to bridge the
campus and the community. Last year, representatives of more than 40
colleges, universities and community organizations convened for one week in
Hartford to build community and college teams and create strategies for
change on their campus.  Participants have said the institute gave them
"time to plan systematically with institutional partners" and to "hear what
others institutions are doing." Another said, "we are now ready as a team to
meet with our Dean and administrators." Participants should plan to focus on
one important issue at the Institute with the hopes of leaving with a
concrete action plan.

The Trinity Institute addresses the challenges of sustaining and adapting
partnerships by drawing on nationally-recognized faculty, including Barbara
Holland, Director of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, national
donors, including the Kellogg Foundation, federal agencies, local and
regional foundations as well as the rich array of experiences among the
participants themselves. Participants spend their time interacting with
speakers, visiting project locations in the community, and collaborating
with their colleagues in workshops and in small consultative sessions.
Participants depart with a new project or plan and with an understanding of
challenges and opportunities facing other campuses.

The Institute hosts 8-12 teams of 4 participants drawn from college
administrators, faculty, students and community members.  Participants come
from institutions and communities with some experience in urban engagement
and community learning. They should represent a cross-section of their
campus and must include at least one member from the community.

Speakers and workshops will focus on how individuals and organizational
structures can strengthen partnerships. Special sessions will be devoted to
evaluation, fundraising, dissemination, and strategies to maintain
institutional support. Individual thematic sessions will allow participants
to address topic-specific needs such as health professions, organizing
community knowledge, creating partnerships with secondary schools, and
creating programs at liberal arts colleges. Sessions will also offer
practical advice and support on writing proposals, obtaining funding from
the government and other agencies, using internships as an opportunity for
reflection and community service, and combining academic study with
community organizing.

Community engagement models at Trinity include a technology center, an
historical archive center, a community film project, a center to build and
support grassroots organizing groups, a faculty community learning program,
student volunteer groups, academic internships and an administrative office
of community relations.

Foundation underwriting allows us to offer the Institute for $400 per person
including room, board, and registration, with participants paying their own
roundtrip transportation costs to the Institute site. One community member
for each team will receive free tuition and a $100 stipend for
participating.  This single tuition subsidy can be split among multiple
community members if a team includes more than one. Please call or write
with any questions.  Todd Vogel, Director, 860-297-4274,
Todd.Vogel@trincoll.edu, www.trincoll.edu/UG/UE/TULA


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Tue Feb 22 21:11:52 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Feb 22 21:25:28 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Two CFPs: Cities and African/African-American History
Message-ID: <01c901c5194d$15c7a9b0$f518afac@toshibauser>

1. Graduate History Conference, "Southern Black Rural and Urban Communities"
2. Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested
Histories
                                *************************
1. Graduate History Conference, "Southern Black Rural and Urban Communities"

The Graduate Association for African-American History (GAAAH) at the
University of Memphis invites graduate students at all levels to
submit proposals for its Seventh Annual Graduate History Conference
to be held September 29-30, 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee.

The theme of this year's conference is Southern Black Rural and Urban
Communities. We welcome the submission of individual papers, complete
sessions, workshops, and roundtables on all topics relating to the
scholarship and teaching of the history of African-Americans across a
range of time periods and contexts. We hope to elicit the
participation of graduate students who represent a broad range of
disciplinary and methodological approaches.

Individual paper proposals should include a 300-word abstract; author
contact information, including a paper title; postal address and
e-mail address; and a one page cv. The organizers of complete
sessions should send, in a single submission, abstracts and cvs for
each of the paper presenters; cvs for the session chair and
commentator; and a 200-word description of the session. All
submissions should include contact information for all participants.
Please list audio-visual requirements, if any.

The submission deadline is August 29, 2004. Please submit all
proposals by mail to Reginald Ellis, University of Memphis,
Department of History, 147 Mitchell Hall, Memphis, TN 38152 or email
rellis1@memphis.edu. For questions, you also may call (901)678-1744
or (901)678-2515.

                                *************************

2. Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested
Histories

 Abstracts and manuscripts is being solicited for a book on Colonial
Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested Histories.
The volume aims explore the cultural role of colonial architecture and
urbanism in the production of meanings, in the inscription of power and
discipline, as well as in the dynamic construction of identities. Like other
colonial institutions such as the courts, police, prisons, and schools that
were crucial in establishing and maintaining political domination, colonial
architecture and urban planning played pivotal roles in shaping the spatial
and social structures of African cities during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The study of architecture and urbanism in the historiography of colonial
Africa with few exceptions has received scant attention partly because
historians tend to minimize the relationship between built environment and
colonialism. Even when architecture and urban planning has been the focus of
inquiry, the relationship between architecture and urbanism on one hand and
colonialism on the other has not clearly delineated and carefully studied.
Historically, the literature on the subject treats colonial architecture and
urbanism as a reflection of economic interests of imperial powers. These
approaches emanate from the assumption that colonialism was essentially an
economic project. Thus, culture as a dynamic of that process largely remains
unexamined. The large body of work that has appeared in the past two decades
provides a framework, upon which this edited volume will be based, begins
from quite different assumptions: that is, it is precisely the cultural
dimension of colonialism that evinces its centrality in the development of
imperial identity and nationhood. As Dirks Nicholas (1992:1)) has suggested,
"colonialism not only has had cultural effects that have too often been
either ignored or displaced into the inexorable logics of modernization and
world capitalism, it was itself a cultural project of control." Colonial
knowledge both enabled colonial conquest and was produced by it; in certain
ways culture was what colonialism was all about". In a similar vein, Edward
Said (1993:11-12) has argued that the critical element of the cultural
sphere in the "process of imperialism" which occur by predisposition, by the
authority of recognizable cultural formations, by continuing consolidation
within education, literature, and visual and musical arts." While
acknowledging the importance of culture, Cooper and Stoler (1997:18)
emphasize that, "cultural work in which states engage and the moralizing
mission in which they invest are discursive fields both grounded and
constitutive of specific relations of production and exchange." These
scholars also caution us that the category of colonial project itself
includes a multitude of different practices, that colonial power is never
monolithic and changes over time, and that the resistance of colonized
subjects must always seen as part of the story.

Social historians of Africa have now begun to study the complex ways in
which colonial subjects contested the intricate workings of colonial power,
particularly in language, identity and in the reorganization of space
(Fabian 1986). By moving away from identifying discrete epochs of economic
changes, this new approach to inquiry examines the creation and recreation
of social boundaries, places of contest and their cultural representations,
as well as the process by which knowledge emerges as a particular "type of
power" (Foucault, 1980; Camoroff and Camoroff, 1991, Dirks, 1992). Thus the
new inquiry suggests a more complex way of considering colonialism and its
intricate modalities of power, the multilayered channels of its operation,
its disciplinary methods, the hierarchy of surveillance, inspection and
punishment by which its power has been inscribed in both time and space.

We welcome contributions that examine colonial architecture and urbanism in
Africa in a single region, social or historical context. Throughout colonial
Africa as it was true elsewhere, colonial architecture and urbanism assumed
different trajectories revealing important tensions, competing agendas of
settlers and metropolitan powers, doubts about the legitimacy of projects
and unpredictable responses from "unruly natives" which complicated the
original intention.

As a working hypothesis, colonial architecture and urbanism in Africa
created a built environment that fit discursively, into the administrative
apparatus of the empire: architecture and urbanism sought to project the
authority of the European powers at the same time stabilized the fragile
European identity at the colonial frontier; the intentional and semiotic
function of architecture and urbanism in the colonies made them an
appropriate sites for imperial projects; the production of buildings and
plans are themselves the outcome of social production and these 'texts'
reproduced the contradictions and limitations of the empire. Since Africans
were subjects of these architectural and urban planning schemes, they
responded in a variety of ways, which emerged out of their material and
historical circumstances. Subversion, accommodation, appropriation, neglect
and destruction were hidden transcripts to contest the hegemony of colonial
architecture and urban planning schemes.

In setting out to explore the connections, contributors are encouraged to
explore colonial architecture and urbanism as discursive cultural projects
in Africa. Like writing which was widely used by colonial powers to
appropriate people through the medium of writing and regulate their lives
through the world of writing (Hawkins, 2002), architecture and urban
planning also functioned in a similar way. More than other material
instruments of the empire, architecture and urbanism made the empire visible
and tangible. As "black mark on white paper" or "the world of drawing on
paper" architecture and urbanism sought to regulate the daily lives, habits
and desires of the indigenous people as well as European settlers. Indeed,
it was the cultural destination of architecture and urbanism and the
connection between them and colonialism that the volume seeks to broaden the
discussion.

Our goal is to assemble 12 to 14 chapters for this volume that cover a wide
range of colonial cities and urbanism in Africa. Final submission should be
25-30 double-spaced pages. Drawing, maps and photographs are welcome.

The deadline for submission of title and abstract of proposed paper is June
15, 2005. Abstract of proposal should be 200 words. Completed manuscript,
February 15, 2006.

The University of South Africa Press has agreed to publish the volume. The
edited book on colonial architecture and urbanism will be of critical
importance to scholars and students of colonialism. It will also participate
in the ongoing debate on architectural, urban and postcolonial studies,
which seeks, in part to reconfigure modes of cultural analysis and academic
disciplines which focus on the operations of power and its deployment within
the field of architecture and urban planning in Africa and elsewhere in the
world.

If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please contact:

Fassil Demissie
Public Policy Studies, Suite 150
DePaul University
2352 N. Clifton Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: 773-325-7356
Fax: 773-274-5244
Email: fdemissi@depaul.edu

From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Wed Feb 23 11:02:53 2005
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (bvergara@sfsu.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 23 14:32:40 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 GRANT/COLLOQUIUM: Early Cities, Natl. Acad. of Sciences, Wash. DC,
 5/18-20/05
Message-ID: <1109185373.421cd35dedc38@webmail.sfsu.edu>

Many disciplines including Sociology, Demography, Geography,
Architecture and Urban Planning, Economics, Anthropology, and History
are increasingly interested in "urbanism," particularly since much of
the world is being converted into cities and vast metropolitan areas.  A
diverse group of scholars, who have employed different methods and a
wide array of perspectives in their study of early cities, are featured
at the Arthur M. Sackler colloquium "Early Cities: New Perspectives on
Pre-Industrial Urbanism" scheduled for May 18-20, 2005 at the National
Academies Building in Washington, D.C. 

The ten archaeological case studies will be discussed by a group of
distinguished scholars from fields such as geography, economics, urban
planning, architecture, and environmental psychology.  All 10 case
studies will be accompanied by slides.

To facilitate the participation of younger anthropologists and social
scientists, a number of travel grants will be available for graduate
students and postdocs to help subsidize their travel to the conference.

For more information or to register for the colloquium, please go to
www.nas.edu/sackler/earlycities or email us at sackler@nas.edu.

*****************************************
Alyssa Cruz
Program Associate
Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia
National Academy of Sciences
5251 California Avenue - Suite 230
Irvine, CA  92617
949-387-2923 (phone)
949-387-0500 (fax)

www.nationalacademies.org/sackler

From acjancius at ysu.edu  Wed Feb 23 15:02:54 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Feb 23 15:30:39 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]URBANTH-L Job Postings, February 18-25, 2005
Message-ID: <016901c519e2$b4b98e90$ecdca0ac@toshibauser>

URBANTH-L Job Postings, February 18-25, 2005

1. Bard College,  Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
2. Bryn Mawr College, Growth & Structure of Cities Program
3. Colby College,  Visiting Instructor or Assistant Professor
4. The Food Economy Group, Operations & Business Manager
_________________________________________________________________
1.  Bard College,  Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology

 The Music Program at Bard College solicits applications for a tenure-track
position as Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology. Geographic and
theoretical specializations are open. Candidates who work in Africa, African
Diaspora, North Africa and Arabic music, East Asian music or Southeast Asian
music and its global implications are especially encouraged to apply.
In-place
resources include an active jazz program and a gamelan ensemble. The ideal
candidate will be a practicing musician with a Ph.D. who will start and
maintain
a music ensemble in his/her musical area. Duties will also include advising
students
and teaching advanced and introductory courses in the candidate's areas of
specialization. Ability to teach fundamental Western music theory and more
general music courses is a plus. Please send cv, letter of interest
describing
research and teaching interests, any relevant recordings, and the names of
four
references by March 1, 2005 to Human Resources-5504, Bard College,  PO
Box 5000, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504-5000, or fax to 845-758-7826
or email to hr@bard.edu.
_________________________________________________________________
2. Bryn Mawr College, Growth & Structure of Cities Program

Bryn Mawr College seeks to fill a one-year sabbatical replacement position
for the 2005-06 academic year to teach five courses in non-US architectural
and urban history. The courses will include Modern Architecture
(introductory level), co-teaching Form of the City (from ancient times to
the present), one intermediate course, and two advanced courses in the
applicant's specialization. Details about Bryn Mawr College and the Growth
and Structure of Cities Program are available online (
http://www.brynmawr.edu and http://www.brynmawr.edu/cities/). Review of
applications will begin March 7 and continue until the position is filled.
Applicants, who should be recent graduates and hold a PhD, should send a
c.v., a description of possible courses, and the names and addresses of
three references to: Pamela Cohen, Growth and Structure of Cities Program,
Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr PA 19010.
pjcohen@brynmawr.edu (email for inquiries only)
___________________________________________________________________
3.  Colby College,  Visiting Instructor or Assistant Professor

Colby College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Instructor or
Assistant Professor, pending administrative approval, jointly appointed in
African-American Studies and Anthropology. The position begins September 1,
2005. The teaching requirement is five courses per year. Preferred area of
specialization is Caribbean//African Diaspora. The successful candidate will
also teach Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.

Requirements:  Please send letter of application, vita, and names and
contact information for three references to Chair, Search Committee, African
American Studies and Anthropology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901.
Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2005 and will continue
until the position is filled. For more information about the College, please
visit the Colby web site; www.colby.edu.
___________________________________________________________________
4. The Food Economy Group, Operations & Business Manager

The Food Economy Group (F.E.G.) is a consultancy company which aims to
develop, promote and support high-quality livelihood analysis and needs
assessment for households in under-developed or disaster-stricken countries.
F.E.G. also undertakes a range of activities in the areas of food security,
livelihoods
improvement, conflict, capacity building, and policy development. F.E.G. is
seeking an Operations & Business Manager (OBM) to coordinate and provide
support to its expanding project and consultancy work, and to identify,
track and
participate in new business opportunities.  It is a new post based in
Washington
DC, with one of the primary initial responsibilities to establish and manage
a new
office. This position requires competencies in the areas of project
management
(especially USAID funded projects), new business development, financial
management and logistics. It requires the ability to work very well within a
team yet
be able to work with minimal oversight: self motivation is essential.
Qualifications:

?     Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred, or equivalent
       combination of education and relevant work experience.
?     Minimum 3-4 years relevant project or contract management experience
       with ability to solve administrative, personnel & operational issues.
?     Working knowledge of USAID and its operational requirements.
?     Work experience in a developing country and with NGO, donor or
       multi-lateral agency preferred.
?     Demonstrated ability to provide input and to write complicated
       proposal or report sections; ability to write/communicate in a
concise,
       and persuasive manner.
?     Ability to work on medium to high-complexity projects and perform
       increasingly challenging new business assignments.
?    Willingness to travel and work overseas up to 4-8 weeks per year if
      required.
?    Strong organizational and prioritization skills, attention to detail.
?    Significant experience with computerized spreadsheets, and overall
      computer competency.
?   Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
?   Energy, motivation, conviction and drive.
?   Competency in French or Spanish preferred.
?   Ability to work in the U.S. with unlimited work authorization essential.

The successful applicant would be expected to begin work in Washington DC no
later than the middle of April, 2005.  Interested applicants should send an
electronic submission including a  letter of interest, current cv and
names and contact addresses of three referees to info@foodeconomy.com by
March 15, 2005.


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Fri Feb 25 00:23:17 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Feb 25 00:37:41 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Negotiating Urban Conflicts
Message-ID: <000701c51afa$30f25060$36b88cac@toshibauser>

CFP: Negotiating Urban Conflicts

Cities have always been arenas of social and symbolic conflict. As places of
encounter between different classes, ethnic groups, and lifestyles, one of
the major roles they are predestined to play is that of a powerful
integrator; yet on the other hand urban contexts are, as it were, the ideal
setting for marginalization and violence. The struggle for control of urban
spaces is an ambivalent mode of sociation, one that cuts systematically
across the whole of everyday life: in and by producing themselves, groups
produce exclusive spaces and then, in turn, use the boundaries they have
created to define themselves. The spatial politics subscribed to by social
actors at the same time shape the contour of the city's inner order and the
symbolic universes of the groups living in it.

The struggle for territorial control and spatial arrangements and orders
focuses some of the motives - fundamental in nature though not adequately
borne in mind by social policy and social theory - apparent in all types of
urban conflict.

Building on this premise, the conference will center on various mutually
disruptive and reinforcing spatial politics with a view to pinpointing some
old and new conflict potentials, but without losing sight of the need to
identify altered negotiating processes. To put the conference in a nutshell:
"acting," "acting on," "negotiating" are its thematic focuses, the aim being
to conceptualize spatial politics from the perspective of

-actors
-institutional regimes
-constructions of difference with the processes of compromise which they
entail.

This thematic focus will be discussed utilizing the theoretical background
of Postcolonialism to widen the Eurocentric perception of urban conflicts.

Heike Kollross
TU Darmstadt
Institut f?r Soziologie
Residenzschloss
D - 64283 Darmstadt
Tel. : + 49.(0)6151.16-46 15
Fax.: + 49.(0)6151.16-65 14
Email: nuc@ifs.tu-darmstadt.de
Visit the website at http://www.urban-conflicts.net


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Fri Feb 25 00:39:03 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Feb 25 00:53:21 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L] =?iso-8859-1?q?ANN=3A_Maestr=EDa_en_Estudios_Regionales?=
Message-ID: <001101c51afc$602fbff0$36b88cac@toshibauser>

Maestr?a en Estudios Regionales
4-15-05, Mexico

Maestr?a en Estudios Regionales
Calendario de Convocatoria

18 de octubre de 2004: Convocatoria de la Maestr?a
10 de enero de 2005: recepci?n de documentos
15 de abril de 2005: l?mite de recepci?n de documentos
29 de abril de 2005: examen de conocimientos y de compresi?n de lectura en
ingl?s
9 al 13 de mayo de 2005: entrevistas
16 de mayo de 2005: comunicaci?n de los resultados
1 de septiembre de 2005: inicio de cursos

Generaci?n: septiembre de 2005 a julio de 2007
I Semestre: Septiembre 2005 - Febrero 2006
II Semestre: Marzo 2006 - Julio 2006
III Semestre: Septiembre 2006 - Febrero 2007
IV Semestre: Febrero 2007 - Julio 2007

PROGRAMA
La Maestr?a en Estudios Regionales se cre? en 1985 y esta convocatoria
corresponde a la X Generaci?n. Su principal objetivo es consolidar un
espacio de alto nivel acad?mico para la formaci?n de recursos humanos en
ciencias sociales, especializados en el an?lisis territorial, en particular
regional. El Instituto Mora y el Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la
Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico son las instituciones acad?micas que
comparte de manera corresponsable este programa de posgrado. La Maestr?a en
Estudios Regionales forma parte del Padr?n Nacional de Posgrado SEP-CONACYT,
en la categor?a "competente a nivel internacional".

OBJETIVOS DEL PROGRAMA
Crear un espacio de alto nivel acad?mico para la formaci?n de especialistas
en ciencias sociales, abocados al estudio de los diferentes procesos de la
sociedad, privilegiando la dimensi?n territorial.

Realizar una revisi?n te?rica y metodol?gica de los problemas sociales desde
una perspectiva regional, en el marco de los procesos de globalizaci?n
econ?mica y democratizaci?n pol?tica.
Elaborar diagn?sticos territoriales y ambientales actualizados.

Formular propuestas para resolver problemas sociales, privilegiando la
dimensi?n territorial.
Requisitos:

Los aspirantes a la Maestr?a en Estudios Regionales deben reunir los
siguientes requisitos:
T?tulo de licenciatura preferentemente en Ciencias Sociales.

Promedio m?nimo de 8.
Edad l?mite de 35 a?os.
Compromiso de dedicaci?n de tiempo completo.
Concurso de selecci?n acad?mica (examen de conocimientos*, de comprensi?n de
lectura en ingl?s y entrevista).

Seleccionar una l?nea de investigaci?n (consultar listado adjunto), exponer
brevemente los motivos por lo cuales le interesa trabajar en la misma y
proponer un tema de investigaci?n a ser desarrollado como trabajo de tesis
(m?ximo 2 cuartillas).

* La consulta de la bibliograf?a b?sica es obligatoria (consultar listado
adjunto) y se podr? consultar la misma en el examen de conocimientos. El
examen se aplicar? en la Sede del Instituto Mora (ver calendario). Los
alumnos que viven fuera del Distrito Federal y los alumnos extranjeros, si
as? lo desean, podr?n cumplir este requisito a trav?s de internet.

Presentar los siguientes documentos:

Copia fotost?tica del acta de nacimiento.
Copia fotost?tica del t?tulo de licenciatura.
Copia fotost?tica del certificado de estudios.
Copia fotost?tica de comprobante de domicilio.
Copia fotost?tica de la C?dula ?nica de Registro de Poblaci?n (CURP)
Carta oficial de promedio obtenido en licenciatura.
Curriculum vitae debidamente comprobado.
Dos cartas de recomendaci?n acad?mica.
Carta de exposici?n de motivos.
Copia de la tesis, tesina o trabajo de investigaci?n presentado en
licenciatura.
Dos fotograf?as tama?o infantil.
Certificado de salud.

L?neas de Investigaci?n

Dr. Adrian Guillermo Aguilar
Metropolizaci?n e Impacto Ambiental
En esta l?nea de investigaci?n se analiza el proceso de metropolizaci?n el
cual genera una enorme y compleja problem?tica ambiental que afecta la
calidad de vida de la poblaci?n. Dicha problem?tica genera impactos sobre
todo en tres grandes rubros: diversidad de riesgos, como deslaves,
hundimientos y residuos peligrosos; afectaciones debidas a la funcionalidad
urbana por contaminaci?n del aire, acceso al agua y el drenaje, falta de
?reas verdes y de tratamiento de desechos s?lidos; y por expansi?n
metropolitana por perdida de suelo agr?cola y cobertura vegetal.

Dr. Antonio Azuela de la Cueva
Instituciones territoriales. Regi?n, municipios y n?cleos agrarios
En esta l?nea de investigaci?n se estudian, desde una perspectiva
sociol?gica, los problemas de la gesti?n ambiental a nivel local, tomando
como eje de an?lisis los conflictos por la regulaci?n y el control del uso
del suelo, as? como tambi?n los procesos de aprovechamiento de los recursos
naturales.

Dra. Mar?a del Carmen Collado H.
La ciudad de M?xico en el siglo XX
Desde la perspectiva de la historia urbana, se aborda el estudio de la
ciudad, en especial su expansi?n y su forma, analizando la participaci?n de
los diferentes actores sociales y la manera como inciden en el territorio
metropolitano. Se interrelacionan la historia empresarial, la econ?mica, la
pol?tica y la social para comprender el devenir de la capital a lo largo del
siglo XX.

Dr. Hubert C. de Grammont
Participaci?n pol?tica y social en el campo
Se quiere estudiar las formas de participaci?n pol?tica y social de los
actores que act?an en los diferentes espacios del mundo rural. Los problemas
de la democracia y de la participaci?n ciudadana se ubican en regiones
concretas y aparecen como temas centrales en este debate.

Dr. Javier Delgado
Ciudad- regi?n: tendencias recientes de estructuraci?n del territorio
An?lisis de la "cuesti?n del territorio" desde las propuestas te?ricas de la
econom?a espacial, de la geograf?a urbana, regional, rural y del transporte.
Se trata de estudiar los procesos de reestructuraci?n socio-espacial de
distintos contextos socioecon?micos, as? como la estructura, organizaci?n y
funcionalidad del territorio en los ?mbitos metropolitano, periurbano y
regional.

Dra. Natividad Guti?rrez Chong
Estado, naci?n, pueblos indios y autonom?a
Esta l?nea de investigaci?n analiza las transformaciones recientes del
estado naci?n, las demandas pol?ticas por el reconocimiento colectivo y la
construcci?n de autonom?as territoriales y/o regionales. Se estudia el
surgimiento e impacto de la etnicidad, la protesta pol?tica y movilizaci?n
social en respuesta a los efectos de la falta de desarrollo y exclusi?n
pol?tica, en el marco de la democratizaci?n del estado. Se busca desarrollar
enfoques comparativos entre distintas experiencias de Am?rica Latina y el
resto del mundo.

Dra. Regina Hern?ndez
Conformaci?n hist?rico-pol?tica del territorio
En esta l?nea se analizar? el proceso hist?rico institucional que determin?
la organizaci?n pol?tico-administrativa de las diferentes entidades que
conforman la naci?n.

Dra. Sara Lara
Mundializaci?n de la agricultura y nuevos territorios migratorios
En esta l?nea de investigaci?n se analiza la relaci?n entre la
mundializaci?n de los sistemas agroalimentarios y la emergencia de nuevos
territorios migratorios en los cuales se lleva a cabo la reproducci?n social
y cultural de los grupos dom?sticos campesinos.

Dr. Carlos Martinez Assad
Regi?n y multiculturalidad
Desde esta l?nea de investigaci?n se analizan los profundos e intensos
cambios sociales que se registran en las regiones del siglo XXI, tomando
como eje de estudio la diversidad cultural, los procesos de asimilaci?n de
los sujetos sociales y las transformaciones a la normatividad que rige la
vida social local.

Dra. Ma. Concepci?n Mart?nez Oma?a
Producci?n y gesti?n de los servicios p?blicos y bienes urbanos en la
conformaci?n del espacio urbano-regional.

Esta l?nea de investigaci?n se centra en el estudio de la formaci?n del
espacio urbano y regional a partir de la producci?n y gesti?n de los
servicios y bienes urbanos, en particular en el caso de los servicios y
recursos h?dricos. Se analizan las nuevas tendencias en las pol?ticas de
prestaci?n de los servicios del agua, con implicaciones a nivel regional,
as? como el papel de las pr?cticas y las percepciones sociales de los
habitantes en su gesti?n.

Dra. Leticia Merino
Instituciones, acci?n colectiva y manejo de recursos naturales
El principal prop?sito de esta l?nea de investigaci?n es ofrecer un espacio
de discusi?n y an?lisis sobre el desempe?o de las instituciones encargadas
formular e implementar pol?ticas p?blicas para el manejo de los recursos
naturales, as? como de las diferentes formas de conflictos y acci?n
colectiva que se generan desde la sociedad local en torno al manejo de los
recursos naturales de propiedad colectiva.

Dra. Patricia Ramirez Kuri
Procesos urbanos, espacio p?blico y ciudadan?a
Desde la perspectiva de la sociolog?a urbana se investigan los procesos y
actores sociales relacionados con las nuevas tendencias en las formas de
producci?n y de organizaci?n del espacio urbano, en particular el espacio
p?blico y la construcci?n social de ciudadan?a con relaci?n a fen?menos
urbanos del espacio p?blico

Dra. Eulalia Ribera
Geograf?a e historia urbana en la conformaci?n de las ciudades mexicanas
Esta l?nea de investigaci?n se analizan los diferentes factores hist?ricos y
geogr?ficos que han llevado a la modificaci?n de los espacios urbanos, as?
como a la creaci?n de las redes de ciudades.

Dra. Martha Judith S?nchez
Migraci?n, g?nero y etnicidad en el contexto de la globalizaci?n
En esta l?nea de investigaci?n se abordan las caracter?sticas de los flujos
migratorios actuales as? como de los sujetos que participan. Se abordan los
flujos, nacionales e internacionales, as? como los sujetos emergentes en
estos flujos, mujeres e ind?genas. Se Integra en esta perspectiva los
enfoques te?ricos y metodol?gicos tanto de la antropolog?a como de la
sociolog?a y la historia.

Dr. Sergio Zerme?o
Territorios, regiones y asociativismo
En esta l?nea de investigaci?n se estudian, desde el an?lisis de la
sociolog?a, aquellos procesos relacionados con la construcci?n de actores
sociales en el espacio local-regional, poniendo particular atenci?n al
surgimiento de nuevos espacios y formas de asociaci?n propios de las
sociedades complejas.

Dra. Alicia Ziccardi
Exclusi?n, pol?ticas sociales y gobiernos locales
A partir de una redefinici?n de los concepto de regi?n y de espacio local,
contemplando las profundas transformaciones territoriales y sociales
generadas por los procesos de globalizaci?n econ?mica y democratizaci?n
pol?tica, en esta l?nea se investigan las nuevas forma de pobreza y
exclusi?n social, as? como tambi?n las pol?ticas sociales del ?mbito local
que se han dise?ado e implementado en diferentes pa?ses de Am?rica Latina.

Bibliograf?a b?sica para el examen de conocimientos

Castells, Manuel, 2002, El surgimiento de la sociedad de redes, cap. 6 del
libro. La era de la informaci?n, Econom?a, Sociedad y Cultura, vol. 1, Siglo
XXI. (Consulta en: www.google.com)

Coraggio, Jos? Luis, 2000, La relevancia del desarrollo regional en un mundo
globalizado. Ponencia presentada en el Seminario Internacional "Cultura y
desarrollo: la perspectiva regional/local", Quito. (Consulta en :
www.fronesis.org)

Ruiz Dur?n Clemente, 2004, Elementos del nuevo paradigma regional, en:
Clemente Ruiz Dur?n, Dimensi?n Territorial de Desarrollo Econ?mico, cap. I,
UNAM, en l?neas con autorizaci?n del autor.

De Grammont, Hubert, C. 2004 La nueva ruralidad en Am?rica Latina, en
Revista Mexicana de Sociolog?a, n?mero especial, 65 aniversario.
(www.iisunam.mx)
Sassen Saskia, 1998, Ciudades en la econom?a global: enfoques te?ricos y
metodol?gicos, en EURE, v.14, n? 71, Santiago de Chile, marzo. (Consulta en
www.scielo.cl)

Archivos de la Bibliograf?a b?sica en "PDF" en:

http://www.mora.edu.mx/index.php?method=textos&idarea=478

Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. Jos? Ma. Luis Mora / Servicios Escolares
Plaza Valent?n G?mez Far?as No. 12 / Col. San Juan Mixcoac / CP 03730 /
M?xico, D.F.
Tel. (0052)55 5598 3777 Ext. 1125 y 1127 / Fax (0052)55 5563 7132
Horario 8:30 a 15:00 horas en d?as h?biles
Email: sescolares@mora.edu.mx
Visit the website at http://www.mora.edu.mx


From ZhengT at cortland.edu  Fri Feb 25 10:59:18 2005
From: ZhengT at cortland.edu (Tiantian Zheng)
Date: Fri Feb 25 13:12:22 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]sex work and masculinity in global cities for2005 AAA
Message-ID: <FB52992D1F2AC642950C4EAF2835B47A14FBA8@sawteeth.cortland.edu>

Dear everyone,
 
I am writing to join or enlist panelists or coorganizers for the topic on sex work and masculinity in global cities for the 2005 AAA. My own expertise is on migrant sex workers and masculinity in urban China. If someone is already organizing such a panel, I would like to join. Otherwise, I would like to coordinate with people who share similar interests in other parts of the world. Please contact me at zhengt@cortland.edu
 
Thanks,
Tiantian
 
Tiantian Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sociology/Anthropology
P.O. Box 2000
State University of New York, Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045
607-753-2478
Fax: 607-753-5973

From acjancius at ysu.edu  Sun Feb 27 11:50:21 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Feb 27 12:05:17 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Conference on Digital Cultures
Message-ID: <013901c51cec$8cad3bb0$3f878aac@toshibauser>

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference on Digital Cultures
Place: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Date: June 21-22, 2005

This multidisciplinary conference will explore the cultural implications
of the spread of digital technologies throughout Asia. Following
recent media theory based on US and Japanese digital cultures, we will
analyze how Asian uses of digital technology are transforming local
experiences,  aesthetics, and social formations.  Papers may focus on
particular digital

practices, such as personal web pages, PC and on-line gaming, digital
animation, and cellphone text-messaging, or analyze representations of
digital technology in discourses such as science fiction and chatroom
discussions. We will place emerging digital cultures in the context of both
local cultural traditions and globalization.

Themes include:
1) adaptations of local art forms to the digital media, and how these
adaptations effect the meaning of those arts in their traditional milieu
as well as how people conceptualize the digital media
2) local conceptualizatioins of the global community and the "network
society"
3) concepts of the self, the body, and language emerging in Asian digital
genres and practices, and how these emerging concepts draw on or challenge
concepts of the self, the body, and language in local religious,
philosophical,
or popular discourses.

Scholars in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, video arts, history
of
science and related disciplines are invited to attend.  Please submit
abstracts (approximately 250 words) to Teri Silvio by electronic mail at
tsilvio@gate.sinica.edu.tw; or by fax: 886-2-2785-5836

Deadline for abstracts: April 1, 2005
Deadline for papers: June 15, 2005

Funding for airfare and lodging may be available for presenters.

NB: The language for discussion will be English; if you wish to submit a
paper in Chinese or another language, you must notify us in advance.


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Mon Feb 28 12:13:23 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Feb 28 12:28:57 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Two Announcements on Gender and the City
Message-ID: <000d01c51db8$cf4068e0$2d5c8696@ysu.edu>


Two Announcements on Gender and the City
                                     ***********************
1. AN INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION. Imagining Gendered Utopias
2. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT. City Limits: Engendering the Body in Public Space

                                    ***********************

From: PUKAR <pukar@pukar.org.in>

AN INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
Imagining Gendered Utopias

As part of International Women's Day celebrations, we are organizing
a discussion titled where women speak as citizens, professionals,
mothers, commuters, consumers, and flaneurs.

Date:    08 March 2005
Time:    6.30 pm
Venue: The Fourth Floor, Kitab Mahal (In front of New Excelsior
Cinema), Dr. D.N. Road, Mumbai 400001

Neera Adarkar imagines a gender-friendly city from the position of
architecture and design.  Celine D'Cruz provides a view from the perspective
of dispossessed women. Kalpana Sharma envisions a utopian world for
women journalists and for reporting on women. Shireen Gandhy explores the
implications of combining a career in art with motherhood. Sameera Khan
imagines a welcoming public space for breast-feeding women.

The discussion is intended to be an interactive one involving the
audience in imagining a space for women in the truly public spaces in
Mumbai. Our hope is that the discussion would go beyond what is
feasible in the short term to explore our wildest dreams of living as
liberated citizens in the Mumbai of tomorrow.

For more information -
PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)
Mumbai
Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort,
Mumbai 400 001
Telephone:: +91 (022) 5574 8152 / +91 (0) 98204 04010
Email:: pukar@pukar.org.in
Website:: http://www.pukar.org.in

                                    ***********************
2. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
City Limits: Engendering the Body in Public Space

Dates: 05 March to 12 March 2005 (Sunday Closed)
Time: 12 pm to 7 pm
Venue: The Fourth Floor, Kitab Mahal (In front of New Excelsior
Cinema), Dr. D.N. Road, Mumbai 400001

Curators: Shilpa Phadke and Bishakha Datta
Photographers: Abhinandita Mathur, Roshani Jhadav, Neelam Ayare and
Karan Arora.

City Limits: Engendering the Body in Public Space intends to view
everyday public spaces in Mumbai through a gendered lens, to focus on
the demarcations between public and private spaces, and understand
the hierarchies of access that have become part of our taken for
granted grammar of viewing the city. The effort has been to privilege
the everyday, to engage with women's strategies in negotiating public
space and to draw attention to the ways in which the private refuses
to be compartmentalized.

FILM SERIES
Imagining Women
Film Schedule: All films will be screened at The Fourth Floor, Kitab Mahal
Sat 5 March 4 pm:  Bhaji On The Beach (Gurinder Chadha)(100 mins)

A group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their
home in Birmingham, England to the beach resort of Blackpool. The
women vary in ages from mid-teens to old, and initially have little
in common. But the events of the day lead them to better mutual
understanding and solidarity.

Mon 7 March 6.30 pm: Ma Vie En Rose (Alain Berliner ) (88 mins)
Ludovic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up to be a woman. When
his family discovers the little girl blossoming in him they are
forced to contend with their own discomfort and the lack of
understanding from their new neighbors. Their anger and impatience
cave and Ludovic is sent to see a psychiatrist in the hopes of fixing
whatever is wrong with him. A movie that addresses trans-gender and
gender issues in general through the eyes of a child.

Wed 9 March 6.30 pm: Three Women and A Camera (Sabeena Gadihoke) (56 mins)
This film is about Homai Vyarawalla, India's first professional woman
photographer, whose career spanned nearly three decades from the
1930s and two contemporary photographers, Sheba Chhachhi and Dayanita
Singh, who started work in the 1980s. Vyarawalla's work underscores
the optimism and euphoria of the birth of a nation, while Chhachhi
and Singh attempt to grapple with the various complexities and
undelivered promises of the post independence era. This film debates
the major shifts in their concerns regarding representation,
subject-camera relationships and the limits and possibilities of
still photography in India today.

Frida (JulieTaymor) (123 mins)
Frida chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared
unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the
young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and
enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and
controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and
romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and
uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual
revolutionary.

Thu 10 March 6.30 pm: Fat Sister (Catherine Breillat) (86 mins)
A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling
rivalry, family discord and relationships. Elena is 15, beautiful and
flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is 12, and constantly
eats. On holiday, Elena meets a young Italian student who is
determined to seduce her. Anais is forced to watch in silence,
conspiring with the lovers, but harbouring jealousy and similar
desires. Their actions, however, have unforeseen tragic consequences
for the whole family.

Some of the films will be followed by discussions.
For more information -
email: genderspace@pukar.org or pointofview@vsnl.com
call: 55748152 or 55727252

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---- 
PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)
Mumbai
Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort,
Mumbai 400 001
Telephone:: +91 (022) 5574 8152 / +91 (0) 98204 04010
Email:: pukar@pukar.org.in
Website:: http://www.pukar.org.in


From acjancius at ysu.edu  Mon Feb 28 16:59:37 2005
From: acjancius at ysu.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Feb 28 17:08:51 2005
Subject: [URBANTH-L]WWW: The Cyberhood, Website Update
Message-ID: <000501c51de0$cba44f30$2d5c8696@ysu.edu>

WWW: The Cyberhood, Website Update
 www.thecyberhood.net

The Cyberhood website has been updated. The following have been added to the
site:

1. A new featured article "Privileged Place: Race, Uneven Development and
the Geography of Uneven Opportunity in Urban America" has been added.
2. A new featured website - the Center for Community Change - has been added
3. A new urban community project "Follow the Money: Uncovering and Reforming
Michigan's Sprawl Subsidies" has been added
4. A new question of the week is posted to the site
5. A new featured program - ASU's Urban Planning Program - has been added
6. There are also new urban syllabi and books posted on the site

Keep sending materials and updates.
Rob Silverman, Web Moderator

The CyberHood's mission is to build a virtual community where students,
scholars, practitioners, and social activists, who want to change urban
society and improve the plight of people of color, can find each other,
share information, exchange ideas, and build professional relationships. Our
goal is to build a community that encourages dialogue, facilitates research,
and spawns joint ventures. The CyberHood is a place where people come
together to understand and change the world. Please visit our website at
<www.thecyberhood.net>.


