From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Dec  3 21:36:03 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Dec  3 21:38:24 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: A Suburban World?  Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis
Message-ID: <005d01c7174c$f67b0840$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Call for abstracts

International conference
Reston, Virginia, USA
April 6-April 8, 2008

A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis

Hosted by Dr. Robert Lang (Metropolitan Institute), Dr. Paul Knox (Virginia 
Tech),
and Dr. Edward Blakeley (University of Sydney)

(due by April 30, 2007, submission opens January 1st, 2007)

We have entered a new era where the areas outside worldwide core
cities are forming different settlement systems. In Europe, even
tight building controls have not curbed the appetite of households to
move out of the central cities. China and India, with fast-growing
middle classes, are witnessing a startling expansion of their urban
areas with rapid auto-dependent growth on the fringe. Mexico and
Indonesia are beginning to adapt American-style suburban development
patterns. As urban form changes, new research and policy have to be
created to address the challenges of sprawl, congestion, and
affordable housing. This conference will explore these and other
issues in the American as well as international context.

Tracks:
* Immigration/Changing Demographics of the Suburbs
* Special Segregation by Lifestyle/Economics; Gated Communities
* Megapolitans/Metropolitan Form
* Transportation
* Energy Consumption/Sustainable Environment
* Disasters/Adaptation
* Transnational Communities/Residential Tourism
* Governance & Regulation
* Business of Suburbia/Economic Development/Economic Space
* Suburban Decline
* Urban Form at the Neighborhood Level
* Newburbia/Newtowns

Conference Website:
http://www.mi.vt.edu/

Questions:
asuburbanworld@vt.edu

Katrin B. Anacker
Post Doctoral Fellow
Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
Suite 100
1021 Prince St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
e. kanacker@vt.edu
ph. 703.838.8320
fx. 703.518.8009
www.mi.vt.edu 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Dec  4 19:17:14 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Dec  4 19:35:09 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]POSTDOC: Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Message-ID: <012201c71805$2cfd0130$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

The newly formed Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University in New 
York City seeks Post-doctoral Fellows for the academic year 2007-2008.  The 
goal of the Committee is to provide a space for cross-disciplinary, 
transnational, and otherwise expansive exploration of the world, including 
processes of globalization, comparisons past and present, and pressing 
contemporary issues.  The Committee welcomes applicants from all disciplines 
and seeks a mix of fellows from the sciences, social sciences, and 
humanities to help create a new agenda for global thinking and action.

Fellows will be expected to teach or assist with one undergraduate or 
graduate course as well as to plan and participate in symposia and other 
activities of the Committee.  The remaining half of the Fellow's time will 
be devoted to individual research.  Salaries will be competitive.

Please send CV, a letter explaining research interests and plans for 
research and writing during your tenure with the Committee, at least one 
paper or other suitable evidence of scholarship, and three letters of 
reference to:

Dr. Joseph Stiglitz
Chair, Committee on Global Thought
814 Uris Hall
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

Review of applications will begin January 1, 2007.  Final deadline is April 
1, 2007.

Additional information about the Committee on Global Thought can be obtained 
by e-mailing the Assistant Director of the Committee, Dr. Gustav Peebles, at 
gp2119@columbia.edu. 

From ethnoscapesjournal at kirwaninstitute.org  Mon Dec  4 17:07:16 2006
From: ethnoscapesjournal at kirwaninstitute.org (ethnoscapesjournal@kirwaninstitute.org)
Date: Tue Dec  5 02:52:18 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Papers: "Transnational Migration, Globalization,
 and Citizenship" Issue,
 Ethnoscapes: 
 An                     Interdisciplinary      Journal      on      
 Race           and                          Ethnicity in      the    
 Global      Context
Message-ID: <1438.140.254.246.12.1165280836.squirrel@webmail.kirwaninstitute.org>

Call for Papers

Ethnoscapes: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the
Global Context

Issue Two, Spring 2007
?Transnational Migration, Globalization, and Citizenship?

The editorial staff for the new peer-reviewed journal Ethnoscapes: An
Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the Global Context
invites submissions for its second issue on the subject of ?Transnational
Migration, Globalization, and Citizenship.? Ethnoscapes maps the
development of important themes in the field of race and ethnic studies by
using a ?classic? piece as a point of departure for a reconsideration of
critical issues within the contemporary economic, political, and cultural
terrain.

While the classic piece establishes the thematic parameters of each issue,
authors are under no obligation to actively engage the arguments posed by
that work.

Issue two explores the subject of "Transnational Migration, Globalization,
and Citizenship" with consideration of the chapter "The Shock of
Alienation" from Oscar Handlin's ground-breaking The Uprooted: The Epic
Story of the Great Migrations that Made the American People. In this
chapter, Handlin investigates the relationships between labor, cultural
membership, citizenship, and the production of racial difference. Citing
violence against Chinese and Filipino immigrants in the early 19th
century, he details the ways in which labor tensions in the US were
integral to the establishment of federal anti-immigration policy aimed at
these
"unassimilable" groups. According to Handlin, cultural variation and
poverty status became the criteria used to infer an ostensibly inherent
racial inferiority that served as the basis for denying Chinese and
Filipino immigrants the rights and protections that accompanied
citizenship.

While labor, cultural membership, and race remain central components of
the current complexities of immigration, new concerns have emerged since
the 1951 publication of Handlin's Pulitzer Prize-winning history. On one
hand, new signs of deterritorialization?the increasing incidence of dual
citizenship, home-country remittances, expatriate involvement in
home-country politics, and "diasporic" community-building?have led some to
assert the declining relevance of the nation-state as a primary attachment
and the declining significance of citizenship itself. On the other,
debates and policy developments around immigration and citizenship suggest
that the nation-state's power to regulate the movement of labor and
capital within and across borders is far from obsolete. In particular,
state power continues to have a profound impact on racialized disparities,
processes of racialization, and on the burdens and benefits of
citizenship. In this new context, we are compelled to reconsider the
nature of transnational migration, the nature of citizenship, the link
between the two, and the role of race in mediating that link.

To this end, the ?Transnational Migration, Globalization, and Citizenship?
issue of Ethnoscapes seeks manuscripts that investigate:

A) Economic Flows, Migration, and Racialized Disparities
How is migration racialized/ethnicized and gendered? What is the
relationship between late capitalist economic operations, migration, and
racialized disparities in health, education, self determination and
representation, and wealth? In what ways do ?citizenship gaps??spaces in
which market participation forecloses political membership?re/produce
racialized disparities globally?

B) Borders, Boundaries, and ?The Nation?
How is immigration policy racialized? What is/should be the current role
of the nation-state in generating policy that regulates the movement of
wealth and people across borders and in regulating resultant disparities?
What forms of regulation/governance that exceed the nation-state can be
conceptualized? What role does cultural nationalism play in political
membership? What transnational forms of political and cultural membership
are/can be imagined?

C) Processes of Racialization
In what ways are immigrant populations affecting domestic racial
hierarchies and racial identities? How are transnational cultural flows
affecting conceptualizations of race and ethnicity? Their relationship to
nation?

The deadline for manuscript submission is March 2, 2007. Please send
submissions to mmaltry@kirwaninstitute.org and
editors@kirwaninstitute.org. See
http://www.kirwaninstitute.org/ethnoscapes/styleguide.html to prepare your
document in accordance with the style guidelines of Ethnoscapes.

Melanie Maltry
Assistant Editor, Ethnoscapes
The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
The Ohio State University






















From dotoiu at ulb.ac.be  Mon Dec  4 10:50:21 2006
From: dotoiu at ulb.ac.be (Damiana-Gabriela Otoiu)
Date: Tue Dec  5 02:52:25 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CfP: Workshop, Private property, NEC (Institute for
	Advanced Studies), Bucharest, June 15-16, 2007
Message-ID: <20061204095021.58B16351@bonito.ulb.ac.be>

Call for Papers
Workshop: ?Private Property: Postsocialist Promises and Experiences?

New Europe College (Institute for Advanced Studies, Bucharest (Romania)
June 15-16, 2007

Convenors: Stefan Dorondel, Damiana Otoiu, Thomas Sikor

Background
The re-institution of private property rights was one of the most immediate concerns of the governments after the breakdown of socialist regimes. Throughout Central and Eastern Europe, the newly elected governments started to device policies and strategies to hand over valuable resources into private hands. Whatever kinds of resources and sorts of public enterprise we can imagine, the restoration of private property was universally seen as a central element in the way forward. Governments and citizens expected private property to become not only an engine for economic, political and social progress in the move away from socialism but also a foundation for the creation of a market economy and liberal democracy. 

International donors and western advisors concurred with this view as the primacy given to private property in Central and Eastern Europe matched the main tenets of neoliberalism. According to neoliberal thought, private property is necessary because it is the only way to create sufficient incentives for productive activity. It is also the most efficient way to organize property relations on resources because it unleashes the creative powers of individual activity hindered by other forms of property, such as state ownership or communal property. Consequently, the ?golden rule? for postsocialist policy-makers was that private property rights worked best to preserve natural resources, and that an enterprise in private ownership was most likely to succeed on the free market. This was the vantage point from which policy makers, international donors, and other property experts have looked at property in Central and Eastern Europe over the past sixteen years.
Nevertheless, this perspective has encountered a number of serious challenges over time. First, critics of neoliberal thinking have questioned the presumption of a linear ?transition? from socialism to capitalism. They pointed out the simplistic assumptions and evolutionary models underlying much of the ?transitology? written about postsocialist transformations. Their doubts resonate with critiques of evolutionary theories of property in other geographical settings. Neither postsocialist transformations nor property relations follow a unilinear, predictable transition toward exclusive private property. 

Second, insights from empirical research indicate that the restoration of private property did not take place in an institutional vacuum. Instead, postsocialist property relations develop upon principles, legal terms, and social practices known from socialism. As Katherine Verdery (2003) suggests, we should not see property restitution as a process of ?(re)creating private property? but as a ?process of transforming socialist property?. Or, in the words of David Stark (1996), postsocialist organizations and institutions are not rebuilding ?on the ruins but with the ruins of communism?. As a result, postsocialist property relations do not follow a singular model but display significant variation. 

Third, as Chris Hann has reminded us, property relations are also varied because of their embeddedness in broader social relations.  Property is constantly made, remade and unmade by actual practices as part of national, regional, and local trajectories of economic, social, political, and environmental change. Property is a critical element in economic practices of production and exchange, as it determines access to productive resources. Property relations are also an integral element of broader processes of social differentiation and class formation, as they determine the distribution of control over resources. In addition, property relations are closely related to processes affecting the nature of the state at national and local levels. They are, finally, a key factor affecting ? and being affected by ? the use of urban and rural landscapes.


Objectives
The workshop aims to facilitate a critical assessment of private property in Central and Eastern Europe. It seeks to compare the promises of private property with actual experiences as regards to the nature of postsocialist property relations, the factors influencing them, and their interrelations with economic growth, democracy, social equity, and environmental protection This comparison will yield maps of property politics, policies and practices in the region.

Questions
We invite contributions from anthropology, geography, political science, and sociology that address the following or related questions:
-	What is the nature of ?private property?, and how do private and public intersect in postsocialist property regimes? 
-	What socio-political actors and factors demonstrate critical influence on postsocialist property regimes, at the policy level and on the ground?
-	How are postsocialist property relations linked with processes of social differentiation and class formation?
-	How have the development of property and consolidation of state authority influenced each other?
-	What are the linkages between property relations and changes in urban and rural landscapes?
-	What are the connections between property and economic performance? 

The workshop 
The workshop will take place at New Europe College, Bucharest on June 15-16, 2007. The workshop will include 15 participants, to be recruited by way of this call. Interested parties are requested to submit short paper proposals (500-1,000 words) to Stefan Dorondel (s.dorondel@agrar.hu-berlin.de) and Damiana Otoiu (dotoiu@ulb.ac.be) until January15th, 2007. 

The workshop will serve the intensive discussion of papers by peer discussants and in the group. Workshop languages will be both English and French. The workshop will also include several keynote speakers to provide assessments of postsocialist property relations. These include:
-	Katherine Verdery, CUNY (to be confirmed)
- 	Beatrice von Hirschhausen, CNRS / CMB, (to be confirmed)

The workshop is organized by the Junior Research Group on Postsocialist Land Relations at Humboldt University, Berlin, the Junior Research Group on Property Relations at Bucharest University, the Center for the Study of Political Life, Universit? Libre de Bruxelles and New Europe College. The Junior Research Group is a specialized research unit that examines issues of agrarian and environmental change in postsocialist countries, including field studies in Albania, Romania, and Vietnam. Junior Research Group on Property Relations is a centre for research organized within the Institute for Political Research (University of Bucharest) that examines the socialist and postsocialist regime of property in Central and Eastern Europe from a comparative perspective. New Europe College is an independent Romanian institute for advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences founded in 1994.

Expected publication
The papers of the workshop will form the basis for a special issue to be published with an international journal in English language. 

Important deadlines
January 15th, 2007: 
Submission of paper proposals (500-1,000 words) to S. Dorondel and D. Otoiu

February 15th, 2007:	
Invitation of papers to be presented at the workshop

May 31st, 2007: Submission of papers to workshop organizers

June 15th-16th, 2007: Workshop at New Europe College in Bucharest

http://www.property.fspub.ro/


Appel a communications 
Workshop : ? Propri?t? priv?e: Promesses et exp?riences postsocialistes ?

New Europe College (Institute for Advanced Studies, Bucarest (Roumanie)
Les 15-16 Juin 2007

Organisateurs: Stefan Dorondel, Damiana Otoiu, Thomas Sikor

Background
Reinstituer les droits de propri?t? apr?s la chute des r?gimes socialistes a constitu? une des pr?occupations les plus imm?diates des gouvernements d?Europe Centrale et Orientale. Dans l?ensemble des pays central-est europ?ens, les gouvernants r?cemment ?lus ont commenc? ? imaginer des politiques publiques et des strat?gies destin?es ? (re)privatiser les propri?t?s. Indiff?remment du type de ressource et du type d?entreprise publique, la restauration de la propri?t? priv?e a ?t? con?ue comme un ?l?ment central de la transition post-socialiste. Gouvernements et citoyens s?attendaient ? ce que la propri?t? priv?e devienne non seulement un moteur pour le d?veloppement ?conomique, politique et social ? l??poque postsocialiste, mais aussi un fondement qui permettrait la cr?ation d?une ?conomie de march? et d?une d?mocratie lib?rale. 

Cette primaut? accord?e ? la propri?t? priv?e est soutenue par les contributeurs internationaux et consultants ?trangers, adeptes du n?olib?ralisme. Selon les n?olib?raux, la propri?t? priv?e est n?cessaire car elle constitue l?unique moyen qui permet de cr?er une motivation ad?quate pour l?activit? de production. Par cons?quent, la ?r?gle d?or? pour les d?cideurs qui vont ?laborer des politiques publiques concernant la propri?t? est que la propri?t? priv?e est pr?f?rable non seulement si on veut pr?server les ressources naturelles, mais aussi si on tient compte du fait qu?une entreprise priv?e serait plus susceptible d?avoir du succ?s dans une ?conomie de march?. C??tait la pr?misse fondamentale des d?cideurs, des contributeurs internationaux, et des experts qui ont fait r?fl?chi sur la propri?t? en Europe Centrale et Orientale dans les derni?res 16 ann?es.
N?anmoins, cette perspective est graduellement confront?e avec de nombreux d?fis. Premi?rement, les critiques du paradigme n?olib?ral ont mis en question l?id?e d?une transition unilin?aire du socialisme au capitalisme. Ils ont soulign? le caract?re ?volutionniste de ce mod?le et les postulats simplificateurs sous-tendus par une bonne partie de la litt?rature ? transitologique ? consacr?e ? l?espace postsocialiste. Ni les transformations postsocialistes, ni les relations de propri?t? ne suivent une transition unilin?aire, pr?dictible, vers une propri?t? exclusivement priv?e. 
Deuxi?mement, des analyses bas?es sur une recherche empirique constatent que la restauration de la propri?t? priv?e ne s?est aucunement pass?e dans un vide institutionnel. Tout au contraire, les relations de propri?t? ? l??poque postsocialiste se d?veloppent en suivant des principes, des normes et des pratiques sociales de l??poque socialiste. Comme Katherine Verdery (2003) le remarque, nous ne devrions pas concevoir la restitution des propri?t?s comme un processus qui permet la ? (re)cr?ation de la propri?t? priv?e, mais comme un processus de transformation de la propri?t? socialiste ?. Ou, pour utiliser les propos de David Stark (1996), les organisations et les institutions postsocialistes ne sont pas recr??es ? sur les ruines mais avec les ruines du communisme ?. Par cons?quent, les relations de propri?t? ne suivent pas une voie unique, mais t?moignent des variations significatives. 

Troisi?mement, comme Chris Hann l?a remarqu?, les relations de propri?t? sont vari?es aussi gr?ce ? leur ench?ssement dans des relations sociales. La propri?t? est constamment construite, reconstruite et d?construite ? travers des pratiques concr?tes, comme une partie des trajectoires nationales, r?gionales et locales du changement ?conomique, social, politique et environnemental. La propri?t? est un ?l?ment crucial des pratiques ?conomiques de production et d??change, vu qu?elle d?termine l?acc?s ? des ressources de production. En m?me temps, les relations de propri?t? constituent une partie int?grante des processus de diff?rentiation sociale, dans la mesure o? ces relations sont d?terminantes pour la distribution du contr?le des ressources. De plus, les relations de propri?t? sont ?troitement li?es aux processus qui affectent la nature de l?Etat, au niveau national et local. Enfin, ces relations constituent un facteur cl? qui d?termine ? et est d?termin? par ? l?usage des paysages urbains et ruraux.

Objectifs
Le colloque se propose de faciliter une ?valuation critique de la propri?t? priv?e en Europe Centrale et Orientale. Le but est de comparer les ?promesses? de la propri?t? priv?e et les exp?riences concr?tes du point de vue de la nature des relations de propri?t? postsocialistes, des facteurs d?terminants, des interrelations avec la croissance ?conomique, la d?mocratie, la justice sociale et la protection de l?environnement. Ces analyses vont nous permettre de dresser un tableau comparatif de la politique, des politiques publiques et des pratiques concernant la propri?t? priv?e dans cette r?gion.

Questions
Par le pr?sent appel ? contributions nous invitions des anthropologues, des g?ographes, des politistes, des sociologues qui se proposent d?approfondir une de ces probl?matiques :
-	Quelle est la nature de la propri?t? priv?e et quels sont les rapports entre le priv? et le public (du point de vue des r?gimes postsocialistes de propri?t?) ? 
-	Quels sont les facteurs qui influencent consid?rablement les r?gimes postsocialistes de propri?t?? Comment diff?rents acteurs socio-politiques (partis politiques, groupes d?int?r?t) sont-ils impliqu?s dans l??laboration des politiques publiques ?
-	Comment les relations de propri?t? sont li?es aux processus de diff?renciation sociale?
-	Quel est le rapport entre le d?veloppement de la propri?t? et la consolidation de l?autorit? ?tatique?
-	Quel est le lien entre les relations de propri?t? et les changements des paysages urbains et ruraux?
-	Quels sont les liens entre la propri?t? et l?efficacit? ?conomique ? 

Le colloque 
Le colloque sera organis? ? New Europe College, Bucarest, les 15-16 Juin 2007. Le colloque va inclure 15 participants. Les chercheurs qui en sont int?ress?s sont pri?s d?envoyer des propositions de communications (500-1.000 mots) ?  l?attention de Stefan Dorondel, s.dorondel@agrar.hu-berlin.de et de Damiana Otoiu, dotoiu@ulb.ac.be avant le 15 Janvier 2007. 

Le colloque va donner aux participants l?occasion de discuter d?une mani?re soutenue leurs communications  avec d?autres sp?cialistes et au sein du groupe. Les langues de travail seront le fran?ais et l?anglais. Le colloque va inclure plusieurs pr?sentations principales, qui vont fournir des ?valuations synth?tiques au sujet des relations de propri?t? ? l??poque postsocialiste, dont : 
-	Katherine Verdery (CUNY), ? confirmer
-	B?atrice Von Hirschhausen  (CNRS / CMB), ? confirmer

Le colloque est organis? par Junior Research Group on Postsocialist Land Relations de l?Universit?  Humboldt, Berlin; par Junior Research Group on Property Relations, Facult? des Sciences Politiques, Universit? de Bucarest ; par le Centre d?Etude de la Vie Politique, Universit? Libre de Bruxelles et par New Europe College (Institut d?Etudes Avanc?s), Bucarest. 

Publication escompt?e
Le colloque sera prolong? par l??dition d?un num?ro th?matique d?une revue internationale (en Anglais).

Calendrier
Le 15 Janvier 2007:
Date limite d?envoi des r?sum?s (500-1 000 mots) ? l?attention de 
Stefan Dorondel, s.dorondel@agrar.hu-berlin.de, 
et de Damiana Otoiu, dotoiu@ulb.ac.be

Le 31 Janvier 2007:
D?cision du comit? scientifique et r?ponse aux auteurs

Le 31 Mai 2007:
Date limite d?envoi des textes aux organisateurs 

Les 15-16 Juin 2007:
Workshop, New Europe College, Bucarest

http://www.property.fspub.ro/

Damiana OTOIU
Faculty of Political Sciences,
Bucharest University
Address : 8, Spiru Haret Street
          010175, Bucharest, Romania
Tel : +40(21)3141268
Fax : +40(21)3133511
E-mail : damiana.otoiu@icp.ro

CEVIPOL - Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Institut de Sociologie
44, Avenue Jeanne
1050, Bruxelles
T?l: +32(0)26503454
     +32(0)486604730


From kanacker at vt.edu  Tue Dec  5 15:11:05 2006
From: kanacker at vt.edu (Katrin Anacker)
Date: Tue Dec  5 16:20:00 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFA: Conference: A Suburban World? Global Decentralization
	and the New Metropolis
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20061205151034.034fb478@vt.edu>

***Apologies for multiple postings
Call for abstracts (due by April 30, 2007, submission opens January 1st, 2007)

International conference
Reston, Virginia, USA
April 6-April 8, 2008

A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis

Hosted by Dr. Robert Lang (Metropolitan Institute), Dr. Paul Knox 
(Virginia Tech), and Dr. Edward Blakeley      (University of Sydney)

We have entered a new era where the areas outside worldwide core
cities are forming different settlement systems. In Europe, even
tight building controls have not curbed the appetite of households to
move out of the central cities. China and India, with fast-growing
middle classes, are witnessing a startling expansion of their urban
areas with rapid auto-dependent growth on the fringe. Mexico and
Indonesia are beginning to adapt American-style suburban development
patterns. As urban form changes, new research and policy have to be
created to address the challenges of sprawl, congestion, and
affordable housing. This conference will explore these and other
issues in the American as well as international context.

Tracks:
* Immigration/Changing Demographics of the Suburbs
* Special Segregation by Lifestyle/Economics; Gated Communities
* Megapolitans/Metropolitan Form
* Transportation
* Energy Consumption/Sustainable Environment
* Disasters/Adaptation
* Transnational Communities/Residential Tourism
* Governance & Regulation
* Business of Suburbia/Economic Development/Economic Space
* Suburban Decline
* Urban Form at the Neighborhood Level
* Newburbia/Newtowns

Conference Website:
http://www.mi.vt.edu/

Questions:
asuburbanworld@vt.edu

Katrin B. Anacker
Post Doctoral Fellow
Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
Suite 100
1021 Prince St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
e. kanacker@vt.edu
ph. 703.838.8320
fx. 703.518.8009
www.mi.vt.edu

From jwneves at gmail.com  Tue Dec  5 12:52:23 2006
From: jwneves at gmail.com (joshua neves)
Date: Tue Dec  5 16:29:46 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 REMINDER: Media Fields Graduate Conference, UCSB (12/18/06; 4/6-7/07)
Message-ID: <8f5a7b510612051252p203c387eqa729a45f2cc4a3c0@mail.gmail.com>

MEDIA FIELDS
University of California, Santa Barbara
April 6-7, 2007

ABSTRACTS DUE 12/18/06
Please submit abstracts or project descriptions of 300 words or less to
ucsb.media.fields@gmail.com.

MEDIA FIELDS is an interdisciplinary graduate conference exploring the
intersections of space and epistemology.

Keynote Speaker: Anna McCarthy, Associate Professor of Cinema Studies, New
York University; author of Ambient Television: Visual Culture and Public
Space; coeditor of Media/Space: Place, Scale and Culture in a Media Age.

Please visit the MEDIA FIELDS conference website to view the CFP in full:
www.filmandmedia.ucsb.edu/projects/mediafields/

"Media Fields" is sponsored by the Department of Film and Media Studies and
the Center for Film, Television and New Media
University of California, Santa Barbara
From chiarac98 at hotmail.com  Wed Dec  6 11:17:23 2006
From: chiarac98 at hotmail.com (Chiara Cipollari)
Date: Wed Dec  6 13:08:11 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 IMPORTANT Call for papers on 'South Asian Mgration and Religion in Europe.
Message-ID: <BAY104-F182EAAF42495D03E749735BDDD0@phx.gbl>

Dear Colleagues,

This call for papers follows a panel on South Asian
migration to Europe held at the British Associations
for South Asian Studies (Birbeck 2006), which
identified religion as an important aspect in
understanding South Asian migration to Europe both in
terms of public discourses and migrant practices
although hitherto marginal in the narrative of a
global South Asian diaspora.

Kanwal and I are now planning to edit a volume that
explores the multi-faceted experiences of religion
among South Asian migrants in Europe. Please, find
more information in the document attached.

We had encouraging responses for publications from
Routledge South Asian Collection: oddly enough, there
is a dearth of comparative researches on that topic.

We believe this can be a good opportunity to bring
together different ethnographical and theoretical
perspectives on this emerging phenomena.

We really hope you would be interested in taking part
to the project. We suggest to send us an e.mail of
interest by the 15th of December. We ask for a 300-500
word abstracts by the 31th of January 2007.

We are looking forward to hear from you.
Best Wishes
Ester Gallo and Kanwal Mand

Dr. Kanwal Mand
Department of Social Anthropology

ARTS D
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton UK


Dr. Ester Gallo
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Perugia
Via della Pernice 6
06123
Perugia
Italy

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From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Dec  6 13:53:16 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Dec  6 13:54:10 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Invitation to Join SUNTA
Message-ID: <017a01c71967$ce665f90$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Dear Colleagues,

It was nice to see many of you at the 2006 AAA meetings in San Jose. 
Following our annual meetings I'd like to extend an invitation to all 
URBANTH-L subscribers who are not members of the Society of 
Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA) to 
consider joining the organization that sponsors this listserv and many 
other valuable activities.

SUNTA (www.sunta.org), a section of the American Anthropological
Association, concerns itself with theories, problems, processes, and
institutions of urban, national and transnational life. Urban life and
problems in the modern world are interrelated with national and
transnational institutions (especially globalizing capitalism), processes,
and forces. 

SUNTA's 700+ members, a number of whom reside outside the U.S.A.,
include academic, practitioner/applied, and student anthropologists.
Members' expertise covers most nations (including the U.S.A.) of the
world and their cities. In addition to conducting original research many
SUNTA members work in or with private and public agencies dealing 
with social problems, development, and policy formation. SUNTA 
publishes a journal, CITY & SOCIETY, runs a web site and listserv 
with up-to-date news and other material of relevance, and offers other 
publications for the benefit of its members and the public at large.  
It also sponsors a Working Group on Poverty concerned with policy-
related issues. Student members of SUNTA receive an opportunity 
for mentorship and experience in sectional participation. International 
scholars, full-time practitioners, and scholars from related disciplines 
with similar interests are also warmly welcomed to join.  

SUNTA membership is $33 for professionals, $15 for students, $20 
for associate members, and $20 for "Group B" internationals. To join, 
you must be a member of the American Anthropological Association. 
AAA membership dues ranges from $65.00 to $175.00, based upon 
income level. The AAA also has special rates for international scholars 
($130 for "Group A" countries, $30 for "Group B" countries), and for 
nonanthropologists ($110).   To join, or for more information, please 
see the AAA's membership web page, at:

http://www.aaanet.org/memsrv.htm

Sincerely,

Angela Jancius
Urbanth-L Coordinator

From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Dec  7 12:34:42 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Dec  7 12:36:59 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]REV: Fahrmeir on Stacul et al, Crossing European
	Boundaries
Message-ID: <007f01c71a25$fe6f2f00$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from H-German]


H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-German@h-net.msu.edu (November 2006)

Jaro Stacul, Christina Moutsou and Helen Kopnina, eds. _Crossing
European Boundaries: Beyond Conventional Geographic Categories_.
New Directions in Anthropology series. New York: Berghahn Books,
2006. x + 238 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $65 (cloth),
ISBN 1-84545-150-3.

Reviewed for H-German by Andreas Fahrmeir, Universit?t Frankfurt

The articles in this volume represent anthropological approaches to
the study of external and internal boundaries in Europe. The authors
raise fascinating methodological and empirical questions by
approaching European societies from the perspective of a discipline
usually working on the basis of greater cultural distance between
scholars and the objects of their research. Moreover, the volume
tackles a subject usually understood as a political project and a
political problem, E.U. Europe, in an original non-political-science
perspective.

The volume's case studies are all based on bottom-up views of Europe,
with fieldwork the methodology of choice. The first articles focus on
institutions. Cris Shore and Daniela Baratieri's article focuses on the
ambivalent results of attempts by European schools, which cater
mainly to Eurocrats in Brussels and Luxemburg, to replace nationalism
with a sense of European identity or nationhood, while Gregory Feldman
discusses Estonian programs for the integration of Russian-speakers
and Davide Per? addresses the position of Italy's left-wing parties and
public to the "new immigration." While these essays argue that "Europe"
may not be as destructive to national (institutional) boundaries or the
nation state as is often supposed, the next block of articles tackles
migration across boundaries in a more conventional perspective,
focusing on particular immigrant groups. Helen Kopnina discusses
Russians in London and Amsterdam, while Christina Moutsou focuses
upon immigrants in Brussels and Jacqueline Waldren examines
Bosnians in Mallorca. To me, the case study of Turkish migrants in
West Berlin by Sabine Mannitz is particularly intriguing, because it
uses the peculiar experience of a lesson on Jews' fate in the Holocaust
in which the teacher cast immigrants as permanent outsiders in Germany
to explore pupils' sense of boundaries, and the East-German
West-German divide appeared to loom much larger for immigrants than
that between foreigners and Germans.

The last section focuses on concrete and contested boundaries in
European states and towns: William F. Kelleher, Jr. discusses Northern
Ireland, Greek towns are the focus of Venetia Evergeti and Eleftheria
Deltsou's article and South Tyrol is examined by Jaro Stacul. The volume
makes for diverse and diversifying reading, and can only be highly
recommended to anyone interested in innovative perspectives on the fate
of the European project.

Copyright (c) 2006 by H-Net, all rights reserved. H-Net permits
the redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit,
educational purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the
author, web location, date of publication, originating list,
and H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. For other uses
contact the Reviews editorial staff: hbooks@mail.h-net.msu.edu. 

From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Thu Dec  7 12:55:00 2006
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (Benito Vergara)
Date: Thu Dec  7 15:58:14 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Contributions: AN SUNTA/CORI column
Message-ID: <OF41FB32CB.6CF6A1EF-ON8825723D.0072E5EE-8825723D.0072E614@sfsu.edu>


SUNTA/CORI column in the Anthropology News: Call for contributions

Elzbieta Gozdziak and Bianet Castellanos are looking for interesting
contributions to the SUNTA/CORI column in the Anthropology News . Please
send opinion pieces on topics of interest to SUNTA and CORI members;
reports from the field; pieces presenting your research; information about
new publications, awards received and anything else you would like to brag
about.  Graduate students can also send short blurbs to be included in the
Student Profile section. Digital pictures to accompany you contributions
are encouraged.  We have about 850 words per column, but can include other
newsworthy items promoting our members elsewhere in AN. The next deadline
is December 12th for items to be included in the February issue of AN.
Please send your contributions to Elzbieta at emg27@georgetown.edu CORI
members should send their contributions to Bianet at mbc@umn.edu

From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Dec  7 18:36:02 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Dec  7 18:37:08 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Indigeneities and Cosmopolitanisms
Message-ID: <005301c71a58$76fa2e20$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Call for Submissions

Indigeneities and Cosmopolitanisms
AES/CASCA Joint Conference
May 8-12,  2007
Toronto, Canada

The American Ethnological Association (AES) and the Canadian Anthropology 
Society (CASCA) invite the submission of papers, sessions, symposia, 
roundtables, and workshops for the upcoming joint conference on the theme of 
"Indigeneities and Cosmopolitanisms." The conference will be hosted by the 
University of Toronto.

This e-mail contains information about the conference theme, registration, 
and other relevant issues (including information about the Elsie Clews 
Parsons Prize, the AES award for best graduate student paper).

The deadline for conference registration and submissions is February 15, 
2007.

The latest information on this conference and links for registration and 
submission of proposals can be found on http://www.aesonline.org


Conference Theme:

The "indigenous" and the "cosmopolitan" seem to exist as oppositional 
formations in the imaginary field demarcated by the local and the global. 
While the former seems rooted, timeless, and traditional; the latter appears 
mobile, contemporary, and (post)modern. As recent work by anthropologists 
has shown, both of these characterizations are quite deceptive. 
"Indigeneity" is a deeply current issue, which, over the past decade, has 
relentlessly forced itself onto social, political and academic agendas 
across the planet. While the question of who is and who is not "indigenous" 
was never innocent, it is becoming increasingly crucial in today's global 
and globalising world. At the same time, the genealogy of the "cosmopolitan" 
has been moved back in time. It now appears as a quasi-primordial reference 
point for a social and political vision beyond the nation-state and empire. 
Together, the "indigenous" and the "cosmopolitan" signify the tensions 
animating contemporary anthropology. As the discipline negotiates its 
long-standing commitment to local processes in a rapidly transnational 
world, both the "indigenous" and the "cosmopolitan" have emerged as crucial 
figures for analysis and debate. The notions of "indigeneity" and 
"cosmopolitanism" thus speak to a range of pressing theoretical and 
quotidian concerns: the politics of recognition, inclusion and exclusion; 
rights to scarce resources; the relation between peoples, spaces and places; 
neoliberal visions of the global as open-ended, unanchored flows; 
autochthony, sovereignty and citizenship; conflict and violence; and the 
ways global capitalism generates cosmopolitan imaginaries while 
simultaneously producing novel forms and assertions of emplacement. We 
welcome papers that engage with "indigeneity" and "cosmopolitanism" in a 
broad sense - as predicaments, moral locations, political positions, 
imaginative objects - together with their theoretical, epistemological and 
practical entailments.

A highlight of the conference will be the AES Plenary Session, which will 
feature a keynote lecture by Jean and John Comaroff (University of Chicago) 
and responses by Carol Greenhouse (Princeton University) and James Siegel 
(Cornell University).


Call for Submissions:

The conference organizers invite submissions in a number of formats. We 
especially encourage sessions that bring together participants from 
different institutions and society memberships.


Papers will be 15 minutes each. They may be volunteered individually. The 
program committee will organize individually volunteered papers into 
sessions according to theme and content. Papers intended as part of a 
proposed session (or symposium) must be submitted by the session organizer 
as part of the session proposal form.


Sessions will be 90 minutes each, and will generally consist of up to five 
papers with a discussion period to follow. Please note that if a formal 
discussant will be participating, there should be no more than four papers 
in a session, in order to leave time for general discussion. Organizers may 
schedule as few as three papers if they wish to leave an extended time for 
discussion.


Symposia will generally be formed of at least two sessions of 90 minutes 
each. Symposium parts will be held in sequence, with a break between the 
parts, and where possible, will be located in the same room.

Roundtables are less formal than sessions: participants do not present 
formal papers but discuss an issue or topic laid out by the session 
organizers in their proposal. Roundtables, like sessions, are 90 minutes 
long.

Workshops consist of a small number of participants who gather to discuss a 
theme or subject in a more informal way than a session or a symposium. A 
workshop is the equivalent of a session and is 90 minutes long. Workshop 
organizers should indicate criteria for participation (i.e. pre-circulated 
papers, topic preparation, pre-registration).

Please note: Each participant will normally be limited to presenting one 
paper and acting as discussant once.

Please note also: Prior to submitting proposals for papers, sessions, 
symposia, roundtables or workshops, all participants must be members of 
either AES or CASCA, and have registered for the conference (the 
registration website features the relevant links).

Conference Registration and Submission of Papers and Sessions:

To register for the AES/CASCA conference and submit your paper or session 
proposal, please go to the AES webpage and follow the link for conference 
registration.

The address of the AES webpage is: http://www.aesonline.org

If you have technical problems with conference registration or payment, 
please contact Khara Minter at: kminter@aaanet.org

For general questions about the conference, submitting proposals, 
participation, accommodation, or travel, please contact: 
conference2007@anthropologica.ca

Deadlines and Fees: The deadline for conference registration and submissions 
is February 15, 2007. Early registration comes with reduced fees. These fees 
are US $80.00 for professionals ($106 after 1/15/07)_ and US $35.00 for 
students ($53 after 1/15/07).

Please note that scholars registering for the conference through AES (and 
via the AES webpage) need to be members of AES (and AAA). A link to the AAA 
membership site is provided on the conference registration website.

Cancellation Policy: If your proposal is not accepted and/or you wish to 
cancel your participation you may apply for a refund of the conference 
registration fees. Requests may be sent by email to 
conference2007-admin@anthropologica.ca up to and including March 15, 2007. A 
$30 processing fee will be deducted. There will be no refunds for 
withdrawals after March 15th, 2007.


Elsie Clews Parsons Prize:

This year AES will also award the biannual Elsie Clews Parsons Prize for the 
best graduate student paper. The winner of the prize receives a medallion 
cast by a Hopi silversmith featuring a design visible on our website as the 
society's logo. Graduate students interested in applying for the Elsie Clews 
Parsons Prize should mail three copies of the complete paper to Fran 
Rothstein, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, 
Towson University, Towson, MD 21252-0001 by April 1, 20007.  Papers should 
be no longer than 35 double-spaced pages, previously unpublished, and should 
conform to American Ethnologist style guidelines.

From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Fri Dec  8 11:15:26 2006
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (Benito Vergara)
Date: Fri Dec  8 14:15:55 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]URBANTH-L Job Guide, Dec. 4-9, 2006
Message-ID: <00ba01c71afd$3e94dda0$bbbe98e0$@edu>

URBANTH-L Job Guide, Dec. 4-9, 2006

**********
1. Eugene Lang College, New School for Liberal Arts, Urban and Education
Studies, Asst. Prof.
2. UC Irvine, International Studies, Asst. Prof.
3. Monmouth U, Anthropology, Asst. Prof.
4. The Field Museum, Chicago, Environmental Anthropologist

**********

1. Eugene Lang College, New School for Liberal Arts, Urban and Education
Studies, Asst. Prof.

Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts seeks to hire a
tenure-track faculty member in the area of urban studies and education
studies up to the level of an advanced assistant professor. We are seeking
candidates who can locate a critical understanding of the challenges facing
urban education within the context of the broader urban, political, social
and economic processes that shape cities in the United States. The primary
focus of this position is the United States but candidates who can bring a
comparative perspective are also encouraged to apply.   

PhD in education, urban studies or relevant social science discipline
required. A commitment to teaching and a strong record of publication is
necessary. Successful candidates will offer courses to undergraduates in
education and urban studies at Eugene Lang College. Experience offering
courses with a community based component is desirable.   

In addition to applying online, interested candidates should include a CV,
cover letter, one-page statement of teaching philosophy, outline of research
program, sample of written work, and the names of three references who will
be sending letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation should be
sent to: Alana Proctor, Eugene Lang
College, 65 West 11th Street, Room 350, New York, NY 10011

----------

2. UC Irvine, International Studies, Asst. Prof.

The School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine seeks
a junior scholar at the level of Assistant Professor in International
Studies beginning July 1, 2007. Salary is commensurate with academic
qualifications and experience. Applicants are required to have scholarly
training, a research record, and teaching expertise in international
political economy and economic institutions, broadly conceived. The
appointment can be made in Anthropology, Political Science, or Sociology.
Areas of specialization may include international organizations;
international political economy; global trade, finance, and technology; and,
legal, social and political institutions in the global political economy. A
regional expertise is desirable, but not necessary.

Applicants are asked to send a cover letter describing research, teaching,
and administrative qualifications; CV; one writing sample; and the names of
three references. To receive optimal consideration, applications should be
received by January 8, 2007. All materials and inquiries are to be addressed
to: Ms. Julie Pham, Program Coordinator for International Studies, 5135
Social Science Plaza A, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5100.
Contact: Ms. Pham at jpham@uci.edu.

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer
committed to excellence through diversity, has a National Science Foundation
Advance Gender Equity Program, and is responsive to the needs of dual career
couples.

Contact Information:
	
E-mail : jpham@uci.edu
Phone : (949)824-9229
Fax : (949)824-5037
Ms. Julie Pham
International Studies Manager
International Studies
University of California, Irvine
5135 Social Science Plaza A
Irvine, CA 92697
USA

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3. Monmouth U, Anthropology, Asst. Prof.

The Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University invites
applications, Ph.D. preferred, for a tenure-track appointment (Fall 2007) as
an Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology. We seek candidates with
field experience in Brazil or the Caribbean. Knowledge of a second culture
area is a plus. Scholars interested in race, ethnicity, and globalization
are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate
teaching effectiveness and should be prepared to teach cultural
anthropology, regional surveys, topical courses, and anthropological theory.
The ability to teach ethnographic field school is also important.

Monmouth University has a growing anthropology program (120 majors), with a
focus on the Americas. Anthropology exits in a department combined with
history and we encourage applicants interested in this exciting intellectual
collaboration. We pride ourselves on excellence in teaching and careful
mentoring of our students. The successful candidate should expect to be
engaged with students through advising and co-curricular activities, e.g.
clubs and honor societies.

Monmouth University is a private, independent, comprehensive master's level
university located on the Jersey Shore less than 1 1/2 hours from New York
City and two hours from Philadelphia. Its location provides a dynamic,
culturally rich living and working environment.

Send application letter, CV, and 3 letters of reference to Prof. Richard
Veit, Chair, Cultural Anthropology Search Committee, Department of History
and Anthropology, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch,
NJ 07764. Monmouth University is an AA/EOE and is committed to creating a
more diverse environment. Evaluation of applications will begin December 15,
2006 and continue until the position is filled.

Contact Information:
	
Prof Richard Veit
Chair, Cultural Anthropology Search Committee
History and Anthropology
Monmouth University
400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
USA

----------

4. The Field Museum, Chicago, Environmental Anthropologist

The Center for Cultural Understanding and Change (CCUC) at the Field Museum
seeks a conservation/environmental anthropologist.  
 
The qualified candidate must have 
?	Ph.D. 
?	five years minimum field experience (may include dissertation
research) working in community-based conservation 
?	fluency in spoken and written Spanish 
?	excellent communication skills 
?	excellent writing skills 
 
Our work focuses in the Andean foothills and lowland Amazon, primarily in
Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.  The successful candidate must be able to work
collaboratively with local partners-including conservation organizations,
indigenous organizations, and governmental agencies?to implement
conservation programs. 
 
The candidate should be adept at training, resource-use mapping, and rapid
social assessment methodologies (participatory rural appraisal,
participatory mapping, etc.).  The candidate will be expected to contribute
to grant writing, technical reports, publications, and other materials for
dissemination.  The position requires frequent fieldwork and travel to South
America.
 
CCUC is part of the Environment, Culture, and Conservation (ECCo) Division
of The Field Museum.  We work closely with the department of Environment and
Conservation Programs (ECP) to identify, establish, and sustain protected
areas and their buffer zones. With our collaborators in ECP, we give equal
consideration to the protection of biological and cultural diversity, and
the promotion of sustainable livelihoods for local communities.  Our goal is
to put scientific knowledge to work for conservation of large tracts of
wilderness while providing sustainable livelihoods for people in the
surrounding communities.
 
This is a two-year, grant-funded position with possibility for renewal.  The
Field Museum is an equal opportunity employer. Salary will be commensurate
with experience.
 
Please email cover-letter,  current CV, and names of references to: 
awali@fieldmuseum.org
 
Alaka Wali, 
Director, Center for Cultural Understanding and Change
The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
312-665-7472 Voice
312/665-7193 Fax
www.fieldmuseum.org


From marky at umail.ucsb.edu  Fri Dec  8 12:21:57 2006
From: marky at umail.ucsb.edu (Mark A. Schuller)
Date: Fri Dec  8 15:30:36 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]query: ethnographies of contemporary Iraq
Message-ID: <20061208122157.jaybgioj8kcwg4cs@webaccess.umail.ucsb.edu>

Hello all,

I feel like i should know the answer to this question, but does anyone  
know of a good ethnography of contemporary (2003 and beyond) Iraq?

Thank you in advance.

-Mark Schuller


From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Dec  8 17:32:09 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Dec  8 17:33:08 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN: Citizenship and Migration Summer Institute (Berlin, Germany)
Message-ID: <014701c71b18$b5f6e490$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Citizenship and Migration
June 25-July 6, 2007
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany
Faculty: Eamonn Callan, Professor of Education, Stanford University, CA

David Miller, Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford, Nuffield 
College, England

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Postmarked by February 28, 2007.

Western Europe and the U.S.A. are in the midst of social changes triggered 
in part by new migration patterns that put established conceptions of 
national citizenship under unprecedented strain. Addressing these issues 
requires an interdisciplinary approach that engages philosophy, political 
science, law, sociology, history, education, and other relevant fields. Thus 
applications are welcome from scholars in a broad array of disciplines.

The SIAS Summer Institutes are designed to support the development of 
scholarly networks and collaborative projects among young scholars from the 
United States and Europe. Led by distinguished senior scholars, the 
institutes are open to recent Post-docs (Ph.D. not earlier than 2002) and 
Ph.D. candidates who are now studying or teaching at a European or American 
institution of higher education. The program seeks to explore theoretical, 
methodological, and empirical issues; promote the integration of approaches 
and interpretations from various disciplines into the participants' 
research; review the state of research in an institute's field; and identify 
promising areas for further research.

Each institute will accommodate twenty participants and will meet twice, 
once in the United States and once in Europe. Participants will present 
their research and collaborate on new projects at the seminars and between 
the two meetings. Participants will be expected to attend both meetings. The 
program will provide stipends and cover travel and lodging costs for both 
the American and European meetings.

Petria Saleh
Tel.: +49 30 / 89001 - 116
petria.saleh@wiko-berlin.de
http://www.wiko-berlin.de/index.php?id=112&L=1

Email: mshaw@nhc.rtp.nc.us
Visit the website at http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/sias/index.htm 

From colej at dowling.edu  Mon Dec 11 12:50:15 2006
From: colej at dowling.edu (Jeffrey Cole)
Date: Tue Dec 12 04:47:21 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]query: ethnographies of contemporary Iraq
Message-ID: <457D54070200006A0000E698@hermes.dowling.edu>

I woud recommend Rory Stewart's The Prince of the Marshes and Other
Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq (Harcourt, 2006).  Stewart served
in the CPA for a year in two southern Iraqi provinces, and provides a
vivid account of deaing with the CPA administration in Baghdad on one
hand and three large militias in his area on the other.   Countless are
the many dilemmas he encounters in an effort foster a degree of
stability, growth, and democracy.  While the book isn't a (traditional)
ethnography, he writes well and makes references to earlier studies of
Marsh Arabs and postwar rebuilding efforts.  Also, students in my
Peoples and Cultures of the MIddle East course liked it.


Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Chair, Department of Anthropology
Academic Chair, Division of Social Sciences

Office Phone: 631-244-3125
Office Location: 321 Fortunoff Hall
Email: colej@dowling.edu

Address:
Department of Anthropology
Dowling College
Idle Hour Blvd
Oakdale, NY 11769-1999, USA
>>> "Mark A. Schuller" <marky@umail.ucsb.edu> 12/08/06 3:21 PM >>>
Hello all,

I feel like i should know the answer to this question, but does anyone  
know of a good ethnography of contemporary (2003 and beyond) Iraq?

Thank you in advance.

-Mark Schuller


_______________________________________________
URBANTH-L mailing list
URBANTH-L@lists.ysu.edu
http://lists.ysu.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/urbanth-l


From marky at umail.ucsb.edu  Tue Dec 12 01:08:56 2006
From: marky at umail.ucsb.edu (Mark A. Schuller)
Date: Tue Dec 12 04:47:27 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]query: ethnographies of contemporary Iraq
In-Reply-To: <457D54070200006A0000E698@hermes.dowling.edu>
References: <457D54070200006A0000E698@hermes.dowling.edu>
Message-ID: <20061212010856.i6s942vh5wsk84go@webaccess.umail.ucsb.edu>

Thank you for this.

I was also sent a reference:

Bernhardsson, Magnus T.  2006.  Reclaiming a Plundered Past:  
Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq.  Austin: University of  
Texas Press.

http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/berrec.html

And i stumbled on a documentary film that i haven't yet seen, by an  
NYU professor Sinan Antoon.

InCounter Productions.  2003.  About Baghdad.

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/aboutbaghdad

Hope these references are helpful!

Jeffrey Cole <colej@dowling.edu> wrote:

> I woud recommend Rory Stewart's The Prince of the Marshes and Other
> Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq (Harcourt, 2006).  Stewart served
> in the CPA for a year in two southern Iraqi provinces, and provides a
> vivid account of deaing with the CPA administration in Baghdad on one
> hand and three large militias in his area on the other.   Countless are
> the many dilemmas he encounters in an effort foster a degree of
> stability, growth, and democracy.  While the book isn't a (traditional)
> ethnography, he writes well and makes references to earlier studies of
> Marsh Arabs and postwar rebuilding efforts.  Also, students in my
> Peoples and Cultures of the MIddle East course liked it.
>
>
> Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Anthropology
> Chair, Department of Anthropology
> Academic Chair, Division of Social Sciences
>
> Office Phone: 631-244-3125
> Office Location: 321 Fortunoff Hall
> Email: colej@dowling.edu
>
> Address:
> Department of Anthropology
> Dowling College
> Idle Hour Blvd
> Oakdale, NY 11769-1999, USA
>>>> "Mark A. Schuller" <marky@umail.ucsb.edu> 12/08/06 3:21 PM >>>
> Hello all,
>
> I feel like i should know the answer to this question, but does anyone
> know of a good ethnography of contemporary (2003 and beyond) Iraq?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> -Mark Schuller
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> URBANTH-L mailing list
> URBANTH-L@lists.ysu.edu
> http://lists.ysu.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/urbanth-l
>
>



-Mark Schuller


From tuomas.martikainen at abo.fi  Wed Dec 13 09:13:00 2006
From: tuomas.martikainen at abo.fi (Tuomas Martikainen)
Date: Wed Dec 13 14:12:03 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Nordic Migrations: Past & Present, Finland 2008
Message-ID: <457FA7FC.40107@abo.fi>

1st Call for Sessions

4th ETMU DAYS

Nordic Migrations: Past & Present

October 26-27, 2007
?bo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

The theme of the fourth annual ETMU Days is Nordic 
Migrations. The theme can be approached from following 
directions: ethnicity, international mobility, 
multiculturalism, integration, indigenous and national 
minorities, minority rights, citizenship, nationalism, 
racism, refugees, education, upbringing and comparable topics.

The keynote speakers at the conference are Professor Thomas 
Hylland Eriksen (University of Oslo), Professor Charles 
Westin (University of Stockholm), Dr Diana Mulinari 
(University of Lund), Dr Ali Najib (University of Uppsala), 
Dr Garbi Schmidt (University of Copenhagen), Professor Max 
Engman (?bo Akademi University) and Professor Martin 
Scheinin (?bo Akademi University).

The preferred language of the conference is English. 
Presentations are also possible in Finnish and Swedish.

Several workshops dealing with the above mentioned themes 
will be held at the conference.
Researchers, research groups and students of the field may 
suggest topics for these workshops. The suggestions should 
include the name of the workshop and an approx. 200-word 
introduction to the theme. Suggestions should also specify 
the language of the workshop to be used and are to be 
submitted by 30.03.2007.

We are also searching for co-ordinators for the workshops. 
Their task is to choose abstracts for their workshop and 
function as their chairperson. The co-ordinators themselves 
are also welcome to suggest topics for workshops. As each 
workshop is established, information about it will be added 
to the website of ETMU and abstracts for them can be 
suggested from that moment onwards.

For further information: http://www.etmu.fi.
Session proposals: etmu2007@etmu.fi

Organizers

ETMU: The Finnish Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations 
and International Migration
?bo Akademi University: Departments of Comparative Religion, 
Ethnology, Folkloristics and Sociology
Institute of Migration, Turku

Contact person: Tuomas Martikainen, tuomas.martikainen@abo.fi

From dpellow at maxwell.syr.edu  Wed Dec 13 08:24:42 2006
From: dpellow at maxwell.syr.edu (Deborah Pellow)
Date: Wed Dec 13 14:12:28 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Invited sessions
Message-ID: <32A8B2CB12BFC84D8D11D872C787AA9A0E5267B0@EXCHANGE.forest.maxwell.syr.edu>

Greetings to you all!

This is a quick note letting you know that the deadline to submit panels
to be considered for "invited" status by SUNTA is March 1. Next month
I'll send more details on that and other submission dates as well. 

I hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season.

deborah

Deborah Pellow
Program Chair, SUNTA
From hortonsarah at msn.com  Wed Dec 13 14:11:48 2006
From: hortonsarah at msn.com (Sarah Horton)
Date: Wed Dec 13 17:19:04 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Society for the Anthropology of North America CFP: Anthropological
 Research for Social Movements
Message-ID: <BAY115-W1DEACE0685464588FD904ACD60@phx.gbl>

This is a session I?d like to do for both the SANA spring meeting in New Orleans (Apr 19-21, 2007); and also to submit to next year?s American Anthropology Association meetings as a possible presidential session. Please email me (address below) asap if you?d like to give a paper in one or both because both deadlines are Jan 15.
 
Session Proposal: Anthropological research for social movements: 
Developing a research agenda
 
Organizer: Karen Brodkin (UCLA): kbrodkin@anthro.ucla.edu
 
Session Abstract: Many anthropologists are supportive of the global upsurge of progressive and left social justice movements. But both the movements and those of us who study them are fragmented. Activists in one place have neither the time nor the connection to kindred movements in other places. A similar fragmentation exists among social movement researchers. This session hopes to begin the process of developing a collaborative research agenda among anthropologists and kindred others conducting research with and about these movements. Many anthropologists are already working with social movements one or another way, from active participation to advocacy and research. The project of building a collaborative research agenda is one way of creating an intellectual network across the existing separations. Such a network can also foster collaboration among anthropologists and activists in analyzing, sharing lessons and funds of experience across movements.
            This session will share our funds of experience and thinking about larger research efforts by anthropologists. Its focus is on developing a specifically ethnographic and participatory research agenda. Ethnography here is a gloss for all collaborative and interactive the ways that anthropologists try to create new knowledge and insights. An agenda for such ethnographic research could attend to:
 
1) Big questions that all social movements confront: 
Who are its varied subjects and what does it take to engage their participation? 
What works and what doesn?t in terms of making change, engaging new constituencies? What are the big goals and visions of the movement? 
 
2) Concrete ways specific movements encounter, address, and analyze these mega-questions:
What funds of experience exist among progressive groups reaching and organizing non-traditional left constituencies? 
What specific communicative barriers have a group faced, and how have they addressed or overcome them?
What kinds of questions do the activist groups we work with have that are research questions on things they can't already study better themselves? 
 
3) Ways research can make known knowledge and funds of experience that are common sense within one movement that may be a new insight in another.
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From amanda.wise at scmp.mq.edu.au  Thu Dec 14 12:32:12 2006
From: amanda.wise at scmp.mq.edu.au (Amanda Wise)
Date: Thu Dec 14 13:25:40 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Papers: Everyday Multiculturalism - Edited
	Collection 
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Message-ID: <007e01c71f1f$ae6d89d0$919c6f89@scmp.mq.edu.au>


Call for Papers - Edited Book
EVERYDAY MULTICULTURALISM
Amanda Wise & Selvaraj Velayutham (editors)

Following a successful conference on Everyday Multiculturalism organised by
the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion at Macquarie University,
Australia
[http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/news_and_events/everyday_multiculturalism.htm],
we have received expressions of interest from a number of publishers keen on
publishing a collection on this topic. They have encouraged us to attract a
good international spread of papers. 

While research on multiculturalism and racism is well developed, qualitative
research into everyday modes of lived multiculturalism, remains fairly
limited. We invite papers that explore quotidian experiences of cultural
difference and diversity. Quotidian diversity has been variously described
as 'togetherness-in-difference' (Ang 2000), and 'inhabiting difference'
(Hage 1998). We take the term to mean those perspectives on cultural
diversity which recognize the embodied or inhabited nature of living with
cultural difference. 

We welcome expressions of interest from scholars doing grounded research on
the topic of multiculturalism which explores the ways in which people
experience and (dis)engage with cultural difference using case studies from
around the world but which also make broader theoretical points relevant
beyond the locality involved. Accessible theoretical papers which engage
with the concept of the everyday are also welcome. We are interested in
papers that explore the intersections and relationships between cultural
groups, rather than research taking a single ethnic group as a focus. Papers
can also examine:

*	Interconnections between the everyday and larger discourses of
	multiculturalism and nation; 
*	Everyday affinities and solidarities
* 	Everyday disjunctures, discomforts, and racisms between
	cultures;
*	Modes of living with and across difference in cities, suburbia
	or regional areas;
*	Food, neighbouring, shopping, school, sport, etc. as sites for
	multicultural encounters and negotiations at the neighbourhood
level;
*	Multicultural place-sharing and battles over place identity and
	belonging. 

Perspectives from any discipline are welcome, especially sociology,
anthropology, cultural studies, and human geography. 

Please send a proposed title, a 500 word abstract and a short bio by 16
February 2007 to Banu Senay - banu.senay@scmp.mq.edu.au  

Accepted contributions (5-7,000) words will have to be completed by 31 July
2007 with a view to publication in early 2008.

For all enquiries please contact -  Dr Selvaraj Velayutham
selvaraj.velayutham@mq.edu.au or Dr Amanda Wise amanda.wise@mq.edu.au


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Dr Amanda Wise 
Research Fellow  & Manager Research Development 
Centre for Research on Social Inclusion Macquarie University 
Building W6A, Room 701, Phone: +61 2 9850-8835 
Email: amanda.wise@scmp.mq.edu.au   Web: www.crsi.mq.edu.au  
Author of Exile & Return among the East Timorese 
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From ptaber at anth.ucsb.edu  Thu Dec 14 10:10:50 2006
From: ptaber at anth.ucsb.edu (Patricia Taber)
Date: Thu Dec 14 13:25:53 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L] NEW BOOK on housing policy and practice
Message-ID: <20061214101050.azh68ocwwwcggck0@secure.lsit.ucsb.edu>

HOMING DEVICES: The Poor as Targets of Public Housing Policy and Practice

Edited and Introduced by marilyn m. thomas-houston and Mark Schuller

2006, Lexington Books


Homing Devices is a collection of nine humanistic, policy-oriented,
on-the-ground ethnographies addressing housing policy and practice in
what we call "First-World peripheral" settings: peoples and
communities that are, in the words of a Black activist whose story is
told in this book, "held poor" in so-called developed countries.

 From homeless youth in Toronto, to squatters in Hong Kong, to Black
long-term public housing residents in the United States, Homing
Devices gives voice to the people most directly concerned with public
housing policy: those in whose name it is created and implemented. We
take a critical look at environmental risk remediation, forced
eviction through a landmark court case as well as U.S. initiatives
such as HOPE-VI and the One Strike Rule, squatter clearance and
rehousing, as well as more subtle forms of racism encouraged by
program design and implementation. We also discuss theories and
strategies of organizing, how tenants, squatters, homeless youth, and
low-income homeowners actively take their community's future in their
hands. In addition to a critical look at housing, Homing Devices
describes and analyzes changes in governance in so-called First-World
societies, and what these changes mean for people and communities that
are marginalized - and for the strategies of people engaged in
empowerment.

Homing Devices documents and analyzes how public housing policy and
practice affects people and communities marginalized by poverty,
racism, environmental racism, and immigration status. Through nine
original essays addressing eight local urban contexts in the United
States, Canada, and Hong Kong, Homing Devices addresses four major
themes: human rights aspects of housing, how housing is used in
governance, how governments define social reality, and how
marginalized people themselves have an impact on shaping housing
policy and practice.



"An excellent synthesis of detailed ethnographic research and social
critique of current housing policy in the U.S. and globally....
Demonstrates how an ethnographic understanding of the lives of those
who live in public housing can generate (produce) better and more
equitable policy decisions."-Setha Low, The Graduate Center, City
University of New York

"This book is a useful toolkit for anyone concerned about the human
right to housing, the current war on the poor, and
organizing/empowering low income people. Readers will gain new
insights into action strategies at the local level."-Michael Stoops,
National Coalition for the Homeless




List of Contributors
Elizabeth Beaton, Rae Bridgman, Ernest Chui, Edward G. Goetz, Sherri
Lawson Clark, Diane K. Levy, Cheryl Rodriguez, Mark Schuller, Alan
Smart, marilyn m. thomas-houston


http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739114603



From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Fri Dec 15 09:46:27 2006
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (Benito Vergara)
Date: Fri Dec 15 12:46:56 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]URBANTH-L Job Guide, Dec. 10-15, 2006
Message-ID: <001401c72070$f3bb8fd0$db32af70$@edu>

**********
1. U Mass Amherst, Archaeology, Asst. Prof. [note past deadline]
2. UC Davis, Human and Community Development, Associate/Full Prof.
3. U of South Carolina, Health and Social Disparities, Asst/Assoc./Full
Prof. (3 positions)

**********

1. U Mass Amherst, Archaeology, Asst. Prof.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks an archaeologist for a
tenure-track position at the assistant professor level starting Fall 2007.
PhD preferred at time of appointment. The Department is building on our
teaching, research, and service concentration on the causes and
manifestations of inequality and the promotion of social justice in the
Americas. This position is part of a group of hires in these areas across
the subdisciplines of anthropology.

The successful applicant will have a vision and record of research and
teaching in the archaeology of racism and social inequality, preferably in
the Indigenous Americas and/or the African Diaspora. Furthermore, we will
consider candidates who:

.	have at least one geographical focus on and a commitment to building
a program in the Americas.
.	have a demonstrated research record in issues of power, inequality,
and structural violence among communities and populations with a legacy of
subordination by slavery, discrimination, and/or colonization.
.	are integrated into the racialized communities they study, as a
means to build on the strong community outreach initiative of the
department.
.	value and encourage research and teaching across the subdisciplines
of anthropology. 
.	will strengthen our cooperation with interdepartmental programs with
these same foci.

The department is committed to developing a more diverse faculty, student
body and curriculum.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the flagship campus of the
5-campus publicly funded UMass system. It is located in the Connecticut
River Valley, 90 miles west of Boston and 180 miles northeast of New York
City. UMass Amherst hosts nearly 19,000 undergraduate students and 5,600
graduate students, and nearly 900 tenure system faculty. The Department of
Anthropology has 17 faculty, 175 majors in the BA program and 82 graduate
students working on MA and/or PhD programs.

UMass Amherst anthropology faculty work closely with their counterparts in
the area private colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith) in
curricular planning. The faculty is unionized, and the University of
Massachusetts offers an excellent benefits package. UMass Amherst prohibits
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The University of
Massachusetts is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.  Women
and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.

Send a letter describing interests and qualifications, a CV, and listing of
3 referees to Chair, Archaeology Anthropology Search Committee, Department
of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, MA 01003.  Application screening commences
on December 1, 2006, and continues until the position is filled.

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2. UC Davis, Human and Community Development, Associate/Full Prof.

The Community Studies and Development Unit, Department of Human and
Community Development, University of California, Davis, announces an opening
for an academic year (9 month), tenured position at the Associate or Full
Professor level to conduct research, teaching, and outreach addressing key
issues in community and regional development and policy.  Fiscal term (i.e.
11 month) employment will be offered and continued based on academic
personnel review.  Candidates must have a Doctorate in anthropology,
geography, planning, political science, sociology, or rural sociology, and a
record of research and teaching on topics with policy relevance for the
socio-economic development of U.S. communities and regions.  Candidates will
be expected to develop a strong undergraduate and graduate teaching program
and a research program including a focus on community and regional change in
California.  Appointment is expected before July 1, 2007. 

Applicants should begin the application process by registering online at
http://hcd.recruitments.ucdavis.edu. Review of the applications will begin
January 31, 2007.  The position will remain open until filled.  Inquiries
about this position should be addressed to the Chair of the Search
Committee, Miriam J. Wells (mjwells@ucdavis.edu). For technical or
administrative questions regarding the application process please email the
Search Committee Coordinator, Jeri L. Sorensen (jlsorensen@ucdavis.edu).

The University of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.

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3. U of South Carolina, Health and Social Disparities, Asst/Assoc./Full
Prof. (3 positions)

The University of South Carolina invites applications for three tenure-track
faculty positions at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor for
candidates whose research programs focus on health disparities and social
disparities for African Americans. These Faculty Excellence Initiative
hires, which encourage interdisciplinary research and teaching, represent
collaboration among three units: the College of Arts and Sciences; the
College of Social Work; and the Arnold School of Public Health. Health
disparities research is one of four areas targeted for growth at the
University of South Carolina. We seek candidates who can expand or create
cross-disciplinary academic and research initiatives, producing a synergy of
expertise and research capacity.

Founded in 1801, the University of South Carolina spans an eight-campus,
fully-accredited state-supported system. Recently, the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching named USC an institution of "very high
research activity," a designation only granted to 62 public research
institutions. Major new initiatives of the University make these positions
attractive for dynamic scholars in research. Faculty Excellence Initiatives
and Centenary Plans will add over 250 new faculty members to the University.
Innovista, the University's new 200-acre research campus, will integrate
public and private sector research and researchers within a vibrant,
contemporary landscape by combining 5 million square feet of labs, office
space, mixed use retail, and affordable residential housing in a 200-acre
"intellectual ecosystem" intertwined with the state's capital city.

Responsibilities: Candidates in these positions will be expected to build a
strong research initiative working across disciplines in the field of
African-American health disparities and related social and psychological
conditions. Specific responsibilities are (1) to assist in implementing
research collaboration and coordination in health disparities across campus,
(2) to seek and obtain external funding for community-based research in the
focused topic, (3) to offer teaching and research learning opportunities to
graduate and undergraduate students, and (4) for senior-level faculty
candidates, to facilitate mentoring for junior faculty who are building
research programs on individual, community, and social health of African
Americans.

Qualifications: Qualifications must be commensurate with rank and include a
promising or outstanding record in original research, a commitment to
quality teaching, and a doctoral degree or satisfactory progress toward
completion of a doctoral degree in anthropology, psychology, public health,
social work, or related field. Senior-level faculty candidates are expected
to have a significant record of extramural research funding.

Salary: Highly competitive.

How to apply: Applicants should submit a letter of application,
curriculum/research vita, and three letters of reference. Additional
materials that demonstrate educational, academic, and work experience should
accompany the application package. Applications will be accepted until
positions are filled. All submissions should be addressed to:

Faculty Excellence Initiative Search Committee
Dennis L. Poole, Dean
University of South Carolina
College of Social Work
Columbia, South Carolina 29208

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or
employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual
orientation, or veteran status. Minorities and women are encouraged to
apply.

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From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Dec 16 16:52:19 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Dec 16 16:53:05 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Spatializing the Missionary Encounter (Belgium)
Message-ID: <001901c7215c$799cb750$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Spatializing the Missionary Encounter. The Interaction Between Missionary 
Work and Space in Colonial Settings

Venue: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium


While research on colonial architecture and space has found a broad academic 
interest during the past several decades, research on the architectural 
staging and spatial implications of the worldwide expansion of religion has 
found much less concern. Nonetheless, the development of colonial empires in 
the nineteenth and twentieth century went hand in hand with a missionary 
revival sending Christian missionaries to every corner of the world. As 
those missionaries generally were in closer contact with the local 
population than colonial officials, studying their spatial practices and 
strategies offers high potential for analysing the dynamics of intercultural 
interaction in the imperial encounter.

We invite papers that explore the possible lines of a nuanced analytical 
scheme to study this interaction between missionary work and space. Critical 
in this scheme is an approach to missionary architecture and space not so 
much as a backdrop for the missionary encounter, but as an essential part of 
this encounter in itself. Moreover, we explicitly call for papers that 
explore the roles of the different actors involved in creating meaning and 
performing practices in these spaces.

In general, the scientific committee welcomes all papers that shed light on 
the complex and plural realities surrounding the interaction between 
missionary work and space in colonial settings. The workshop focuses on 
missionary work of all denominations in colonial settings between roughly 
1800 and 1960. We aim at bringing both an overview of existing research and 
exploring new ways of studying this interaction. Papers exploring new 
methodologies are particularly encouraged. We explicitly strive to include 
research coming from a multitude of disciplines (architectural history, 
history, mission history, anthropology, geography, cultural studies).

If interested, please submit a 250 words abstract and a c.v. by 31 December 
2006 to Bram Cleys(bram.cleys@asro.kuleuven.be). Final papers are due for 
pre-circulation on 31 October 2007.  A more detailed call for papers - 
outlining possible research questions - and additional information on this 
workshop can be obtained by emailing Bram Cleys.

Scientific Committee: Bruno De Meulder (Dept. of Architecture, Urbanism and 
Planning, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Jan De Maeyer (KADOC - 
Documentation and Research Center for Religion, Culture and Society, 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Nicholas Bullock (Department of 
Architecture, University of Cambridge), Sabine Cornelis (Department of 
History, Royal Museum of Central Africa), Johan Lagae (Department of 
Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University)

Bram Cleys
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning
Kasteelpark Arenberg 51
B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Phone: (0032) 16.32.13.39
Fax: (0032) 16.32.19.81
Email: bram.cleys@asro.kuleuven.be 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Dec 16 16:58:53 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Dec 16 16:59:06 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Asia and the Other (Taipei, Taiwan)
Message-ID: <005601c7215d$62c98e80$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

ASIA AND THE OTHER
International Conference

Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei, TAIWAN

June 23, 2007 (Deadline for Proposals: December 31, 2006)

The year 1984 witnessed the taking place of a pioneering conference entitled 
"Europe and Its Others." With the publication of Edward W. Said's 
_Orientalism_ only a few years apart, the conference organized by the 
University of Essex engaged in discussions heralded in Said's monumental 
work and presented some of the most groundbreaking writings in the 
then-emerging field, "postcolonial theory," with the participation of 
numerous thought-provoking scholars, Said himself included. Now, a little 
over two decades later, the Department of English at National Taiwan Normal 
University invites proposals for an international conference, ASIA AND THE 
OTHER, soliciting input on Asia's positioning in light of the question of 
the Other/other.

Presenting a similar-sounding theme with slight revision to the Essex 
conference, we would like to examine whether or not the idiom of the 
Self/Other demarcation is still relevant in the context of Asia. If yes, 
relevant in what ways? Is the present-day Asia still imagined in the same 
fashion as the old Orient once was? Does the rising economic force of Asia 
grant Asian countries "Occidentalist" optics through which they represent 
their others as old Orientalists did them? Without fixed conceptual 
presumptions, ASIA AND THE OTHER is interested not only in Asia's relations 
with "its" others, but also in Asia's relations with "the Other/other" as an 
ethical, political, epistemological, or ontological problematic. ASIA AND 
THE OTHER seeks to revisit issues taken up by earlier postcolonialist 
theorists with a different geopolitical focus; reexamine and update 
theoretical apparatuses often adopted in the discussions of the Self/Other 
issue, employing the realities of Asia, past and present, as examples; and 
stimulate conversations regarding the tensions or mutual productivity in 
cross-cultural, cross-national encounters.

We welcome proposals from various disciplines, including (but not limited 
to) anthropology, art history and theory, cultural studies, film and media 
studies, gender studies, geography, history, linguistics, literary studies, 
performance studies, philosophy, political science, religion studies, and 
sociology. We are particularly interested in submissions that not only 
provide historically-grounded reflections but also boldly reassess 
predominant theoretical concerns in their specific field.

**Confirmed Invited Speakers:
1) Sneja Gunew, University of British Columbia
2) Hugh J. Silverman, Stony Brook University
3) Scott Slovic, University of Nevada, Reno
**Panel themes include (but are not limited to) the following:

1. Discourses of the Other: Asian governments' foreign policies in history, 
cultural transformations occasioned by the arrival of Westerners, identity 
and class structure,
ethnic imagination, subaltern cultures

2. Revolution, Democracy, and Their Influence: nationalism, democratic 
reform, Marxism and Communism, cultural trends, social reform

3. mperialism and Colonialism: the rise and fall of imperialism and 
colonialism in the region, immigration, development of Asia after 
colonization

4. Cultural Exchange in the Pacifics: evolution in language, spreading of 
technology, development of medicine, influence of Buddhism, arrival of 
Christianity, aftermath of wars, reform in education system, impact of 
interracial marriages, implication of gender issues

5. Contemporary Literature and Comparative Literature: postcolonial 
literature, immigration literature, diasporic
literature, popular literature, genre comparison and development

6. Cinema, Visual Culture, Art, and the Media: representations of Asia in 
film, arts, music, popular cultures, and broadcast

7. Criticism and Reflections on Theory: postcolonial theory, minority 
discourse, other theoretical discourses engaging the Self/Other issue

8. Impact of Modernization: economic development, urbanization, 
globalization, consumerism, piracy culture, spatial politics, subcultures

Papers may be presented in English or Chinese. Please send your proposal 
(500 words maximum) and a brief curriculum vitae by December 31, 2006 via 
e-mail to Chun-yen Jo Chen <jochen@ntnu.edu.tw> or by snail mail to 
Organizing Committee, ASIA AND THE OTHER, Department of English, National 
Taiwan Normal University, 162, Ho-ping East Road, Section 1, Taipei, TAIWAN.

Notifications of acceptance will be made prior to January 31, 2007. Full 
papers (10-15 pages in length) are due May 15, 2007. Papers written in 
English may be submitted to _Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies_ to 
be considered for publication in a special issue dedicated to the conference 
theme.
Inquiries should be addressed to:

Organizing Committee, ASIA AND THE OTHER
Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University
162, Ho-ping East Road, Section 1, Taipei, TAIWAN
Phone: 02-2363-6143 ext. 205 (from outside of Taiwan: 886-2-2363-6143 ext. 
205)
E-mail: jochen@ntnu.edu.tw

Department website (with link to conference website): 
http://www.eng.ntnu.edu.tw/
Chun-yen Jo Chen
Department of English
National Taiwan Normal University
162, Ho-ping E. Road, Sec. 1
Taipei, TAIWAN
Phone: (+886) 2-23632664 ext. 205
Email: jochen@ntnu.edu.tw
Visit the website at http://www.eng.ntnu.edu.tw 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Dec 17 14:04:51 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Dec 17 14:05:08 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Dangerous Trade: Histories of Industrial Hazard
	Across a Globalizing World
Message-ID: <003d01c7220e$3df8f1c0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Dangerous Trade: Histories of Industrial Hazard Across a Globalizing World

We invite paper proposals for an international conference on the historical 
relationship between industrial hazards and globalization. The conference 
will be held December 13-15, 2007, at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, 
N.Y. It will focus especially on two more recent periods of global economic 
integration, the late nineteenth/early twentieth and the later twentieth 
centuries. The conference will highlight several themes:

--the making of hazardous industries in particular places. Issues may range 
from design, engineering, and management of dangerous processes; to worker 
health and disease; to housing and sanitation; to air and water pollution; 
to ecological impacts on surrounding lands and livelihoods. The industries 
involved may be older, as in agriculture or mining or textiles, or newer, as 
in petrochemical or nuclear plants. For each period, we seek cases studies 
in both developed and developing worlds.
-knowing and controlling industrial hazards. Issues may include the evolving 
awareness of danger, risk, or dissemination; changing and conflicting styles 
of knowledge, whether lay or expert; changing means of detection and 
diagnosis; the influence of worker or environmental organizations and 
advocacy; different state and regulatory approaches and their impacts; and 
debates and struggles over solutions, whether technological, legal or 
political.
--historical relationships between intra-workplace and wider environmental 
hazards, and between the professional and legal terrains of "occupational," 
"environmental," and "public" health.
--cross-national passages in the making, recognition and remedy of 
industrial hazards. These may involve multinational companies, capital, 
managers, migratory workers, raw materials, experts, technologies, 
scientific or other cultural practices, government or international 
agencies, or labor or environmental groups.
-comparative and supra-national approaches to the history of industrial 
hazard.

Our deliberations will strive for a more synthetic understanding of how the 
history of industrial hazards has varied across industries, nations, and 
periods, and of how, when, and why hazardous processes and their associated 
knowledge and remedy have (or have not) traveled from one nation or 
territory to another. The conference will have a workshop format, as we plan 
to move quickly to an edited publication. Accepted participants will be 
expected to submit a full manuscript version of their paper a month and a 
half beforehand, as a basis for conference discussions. Funds will likely be 
available for accepted presenters to cover food, lodging, and travel, 
national as well as international. We hope to strike an even balance between 
U.S. and non-U.S. participants.
Paper proposals must include an abstract of at least five hundred words and 
a curriculum vitae. The deadline for paper proposals is March 31, 2007. They 
should be sent as email attachments, in Word or Wordperfect files, to 
csellers@notes.cc.sunysb.edu or else as hard copies, to Christopher Sellers, 
History Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA. 
Please address inquiries to Christopher Sellers, at the above email, or to 
Joseph Melling at J.L.melling@exeter.ac.uk.

Christopher Sellers
History Department
Stony Brook University
N301A SBS Building
Stony Brook, New York 11794-4348
Email: csellers@notes.cc.sunysb.edu 

From rtadams at indiana.edu  Sun Dec 17 14:32:03 2006
From: rtadams at indiana.edu (Ryan Thomas Adams)
Date: Sun Dec 17 16:05:04 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NASA Call for Nominations
Message-ID: <000d01c72212$07e0d7c0$a5ae4f81@ads.iu.edu>

Please contact Rebecca Carter rlcart@umich.edu by Friday January 12, 2007 
using "NASA Nomination" as the subject line.

Best,
Ryan

Ryan Thomas Adams
Ph.D. Candidate - Anthropology
Indiana University, Bloomington
http://www.indiana.edu/~act/people.htm#Ryan
rtadams@indiana.edu
812-856-5327

UPCOMING POSITIONS WITH
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT ANTHROPOLOGISTS:

A CALL TO INTERESTED STUDENTS

* * * * * * * *


Dear student:

The National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA) is seeking 
students who are interested in being nominated as candidates for the 
Officer, Executive Board, and committee positions that will be open in 2007. 
We welcome nominations from both undergraduate and graduate students who 
have an interest in anthropology. While elected and appointed positions must 
be filled by NASA members in good standing, if you are not currently a NASA 
member we would like to encourage you to join and submit a nomination! 
Please visit the NASA website, http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/, for information 
on membership and to complete the brief online application.

NASA's purpose is to "stimulate and encourage the interests and involvement 
of both graduate and undergraduate students in anthropology." Working with 
NASA is a great way to gain leadership experience, and is an excellent 
opportunity to network with other students, professors, and professionals in 
anthropology and related disciplines. The atmosphere is friendly and 
collegial. Nominees are encouraged to bring and develop their own ideas for 
how NASA can better serve the interests of its student membership.

The NASA Nominations Committee will form a slate of candidates from the 
nominees for each position. NASA members will then vote for the candidates 
in the spring. In accordance with NASA bylaws, nominees, if elected, will 
serve two-year terms, which will begin in November 2007 at the Annual 
Meeting, and end in November 2009.

The following summaries describe the duties of the open positions; please 
refer to the NASA website, http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/officerduties.htm, for 
complete descriptions.


Officer Positions and Executive Committee Seats

1. PRESIDENT-ELECT: Serves a one-year term as President-Elect, followed by 
another year as President; responsible for internal communications within 
NASA; coordinates activities of committees and facilitates NASA's transition 
into the following year; holds one vote in NASA matters.

2. SECRETARY-TREASURER: Maintains the records of NASA and submits a draft 
budget for the approval of the Executive Committee before the Annual 
Meeting; holds one vote in NASA matters.

3. NASA NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Responsible for NASA's presence in Anthropology 
News; solicits contributions for the student column in addition to using the 
column for NASA information dispersal; holds one vote in NASA matters.

4. NASA E-JOURNAL EDITOR: Responsible for the development of the NASA 
E-Journal; chairs the E-Journal Committee; holds one vote in NASA matters.

5. GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE (1st Seat): Represents all interests of 
graduate-level NASA members; solicits new members; attends to student 
inquiries and creates student networks; disseminates information on 
scholarship and professional opportunities; chairs a NASA committee; holds 
one vote in NASA matters.

6. UNDERGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE (1st Seat): Represents all 
interests of undergraduate NASA members; solicits new members; attends to 
student inquiries and creates student networks; disseminates information on 
scholarship and professional opportunities; chairs a NASA committee; holds 
one vote in NASA matters.

Committee Positions

7. NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR: Posts Calls for NASA Elections; organizes 
and disseminates election materials and information; submits the elections 
slate to the NASA President for vote; solicits NASA members; chairs the 
Nominations Committee; participates in NASA activities throughout the year; 
holds one vote in NASA matters.

8. NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER (2nd seat): Assists with the activities of 
the Nominations Committee.

9. ANNUAL MEETINGS PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR: Posts calls for the NASA 
Invitation to the AAA Annual Meetings Panel and Invited Poster Session; 
organizes the structure and applications for the panel and poster sessions; 
submits recommendations for sessions to the NASA President for vote; chairs 
the Annual Meetings Program Committee; solicits NASA members; participates 
in NASA activities throughout the year; holds one vote in NASA matters.

10. ANNUAL MEETINGS PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBER (2 seats open): Assists with 
the activities of the Annual Meetings Program Committee.

11. E-JOURNAL COMMITTEE MEMBER (2 seats open): Assists with the development 
of the NASA E-Journal.

12. WEB DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER (2nd seat): Assists the Web Editor to 
maintain and update the NASA website; provides assistance and support to the 
Web Development Committee.

13. NASA TRAVEL AWARD COMMITTEE CHAIR: Publicizes the award through the NASA 
Website and AAA mailing lists; collects and evaluates applications; 
administers an award to one graduate and one undergraduate recipient per 
year at the AAA Conference.

14. CARRIE HUNTER TATE AWARD COMMITTEE CHAIR: Publicizes the award through 
the NASA Website and AAA mailing lists; collects and evaluate applications; 
administers an award to one graduate and one undergraduate recipient per 
year at the AAA Conference.

* * * * * * * *


DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS
Applications must be received by email no later than Friday January 12, 
2007.


HOW TO APPLY
Nominations materials must include a Biographical Sketch and Platform 
Statement, and must be formatted in accordance with the following 
guidelines. Please submit your application by e-mail to the NASA Nominations 
Committee Chair, Rebecca Carter, rlcart@umich.edu by Friday January 12, 2007 
using "NASA Nomination" as the subject line.
Please include the following items in the body of your e-mail application:

Candidate Material Instructions





Biographical sketch
Format biographical sketches exactly as follows; include bold headings (CV's 
will not be accepted):

FULL NAME (highest degree earned, institution where degree was earned, year 
degree was earned) Positions held (most recent first): Title, (dates 
from-to) Name of Institution; Interests and/or Activities: (Limit 3); 
Significant publications (limit 3 - most recent first): Title, 
co-authors/editors if applicable, where published, year published.

Example
I. WANNA WYN (PhD, University of Whereiwannabe, 1969) Positions held: Grand 
Inquisitor (1989-Pres) Search the World Over, Inc.; Leader of the Pack 
(1978-1989) Wearethebest University; Asst Leader of the Pack (1970-1978) 
Whimsy College; Interests and/or Activities: ritual, migration, presented 
paper at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Presenting Papers; Significant 
Publications: I Didn't Really Know What I Was Talking About, but Now I Do 
(with Yule Shirley Wyn, PhD), The Perfect Press, Inc., In Press; "Trust Me, 
I know what I am talking about" (with Imrunin Aginstya, PhD) Journal of 
Ultimate Knowledge, 1988.





Platform statement
The platform statement must be approximately 200 words in length. Statements 
significantly over 200 words will be cut down to 200 words before 
publishing.





Digital Picture
If available, please provide a digital picture of yourself for the spring 
ballots.
 


From sfalls at temple.edu  Mon Dec 18 13:39:31 2006
From: sfalls at temple.edu (Susan Falls)
Date: Mon Dec 18 13:59:50 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]POSTDOC: Committee on Global
 Thought, Columbia University
Message-ID: <20061218133931.BRZ07820@po-f.temple.edu>

We seek papers for a panel on "Protest, Humor, Drama and
Creative Destruction: Revealing Tensions and Contradictions in
American Society" at the Society for North American
Anthropology taking place  April 19-21 2997 in New Orleans.


>>> Responses to disaster often play upon or obliquely make
explicit many of the contradictions and conflicts that simmer
beneath the surface much of the time. In this panel, we
explore the multiple ways in which protest, humor, art and
drama emerge as the results of inequality producing dynamics
in terms of race, class, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation, nationality or citizenship. What are some of the
effects of these enterprises? What is the role of joy,
laughter and general hi-jinx in critique or dissent that for
all its lightness is also deadly serious? Why does humorous
protest gain purchase in the "mainstream," or even in the
margins or in criticized corners when more direct forms of
dissent may prove less effective? What is the role of the
sensual in such responses?

We aim to collect a set of papers addressing these themes,
broadly cast, as dealing with practices emerging from the
ongoing unnatural disasters such as the general American
political landscape and neoliberalism, racism, classism,
xenophobia, jingoism, surveillance, the construction of
"terrorism," war, ongoing erosion of civil liberties, and
more. We invite creative approaches and ethnographic studies
for this theme, and though in the main we use an
anthropological bent, we welcome participants using
interdisciplinary approaches.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:  Comedy
television / stand-up, films, ex: Code Pink, graffiti art and
artists like Banksy, critical mass, burning man, demolition
derby, bio-art or bio-protest, burlesque, carnivale, ad and
culture busting, experimentalism, menstrual protest,
costume/mask/puppetry, cartoonage, public performance.......

Send 100-150 word abstract with title to Susan Falls & Amy
Jones at sfalls@temple.edu by January 10th, 2007.

PS: Please see SANA website at www.sananet.org for more
details about the conference April 19-21 in New Orleans. 


Susan Falls, PhD
Department of Anthropology
1115 W. Berks St, Gladfelter Hall
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA  19122
USA



From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Dec 18 14:09:24 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Dec 18 14:10:12 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: Boston Carolers Sing About Gentrification
Message-ID: <002f01c722d8$0b7a8e50$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Carolers: Gentrification means many not merry

By Laura Crimaldi
Boston Herald

Chinatown residents are hoping a few fa-la-las, and maybe a ho, ho, ho, will 
help residents battle the gentrification blues.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006


The Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) and the Chinatown Resident 
Association will go caroling throughout Chinatown next week to raise 
awareness about the influx of high-rises, hotels and ritzy restaurants 
squeezing residents of the neighborhood.

    "This is the first time we're doing this," said Amy Leung, a CPA 
activist, who is helping organize the caroling stops at six apartment 
buildings. "The idea is to get the information out in a fun way."

    CPA Executive Director Lydia Lowe has penned pointed lyrics to the tune 
of Christmas classics like "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" to describe what 
gentrification is doing to Chinatown.

    The lyrics of "Won't Be Living Long In Chinatown," which is sung to the 
tune of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland," include "We always said that what 
we need is housing, / But penthouse condos isn't what we meant. / Who knew 
that C-town could be like the South End / This strip where migrant workers 
pitched their tents,"

    Four carolers practiced the songs, which will be sung in English and 
Chinese, at the CPA office yesterday. Carolers plan to bring maps of 
Chinatown with their sheet music to show tenants how much development is 
going on in their neighborhood.

These are the lyrics to one of the "carols" that Chinatown neighborhood 
groups will sing to battle gentrification:
(To the tune of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas')

The MP3, "Won't Be Living Long in Chinatown" 
http://www.bostonherald.com/audio/20061213chinatown/song1.mp3
The MP3, "We Wish That We Get to Stay Here" 
http://www.bostonherald.com/audio/20061213chinatown/song2.mp3

    Refrain:

    We wish that we get to stay here,
    We hope that we get to stay here,
    We'll fight so we get to stay here!
    Chinatown is our home!

    Verse:

    Support other tenants
    To stay in their homes,
    Follow our master plan
    As development grows.

    Refrain:

    We wish that we get to stay here,
    We hope that we get to stay here,
    We'll fight so we get to stay here!
    Chinatown is our home!

    Verse:

    We need some laws changed
    To make ourselves heard
    Some real city planning
    That's not just in word. 

From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Tue Dec 19 10:20:35 2006
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (Benito Vergara)
Date: Tue Dec 19 13:20:59 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New
 Metropolis, Reston, VA
Message-ID: <000f01c7239a$64422260$2cc66720$@edu>

Call for abstracts (due by April 30, 2007, submission opens January 1, 2007)

International conference
Reston, Virginia, USA
April 6-April 8, 2008

A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis

Hosted by Dr. Robert Lang (Metropolitan Institute), Dr. Paul Knox (Virginia
Tech), and Dr. Edward Blakeley (University of Sydney)

We have entered a new era where the areas outside worldwide core cities are
forming different settlement systems. In Europe, even tight building
controls have not curbed the appetite of households to move out of the
central cities. China and India, with fast-growing middle classes, are
witnessing a startling expansion of their urban areas with rapid
auto-dependent growth on the fringe. Mexico and Indonesia are beginning to
adapt American-style suburban development patterns. As urban form changes,
new research and policy have to be created to address the challenges of
sprawl, congestion, and affordable housing. This conference will explore
these and other issues in the American as well as international context.

Tracks:
* Immigration/Changing Demographics of the Suburbs
* Special Segregation by Lifestyle/Economics; Gated Communities
* Megapolitans/Metropolitan Form
* Transportation
* Energy Consumption/Sustainable Environment
* Disasters/Adaptation
* Transnational Communities/Residential Tourism
* Governance & Regulation
* Business of Suburbia/Economic Development/Economic Space
* Suburban Decline
* Urban Form at the Neighborhood Level
* Newburbia/Newtowns
* History

Conference Website:
http://www.mi.vt.edu/

Questions:
asuburbanworld@vt.edu

Katrin B. Anacker
Post Doctoral Fellow
Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
Suite 100
1021 Prince St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
e. kanacker@vt.edu
ph. 703.838.8320
fx. 703.518.8009
www.mi.vt.edu


From DMAKAGON at depaul.edu  Tue Dec 19 15:16:57 2006
From: DMAKAGON at depaul.edu (Makagon, Daniel)
Date: Tue Dec 19 18:20:26 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Special issue on the CIty (Liminalities 4.1)
References: <000f01c7239a$64422260$2cc66720$@edu>
Message-ID: <AC670F9F493B9449AAB61622EF15369003427414@XVS03.dpu.depaul.edu>

Call for Papers & Projects
Liminalities (http://liminalities.net/)
Issue 4.1: Special issue on the City
guest editor Daniel Makagon (DePaul University)


The aim of this issue of Liminalities is to explore performance and
performativity in urban environments.

Possible topics include:

Movement in the city
New urbanism
Performance and public spaces
Performance and urban architecture
Street art and graffiti
Street theater
Theatre cultures
Cinema and the city
Urban decay
Hipsterism
Gentrification
Urban renewal
Branding
The homeless
Food cultures
Neighborhoods
Neighborhood festivals
Block parties
Sports in/and the city
Immigration
Globalization

The editor anticipates (at least) three sections in this issue:
theoretical essays, ethnographic projects, and aesthetic texts about
urban life and cities.

Submission Procedures:

Step One: Proposals (Deadline: March 1st, 2007)

In approximately three to seven pages, plus works cited, please identify
the primary argument you plan to make in your essay, providing some
sense of the context for that argument's relevance in terms of
disciplinary conversations and praxis. Additionally, please identify any
mediated sources/texts/strategies (e.g., video, audio, flash, etc.) you
intend to use in your final piece. Please use MLA format where
appropriate and submit three hard copies of the proposal to the address
below. The editor will notify authors about the status of their
proposals by April 15th, 2007.

Step Two: Final Materials (Deadline: October 1st, 2007)

Authors with accepted proposals should plan to submit final versions of
their essays in both hard copy and electronic formats. Send three hard
copies (when appropriate) to the address below and email one copy, in
MSWord, to the email address below. Streaming video in MPEG, Flash, or
Quicktime formats; audio as wav or mp3 files; or Flash or html projects
should be submitted on a CD or DVD along with hard copies of texts.

Step Three: Peer review and editorial changes will take place over the
winter, with publication of this issue scheduled for March 1st, 2008.

Please send all proposals and submissions for this special issue to:

Daniel Makagon ( dmakagon@depaul.edu )

Or by mail to:

Daniel Makagon
Guest Editor, Liminalities
Department of Communication
DePaul University
2320 North Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
From DBeriss at uno.edu  Tue Dec 19 17:00:55 2006
From: DBeriss at uno.edu (David I Beriss)
Date: Tue Dec 19 18:20:51 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SANA 2007 in New Orleans reminder
Message-ID: <D237125C37F0314692CF74CBA63C368F0157F57E@mail3.uno.edu>

Society for the Anthropology of North America Spring 2007 Conference

Unnatural Disasters

April 19-21, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana
University of New Orleans Downtown Conference Center

Conference Chair: David Beriss, Chair, Department of Anthropology,
University of New Orleans
Email: SANA2007NOLA@gmail.com
 
Deadline for paper and session submission: January 15, 2007; visit
www.sananet.org for instructions.
 
The Society for the Anthropology of North America invites participants
to join a discussion about the unnatural disasters unfolding around
us, in North America and beyond.  This conference, located in a city
and region that has recently experienced one of the most dramatic
unnatural disasters to occur in North America in decades, will provide
an unusual blend of scholarly discussion and opportunities to directly
observe the impact of that ongoing disaster.
 
We at SANA feel it particularly important to host our annual
conference in New Orleans this year.  The floods that followed
hurricane Katrina killed over 1500 people, destroyed thousands of
homes, and shattered the city's social fabric.  The disaster made
explicit many of the contradictions and conflicts that simmer beneath
the surface much of the time.  Recognizing widespread interest in what
is happening in post-Katrina New Orleans, this conference will go
beyond those typical academic conferences that are housed in
conference centers and hotels in stark isolation from the locales
where they take place.  In addition to research presentations, we will
organize a series of events and activities where conference
participants will be able to visit different neighborhoods, learn
about grassroots efforts to rebuild the city, and engage in dialogue
with activists and others who are fighting against the displacement,
poverty, and racism that have sadly become the hallmarks of New
Orleans's post-Katrina economic recovery.  
 
For this conference, we seek papers that analyze the genesis, meaning
and consequences of unnatural disasters.  We juxtapose these terms
precisely to encourage participants to raise questions about the
processes of naturalization-and normalization-through which human
agency is rendered visible and invisible first in naming some events
as disasters, in deeming disasters as worthy of both prevention and
remediation, and in defining other events as not disastrous or even
viewing them as serendipitous.  From this stance disasters can include
large scale environmental events, such as floods, hurricanes, oil
spills and earthquakes; the everyday struggles of ordinary people in
marginalized communities; ongoing disasters such as AIDS and
illiteracy.  What, exactly, constitutes a disaster has become one of
the central questions raised by recent events in the Gulf South, the
Middle East, and elsewhere. Indeed, Katrina, like many other 'natural'
catastrophes, put poverty, racism, and the lengths many women must go
to care for their families into the public eye.  It highlighted the
terrible consequences of inadequate investments in public
infrastructure and services in one US city.  And it is already clear
that the response to Katrina-a mixture of failed efforts to help
evacuees and successful creation of crony capitalist opportunities for
business-has remade the political, social, economic and cultural
landscape of an iconic city.
 
Large scale disasters often lead to calls for fundamental social and
cultural change, but even more often they seem to result in the
reaffirmation of the previous social order.  This conference will
occur at a moment when the calls for change at the site of recent
disasters have not (yet) ceded to the return of "order" and thus
provides a useful context to examine what disasters reveal about our
understandings of the personal and the political, the public and the
private, the distant or remote and the intimate, the natural and the
cultural, the innocent and the guilty, the inevitable and the
avoidable.  In the wake of recent disasters, it seems that a great
deal more than simply rebuilding homes and businesses is at stake.
Papers at this conference might raise questions about the relationship
between disasters of all sorts and the privatization of government
services, disinvestment in infrastructure, increasing inequality,
environmental degradation, the undermining of democratic institutions,
racism and heightened ethnic tensions.  Research that focuses on the
role of academe, the social sciences and anthropology in the context
of disasters will also be welcome.  By confronting our own research
with the reality of a city in the midst of recovery, we will be able
to consider whether or not the unnatural disaster in New Orleans
represents the future of North America.
 
Topics and geographic areas for panels are open, however, here are
some possible themes for panels and papers:
 
Disaster cultures:  How do communities and governments define, prepare
for...or ignore disasters?  What kinds of conflicts are there over who
and what should be protected?
 
Natural/Unnatural Disasters:  How do disasters force people to
reconsider divisions between nature and culture?  Who or what is held
responsible for disaster?
 
Disaster and human rights:  What happens to the rule of law in
emergency situations?  What do violations human rights-often by the
people charged with enforcing the law-indicate about deeper conflicts
in society?
 
Race/Class/Gender disasters:  What do disasters reveal about ongoing
inequalities and conflicts rooted in race, class and gender?
 
Imprisoning disaster:  What is the relationship between the policing
of society, justice and the prison-industrial complex?  How has the
privatization of security services in American cities challenged
fundamental ideas of justice?  What are the consequences of the
militarization of justice in the context of disaster?
 
Disaster Education:  What constitutes a disaster in education?
Privatization?  Neglect of children and public services?  Floods and
earthquakes?
 
Producing/Mediating Disaster:  What role does the media play in making
a disaster?  How have local groups and activists used new media to
challenge dominant views of disaster?
 
Disaster and migration:  How does the arrival of new immigrants-rescue
and relief workers, construction workers, new residents-transform a
community?
 
Disaster diaspora:  Do exiled residents become a diaspora after a
diaspora?  What do terms like "refugee," "exile," "displaced person,"
etc. mean in the context of diaspora?  What becomes of culture in
exile?
 
Economies of Disaster:  How does disaster allow business and
government to reconfigure the economy of a region?  What are the
consequences of disaster for affordable housing, jobs, wages, worker
safety, etc.?  What gets rebuilt and what gets redeveloped in the wake
of disaster?
 
Governmentality and disaster:  How do governments and leaders
understand all kinds of disasters?  Who do they see and who is
invisible?  How does government reconstruct population in the wake of
disaster?  How can activists and residents remake government?
 
Please visit the SANA web site, www.sananet.org, for further
information about the conference, instructions for submitting paper
and panel proposals, registration and travel information. Or send an
email to: SANA2007NOLA@gmail.com

David Beriss

Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148
Phone: 504/280-6306
http://anthro.uno.edu/

From tuomas.martikainen at abo.fi  Wed Dec 20 11:32:18 2006
From: tuomas.martikainen at abo.fi (Tuomas Martikainen)
Date: Wed Dec 20 11:57:07 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Finnish e-Journal of Ethnicity and Migration, first issue
Message-ID: <45890322.7040106@abo.fi>

The first issue of the FJEM is out!

The Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration (FJEM) is a 
scholarly and professional journal, published by the Society 
for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International 
Migration (ETMU). It aims to promote and advance the 
circulation of the multidisciplinary study of ethnic 
relations and international migration that is conducted in 
Finland and its neighbourhood, especially the other Nordic 
countries. The Journal is trilingual (English, Finnish, 
Swedish) and published twice a year.

The first Issue of FJEM can be downloaded by clicking the 
link below

***  http://www.etmu.fi/FJEM_1_2006.pdf *** (ca. 550 kb))

Contents of the First Issue of FJEM

- Editorial - Matti Simil?, Editor-in-Chief (2 pages)

- The Political Organization of Cultural Difference
Sjaak Koenis and Pasi Saukkonen (11 pages)

- Towards Workplace and Service Equality in Finland
Aulikki Sippola and Sari Hammar-Suutari (11 pages)

- Citizenship Education for an Age of Population Mobility 
and Glocally Interconnected Destinies
Peter H. Koehn and Phyllis Bo-yuen Ngai (8 pages)

- Etnisyys liikkeess? ? Maahanmuuttajien yhdistysten 
liikuntatoiminnan etniskulttuuriset diskurssit
Miikka Pyykk?nen (11 pages)

ETMU edits the journal in collaboration with CEREN (Swedish 
School of Social Science, University of Helsinki), Institute 
of Migration (Turku) and Population Research 
Institute/V?est?liitto (Helsinki). The publisher of the 
journal is ETMU. The journal is refereed in order to 
guarantee a high academic standard. The opinions expressed 
in FJEM articles are those of the authors and do not 
necessarily reflect the views of ETMU.

The Editor-in-Chief is Matti Simil? (CEREN) and the 
Assistant Editor-in-Chief is Krister Bj?rklund (Institute of 
Migration). Other members of the board are Elli Heikkil? 
(Institute of Migration), Mikko Lagerspetz (?bo Akademi), 
Yngve Lithman (University of Bergen), Tuomas Martikainen 
(?bo Akademi), Sari Pietik?inen (University of Jyv?skyl?), 
Vesa Puuronen (University of Kuopio), Teppo Sintonen 
(University of Jyv?skyl?), Ismo S?derling (Population 
Research Institute/V?est?liitto), Marja Tiilikainen 
(University of Helsinki) and Charles Westin 
(CEIFO/University of Stockholm).

From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Dec 20 12:56:48 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Dec 20 12:57:12 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Diaspora Community Festivals, Cultural Events and
	Tourism (Journeys of Expressions VI)
Message-ID: <004a01c72460$3a7bca00$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Journeys of Expressions VI: 
Diaspora community festivals, cultural events and tourism
 4-6 October 2007, York, United Kingdom

Organised by: 

Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Leeds Metropolitan University


Journeys of Expression VI will bring together researchers who share
interests in diaspora community cultures as expressed, translated and
consumed through festivals and cultural events. The conference
encourages contributions from contrasting but related theoretical and
conceptual approaches from Social Science and Humanities disciplinary
perspectives. The conference will also attract researchers from the
fields of tourism and festival studies.

The enforced, encouraged or voluntary movement, migration and dispersion
of people over centuries and in recent years is reflected in the family
backgrounds, life histories and cultural practices of communities in
many countries, regions and cities worldwide. Mobilities associated with
the processes of globalisation are demonstrably, if unevenly
contributing to an acceleration of migration for more or less permanent,
official and legal settlement of people beyond their 'homelands'. 

In many cases, diaspora communities have been subject to hostility and
discrimination in their adopted countries and some remain relatively
impoverished, marginalised and excluded from 'mainstream' society.
Others, in contrast have been more socially and economically successful
and have either retained distinct diaspora community identities or have
become more integrated with other communities over time. 

Tourism has also grown substantially and unevenly in recent years, with
tourists increasingly encouraged to attend and participate in 'exotic'
and 'characteristically authentic' displays of community life in
destinations visited. Such tourism typically features the packaging,
promotion and consumption of diaspora community neighbourhoods, food and
shopping and importantly festivals and cultural events.

The relationships between diaspora communities, festivity, cultural
events and tourism are therefore of considerable interest to academic
researchers, as well as for arts, social, cultural and tourism policy
makers and practitioners in many countries.

Theoretical issues and themes to be explored at this conference include:

* Defining and conceptualising diasporas in connection with
festivals and cultural events;
* Histories of diaspora communities' mobilities and the
transformation and adaptation of festivity and cultural events to new
community circumstances and settings;
* Relationships between diaspora communities and the 'homeland'
and expressions of collective memory through festivals and cultural
events;
* The distribution and circulation of globalised diaspora festival
forms - e.g. carnival, mela, Irish, Chinese, Jewish - religious and
secular, established, emerging and contested;
* The role of diaspora festivals and cultural events in policies
and programmes to promote community cohesion, crime reduction and
anti-racism;
* Festivals, cultural events and the identities of diaspora
community members -  inter-generational issues;
* Festivals, cultural events and the multi- (inter-) cultural
city;
* Settings and spaces for diaspora festivals and cultural events;
* Issues surrounding new and recently introduced diaspora
community festivals and cultural events;
* Performing diaspora community arts through festivals;
* Diaspora tourism markets.

In the tradition of the Journeys of Expressions conference series, we
wish to encourage an interdisciplinary debate on the suggested themes
and welcome paper proposals from academics from various disciplinary
backgrounds including: tourism studies, festival studies, sociology,
anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, politics, etc. If
you wish to submit a paper proposal, please send a 300-word abstract
with full address and institutional affiliation details as an electronic
file to Dr. Philip Long (p.e.long@leedsmet.ac.uk). The deadline for the
reception of abstracts is 16 April 2007. Please find regularly updated
information regarding this conference, registration procedures and (at a
later stage) a programme at our website www.tourism-culture.com.
From heffera2 at msu.edu  Fri Dec 22 12:24:13 2006
From: heffera2 at msu.edu (Tara Hefferan)
Date: Fri Dec 22 16:25:37 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology:  Discussion Group
 Invitation
Message-ID: <GDELJOJINLKBGHDEHJGCOEAACFAA.heffera2@msu.edu>

Please distribute the following announcement.

The American Anthropological Association's Committee on the Status of Women
in Anthropology (COSWA) is pleased to announce a new discussion group for
individuals interested in gender parity within anthropology. COSWA was
created 25 years ago to monitor gender discrimination within our discipline.
Since that time it has produced surveys, introduced resolutions at AAA
business meetings, set up a system for censuring departments that failed to
make good-faith efforts to hire in gender-neutral ways, and kept the
discipline informed about progress in gender parity within academic
employment. As a recent AAA survey indicated, employment of women at the
level of assistant professor is now approximately equal to that of men, and
proportional to the representation of each in the available PhD pool. At the
same time, however, surveys show that gender parity has not yet been
attained. Discrepancies still exist in such variables as rank, length of
time in rank (i.e., speed of promotion), citation patterns and standard
measures of "productivity" (e.g., publication rates). These indicators of
ongoing gender bias, together with changes in the pattern of anthropological
employment toward more professional and part-time careers, have led the
Committee's members to modify COSWA's mission.

If you are interested in joining, please send a blank email to:
coswa-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Please note that postings to this group
are by individual members and are not endorsed by COSWA.

If you have a topic that you wish to raise anonymously to the group members,
please contact Keri Brondo, COSWA's Chair, at brondoke@msu.edu, to post on
your behalf.


Tara L. Hefferan, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Alma College
614 W. Superior St.
Alma, MI  48801
Ph:  989-463-7186
Email:  hefferan@alma.edu

From lqxedm at nottingham.ac.uk  Wed Dec 20 18:47:17 2006
From: lqxedm at nottingham.ac.uk (Mafema Eve)
Date: Fri Dec 22 16:26:43 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FW: sponsorship
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To: urban-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu
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From: Mafema Eve
Sent: Sun 17/12/2006 20:05
To: urban-l@lists.ysu.edu
Subject: sponsorship


Dear Colleagues,
 
Does anyone know how i can secure funds for my field work. I will be going to conduct my field work in South Africa in township in Cape Town for six months researching on expressive youth identies post apartheid.I am a self funding research postgraduate and it has been difficult for me to secure any funding. I need ?2000.I will be grateful for your help.
 
Sincerely yours,
Eve Mafema.
 
 

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From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Fri Dec 29 16:33:46 2006
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (Benito Vergara)
Date: Fri Dec 29 19:33:56 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]URBANTH-L Job Guide, Dec. 16-29, 2006
Message-ID: <000101c72baa$2bf80e20$83e82a60$@edu>

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1. Emerson College, Global and Urban Studies/Service-Learning, Visiting
Scholar-In-Residence
2. U of Calgary, Anthropology, Instructor (9 month appt.)

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1. Emerson College, Global and Urban Studies/Service-Learning, Visiting
Scholar-In-Residence

The Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson
College seeks a Visiting Scholar-In-Residence in Global and Urban Studies
with experience in service- and/or community-based approaches to curriculum
design and instruction. This position is a one-year, non-tenure track
appointment (renewable annually for up to five years). A Ph.D., teaching
experience, and a strong commitment to interdisciplinary approaches to the
liberal arts are required. Appointment begins September 2007.

The Institute is seeking a scholar whose research focuses on questions of
urban communities, cultural identity, social stratification and social
justice, sustainability, and diversity in a global context, who will develop
innovative curricula and contribute to interdisciplinary programming that
engages students in service- or community-based educational experiences
within the City of Boston and the region. Preference will be given to
candidates with primary expertise in the social or environmental sciences.
Candidates with expertise in relevant fields in the humanities, such as
American or Border Studies, will also be considered. Teaching
responsibilities are three courses per semester. The successful candidate
will be expected to maintain a record of active scholarship and participate
in faculty colloquia, teaching workshops, and other academic programs
organized by the Institute.

You can view this and other available faculty positions at:
www.emerson.edu/academic_affairs/faculty/Faculty-Employment.cfm

Emerson College values campus multiculturalism as demonstrated by the
diversity of its faculty, staff, student body, and constantly evolving
curriculum. The successful candidate must have the ability to work
effectively with faculty, students, and staff from diverse backgrounds.
Members of historically under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.
Emerson College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that encourages diversity
in its workplace.

Send a cover letter, a curriculum vita, a writing sample, evidence of
teaching excellence, and three letters of recommendation to: David Bogen,
Executive Director
Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College.
120 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116-4624. Review of
applications will begin February 1, 2007 and continue until the position is
filled.

For more information about the Institute for Liberal Arts and
Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College go to:
www.emerson.edu/institute

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2. U of Calgary, Anthropology, Instructor (9 month appt.)

The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a term-certain
sessional instructor position in social and cultural anthropology. This
appointment is for nine months, September 2007 through April, 2008. The
successful applicant will possess a PhD and have research experience in an
East Asian or Southeast Asian society. The principal duties will consist of
instruction of two half-courses, selected from the following list, in each
of the two terms of employment.

      . Anthropology 203, "Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology"
(this course could be repeated to count for two choices)
      . Anthropology 323, "Culture and Society of China"
      . Anthropology 327, "Culture and Society of Modern Japan"
      . Anthropology 337, "Indigenous Knowledge and Global Developments"
      . Anthropology 303, "Business in Cultural Context"
      . Anthropology 357, "Applied Anthropology"
      . Anthropology 375, "Anthropology of Law"
      . Anthropology 385, "Economic Anthropology"
      . Anthropology 387, "Ethnography of Global-Local Dynamics"
      . Anthropology 399, "Ethnographic Survey of Selected World Areas"
      . Anthropology 427, "Women in East Asian Societies"

      Interested applicants should send (a) an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae;
(b) a cover letter that discusses their career objectives and teaching
experience (if any), plus (c) a list containing the names and addresses
(both postal and email) of three referees whom we are free to contact. The
deadline for receipt of these materials is March 1, 2007 to:

      Dr. Doyle Hatt, Head,
      Department of Anthropology
      University of Calgary
      2500 University Drive NW
      Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

      All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians
and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Calgary
respects, appreciates, and encourages diversity.


From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Dec 30 23:01:10 2006
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Dec 30 23:02:08 2006
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Contributions to the Encyclopedia of American Poverty
Message-ID: <01ec01c72c90$50c46730$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Call for Contributors to the Encyclopedia of American Poverty

Call for Contributors to the Encyclopedia of American Poverty, which is a 
complete overview of the causes, consequences, and characteristics of 
poverty over the course of American history, with a special emphasis on 
contemporary poverty. The Encyclopedia, encompassed in one volume totaling 
approximately 125,000 words, is divided into thematic and chronological 
sections. Each section includes general essays of 2,000-3,000 words each 
that provide an overview of historical development and contemporary 
conditions of the personalities, politics, economics, and theories of 
poverty. Entries of 500-1500 words, ordered alphabetically, describe 
particular groups, people, institutions, and events. The Encyclopedia is 
edited by Russell Lawson, Ph.D. and will be published by Greenwood 
Publishing. Contributors receive a modest honorarium. Email Russell Lawson 
for a headword list and details.

Russell Lawson
Bacone College
2299 Old Bacone Road
Muskogee, OK, 74403
ph: (918) 781-7250
Email: lawsonr@bacone.edu 

