From heffera2 at msu.edu  Thu Mar  1 08:52:05 2007
From: heffera2 at msu.edu (Tara Hefferan)
Date: Thu Mar  1 16:45:34 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP:  ICAES 2008, China
Message-ID: <GDELJOJINLKBGHDEHJGCAEGGCFAA.heffera2@msu.edu>


Re: Third call for panel/session application for ICAES 2008



This is an official letter from the Organizing Committee for ICAES 2008 i=
n
Beijing China. Thank you very much for your interest in ICAES 2008, which
will be held in July 15-23, Kunming, China.

So far, we have received 150 panel applications which covers 2000
participants around the world. The Organizing Committee for ICAES 2008 is
planning to invite 3000=A1=AA5000 experts all over the world, in a divers=
ity of
fields, to participate this congress. Therefore, we will continue to call
for more panel/session applications.

The deadline of panel/session applications is extended to July 15, 2007.

Rights of chairperson of the panel/session:

(1)    Chairperson of the panel/session can enjoy 100 dollars free for
registration.

(2)    Chairperson of the panel/session has rights to decide whether to
receive papers submitted or not.

(3)    Chairperson of the panel/session who hosts an annual conference or
more than 3 parallel panels/sessions, regional international anthropologi=
cal
and ethnological organizations and national anthropological and ethnologi=
cal
organizations can get 3=A1=AA5 quota of people who are free of 100 dollar=
s for
registration according to the population of the sessions.



Please find the application form and more information in the website:

http: //www.icaes2008.org/



We would be appreciated if you could pass on the information of ICAES 200=
8
to your network..

Thanks for your support.



With my best regards

Prof. & Dr. Zhang Jijiao



E-mail: Zhjijiao@126.com=A3=ACjjzhang@cass.org.cn

Vice-Secretary-General, Organizing Committee for ICAES 2008

Professor, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences

No.27, Zhongguancun Nandajie Road, Beijing 100081,P. R. China

Tel: 0086-10-84121531   Fax: 0086-10-68421864






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From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Mar  2 19:19:35 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Mar  2 19:20:16 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Field School: "Social Production of Space: Field experiences in the
 Russian European North"
Message-ID: <008001c75d29$a412db50$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

"Social Production of Space: Field experiences in the Russian European 
North"

The course targets PhD students and recent PhDs and is designed as a 
two-week journey in the North-Western Russia: from St. Petersburg through 
Karelia to Murmansk with lectures, seminars, and excursions to several 
important sites along the way. Established scholars, young scholars and PhD 
students will discuss current tendencies of social sciences in 
conceptualizing space and power and will apply this knowledge to the field 
experiences of the Russian North. This research training course deals with 
the complex issues of social production of space in the context of processes 
of industrialisation and globalization in northern territories. How is 'the 
North' produced and consumed, practiced and performed at different scales by 
different actors is the main research agenda engaged during the two week 
field course. The categories of 'space' and 'power', 'society' and 'nature', 
'local' and 'global' and their intersecting relationships are the central 
themes to be addressed.

We welcome PhD students and recent Post-docs from the disciplines of social 
anthropology, sociology, human and cultural geography and history, engaged 
in qualitative research and interested in the North (not exclusively in the 
Russian North).
For participants from Nordic countries, Baltic States and North-Western 
Russia all expenses will be covered by a grant from Nordforsk (the Nordic 
Research Board); some partial financial support can also be provided for 
candidates from other regions with projects strongly related to the topic of 
the course.

To apply, please send the following documents in English before 15 March 
2007:

1. curriculum vitae
2. statement about current research relevant to the theme of the school (1-2 
pages)
3. the names and e-mail addresses of two referees
Candidates will be informed in mid-April whether they have been accepted.
Course participants are expected to present a paper; papers (3000-4000 
words) should be sent by the end of June to be distributed to the other 
participants.

Alla Bolotova
Centre for independent social research
P.O.Box 193
191040
St.Petersburg, Russia
Phone/fax: +7(812)7183796

Email: xnu@indepsocres.spb.ru
Visit the website at http://www.cisr.ru/index.en.html 

From frers at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Mar  2 12:17:14 2007
From: frers at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Lars Frers)
Date: Fri Mar  2 21:06:41 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Ethnographic research methods and policy: conflicts and potentials
Message-ID: <EFF2A9E4-B37B-427E-A291-0B95F5A084D2@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Call for Papers / Presentations (special extended deadline)
Session "Ethnographic research methods and policy: conflicts and  
potentials"
Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society / Institute of  
British Geographers
August 29-31, London, UK

***

We are looking for presenters for the session "Ethnographic research  
methods and policy: conflicts and potentials" which we will host at  
this year's RGS-IGB conference in London (28-31 August). The session  
will be part of themed day 1 "Sustainable Cities".

In this session, we want to discuss "the potential of critical  
ethnographic research to respond to, and intervene, in policy-making  
related to sustainability and quality of life in global(ising)  
cities" (see session abstract) below. We are particularly interested  
in hands-on experience doing an ethnographic work and want to use the  
opportunity offered by this session to reflect on the relations  
between ethnography and policy.

Applicants from all disciplines are welcome.

Deadline: The official deadline of the conference has passed today,  
therefore we need brief abstracts (~200 words) as soon as possible,  
_no later than March 15th_.

Katie Walsh (University of Sussex, katie.walsh@sussex.ac.uk)
Lars Frers (Darmstadt University of Technology, frers@zedat.fu- 
berlin.de)

***

Here is the session abstract:

This session will explore the potential of critical ethnographic  
research to respond to, and intervene, in policy-making related to  
sustainability and quality of life in global(ising) cities.  
Ethnographic methods are celebrated for their emphasis on everyday  
geographies of practice and performance, but dismissed by critics for  
producing material which (they argue) is ?local?, ?trivial?, or ?un- 
generalisable? and understood, therefore, to be of no relevance in  
the ?science? of policy-making. In this panel session we hope to open  
a space for geographers to demonstrate and discuss the multiple ways  
in which ethnographic research might provide an opportunity for a  
dialogue between the academy and policy-makers. We aim to generate  
debate around specific research examples and experiences. We welcome  
panelists who are research-active and currently developing the  
strategic potential of ethnographic methods through participatory,  
representational, or other research practices. We would like to  
include researchers interested in a wide range of issues relating to  
sustainable cities and human-well-being in urban environments,  
including health, architecture, violence, environment, development,  
migration, work, or culture.

***

Here is the link to the conference website:

http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International 
+Conference/Annual+International+Conference+2007.htm

(this will probably get broken and needs to be transferred manually  
to your browser)





--
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~frers

Recently published:
Lars Frers and Lars Meier; eds. (2007) Encountering Urban Places -  
Visual and Material Performances in the City. Ashgate Publishers.

Postdoc
Darmstadt University of Technology
Post-Graduate College Topology of Technology



From marky at umail.ucsb.edu  Sat Mar  3 12:24:11 2007
From: marky at umail.ucsb.edu (Mark A. Schuller)
Date: Sun Mar  4 11:59:00 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]survey- 'applied' or 'public' anthropology?
Message-ID: <20070303122411.vv8witl340kk8w48@webaccess.umail.ucsb.edu>

Apologies for cross-postings...


Dear fellow anthropologist,

I am conducting qualitative research about the ?applied/public?
debate. As part of this research I am conducting this survey. Initial
findings will be presented at the upcoming Society for Applied
Anthropology meetings. Please take a few minutes and e-mail answers to
these questions by MARCH 15 to: marky@umail.ucsb.edu. All responses
will be kept confidential, with identifying information deleted, but
if you are concerned about anonymity you can print out the survey and
return to: Mark Schuller; Department of Anthropology; University of
California; Santa Barbara, CA  93106-3210.

Thank you in advance!


How do you distinguish between ?public? and ?applied? anthropology?
How useful are these distinctions?








Do you define yourself as a public or applied anthropologist? Neither? Both?



If you said ?both? are there contexts in which the definitions shift?
What contexts?





Why do you prefer the term(s) that you use to describe yourself and/or
your work? If you prefer not to use either, why not?






How would you place your work within the discipline?s epistemological/
theoretical continua?


From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Mar  4 12:11:56 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Mar  4 12:13:06 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Spatial Justice (Paris, France)
Message-ID: <009301c75e80$3b79a080$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Call for Papers

SPATIAL JUSTICE

an international interdisciplinary conference
March 12-14, 2008, University of Paris X-Nanterre, France
Proposal Deadline: April 30, 2007

With the support of :
Gecko Laboratory (G?ographie Compar?e des Suds et des Nords, EA 375, Paris X 
University, France)
Mosa?ques Research Group (UMR LOUEST, CNRS/ Paris X University /EAPVS, 
France)
UMR 5600, Environnement, Ville, Soci?t?s, CNRS-Jean Moulin University (Lyon 
III University, France)
CUBES Laboratory (Centre for Urban and Built Environment Studies, University 
of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Dipartimento di Pianificazione, Universit? Iuav di Venezia (Italy)
UCLA Social Sciences Division (USA)

Abstracts from a wide range of disciplines and professional affiliations are 
welcomed and contributions will be accepted in the form of presentations, 
round tables and posters. Collective contributions will also be considered. 
The international scientific committee of the conference will examine all 
proposals in May 2007.

The debate on justice is crucial to democratic societies, at all scales. The 
context of academic rejection of metanarrative theories and the relativism 
associated with postmodern deconstruction has, however, undermined a rich 
engagement with this topic for some time. This process has been reinforced 
by the rise of various social movements (feminist, ecologist or 
anti-racist.) as well as the development of multiculturalism which has meant 
that a range of key political players have been confronted with differing 
concepts of what is "just" and "unjust". At the same time, in a rather 
vexing development, some ultra-liberal discourses are increasingly ignoring 
the issue of social justice. Paradoxically, social protest movements, 
deconstructivist intellectual movements and neo-liberal economics discourses 
have converged to contest the idea of a universal justice. This context 
forms the basis of our exploration of the notion of spatial justice.

Spatial justice is the ultimate goal of many planning policies. This idea 
has held such sway that some have even argued that planning and the search 
for spatial justice are equivalent . The diversity of definitions of 
"justice" (and of the possible "social contracts" that legitimate them), 
however, has meant that the political objectives of planning can be quite 
different and even contradictory. The idea of spatial justice has been taken 
for granted to the extent that it is rarely questioned (particularly since 
the work of Anglo-American radical geographers in the 1970s-1980s) and it is 
often only defined negatively through the denunciation of spatial 
unfairness. It has become essential therefore that the question of spatial 
justice be reopened and freshly critiqued.

Two contrasting concepts of justice have polarized the debate. On the one 
hand, John Rawls defines justice as fairness. His theory of justice is not 
strictly egalitarian, but assumes the intrinsic equality of the value of 
each individual. It justifies inequalities on condition that they maximise 
the share of the least-favored members of society. He claimed that this 
theory, relying on a hypothetical and non-historical processual 
demonstration, guaranteed universal principles of justice. This concept of 
justice is based on the individual. On the other hand, communitarians have 
focused their definition of social justice on communities, whose rights 
precede those of individuals. Justice has yet another meaning for marxists, 
who pursue the suppression of all socio-economic inequalities. All of these 
concepts of justice, though, hold a common assumption that justice is about 
socio-economic equality or inequality and aims to reduce, suppress or 
appease socio-economic inequality. In the 1990s, however, the philosophical 
reflection on justice underwent a radical shift, as demonstrated in the work 
of Iris-Marion Young . This author dismisses the idea of a universal notion 
of justice in favour of identifying the specific forms of injustice that 
affect certain social groups. She argues that the socio-economic dimension 
was not sufficient to define justice: fair politics should pursue the 
suppression of any kind of oppression. The five faces of oppression as 
characterized by Young were soon taken up by David Harvey who, in a famous 
article, analyzes how Young's work could be applied to urban policy. Thus, 
assuming a processual definition of justice rather than a structural one, a 
new conception of social justice emerged, that was based on the recognition 
and affirmation of difference. This in turn led to planning policies that 
sought to ensure the rights of different identity groups.

The conference will be organized around the six main themes that are 
presented in the following sections. The objective of the conference is to 
open discussion from all intellectual quarters at a range of scales.

What is spatial justice?

Rather than attempting to build further metanarrative notions of justice, it 
is essential that the question of what constitutes justice be examined. 
Although the binary opposition of structural and processual is still 
central, have new theoretical developments emerged, allowing for the 
reformulation of the question of spatial justice? In this context, is it 
fruitful to revisit the classical theories?
Even if it is ambiguous, polysemous and perhaps threatened, the concept of 
justice remains an essential, mobilizing political lever that is understood 
and practiced in the everyday lives of citizens. It is equally obvious that 
social inequalities do exist and that they are generally spatialized. We 
would like to focus the discussion on the interaction between space and 
society and the question of scale (from the micro-scale of domestic spaces 
to the grand scale of the global) is crucial. At which spatial and social 
scales can we formulate these debates? How are these scales linked? At the 
same time, this central question calls for an examination of representations 
(how and at which territorial level do people create a sense of belonging) 
and political negotiation.

Spatial justice and globalization

Does economic globalization lead to more socio-spatial inequalities and, if 
so, at which scales? To what extent do these spatial inequalities amount to 
injustice? The answer is not obvious, especially if viewed from an 
historical perspective. Are globalization discourses an instrument to 
justify and uphold inequities between different economies or is it possible 
to ensure equity at the global scale despite the (increasing) differences 
between countries and regions? Within this theme we will also examine the 
impact of globalization discourses (on the necessity of global economic 
competition, on multiculturalism.). Finally, does globalization present 
opportunities for new forms of resistance and struggles for spatial justice 
to emerge, especially at a global scale?

Spatial justice: identities, minorities

Young (1990) describes several forms of oppression which target particular 
identity groups (minority groups). New forms of racism have constructed a 
figure of the Other on cultural premises. The systemic violence associated 
with the exclusion of these Others has a spatial dimension since frequently 
each cultural group is assigned a particular territory. In many instances 
these spatial dynamics may be less overt, for example, gender cannot be 
analyzed in terms of residential segregation but, patterns of segregation 
are nonetheless visible in the workplace or in terms of mobility. A spatial 
approach does not merely entail a description of the distribution of 
minorities in space, rather it enables an evaluation of how this 
distribution is experienced. It then becomes possible to reflect on forms of 
oppression which fall out of universalised notions of justice: positing that 
all individuals are equal may in fact obscure many forms of identity-based 
discrimination.

Environmental justice

"Environmental justice" emerged in the 1980's in North-American cities as 
the spatial correlations between racial discrimination, socio-economic 
exclusion, industrial pollution and vulnerability towards natural hazards 
became more and more overt. In the poorer countries of the South, national 
parks and other conflicts about natural resources have revealed the 
ecological dimension of economic and political domination. As the global 
ecological crisis has deepened, the emergence of the concept of sustainable 
development has favoured a reflection on environmental equity. This concept 
questions our ontological relationship to the world, and the possibility of 
just policies which articulate with the needs of humanity - present and 
future, local and global - and new forms of governance. As ecological 
inequalities deepen, the politics of spatial ownership and control at 
different scales has resulted in the co-existence of preserved spaces (for 
the few) and zones of ecological exploitation. Could a reflection exploring 
the relationships between ecological inequalities and justice contribute 
towards establishing and building just environmental policies?

Spatial justice and segregation

Segregation has been widely discussed in the field of social sciences from a 
range of theoretical perspectives, especially in geography. One of the key 
unifying themes of this research (be it qualitative or quantitative) is that 
segregation is inherently a spatial injustice. However, the link between 
segregation and injustice should be examined more closely: is any 
socio-spatial division of space - especially in cities - by definition 
unjust? Both the injustice of the processes which produce segregation, and 
the effects produced by segregation, should be challenged. In the same way 
as we have questioned universalised notions of justice, the objective of the 
socio-spatially mixed city, often considered as a "just city", must be 
questioned: for instance, pre-industrial cities were much less segregated, 
but were these more just than contemporary cities? Finally, does the 
question of mobility require us to rethink the relationship between justice 
and segregation?

What is a just territorial policy?

Is the function of public policies (planning, management.) to establish 
spatial equity? Is their aim to treat all spaces equally? Are these issues 
the pre-condition for- or even the definition of- spatial justice? Is a 
"just" policy a policy which rebalances spatial inequalities, through some 
forms of positive discrimination? Or, should "just" policies be 
non-interventionist and allow spatial dynamics to balance processes such as 
those of the market? If we question universalised claims to justice, is it 
still possible or even desirable to build "just" and stable spatial 
structures? Alternatively, should we focus on ways to establish flexible 
regulation, with the aim of reducing spatial injustice in a responsive and 
context driven manner, without privileging any particular (utopian) spatial 
pattern? But, even if they can prove illusory, aren't the territorialized 
images of the actions aiming towards justice a requirement of any action? 
This questions the validity of the territorialisation of public policies 
itself.

Conference organisers : F. Dufaux (Mosa?ques-UMR LOUEST, University of Paris 
X-Nanterre), P. Gervais-Lambony (Gecko, University of Paris X), S. 
Lehman-Frisch (Mosa?ques-UMR LOUEST, IUFM of Versailles), S. Moreau (Gecko 
and Laboratoire Etude Compar?e des Pouvoirs, University of Marne-la-Vall?e), 
M. Rubin (CUBES, University of the Witwatersrand).

Please send abstracts of no more than one page (in French or in English) to 
the following e-mail address: Philippe.Gervais-Lambony@u-paris10.fr

Philippe Gervais-Lambony
GECKO Laboratory
University Paris 10 - Nanterre
200 avenue de la Republique
92001 Nanterre Cedex
FRANCE

Email: philippe.gervais-lambony@u-paris10.fr
Visit the website at http://www.justice-spatiale-2008.org/ 

From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Sat Mar  3 16:54:01 2007
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David Haines)
Date: Sun Mar  4 13:20:55 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA in Tampa
Message-ID: <200703041755.l24HtQCa023056@ppoint1.cc.ysu.edu>

To SUNTA members and friends:

Just a quick reminder that the full program
for the SfAA Tampa meeting is on their
web site at:

http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2007.html

Our own program list is also available on line.
The short version is at:

http://gunston.doit.gmu.edu/dhaines1/tampa2007_short.htm

The long version (including all abstracts) is at:

http://gunston.doit.gmu.edu/dhaines1/tampa2007_long.htm

Note especially the past presidents session
at 3:30 on Friday, which will be followed by a
reception at 5:30 in the Harborview room (which
has excellent views from the 16th floor of the
Hyatt).

Two other items to note:

There will be an informal business meeting on
Friday at noon, which will provide a chance to
discuss future alternate spring meetings and
perhaps the 2008 Kunming ICAES congress as well.

There will also be an informal open forum on migration
and refugees issues on Saturday at noon.

So hope to see you in Tampa at the end of this month.

Best regards,

-- David

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
David W. Haines
Associate Professor of Anthropology
George Mason University  SOAN 3G5
Fairfax  VA 22030

President, Society for Urban, National, and
Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA)

Office: 703-993-3600
Web:    http://gunston.gmu.edu/dhaines1


From bvergara at sfsu.edu  Sun Mar  4 23:21:01 2007
From: bvergara at sfsu.edu (Benito Vergara)
Date: Mon Mar  5 04:22:26 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]URBANTH-L Job Guide, Feb. 26 - Mar. 4, 2007
Message-ID: <002501c75ef6$d768bdc0$863a3940$@edu>

**********
1. Bridgewater College, Sociology, Visiting Professor
2. New York University, Social and Cultural Analysis, Assistant Professor
(search extended)
3. University of Hull, Diaspora Studies, Senior Chair
4. International Honors Program, Culture and Society of World Cities / Urban
Politics and Development
**********

1. Bridgewater College, Sociology, Visiting Professor

Bridgewater College seeks a one-year visiting professor, specializing in the
study of culture, for a full time position beginning in August 2007.

*Responsibilities*:  The successful candidate will teach eight courses,
including introductions to cultural anthropology, sociology, and cultural
studies.  Expertise in cultural theory, immigration, and globalization is
desired.

*Qualifications*:  Ph.D. in Anthropology, Sociology, or a closely related
interdisciplinary program.  (ABD will be considered.)  Commitment to
teaching and mentoring undergraduates in a liberal-arts context required.
Evidence of successful undergraduate teaching experience preferred.

*GENERAL INFORMATION:* The Department of Sociology offers a major in
sociology, and offers minors in cultural studies, crime and justice and
social work. Approximately twenty students major in the Department and they
pursue graduate school, careers in human services and education, and law
school. The department has five full-time faculty.  In addition to a
rigorous generalist approach to the field of sociology, the program offers
courses in Conflict Transformation, Gender Crime and Justice, and other
curriculum with a strong peace and justice focus.

The College invites applications from individuals with broad intellectual
interests who are committed to teaching excellence in a dynamic liberal arts
environment. The College emphasizes innovation and creativity in pedagogy,
research and curriculum.

Bridgewater College is committed to a diverse faculty, and welcomes
applications from women, minorities, and persons from other traditionally
underrepresented groups.

Founded in 1880 with historic ties to the Church of the Brethren,
Bridgewater College is an independent, co-educational, liberal arts college
located in the scenic and historic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia; the
quality of life is exceptional. We have a stable enrollment of approximately
1525 students, 80% of whom are residential. Additional information about
Bridgewater College is available on our web site.

*DEADLINE:* Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until
the position has been filled.

*FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:* Dr. Harriett E. Hayes, Associate
Professor by email at hhayes@bridgewater.edu.

*APPLICATION:* Please send a letter addressing interest and qualifications
for the position, a curriculum vitae, at least three letters of reference
and copies of graduate transcripts to:

Dr. Arthur Hessler
Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA 22812-1599
Email: ahessler@bridgewater.edu

*Note:* Electronic submissions need to be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF
format.

Bridgewater College is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.

----------

2. New York University, Social and Cultural Analysis, Assistant Professor
(search extended)

The Department of Social and Cultural Analysis (SCA) at New York University
seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor working at the
intersection of either: (1) urban studies and Asian American studies
(construed in broad hemispheric terms) or (2) urban studies and Africana
studies.  The successful candidate will have Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2007,
and the appointment would be effective September 1, 2007, pending
administrative and budgetary approval.  While primarily serving the
Department's curricular programs in Metropolitan Studies, Asian/ Pacific/
American Studies and/or Africana Studies, the appointee to this position
will contribute as well to SCA's overall interdisciplinary projects. For
further information about SCA and its constituent programs, see
http://sca.as.nyu.edu/page/home. Send letter of application, cv, writing
sample (an article- length essay or a portion of a dissertation or book
manuscript), and 3 letters of reference to: Junior Faculty Search Committee,
Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, 41 East
11th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003-4602.

Deadline for receipt of applications is March 9, 2007.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

See program descriptions below:

Metropolitan Studies: The Metropolitan Studies Program is an
interdisciplinary undergraduate major focused on the study of cities and
metropolitan regions in historical and contemporary perspective.  Students
use New York City and other global metropolitan centers as their
laboratories for understanding processes of urban and regional development,
the major institutions of urban life, urban social movements, urban cultural
dynamics and the socio-environmental consequences of worldwide urbanization.

The program draws upon the expertise of a wide range of urban scholars
within SCA and in complementary departments at NYU.  In addition, faculty
active in the city's government, community, and non-profit agencies provide
a unique resource for understanding the city.  The major provides
particularly valuable preparation for students interested in law, health,
teaching, journalism, social work, architecture, city and regional planning,
public policy, public administration, nonprofit administration, and
community organization.

Asian/Pacific/American Studies: The Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program
offers interdisciplinary courses focusing on the experience of Asian/Pacific
Americans that cross the boundaries of literature, history, film criticism,
art history, urban studies, and gender studies.  By questioning established
notions of "Asian," "Pacific," and "American," the A/P/A Studies Program
seeks to facilitate greater understanding of the past and present as a means
to better interpret the future. Most notably, A/P/A Studies is historically
reframing Asian American history to include the first encounters of Asians
and Americans, to the Manila-Acapulco trade in the mid-1600s.  In addition
to courses, the A/P/A Studies Program hosts curriculum development sessions
which are also meant to rethink Asian, American and Asian American Studies. 
The sessions have addressed such topics as migration and diaspora, popular
culture, pedagogy, experiential learning, and documentation.

Africana Studies: The Program in Africana Studies offers a wide range of
courses on the histories, cultures, languages, economics, politics,
anthropology of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, the
Caribbean, Europe and Pacific - from a variety of disciplinary and
interdisciplinary approaches. The Program maintains particular strengths in
Pan-African history and thought and black urban studies. Pan-African history
and thought incorporates the study of such literary and political movements
as abolitionism, the Harlem Renaissance, Garveyism, the Negritude movement,
black consciousness and black feminism and studies of colonial,
anti-colonial and post-colonial histories. Courses deal not only with the
rise of such movements but also with the social, economic and political
dynamics of slavery, colonialism, segregation and post-colonialism that
provided the impetus and backdrop of political struggle and cultural
production. The broad range of Africana Studies encompasses analyses of
African people's relations to a wide range of  social, cultural, political
and municipal institutions, from museums to public health, and public parks
to music and sports industries, the mass media, the police and public
schools. Courses also explore patterns of black migration and black ethnic
identities, creolization, black cultural production, and questions of class,
gender and sexuality within black communities as well as relationships with
other ethnic communities. The program offers both an undergraduate BA and a
Master's degree, as well as a joint BA/MA in Africana Studies. It also
maintains ties to the Institute of African American Affairs and Africa
House, both of which run cultural and educational programming throughout the
school years as well as to NYU in Ghana, which provides summer and
semester-long study abroad opportunities.

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3. University of Hull, Diaspora Studies, Senior Chair

UNIVERSITY OF HULL
Chair in Diaspora Studies
Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation

Applications are sought, for this senior chair, from scholars whose research
is of high international standing. Our existing research strengths are
interdisciplinary in nature and we would welcome applicants whose expertise
is in any field relating to Diaspora Studies.

Salary Professorial Minimum ?46,758 pa.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor David Richardson
(p.d.richardson@hull.ac.uk), Professor of Economic History and Director of
WISE.

For an application pack, tel: (01482) 465272 (textphone for applicants with
a hearing/speech impairment: 01482 466851), fax: (01482) 465991, or email:
recruitment@arts.hull.ac.uk (quoting ref. FA291).

Closing date: 27 March 2007

For online information see www.hull.ac.uk

We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all
sections of the community.

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4. International Honors Program, Culture and Society of World Cities / Urban
Politics and Development

International Honors Program
Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning, and Politics

The International Honors Program (IHP), in affiliation with World Learning
SIT, offers a series of travel study abroad programs for undergraduate
students. We are currently seeking a person to join an interdisciplinary
team of faculty and host-city coordinators for either semester of "Cities in
the 21st Century," a comparative study program on urban development. In the
fall semester of 2007, the group will study in New York, U.S.; Buenos Aires,
Argentina; Bangalore, India and Beijing & Shanghai, China.  In the spring
semester of 2008 the scheduled itinerary includes New York; Rio de Janeiro &
Curitiba, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; and Auckland, New Zealand.  

The mission of the program is to provide students with first hand experience
in the challenges of urbanization throughout the world. Students learn how
to ?read a city? through formal courses, homestays, guest lectures by local
academics, politicians, and policy makers, site visits, and meetings with
NGOs, neighborhood organizations and community activists. 

1. IHP is seeking a candidate to teach Culture and Society of World Cities
and to co-teach Contemporary Urban Issues: Problems and Solutions. Courses
taught by the other faculty are Urban Planning and Sustainable Environments
and Urban Politics and Development.  
The ideal candidate should: a.) have a Ph.D. or be a Ph.D. candidate in
socio-cultural anthropology or urban social sciences with research
experience in ethnographic methods and fieldwork, preferably in an
international context; b.) teaching experience at the college level and the
ability to develop a syllabus and teach the course Culture and Society of
World Cities and contribute to a team-taught course Contemporary Urban
Issues: Problems and Solutions; and
c.) possess not only the appropriate technical skills to manage a field
course, but the sensibilities (flexibility, adaptability, collegiality,
cultural sensitivity, etc.) necessary for such an endeavor.  

2. IHP is seeking a candidate to teach Urban Politics and Development and to
co-teach Contemporary Urban
Issues: Problems and Solutions. Courses taught by the other faculty are
Urban Planning and Sustainable Environments and Culture and Society of World
Cities. 

The ideal candidate should: a.) have a M.S. or Ph.D. or be a Ph.D. candidate
in political science, political economics, urban geography, urban
development or other applicable fields;  b.) teaching experience at the
college level and the ability to develop a syllabus and teach the course
Urban Politics and Development, and contribute to a team-taught course
Contemporary Urban Issues: Problems and Solutions; and c.) possess not only
the appropriate technical skills to manage a field course, but the
sensibilities (flexibility, adaptability, collegiality, cultural
sensitivity, etc.) necessary for such an endeavor.  

Expertise/field experience in one or more of the countries on the itinerary
is preferred, but not essential. Preference will be given to candidates with
experience leading or teaching on field-based courses, and those who have
traveled extensively and/or lived in another culture for an extended period.
Class size is 30 students with undergraduate level course work.
There are 2-4 faculty members in each country plus local experts. Students
live with host families in each country. Faculty live with families or in
guest houses.  

More information about IHP is available on our Web
Site: http://www.ihp.edu.  Please email a letter of interest, a CV, and
names/email contact information of
3 references, to the program co-directors, Barbara Knecht
(beknecht@earthlink.net) and Ken Kruckemeyer (kek@mit.edu).


From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Mar  5 18:21:46 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Mar  5 18:22:08 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: Mega-cities, Mega-problems
Message-ID: <007f01c75f7d$1165bf60$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Mega-cities, mega-problems
February 28, 2007

Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-retsinas28feb28,1,7696826.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Billions in the developing world are shifting from rural to urban areas, 
bringing poverty to dangerous new levels.

By Nicolas P. Retsinas, NICOLAS P. RETSINAS is the director of the Joint 
Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and chairman of the board 
of directors for Habitat for Humanity International.


THE WORLD HAS reached a point of hyper-urbanization: 2007 marks the first 
year when more than half the global population is "urban," not "rural." 
Indeed, this is the era of the "mega-city" - metropolises of 10 
million-plus. In 1950, only Tokyo and New York met that threshold. Today 
there are 20 mega-cities, including Mexico City, Karachi, Manila, Dhaka, 
Lagos, Jakarta and Chongqing.

This type of drastic population shift isn't without precedent. During the 
Industrial Revolution, concentrations of people in U.S. and European cities 
were part and parcel of a factory economy. But that economic and 
technological progress came with a price - decades of fetid slums, horrific 
child mortality, raging epidemic disease. This time around, with cities 10 
times bigger and demand for workers uncertain, the costs could be 
exponentially larger.

In general, an optimist might cheer urbanization as a sign of modernization; 
Residents of developed countries are much more likely to live in cities than 
their counterparts in still-developing nations (74% vs. 43%). The city, 
after all, is the hub of culture, a magnet that draws artists, writers, 
musicians - the place where creative spirits create. Great cities have 
ballet troupes, opera companies, orchestras. The city is, likewise, the hub 
of industry, generating the bulk of most countries' gross domestic product. 
Most important, the city is the hub of ideas. The mingling of people spurs 
the intellectual innovation that fuels thriving societies, at least in the 
developed world.

But urbanization historically also has spawned an impoverished underclass of 
the marginally employed, or unemployed, living in a cruel despair. Think of 
Charles Dickens' London: Scrooge wanted to diminish the "surplus 
population." Or remember Karl Marx's ruminations on the "lumpen 
proletariat," doomed to subsistence.

Cholera, typhoid, influenza - all cut a swath through 19th and early 20th 
century urban populations. Yet in time those horrors abated as 
infrastructure - clean water, enclosed sewers, labor laws, public education, 
medical advances - was created. In time, the 19th century cities morphed 
into exciting places. Today, Dickens or Marx could contentedly sip 
cappuccino in Florence, take in the opera at London's Covent Garden or 
peruse the museums of Paris.

Cities in the United States and Europe still have dense clusters of the 
poor, to be sure. They live in cramped housing with few amenities, but they 
no longer starve or die from cholera. Immigrants, in particular, who crowd - 
legally and not - into these developed cities believe that however desperate 
their straits, their children will fare better.

The newly ascendant mega-cities in the developing world, though, can 
dishearten even the most persistent optimist. They are relentless 
agglomerations of people, drawn not so much by the promise of prosperity as 
by the hope of survival.

It is internal migrant populations that are pouring into most of these 
exploding urban areas. In China, for instance, 150 million people have left 
their rural homes in the last 10 years, leaving a dearth of workers in the 
agricultural sector. Political and war refugees, too, flow in steadily. A 
fortunate few may realize a steady income, maybe even own property, but most 
live in slums whose filthy water, political chaos and nonexistent municipal 
infrastructure would startle Dickens and Marx.

The United Nations estimates that, today, 2.8 billion people live on less 
than $2 a day. And it is this huge, desperate underclass that is filling 
these mega-cities. Children are more likely to roam in gangs than attend 
school. Cholera and typhoid - diseases listed as "rare" in Western 
textbooks - are endemic. Often there is no geographic core, just as there is 
no governmental core to oversee the chaos. Parts of these cities are modern, 
with the familiar skyscrapers, highways and BlackBerry-toting workers. Yet 
they are surrounded by rings of shocking poverty where millions live in 
paper-covered hovels.

Without some concerted action from nations and international institutions, 
these mega-cities will grow larger and more desperate. Philanthropy helps, 
but these developing countries need public policies that promote property 
ownership, increase access to credit and enhance government transparency.

There is no quick panacea to improving the lot of billions of people; it 
took more than 50 years to address the slums of the 19th century. But there 
is an urgency to today's task. The slum dwellers of Lagos and Manila and 
Karachi are part of the global economy, bound to the rest of the world. 
Their misery will spill beyond their borders, and if that happens, our urban 
age risks becoming a global nightmare. 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Mar  5 18:43:08 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Mar  5 18:44:07 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Shaking Up Citizenship Conference Series (Amsterdam)
Message-ID: <00c801c75f80$10956fb0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

On Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, 2007, the Legal and Social
Sciences faculties of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) will be holding
an international conference:



Shaking up Citizenship


Nation, State and Transnational Actors



(Academic directors:Prof. Oscar Salemink, Dr. Ton Salman, Dr. Sarah van
Walsum, Dr. Remco Nehmelman)

       The conference will be held in Amsterdam. It will consist of two
events.

       First: a public talk to be given at 20:30 on Friday evening, April
20, 2007 by Saskia Sassen (author of The Global City, Globalisation and its
discontents, and Territory, Authority and Rights). This session will be
held  in downtown Amsterdam (Singelkerk: Singel 452), and will be organized
in collaboration with the 'Globalisation Lectures' team, in which Felix
Meritis, De Volkskrant, Lemniscaat and VPRO are represented.  (see further:
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/dossiers/14337257/).

       Second: an academic meeting to be held on Saturday April 21, 2007,
at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. During this meeting, themes  that will
have been addressed on the Friday evening  will be discussed in more
detail, in the presence of Saskia Sassen:
          -                  regulating migration and citizenship;
          -                  identity politics;
          -                  managing essential utilities, media and
services in a transnational context.

       Invited speakers for the Saturday session are: Professor Peter Spiro
of Temple University,  Professor Nicholas De Genova of Colombia University
and Dr. Martin Lodge of the London School of Economics. Other participants
will include prominent faculty members of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

       Registration.
       There is no conference fee. However, for logistical reasons, a
registration deadline has been set at April 1st, 2007. If you wish to
register, please fill in the registration form below.


      Why such a conference?
     The conference organizers believe there is an urgent need to rethink
the concept of citizenship, and to closely examine changes that are
currently taking place in the relationship between nation, state and
transnational  actors.
The world as it is traditionally presented, on a globe or in a school
atlas, closely resembles a patchwork quilt. It is made up of discrete,
neatly delineated entities called nations, each with its own colour, shape
and history. While one "patch" may be larger than another, or more vividly
coloured, we are shown no fundamental differences between these nations.
Each in theory is autonomous and sovereign and in that sense  equal to the
others. And to a large degree, we are accustomed to think of nations as
discrete entities, each contained by its own borders and enclosing its own
population with its own "national character" and its own  political
institutions designed to rule its own affairs.
Many of our daily experiences however do not stroke any longer with this
picture. Just taking into consideration the trappings of daily life - food,
clothes, water, energy, care, belief, entertainment - we have  to conclude
that these are strongly interwoven with fields that lie far beyond our
"home patch". The same is true of the people we meet with daily: friends,
neighbours, colleagues - even our own families. There will  always be
someone, somewhere, who is somehow bound to "somewhere else". Most of us
ourselves have crossed countless borders for work, study or vacation.

So however rooted we may feel in our own "home patch", directly or
indirectly, we are connected in countless ways with people in other places
spread throughout the world. Looked at from this perspective,  the world
shouldn't be pictured as the patchwork quilt that we know from our school
atlases, but as something totally different, more like the image presented
to us by airlines showing the flight routes of  their fleet -  but then far
more complex, including not just the flight routes of one airline, but all
the trade routes and lines of communication that connect people to each
other everywhere: a vast and complex network of  relationships, movements
and interactions, held together by knots of varying degrees of intensity,
where greater or lesser numbers of connecting lines converge.
The purpose of the conference is to encourage interdisciplinary and
international exchange of insights, knowledge and ideas among expert
academics, political actors and students, on the consequences of
globalization processes, in particular in the realm of the state's role in
a) protecting 'national interests', in b) protecting its national citizens,
in c) observing international treaties on human (including migrating
human's ) rights, and in d) fostering free international trade and commerce
- and in particular, on the intricacies of reconciling these diverging
obligations. At stake are the changing statures and prerogatives of the
states, and the status of both 'traditional' and 'wandering' citizens.
         The purpose of the conference is to encourage interdisciplinary
and international exchange of insights, knowledge and ideas among expert
academics, political actors and students, on the consequences of
globalization processes, in particular in the realm of the state's role in
a) protecting 'national interests', in b) protecting its national citizens,
in c) observing international treaties on human (including migrating
human's ) rights, and in d) fostering free international trade and commerce
- and in particular, on the intricacies of reconciling these diverging
obligations. At stake are the changing statures and prerogatives of the
states, and the status of both 'traditional' and 'wandering' citizens.


       Further information:

       Please check the conference website for up-to-date information:
www.rechten.vu.nl/conferencecitizenship



Shaking up Citizenship
Nation, State and Transnational Actors


Registration form

N.B. for logistical reasons, registration forms must be submitted before
April 1st 2007.


Please register me for the conference "Shaking up Citizenship", to be held
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 20th and 21st, 2007.

Name: 

Institution: 

Mailing address: 



e-mail address: 

telephone number: 

*I shall/shall not be attending Saskia Sassen?s Globalization lecture in
the Singel Kerk,  Friday evening April 20th, 20:30.
* Please indicate.


Please complete this form and submit it

via e-mail to : els@rechten.vu.nl NB: Please name as subject: citizenship
conference.

Or via post to: Els Heppner
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Afdeling Staats- en bestuursrecht
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Mar  6 17:50:27 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Mar  6 17:51:17 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: Noted French philosopher Jean Baudrillard dies
Message-ID: <006701c76041$d89dcef0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Noted French philosopher Jean Baudrillard dies
By ASSOCIATED PRESS, PARIS
March 6, 2007

French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, a social theorist known for his acerbic 
commentaries on consumerism and excess, died Tuesday, his publishing house 
said. He was 77.

Baudrillard died at his home in Paris, said Michel Delorme of the Galilee 
publishing house. He died after a "long illness," Delorme said, a term that 
in France most often means cancer.

The two men had worked together since 1977, when "Oublier Foucault" (Forget 
Foucault), one of some 20 books written by Baudrillard, was published, 
Delorme said by telephone.

The last book published by Baudrillard was "Cool Memories V," in 2005.

Baudrillard, a sociologist by training, is perhaps best known for his 
concepts of "hyperreality" and "simulation."
Baudrillard advocated the idea that spectacle is crucial in creating our 
view of events - what he termed "hyperreality." Things do not happen if they 
are not seen to happen.

He gained fame, and notoriety, in the English-speaking world for his 1991 
book "The Gulf War Did Not Take Place." In the first Gulf War, he claimed, 
nothing was as it appeared.

The public's - and even the military's - view of the conflict came largely 
through television images; Saddam Hussein was not defeated; the U.S.-led 
coalition scarcely battled the Iraqi military and did not really win, since 
little was changed politically in Iraq after all the carnage. All the sound 
and fury signified little, he argued.

The Sept. 11 attacks, in contrast, were the hyper-real event par 
excellence - a fusion of history, symbolism and dark fantasy, "the mother of 
all events."

His views on the attacks sparked controversy. While terrorists had committed 
the atrocity, he wrote, "It is we who have wanted it. . . . Terrorism is 
immoral, and it responds to a globalization that is itself immoral."

Although many Americans were puzzled by his views, Baudrillard was a 
tireless enthusiast for the United States - though he once called it "the 
only remaining primitive society."

"Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a 
paradise," he wrote. "Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and 
superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other."

French Education Minister Gilles de Robien said "We lose a great creator."

"Jean Baudrillard was one of the great figures of French sociological 
thought."

Born west of Paris in Reims on June 20, 1929, Baudrillard, the son of civil 
servants, began a long teaching career instructing high school students in 
German. After receiving a doctorate in sociology, he taught at the 
University of Paris in Nanterre.

From kacostel at indiana.edu  Wed Mar  7 21:04:48 2007
From: kacostel at indiana.edu (Kathleen A. Costello)
Date: Thu Mar  8 12:53:36 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]AAA Call for Papers: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Message-ID: <20070307210448.c4h5y9bqgo88g040@webmail.iu.edu>

Proposed Panel
106th Annual Meeting
American Anthropological Association
Washington, DC
November 28 ? December 2, 2007


Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Rigidity, Fluidity, and Strategy in
State-Minority Relations

Anthropologists have long acknowledged that ?cultures? constitute their own
existence through their internal and external tensions just as frequently as
they do through their adherence to commonly defined goals and values. In
the case of state-minority group relations, the fluid nature of ?cultures?
bumps up against rigid officially-sanctioned definitions of group identity.
The result is that minority groups in plural societies are caught between
the proverbial rock and hard place, with government definitions of minority
status on one side and community self-policing of culture and identity on
the other. What is often lost in these cases is the fluidity of community
relations as they are created, recreated, and contested in the course of
everyday life.

Under multicultural regimes which base the granting of rights and privileges
on specific determinations of "otherness" or "outsiderness," immigrants,
refugees, native peoples, and other marginalized groups are encouraged to
use difference as the vehicle for advancing claims and accessing resources.
This panel explores this interface between state and subaltern, and the
kinds of tensions that the rigidity of government apparatuses bring to
minority groups in these programs to validate cultural diversity. We contend
that while government diversity projects may be designed to secure
minority rights within the nation-state, state-made definitions of
difference often have unintended consequences that can constitute
coercive cultural interventions, suppressing internal difference and
foreclosing the possibility of cultural change and innovation.

We invite papers that address how national frameworks for gaining
recognition, rights, and resources affect the efforts of minority groups to
access justice and achieve equality. Possible areas for examination include
relations with government, other groups, and the larger society;
intra-community dynamics; varieties of identity expression and negotiation;
power and agency; and the meanings of citizen, minority, and human rights.

Please send individual paper proposals or other inquiries by Saturday, March
17, 2007, to:

Kathleen Costello
   kacostel@indiana.edu <mailto:kacostel@indiana.edu>
Pearl Chan
   pechan@indiana.edu <mailto:pechan@indiana.edu>

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From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Mar  8 13:49:45 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Mar  8 13:50:15 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Special Katrina Issue of /Southern Cultures/
Message-ID: <030701c761b2$8fe45f90$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

*Special Katrina Issue of /Southern Cultures/*

/ Southern Cultures/ is soliciting articles for a special issue to be
published for the 3rd anniversary of Katrina in late summer 2008.
Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2007.

We welcome articles on any aspect of the storm and its aftermath.
Prospective authors should familiarize themselves with the journal?s
style and author?s guidelines. Please keep in mind that our readers are
from many academic disciplines and the interested general public.
Consequently, we are especially interested in articles that deal with
southern issues in the broadest possible way. Please see our author?s
guidelines for more information on writing for the /Southern Cultures/
audience at
http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/southern_cultures/submit_manuscript.html.

Published for the UNC Center for the Study of the American South by UNC
Press, /Southern Cultures/ provides a rich forum of animated, informed
voices discussing all aspects of southern life. A peer-reviewed,
nonprofit quarterly, the journal features the best of academic and
general interest writing and offers a small honorarium for accepted pieces.

For more information on the journal and details on submitting a
manuscript, see the /Southern Cultures/ website at
www.southerncultures.org <http://www.southerncultures.org/>.

Sincerely,

Lisa Eveleigh

Managing Editor
/Southern Cultures/
eveleigh@unc.edu
From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Mar  8 20:33:04 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Mar  8 20:36:11 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Urban Cultures of the Caribbean
Message-ID: <001101c761eb$3a4d6cf0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

**Apologies for cross-postings**


Call for Papers

Symposium: 'Urban Cultures of the Caribbean'
September 27-29, 2007
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica

An international, interdisciplinary symposium on urban cultures of the 
Caribbean will be held in Jamaica on September 27-29, 2007. The event will 
be organized by the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, in 
cooperation with the Institute of Caribbean Studies and the Department of 
Geography and Geology of the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus). 
This symposium aims to bring together experts from a range of academic 
disciplines - including anthropology, sociology, cultural studies and human 
geography - to discuss various cultures of the urban Caribbean. We invite 
contributions discussing cities in the Dutch, Hispanic, Francophone and 
Anglophone Caribbean.

In this symposium, we aim to explore how the specific nature of cities and 
urban cultures can cause a difference in the discussion of Caribbean 
cultures. We wish to increase a better understanding of both Caribbean 
cultures and of urban spaces. We aim not only at a celebration but also a 
critical examination of such cultural manifestations, assessing their role 
in both the positive and negative aspects of urban life. Potential topics 
include urban subcultures, countercultures and lifestyles; musical and 
performance cultures; urban symbolism and imaginings of urban space; 
historical perspectives on Caribbean urban cultures; urban space and 
sexuality; architecture, identity and culture; ethnicity and contested 
space.

Interested contributors are invited to submit an abstract, accompanied by a 
short bio, by June 1, 2007. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words in length 
and should be sent in electronic form to Rivke Jaffe at 
rivke.jaffe@uwimona.edu.jm. Participants will be expected to submit their 
full conference paper by September 1, 2007. Limited funding may be available 
to overseas participants.

Organising committee:

Rivke Jaffe (Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work)
Rashalee Mitchell (Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work)
Sonjah Stanley-Niaah (Institute of Caribbean Studies)
David Dodman (Department of Geography and Geology)
Susan Mains (Department of Geography and Geology)


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

Dr. Susan Mains
Geography & Geology Department
University of the West Indies-Mona
Kingston 7, JAMAICA

Email: susan.mains@uwimona.edu.jm
          susanroaming@yahoo.com

Tel: (876) 927-2129
Fax: (876) 977-6029
Web: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/geoggeol/Staff/spmains.htm 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Mar 11 20:26:11 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Mar 11 19:39:07 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: MA in Modern Slavery Studies
Message-ID: <00bd01c76436$5a43c1b0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

UNIVERSITY OF HULL

Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE)

MA in Modern Slavery Studies

Slavery has been a central issue in historical research and is now a
topic of increasing public concern in the contemporary world. This MA
offers students the opportunity to study slavery and emancipation in
various historical contexts and to explore the conditions under which
slavery continues to exist today. The programme engages with emerging
debates within the UK around issues of multiculturalism, globalisation,
poverty, and identity.

The full-time inter-disciplinary programme is delivered in two teaching
semesters from September to May. Students choose from a list of core and
optional modules including: Historiography of Slavery; Slavery in the
Modern World; Voices of Slavery; The Slave Trade: Abolition and
Suppressions; Bonded Labour in an Historical Perspective; The Demography
of Slavery; The Black Atlantic; Movement and Identity; Globalisation and
Poverty; The Foundations of Human Rights. Following this taught
component students prepare a dissertation under personal supervision
from staff at the Institute. The MA is available as a full-time one-year
programme or a part-time two-year programme. Standard UK postgraduate
higher education fees apply.

10 Bicentenary Scholarships (deadline 1st May 2007) are available for
postgraduate study in WISE on the MA in Modern Slavery Studies, MA in
Diversity, Culture and Identity and MA in Criminology and Human Rights.
For further details of these and our postgraduate programmes please
contact h.lovell@hull.ac.uk.


Dr Nicholas J. Evans
Lecturer in Slavery Studies
WISE (Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation)
University of Hull Oriel Chambers
27 High Street
Hull, HU1 1NE
T: 01482 305187
M: 078 555 02711
F: 01482 305184
E: n.j.evans@hull.ac.uk
www.hull.ac.uk/wise

WISE website: www.hull.ac.uk/wise
From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Mar 11 22:17:26 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Mar 11 21:18:06 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: History, Heritage & Regeneration: The future for traditional
 architecture in Eastern Europe
Message-ID: <001001c76444$36e46540$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From: Matthew Hardy <Matthew.Hardy@Princes-Foundation.org>

The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & 
Urbanism (INTBAU) has launched the Call for Papers for one of its major 
events in 2007 - the "History, Heritage & Regeneration: The future for 
traditional architecture in Eastern Europe" conference.  The event will 
take place from 23 - 25 September in the city of Sibiu, Romania, which 
serves as the Cultural Capital of Europe for 2007. The conference aims 
to examine the challenges faced by the emerging economies of the former 
Eastern bloc in the field of heritage and preservation of traditional 
places.

We invite academics and practitioners worldwide to submit papers on the 
following topics:

*       Heritage & urban planning behind the "Iron Curtain"
*       The impact of globalised interventions on traditional environment
*       Protected areas & Pattern Books
*       Traditional academic education
*       EU Programmes on heritage

Deadline for submissions: 15 MAY 2007. Acceptance will be notified on 
15 June 2007.

For further information, see http://www.intbau.org/SibiuConferenceEN.htm

Further details:

Dr Matthew Hardy
+44 207 613 8520 <mailto:matthew.hardy@princes-foundation.org>
matthew.hardy@princes-foundation.org

Aura Neag
+44 207 613 8530
aura.neag@princes-foundation.org

Dr Matthew Hardy, Secretary
International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism
http://www.intbau.org/

INTBAU UK is a registered Charity No. 1103068
"one world, many traditions"
From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Mar 13 01:42:18 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Mar 13 03:52:52 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Social Justice, Neoliberalism, Cities: Methodologies and Open
 Questions
Message-ID: <008e01c7652a$0aa7cf30$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

------Call for papers & Call for participation------

Social Justice, Neoliberalism, Cities: Methodologies and Open Questions

A one-day symposium organized by the Urban Studies Program
University of British Columbia 
Saturday, May 5, 2007

Keynote Speaker: Jamie Peck

There remains much debate about what neoliberalism is - i.e., where and how it is "actually existing", and much of the current scholarship has explored neoliberalism schematically. This has led Jamie Peck to suggest that as a "perplexingly amorphous political-economic phenomenon" (2004, 394), the term "neoliberalism" is analytically and politically elastic (393). While some geographers have concentrated on its political-economic dimensions, authors in other disciplines have examined neoliberalism as a political rationality (see, for example, Brown 2005). This symposium invites papers that take neoliberalism if not for granted, then at least as a key term or, perhaps, as a "catalytic concept" (Gibson-Graham 2006[1996], 148) which describes contemporary socio-political and economic dynamics that contemporary activist projects and scholarship for social justice must contend. 

Welcoming graduate students and faculty from various disciplines, the symposium invites papers, reflections or field notes that attend to local and/or intimate spaces of neoliberalism in urban settings. How do the processes and "dictates" of neoliberalism affect social justice organizing?  How, for example, do neoliberalized rationalities affect negotiations between city governments, developers, and community groups? What cherished urban studies approaches and/or political strategies work or don't work in these contexts? The symposium is aimed at exploring and extending these issues in urban studies. 

An interdisciplinary symposium, papers are welcomed from a variety of perspectives, and papers advancing research in the areas of feminist, anti-racist, and anti-imperialist urban geography are encouraged to participate. The broad task of this one-day meeting is to encourage dialogue on the various "loose ends" of neoliberalism, from how "neoliberalism" informs or impacts our research projects and our political commitments, to critical reflection on confronting neoliberal rationalities, whether on paper or on the streets. We invite papers that might begin with broad theoretical terms or perspectives but focus on specific and perhaps marginal sites of organizing (broadly defined). Papers need not employ "neoliberalism" as an overarching framework, and it is a goal of the symposium to incite much needed conversation between the "grand question"/ "grand framework" of neoliberalism and studies that engage with more specialized areas of urban studies, such as homelessness, public space, migrations, gentrification and urban housing markets. 

We encourage participants to report on their research findings as well as reflect on their research practice, theoretical affections, and/or their institutional and/or organizational ties. We welcome papers that attend to methodologies, particularly as they intersect with ethical negotiations, obligations, shortcomings and openings of research practice and reporting. 

Individual paper abstracts (250 words max.) or proposed panel sessions can be submitted to Liz Lee and Tyler Pearce, symposium organizers, at urbanstudiesprogram@gmail.com. Deadline for proposals: March 30.  

Roundtable session: Collective Lit Review.  We are looking for proposals to offer a short (2 to 8 minute) review of recently published books and/or set of articles. Presenters for this session should aim to provide a brief review and evaluation that reflect on the current state of urban studies scholarship. Interested presenters should email the organizers with the title of the book(s) and/or articles that they wish to review. 

Call for Participation

If you plan on attending the symposium, please send an email to urbanstudiesprogram @ gmail.com. Include your name and affiliation. 
Graduate students: Please indicate if you require billeting. 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Mar 13 20:49:00 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Mar 13 19:51:10 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: 4th International Colloquium on the History of Women
	and Gender in Mexico
Message-ID: <000201c765ca$52b9dca0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From:  Mar?a Teresa Fern?ndez Aceves <mferna1@mail.udg.mx>

The Fourth International Colloquium on the History of Women and Gender in Mexico will be held from March 14-16 at El Colegio de Michoac?n in Zamora, Michoac?n, Mexico.   This forum will bring together more than sixty specialists on Precolumbian, colonial y modern Mexico to discuss the ways in which gender relations and gender ideologies have shaped the course of events in diverse regions of the country.

Topics addressed include: Gendered bodies; Gender and work; Beliefs and believers; Social construction of femininities and masculinities; Women and men in politics; Intersection of gender, class and ethnicity; Education, gender and written culture; Everyday family life; and Science, technology and gender.  

The keynote speech will be given by Dr. Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. This renowned feminist scholar focuses on the ways that political identities articulate with ethnicity, gender, class and nationalism in relation to local, regional and national histories, cultural politics and systems of governance in Latin America.  The title of her speech is: "Gender, Class, Ethnicity and Citizenship in Mexico: The Long Twentieth Century."

The event will be transmitted live via Internet. For more information, consult www.colmich.edu.mx/proyectos/redmugen <http://www.colmich.edu.mx/proyectos/redmugen>
From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Mar 14 14:50:11 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Mar 14 13:51:11 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Tourism PhD Networking Conference
Message-ID: <00ea01c76661$388af480$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Call for Papers/Invitation
Tourism PhD Networking Conference
Leeds Metropolitan University, 28.-30. June 2007
Deadline 15th April 2007.


Are you a current tourism PhD student? 
Would you like to meet other PhD researchers and improve your networks? 
Do you want advice for a certain stage of your PhD career - from starting out to finishing, and what to do next? 

The International Centre for Responsible Tourism and the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change at Leeds Metropolitan University are hosting a PhD student conference specifically for tourism researchers. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for networking opportunities and peer review and support. 

All PhD students are invited to participate and second and final year students to present (30 min slots). The presentations can either be an overview of your PhD or specifically focus on methodological issues. Seminal keynote speakers will address current issues such as being a researcher during and post PhD. 

Cost: ? 35, plus accommodation (discounted rates available)

Please register your interest by 15th April 2007 and state whether you would like to present a paper. Please note that the date for submission of one page abstracts is 23rd April 2007. E-Mail: b.braasch@leedsmet.ac.uk 

 

 
From chris.caruso at gmail.com  Mon Mar 12 18:28:21 2007
From: chris.caruso at gmail.com (Chris Caruso)
Date: Wed Mar 14 13:52:29 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Reminder: SANA Student Travel Award App Due Thursday
References: <b64649940703121424o36b7d3b5hf2c2ebdc356339b0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <DA8F74FF-7D03-4C66-A034-C7914201A518@gmail.com>

The Society of the Anthropology of North America (SANA) invites
graduate student participants of its 2007 conference "Unnatural
Disasters" to submit applications to the St. Claire Drake travel
award. Qualified applicants must be currently enrolled graduate
students without a Ph.D. who have submitted abstracts to and
registered for the 2007 SANA conference. The student's paper should be
based in ethnographic field research located in Mexico, the United
States, or Canada.

The selection committee for the SANA conference travel award wishes to
compose a cohort of fellows whose work reflects the breadth of North
American anthropology and whose proposals demonstrate the commitment
to social justice and politically engaged anthropology embodied by the
awards namesake, St. Claire Drake.

To apply, submit your paper abstract, university affiliation, and
contact information to: sanatravelgrant@yahoo.com. No additional
materials are needed. For more information about the award and Mr.
Drake please visit http://sananet.org/2007conf/grants.html. The
deadline for receipt of applications is March 15.


From graca.cordeiro at iscte.pt  Fri Mar  9 14:41:43 2007
From: graca.cordeiro at iscte.pt (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Gra=E7a_=CDndias_Cordeiro?=)
Date: Wed Mar 14 13:53:14 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]First International Conference of Young Urban Researchers
 (FICYUrb): Call for Papers
Message-ID: <002101c76259$0e8fb960$c5210a0a@iscte.intranet>

Call for Papers

 

The First International Conference of Young Urban Researchers (FICYUrb) will
take place at ISCTE, in Lisbon ? Portugal, June 11th and 12th, 2007. The
organization of this scientific meeting was born from the will to create a
space of interdisciplinary debate.  Young researchers in urban studies that
work and develop their academic researches on cities ? especially students
of postgraduate programmes and young academics but also those who intervene
directly in national or international agencies, NGOs or municipalities ? are
expected to play a major role in this scientific meeting dynamic?s. The
Conference is intended to be an adequate space to disseminate the most
recent academic researches in urban studies from a wide range of
disciplinary perspectives of the social sciences. The organization believes
that this space may be appropriate to promote interdisciplinary networks.
While encouraging an international scientific debate, the Conference will
provide a place of interchange between young urban studies practitioners and
senior academics with a wide experience, especially those invited to the
Opening and Final lectures in the meeting.

The conference organization will be provided by Centro de Investiga??o e
Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-ISCTE) in cooperation with F?rum Sociol?gico,
Journal from Faculdade de Ci?ncias Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de
Lisboa (FCSH/UNL) and Instituto de Sociologia da Faculdade de Letras da
Universidade do Porto (IS-FLUP).

The organizing team is composed by Professor Gra?a ?ndias Cordeiro
(principal adviser) and by the postgraduate students on urban anthropology,
sociology and history: Gon?alo Gon?alves, In?s Pereira, Jo?o Pedro Nunes,
L?gia Ferro and Rita Cachado.

The Council of Program will provide scientific support to the organizing
team. This Council is composed by researchers and university lecturers in
Anthropology, Architecture, Geography, History and Sociology: Alain Bourdin,
?lvaro Domingues, Annick Germain, Ant?nio Firmino da Costa, Carles Feixa,
Em?lio Duhau, Fr?d?ric Vidal, Gilberto Velho, Jo?o Cabral, Jo?o Teixeira
Lopes, Jorge Malheiros, Juan Pujadas, Lu?s Baptista, Lu?s Fernandes, Manuel
C. Teixeira, Maria Alexandre Lousada, Michel Agier, Nuno Lu?s Madureira.,
Roselyne de Villanova, Tim Sieber.

 

We welcome papers which address the following and other themes: 

 

T01 ? Politics, power and negotiating processes 

The city is a space of power and negotiation. What politics define and
stipulate life in the urban territories? Recognizing that relationships of
power are negotiated in the different urban contexts of interaction, what
kind of relationships are those? What agents, such as associations and
social movements among others, produce politics in and of the city? 

 

T02 ? Social movements: cultural practices and contexts

Social movements are also protagonists of the city, crucial agents that
define a city as contestant and ?alternative?. Which types of circuits and
contexts of interaction and sociability are defined by social movements?
Which symbolic references are created by them? And what cultural practices
are transformed by them? By these and other means, do social movements have
a say in the great urban kaleidoscope?

 

T03 ? Communication and mediation: awkward relations between immigrants and
institutions. 

Administrative professionals and immigrated populations have different
reality readings which turn into different kinds of answers in both sides of
the relationship. With what difficulties are immigrants confronted in the
institutional encounter? What kind of strategies of resistance and
adaptation do they develop to answer to difficulties raised in those
situations?

 

T04 ? Informal economies in urban contexts 

Informality as an alternative way of life to formal economy may appear as a
kind of adaptation or as resistance to imposed formal systems. Which rules
and languages can we use to define informal economies? Where and how do they
show up? Who may we define as actors and receivers, inside and outside of
the institutionalized system?

 

T05 ? Politics, practices and urban identities

Cities are places of diversity and cultural effervescence. What kind of
relationships can we find between culture and arts on the one hand and
economy and politics on the other hand? How European, national and local
politics are articulated in the process of democratization of culture? What
identity strategies mediate the level of practices and the level of politics
in urban context? What role is played by variables such as class, ethnicity,
gender, etc., in social analysis of cultural practices?

 

T06 ? Built Spaces, conflict and social inequalities in the enlarged city 

Continuity and change are permanently articulated and re-composed in the
renewal of urban built environment. Public and private actors associate and
oppose themselves along construction processes either increasingly marked by
great visibility or inhabited by intense conflict patterns. How do building
practices intervene in the creation of new and old patterns of urban social
inequality? What configurations of interests and images of the city - the
metropolitan populations, "users", ?residents? and spaces - are created and
recreated in the social construction of urban space?

 

T07 ? Urban territories planning, design and uses of urban space

The organization of city space involves a set of complex relationships
between political actors, architects and populations. What type of
negotiation is carried out between the several instances implicated in these
processes? What is the role of public space architecture in our days? And,
being aware of a gap between the conception of space and its daily uses,
what kind of strategies both architects and populations use in order to
negotiate the organization of space? 

 

T08 ? Movement, flows and uses of public space

In the past, as today, the movement in the city produces political,
technician know-how and everyday life experiences. From pedestrian sidewalks
to circulation in highways, from information flows to the collection of
urban garbage, there are multiple contexts where we can analyze the way the
city constitutes and is constituted by the movement of information, people
and goods. What different flows construct urban spaces and realms ? e.g.
?public?, ?collective? ? and by which anchor processes these flows fix
themselves in territories?

 

T09 ? Work, territories and organizations ? restructuration and life styles

 

The division of social labour is being increasingly intensified at a
planetary scale. From the industrial city to the contemporary metropolitan
area, spaces, times and organizational forms of labour are being
reconfigured (for example, night-work, second jobs, itinerating jobs, etc
).
Are life styles being changed, together with the process of interdependence
between the central city and the peripheral city? What changes in the world
of labour are reverberated in the cities and its organization?

 

T10: Dispersion / concentration: urban socialization in the splintered city

Marked by the concentration of elites in specific zones and by processes of
?ghettization?, the city appears as a segregated space, with niches of
wealth and poverty (closed condominiums, popular neighbourhoods,
high-specialized commercial spaces, etc.). Which logics of distinction and
what discrimination processes generate this city? And what relational
processes of transgression dilute the borders within the city?

 

 

T11 World-City/Cities in the World? Competition and hierarchy,
differentiation and fragmentation

 

The proportion of urban population in the world is growing. The destiny of
cities and urban territories depends on a global scale process of
competition and differentiation. How to analyse the relations between the
world economy dynamics and the spatial, social and political differentiation
occurring in the urbanized world? What old and new urban and economic action
models are being recreated? Which groups or classes, economic or cultural
millieux stand at the forefront of urban and economic change, and which ones
stand at less visible positions?         

 

Please send an abstract of approximately 250 words and a short
biography/Vita by March 16th, 2007. We accept papers in Portuguese, English,
Spanish and French. Authors should let us know in which language they prefer
to present their papers.

Authors will be noticed by April 2nd, 2007. Completed Papers expected by May
14th, 2007. Guidelines for authors will be sent soon.

For other information please consult 

https://conferencias.iscte.pt/index.php?cf=3

 

Eventual doubts should be addressed at ficyurb.cies@iscte.pt

 

Gra?a ?ndias Cordeiro

Departamento Antropologia/ Centro Investiga??o Estudos de Sociologia

ISCTE - Av. das For?as Armadas

1649-026 LISBOA

Telef. (351) 217903221   Fax. (351) 217903012

graca.cordeiro@iscte.pt

 

From miamigringa at gmail.com  Mon Mar 12 13:44:33 2007
From: miamigringa at gmail.com (Debra Rodman)
Date: Wed Mar 14 13:54:05 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]possible aaa session
Message-ID: <35dbda3c0703120944p104834f4hd6dce87129814781@mail.gmail.com>

Anyone interested in joining an organized session on immigration?
Please see short description below and respond to Debra Rodman at
miamigringa@gmail.com.




"No soy negro, soy moreno!": The Intersection of Gender and Race in the
Immigrant Experience

Immigrants come to the host society with their own perceptions of race
and gender that define unequal social relations and inter-ethnic
relations in thier own home communities.  How does the construction of
race and gender in the host society affect the perception of
immigrant's racial worldview, gender roles and relations, and
awareness of self and other?  How does exposure to a new racial/gender
worldview change the immigrant's interaction with people of their own
ethnic group?  When different racial worldviews collide how does
immigrant's identity change; raising social consciousness in one case
and excluding others?  How do immigrants negotiate these new
definitions and how do these constructions articulate themselves into
new definitions of ethnic identity?  This session will use case
studies from different regions of the world and attempt to understand
patterns in immigrant receiving communities that illustrate the
dynamic structure of social constructions such as race and gender when
immigrants begin to attempt to integrate into a new society.


-- 
Debra H. Rodman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Anthropology and Women's Studies
Randolph-Macon College
cell    (804) 878-5475
home (804) 359-3981

From Cynthia.Lewis at notes.udayton.edu  Thu Mar  8 12:52:05 2007
From: Cynthia.Lewis at notes.udayton.edu (Cynthia.Lewis@notes.udayton.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 15 14:30:38 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]International Conference of interest in CA
Message-ID: <OF9D9BE3D5.B846058C-ON85257298.005D7CAA-85257298.00622738@notes.udayton.edu>

Hello,

I'm writing to inform you about an upcoming conference that your 
organization might be interested in.  The conference, How Our World Is 
Changing: Dimensions of International Migration, homepage is available 
here:     http://www.csupomona.edu/~international/conference/default.htm

The conference is April 13-14, 2007, and there are 4 international keynote 
speakers: Dr. Vandana Shiva, Y.B. Dato' Seri Shaluizat Binti Abdul Jalil, 
Dr. Hussein Hassouna, and Amre M. Moussa.

Please pass this information on to your members, faculty, students, or 
colleagues who might be interested. 

Thank you,
Cynthia Lewis
Assistant Director, Center for International Programs
Coordinator, Intensive English Program
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-0315
(937) 229-4907


From hecky at email.arizona.edu  Wed Mar 14 11:01:10 2007
From: hecky at email.arizona.edu (Ronald Hector A. Villanueva)
Date: Thu Mar 15 14:30:46 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Fwd: Arizona Anthropologist 17 now available
Message-ID: <20070314100110.6374og44k44gkwgw@www.email.arizona.edu>


Hello, I hope you are all enjoying your spring break.

Note that the Arizona Anthropologist Issue 17 is out.  Get your copies, only
$9/ exclusive of shipping.

  ? 2006 Arizona Anthropologist 

  Cost per issue is $9.00. For subscription information, contact 
Arizona Anthropologist, Department of Anthropology, 
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ  85721 
Fax (520) 621-2088 

  http://clubs.asua.arizona.edu/~azanthro/- 

  Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction to Issue #17 

  Hecky Villanueva......................................................... iv 

  Preface: John W.
Olsen............................................................ xi 

  Trans-Cultural Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition: Understanding
the Sociolinguistic Effects of International Tourism on Host Communities 
Eric Johnson............................................................... 1 

  _?Me Gusta Hip-Hop!_: Evidence of Popular U.S. Culture Among Mexican Border
Youth
Brian Hawkins............................................................ 41 

  Negotiating the Moral Politics of Transnational Motherhood: Conducting
Ethnographic Research in Central America 

  Kate Goldade............................................................ 64 

  Lessons from New New Journalism 

  Brian Burke, Phil Leckman, Andrea Sturzen, Kathleen Van Vlack,   and Hecky
Villanueva...................................................88 

  Agent-based models as behavioral laboratories for evolutionary
anthropological research
L. S. Premo............................................................ 105 

  Language as Practice and Self-Dialogization: Examination of Language and Self
in _Ta'arof_
Satoshi Abe............................................................. 132 

  EXCERPTS FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGE:

  .... the _Arizona Anthropologist_ documents change and has witnessed it in
various communities throughout the world. This is demonstrated through diverse
articles and updates published for over sixty years. The _Arizona
Anthropologist_, formerly the _Atlatl,_ established in 1944, is among the
oldest and longest running graduate student-produced and peer-reviewed journals
in the United States.We welcome submissions of anthropological interest for
peer
review from graduate and undergraduate students. Many contributors are now
renowned academics and researchers.   

  Issue 17 explores intriguing aspects of the ever-debated issues of
globalization and the economic and cultural implications of the U.S.-Mexico
borderlands. These issues, among others, are the constant fodder of academic
debate, election propaganda, and xenophobic activities. Two articles in this
issue  look at aspects of culture change through language interaction in the
U.S.-Mexico border region. The first is by Arizona  State graduate student Eric
Johnson who analyzed the linguistic interactions between the host community of
Puerto Pe?asco/Rocky Point, Mexico and its predominantly American international
tourists. The second is by recent University  of Arizona anthropology graduate,
Brian Hawkins, who wrote about the dynamics of American popular culture as
embodied in the musical genre of hip-hop on Mexican youth in the border town of
Nogales, Sonora. Both articles provide a nuanced approach to the interaction of
two cultures in a border region that is rapidly urbanizing. 

  Closer to home, the University of Arizona Department of Anthropology
celebrated its 90th anniversary in March 2006 with a series of seminars,
colloquiums, poster-exhibits, laboratory visits, socials, a gala dinner, the
launch of the Raymond H. Thompson Award, and importantly, a scholarship fund
drive. Department Chair John W. Olsen provided a short history of the
department in the preface. ....... 

  One initiative of the former editors was their call for more reflexive
articles on fieldwork. One such article is by new mother, Kate Goldade, on the
impact and implications of bringing her newly born daughter with her during
dissertation fieldwork in Costa   Rica. The lessons learned and the questions
raised, especially on aspects of transnationalism in research, should be
helpful to those contemplating bringing family members with them into the
field. 

  Another article is a commentary-essay on writing styles vis-?-vis
anthropology. Five graduate students, including this Editor, enrolled in Tom
Mcguire's writing class and produced this collaborative essay. It deconstructs
the literary genre popularly known as New New Journalism by reviewing the works
of five popular nonfiction writers and commenting on how writing style, nuance,
and research rigor can be compatible.......  

   In recognition of the quality of papers that win the annual Dozier Award for
best student paper submitted to the Anthropology Department, the _Arizona
Anthropologist _publishes the faculty-reviewed and chosen paper without peer
review. This year's awardee is archaeologist Luke Premo, a newly minted PhD,
now with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. His paper
argues that agent-based models (ABM) can provide paleoanthropologists with
simulations of possible behavioral dynamics and site formation processes of
past societies and paleoenvironments............  

  The last paper is by a linguistic anthropology graduate student, Satoshi Abe
, on the Iranian practice of _ta'arof_, which is a form of "institutionalized
language interaction" through which respect is conveyed between acquaintances.
Examining the _ta'arof_ practice allowed him to explore how language
interactions influence how the self is constantly negotiated in a communicative
and social context............... 

---- This is a rather "thick" issue in celebration of the 90th anniversary of
the U of A. Dept.of Anthropology. The Az.Anth also has a new logo, that of a
quipo.   If you're thinking of a nice gift that represents the U. of A, please
consider the Az. Anth Issue 17.
Thanks to all the contributors, our reviewers, AA staff, and supporters!
Best regards.

Hecky Villanueva
Editor for issue 17
Arizona Anthropologist

----- End forwarded message -----
From pribiljc at whitman.edu  Wed Mar 14 11:32:11 2007
From: pribiljc at whitman.edu (Jason Pribilsky)
Date: Thu Mar 15 14:30:55 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Call for new members --CORI (Committee on Refugees and Immigrants) 
In-Reply-To: <004601c66bb7$250a3150$65058696@Maulwaurf>
References: <004601c66bb7$250a3150$65058696@Maulwaurf>
Message-ID: <000f01c7665e$b2daa120$e9060c0a@whitman.edu>

 Please distribute widely....

The Committee on Refugees and Immigrants (CORI), a section of the Society
for Urban and Transnational Anthropology (SUNTA) of the American
Anthropological Association is in the process of welcoming new and old
members to get involved in the organization. 

Here is a short blurb from CORI's mission statement... 

CORI focuses on contemporary migration, both voluntary and forced, and the
ways in which this movement challenges assumptions about national borders,
human and worker rights, the nature of global economic development, and the
basic structure and coherence of our own societies. CORI provides a forum
for anthropologists to consider the fullest range of issues and concerns
related to displaced persons, and to address these systematically through
research, public education, and advocacy.

CORI activities in the past have included panel organization for the AAA and
SfAA meetings and an annual publication of a peer-reviewed volume of
Selected Papers under rotating editorship. 

If you are interested in being added to an expanding email list of
interested individuals, please email Jason Pribilsky at pribiljc@whitman.edu


Also, there will be an informal CORI business meeting held in conjunction
with a Migration-issues roundtable at the upcoming Society for Applied
Anthropology meeting in Tampa, FL. Ideas for revamping CORI and its mission
will be discussed. 

Saturday, March 31 
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Buccaneer D


            SUNTA/CORI Open Forum on Refugees and Immigrants 

            Chairs:   David Haines (SUNTA) and Jason Pribilsky (CORI)


Best,
Jason Pribilsky
Chair, CORI 

Jason Pribilsky
Assistant Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology 
Director, Latin American Studies Program
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362
509.527-5162 (tel)
509.527-5026 (fax)
 
 



From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Thu Mar 15 13:09:36 2007
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David Haines)
Date: Thu Mar 15 14:31:38 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]More info on SUNTA at SfAA in Tampa
Message-ID: <200703151822.l2FIMQZF005967@ppoint1.cc.ysu.edu>

To SUNTA members and friends:

Two more items that may be of interest for
Tampa:

SUNTA past president and AAA president-
elect Setha Low is giving the plenary address
at the meeting. It is Wednesday evening at
6:00 in Regency 2. Topic is "The New Emotions
at Home: Fear, Insecurity, and Paranoia."

SUNTA immediate past president Susan
Greenbaum is co-leading a tour of Tampa's
ethnic communities on Thursday from
2:00 - 6:00 p.m. The tour will include both
Central Avenue and Ybor City and end with
Sangria and tapas at Marti-Maceo Hall
(about which Susan has written). Full
info is at:

http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2007/2007tours.html

Note that you must register by March 21.

****************************************************************
And a reminder that the overall SUNTA program is at:

http://gunston.gmu.edu/dhaines1/tampa2007_short.htm

****************************************************************
Hope to see you there,

-- David

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
David W. Haines
Associate Professor of Anthropology
George Mason University  SOAN 3G5
Fairfax  VA 22030

President, Society for Urban, National, and
Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA)

Office: 703-993-3600
Web:    http://gunston.gmu.edu/dhaines1


From lknauer at umassd.edu  Fri Mar 16 11:52:10 2007
From: lknauer at umassd.edu (Lisa Maya Knauer)
Date: Fri Mar 16 19:02:50 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]On the immigration raids in New Bedford
Message-ID: <45FAAF1A.4070704@umassd.edu>

Last week, after 11 months of surveillance, the ICE raided a 
leather-goods factory in New Bedford, Michael Bianco, under contract to 
the U.S. military, where a largely immigrant workforce was making 
backpacks for U.S. forces.  Over 300 workers were rounded up, many of 
them mothers with young children (including unweaned infants) and 
shipped off to detention facilities, including some as far away as 
Texas.  Most of the workers who were detained were from Central America 
(primarily Guatemalans and Salvadorans, although there were Hondurans, 
Ecuadoreans and others), along with Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, 
Portuguese and Mexicans.

******************************
For those interested in offering material support, a statewide 
immigrants rights group, MIRA, is coordinating relief efforts

Money

Donations are being collected for the New Bedford Immigrant 
Families/Ninos Fund. The money will be distributed to community 
organizations responding in the affected areas. All donations to this 
account will be distributed to the local organization administering 
services. Online donations can be made at miracoalition.org

Checks can be mailed to the MIRA Coalition, 105 Chauncy St., Boston, MA 
02111. Specify in the memo line that the funds are for "New Bedford 
Immigrant Families/Ninos Fund." Donations are tax-deductible, and all 
donations marked "New Bedford Immigrant Families/Ninos Fund" will be 
distributed to appropriate community and service organizations.

Time

To volunteer time and legal, medical or language skills, contact the 
MIRA Coalition at its Web site, miracoalition.org
********************************

 I will send along some articles from the local papers, but here is a 
commentary that recently appeared on Portside, concerning the raids and 
Bush's recent trip to Guatemala (excuse the formatting glitches and odd 
characters)....

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

S?? Es Verdad

by Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

March 15, 2007, submitted to Portside by the authors

President Bush got a big surprise on his goodwill visit to
Guatemala this week.  Protesters filled the streets of
Guatemala City to denounce an immigration raid that took place
at a leather goods factory in New Bedford, Massachusetts on
March 6th.  The raid resulted in the arrest of 361 people,
most of them undocumented immigrants from Guatemala and El
Salvador.Even the President of Guatemala criticized the raids
in his welcoming speech to Bush on his arrival. This is big
news in Guatemala because 10% of the entire Guatemalan
population-many of them undocumented-lives in the US.

The press in Guatemala-and in Massachusetts-has been filled
with stories of the raid and its aftermath of families
shattered,children separated from their parents, and children
being held in federal custody. According to the New York Times:

'Facing pointed questions from Guatemalan journalists,Mr. Bush
stood by the raid, saying, 'People will be treated with
respect,but the United States will enforce our law.Mr. Bush
said he disputed 'conspiracies'relayed by Mr.
Berger [Guatemala's President] that children were taken away
from families. Mr. Bush denied such accounts. 'No es la
verdad,' Mr. Bush said, 'That's not the way America operates.
We're a decent, compassionate country. Those are the kind
ofthings we do not do. We believe in families, and we'll treat
people with dignity.'

Well, s?? es verdad.  Days after the raids the
Massachusetts Department of Social Services ( DSS) reported
that they 'could not connect 100 children with their
families'.  One woman arrested in the raid was flown back from
Texas where she was being held when her 7 year old daughter
called a hot line created to unite families divided by the raid
to ask about her mother'swhereabouts. Two nursing infants were
hospitalized for dehydration when they were separated from
their mothers.

Once again Bush is either lying or out of touch with reality.
The events of this raid have been well documented and
roundly condemned by the press and politicians in Massachusetts
across the political spectrum.  In the era of global
communications, people in Guatemala didn't even have to rely
on the media; they could pick up the phone and call their
relatives in New Bedford to find out what was really going on.

The New Bedford raid had what is by now a familiar feel to it.
On March 6, up to 500 government agents, police, and others
surrounded the Michael Bianco, Inc.leather goods factory in
New Bedford Massachusetts.  Inside, anannouncement came over
loudspeakers, 'Stay where you are. Immigration agents are in
the building.' Panic ensued as workers made a run for it,but
the exits were blocked, some by police with guns drawn. Some
workers scurried into hiding places, hoping to wait out the
raid.

When the building was finally locked down agents instructed US
citizens or green card holders to move to one area and all
others to another area. Workers were interviewed.  Some were
released in a few hours because of compelling health or family
reasons.  But most were loaded onto buses and transported to a
holding facility on Fort Devens, a former military base about
60 miles away.

Following processing at Fort Devens, 70 of those arrested
were released for a variety reasons within a few days, 90 are
being held in various jails in Massachusetts and Rhode Island,
and 207 were flown far from their homes and families to jails
in Texas. 8 minors were picked up, 3 were released the rest
are being held in Miami.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick engaged in a few
testy exchanges with the Department of Homeland Security as did
Senators Kennedy and Kerry and other members of the state's
Congressional delegation. Patrick attacked the 'race to the
airport,' to move the workers out ofstate before they could be
properly interviewed.  Kennedy compared the effect of the raids
to, 'the tragedy and human suffering that we all
witnessed after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane
Katrina....These men and women had not harmed anyone. They were
victims of exploitation, forced to work under barbaric
conditions by an employer who knew that they could not afford
to complain. Their children, many of whom are United States
citizens, had done nothing wrong at all. None of them had any
reason to expect that the Departmentof Homeland Security would
decide to make an example out of them."

Kerry called for a Congressional investigation of the raid.

Meanwhile, immigrant rights groups rushed to court and won
a federal court order to halt the out of state flights. But
most of the captives had already been moved.

The Massachusetts DSS sent two teams of 18 social workers
to Texas to interview those arrested. They asked that 21 mothers
be returned to Massachusetts immediately. While the Department
of Homeland Security maintains that it has worked closely with
DSS in the aftermath of the raids, DSS Commissioner
Harry Spence angrily denies this:  'They stopped us at every
step of the way.ICE's rhetoric has been completely different
from the truth.'

The company-owned by Michael Bianco-makes backpacks and vests
for the military under a $138 million contract, and
employs about 500 people. The firm also makes high end leather
goods for name brands like Coach, Inc.

Bianco and four others were arrested following the raid
and charged with knowingly employing undocumented workers or
providing false documents to workers.  But unlike the workers,
Bianco and the managers were immediately released on bail and
were back at work the next day.

The Pentagon's contract rules encourage sweatshop production
like those that exist at Bianco, Inc.   IN fact,
Massachusetts' politicians complained to the Department of
Defense long before the raids about poor labor conditions in
factories producing uniforms and other articles for the
military, although they did not specially mention Bianco.

At a press conference announcing the raid US Attorney Michael
Sullivan pointed to the 'horrible' conditions in the
plant.Indeed an 11 month long investigation, which included
the use of undercover agents, turned up evidence of classic
sweatshop conditions: low wages, no benefits, harsh working
conditions which included restrictions on workers talking or
using restrooms, and workers' pay being docked for
infractions of workplace rules.

Yet no attempt was made to enforce labor laws. Instead,
the victims of the labor abuse were arrested and transported
and their children subjected to what, by virtually any
definition, is child abuse by federal authorities.

The story of the New Bedford raid is still unfolding. But it
could have areal impact on the current immigration debate.

Many advocates of immigration reform see the increase in
the number of raids by the Bush Administration as a move to
satisfy both the hard-line anti-immigrant wing of the
Republican Party and the corporate wing that wants access to
cheap immigrant labor through a guest worker program.
By creating a crisis, the Bush Administration hopes to push
through an immigration reform bill that it likes. It's unclear
whether the strategy will be successful.

On the one hand, many well meaning people-and some not so well-
meaning people-are now calling for immediate action
on comprehensive immigration reform.  Massachusetts Senator
Kennedy is preparing to refile a bill similar to one filed in
the last session of Congress that attracted bi-partisan
support.  That bill would provide an amnesty for many ofthose
already living in the US. But it would also create a guest
worker program for future immigrant flows and increase funding
for enforcement.  It is as we have often written a bad
bill. It will not prevent future immigrant flows; it does not
stop New Bedford- style raids but instead increases enforcement
funding; and it creates a guest worker program that
could institutionalize sweatshops, since it is clear that
authorities are not interested in enforcing labor laws even
when they know from their own investigations that rampant labor
law violations exist.

On the other hand, the New Bedford raid could have a positive
blowback effect. As a result of Bush's visit to Latin America
and the protests in Guatemala, the raid may serve to highlight
the need for a hemispheric approach to immigration reform. Real
reform must involve both the sending and the receiving
countries and as the US moves to further militarize the border
and more draconian raids take place, Latin Americans  are
demanding more of a say in how immigration is managed.  Latin
American countries weighed in on the U.S.immigration law
reform debate last year, and the coalitions of social
movements and labor such as the Hemispheric Social Alliance
have long proposed principlesto regulate immigration
throughout the Americas.

It's time for immigrant rights advocates, labor unions, and
other elements of global civil society with a stake in
US immigration policy to step into the vacuum and create a new
immigration discourse and program based the realities of
immigrant flows in the age of globalization .

[Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith are theco-
founders of Global Labor Strategies, a resource center
providing research and analysis on globalization, trade and
labor issues. GLS staff have published many previous reports on
a variety of labor-related issues, including OutsourceThis!
American Workers, the Jobs Deficit, and the Fair Globalization
Solution,Contingent Workers Fight For Fairness, and Fight
Where You Stand!: WhyGlobalization Matters in Your Community
and Workplace. They have also written and produced the Emmy-
nominated PBS documentary Global Village or GlobalPillage? GLS
has offices in New York, Boston, and Montevideo,Uruguay.
Formore on GLS visit: www.laborstrategies.blogs.com or email
info@laborstrategies.org.]

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From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Mar 16 20:06:36 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Mar 16 19:08:08 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Van Alen Institute New York Prize Fellowship
Message-ID: <011a01c7681f$d5094d60$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

VAN ALEN INSTITUTE NEW YORK PRIZE FELLOWSHIP
Fellowship Deadline: May 9, 2007

Van Alen Institute invites applications for the New York Prize Fellowship, a 
new fellowship program in support of multidisciplinary research and 
experimental practice in public architecture. Early to mid-career 
practitioners and scholars from the design and planning disciplines, and 
other fields in the arts, humanities and sciences are invited to apply.

Fellows pursue advanced independent research and generate public projects on 
the most significant issues shaping the design and use of public space 
today. Projects can range across media, temporalities, dimensions and scales 
in the form of exhibitions, installations, performances, symposia and other 
formats. The Institute seeks critical and creative projects that provoke new 
ways of thinking about and making public space, and that engage public 
audiences in imaginative and productive ways.

Up to five fellowships for periods of three months each will be granted in 
2007-2008. The fellowship award includes a $5,000 stipend, project support 
in the range of $2,500 to $10,000, individual office/studio space at the 
Institute, and the opportunity to present and publish work for public 
audiences. Applications must be received by May 9, 2007. Information and 
Guidelines: www.vanalen.org/nyprize. 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Mar 16 20:09:57 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Mar 16 19:10:09 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FUNDING: Research Fellowships for the Study of the Global
	South
Message-ID: <011e01c76820$39168d90$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

2007 Research Fellowships for the Study of the Global South
Deadline: March 31, 2007

The Collaborative Research Group for the Study of the Global South at Tulane 
University invites proposals from scholars in the arts, humanities, and 
social sciences for research projects focusing on the Gulf South states of 
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. We especially encourage 
proposals that examine the Gulf South region in a global perspective and 
promote the understanding of the impact of the Gulf South on the world and 
of the world on the Gulf South. Fellowships are $3,000 each and may be used 
for any expenses related to the project. Preference may be given to projects 
that require research to be conducted in the Gulf South region (e.g., for 
archival research or fieldwork). Contingent upon the availability of travel 
funding, fellowship recipients must be willing to present their research at 
Tulane University. Graduate students as well as those who already hold the 
PhD or its equivalent are eligible to apply. Applicants need not be based in 
the United States. Applications should be submitted electronically to 
Professor Tom Klingler at klingler@tulane.edu and should include (1) a 
400-word project summary, (2) a project narrative of no more than five 
double-spaced pages, (3) a proposed budget, (4) a curriculum vitae of no 
more than two pages, and (5) 2 letters of recommendation from scholars able 
to assess the quality of the proposed project (these should be submitted 
electronically by the recommenders to Tom Klingler at the above address). 
All application materials must be received no later March 31, 2007 to be 
considered.


Tom Klingler
Associate Professor of French and Linguistics
Department of French and Italian
Newcomb Hall 311L
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-862-3121
klingler@tulane.edu

From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Mar 16 20:32:10 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Mar 16 19:33:08 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Putting Region in its Place: Health, Healing and
	Place
Message-ID: <014801c76823$5370e480$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>


Forwarded from:
              <SPACE-AND-PLACE@LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU>
From:         Christopher Fletcher christopher.fletcher@UALBERTA.CA

Dear colleagues - I would like to draw your attention to a conference  
October 26-28, 2007 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. "Putting Region in  
its Place: Health, Healing and Place" is an interdisciplinary  
conference that invites papers and panels from scholars who are  
interested in the intersections of place and health. For more  
information please see the conference website at:

http://www.ualberta.ca/~place/index.html

The inspiration for this conference comes from the diverse  
scholarship on place which has emerged in a number of discplines in  
recent years and, through which, we have witnessed the rejeuvenation  
of theoretical and topical studies in place and health. This  
conference seeks to bring together researchers, scholars, and  
students of place and health, in all their complex articulations, for  
an intensive investigation of this exciting area

Best regards,

Christopher Fletcher


Department of Anthropology
University of Alberta
Tory Building 13-22
Edmonton, AB
Canada T6G 2H4

780-492-0133 office
780-492-5273 fax
website: www.ualberta.ca/~cf6/

From basvanheur at gmx.net  Mon Mar 19 15:25:55 2007
From: basvanheur at gmx.net (Bas van Heur)
Date: Mon Mar 19 20:44:36 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Cfp: Urban Ontologies: Importing Actor-Network Theory into Urban
 Studies
Message-ID: <45FE8F63.2050308@gmx.net>

/// PLEASE CIRCULATE AND SORRY FOR CROSSPOSTINGS ///

The Center for Metropolitan Studies ? Berlin cordially invites you to an 
international and interdisciplinary workshop on:

Urban Ontologies: Importing Actor-Network Theory into the Urban Studies

Invited Mentor: Prof. Tom Bender (History Department ? NYU / 
Transatlantic Graduate Research Program ?New York ? Berlin?)
Organiser: Ignacio Far?as (European Ethnology ? HU Berlin / 
Transatlantic Graduate Research Program ?New York ? Berlin?)

29. May 2007. 9 am to 3 pm

At the Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University of Berlin

The main objective of this workshop is to explore and discuss the 
advantages and limitations of importing some basic theoretical 
principles proposed by Actor-Network theory into the study of the city. 
Particularly, we would like to focus on the consequences of such theory 
for the ontology of the city.

We welcome paper presentations dealing with some of the following issues:

1. Expanding the Urban Ecology: Nature, objects and technologies as 
urban actors.

2. One-multiple-city: Sociotechnical networks, virtual assemblages, and 
multiple imaginaries.

3. Politics of urban ontologies: Responsibilities, interventions, and 
Otherness


The workshop addresses Ph.D. Candidates and Post-Doc scholars from 
social sciences and the humanities working within the field of urban 
studies.
Papers (3000-6000 words) or detailed abstracts (ca. 1000 words) should 
be sent until April 23 to the workshop convenors. Acceptation and 
comments will be communicated by April 27. No more than six papers will 
be selected for presentation in order to have enough time for 
discussion. Final papers should be sent by May 7. These will be 
circulated among presenters and discussants two weeks before the workshop.

Papers will be briefly presented (15 minutes) and extensively discussed 
(30 minutes). Presentations should summarize the central arguments 
presented in the papers and critically reflect on questions and problems 
left open in the papers.

The number of attendants, hearers, and discussants will be kept down. 
People interested in attending must register in advance. There are no 
registration fees for the workshop. Unfortunately travel, possible 
accommodation and lunch cannot be funded by the CMS. Presenters and 
participants will be also officially invited to attend the conference 
?Time Space Dynamics in Urban Settings? organized and hosted by the CMS 
in Berlin (May 24-26).

Contact: Ignacio Farias. ignacio.farias@metropolitanstudies.de


From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Mar 19 21:44:17 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Mar 19 21:00:07 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Urban Ontologies, An Interdisciplinary Workshop
	(Berlin)
Message-ID: <010601c76a8b$0b3af4c0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

PLEASE CIRCULATE

The Center for Metropolitan Studies - Berlin cordially invites you to an
international and interdisciplinary workshop on:

Urban Ontologies: Importing Actor-Network Theory into the Urban Studies

Invited Mentor: Prof. Tom Bender (History Department - NYU /
Transatlantic Graduate Research Program 'New York - Berlin')
Organiser: Ignacio Far?as (European Ethnology - HU Berlin /
Transatlantic Graduate Research Program 'New York - Berlin')

29. May 2007. 9 am to 3 pm

At the Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University of Berlin

The main objective of this workshop is to explore and discuss the
advantages and limitations of importing some basic theoretical
principles proposed by Actor-Network theory into the study of the city.
Particularly, we would like to focus on the consequences of such theory
for the ontology of the city.

We welcome paper presentations dealing with some of the following issues:

1. Expanding the Urban Ecology: Nature, objects and technologies as
urban actors.

2. One-multiple-city: Sociotechnical networks, virtual assemblages, and
multiple imaginaries.

3. Politics of urban ontologies: Responsibilities, interventions, and
Otherness


The workshop addresses Ph.D. Candidates and Post-Doc scholars from
social sciences and the humanities working within the field of urban
studies.

Papers (3000-6000 words) or detailed abstracts (ca. 1000 words) should
be sent until April 23 to the workshop convenors. Acceptation and
comments will be communicated by April 27. No more than six papers will
be selected for presentation in order to have enough time for
discussion. Final papers should be sent by May 7. These will be
circulated among presenters and discussants two weeks before the workshop.

Papers will be briefly presented (15 minutes) and extensively discussed
(30 minutes). Presentations should summarize the central arguments
presented in the papers and critically reflect on questions and problems
left open in the papers.

The number of attendants, hearers, and discussants will be kept down.
People interested in attending must register in advance. There are no
registration fees for the workshop. Unfortunately travel, possible
accommodation and lunch cannot be funded by the CMS. Presenters and
participants will be also officially invited to attend the conference
"Time Space Dynamics in Urban Settings" organized and hosted by the CMS
in Berlin (May 24-26).

Contact: Ignacio Farias. ignacio.farias@metropolitanstudies.de
From ucfuelk at ucl.ac.uk  Tue Mar 20 13:44:04 2007
From: ucfuelk at ucl.ac.uk (Eleni Kyrou)
Date: Tue Mar 20 14:37:33 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for papers: 8th N-AERUS Conference, 6th-8th September
 2007, London, UK
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.0.20070320123033.02b6c9c8@ucl.ac.uk>

We are proud to announce the 8th N-Aerus 
Conference titled "Grassroots-led Urban 
Development: Achievements; Potentials; Limitations".
The conference will take place from Sept 6th to 
Sept 8th 2007at the Development Planning Unit 
(DPU/University College London) in London.

------------------------------------
Call for papers: 8th N-AERUS Conference, 6th-8th September 2007, London, UK
English | Spanish | French

Grassroots-led Urban Development: Achievements; Potentials; Limitations

There is a growing recognition within development 
of the role of grassroots organizations in 
addressing problems in urban areas in low- and 
middle-income nations ? not only in what they 
demand and negotiate from governments but also in 
what they themselves can do. Their achievements, 
innovations and capacities are documented in a 
growing number of case-studies ? for instance of 
?slum?/squatter financing and upgrading, new 
house developments and basic service provision. 
There are also many nations where grassroots 
organizations have formed their own 
?slum?/shack/homeless people?s federations to 
support each other?s initiatives and press for 
support and change within municipal, city and national governments.

This development of ?collective capacity? by 
grassroots organizations and federations has led 
to large-scale programmes in many nations and 
many strong and innovative partnerships between 
these organizations, the private sector and local 
governments. There are also some examples of 
national governments and international agencies 
developing mechanisms to team up with grassroots-led urban development.

These initiatives emerge in specific social, 
political, cultural and economic contexts and 
there is much to be learnt from understanding the 
contexts within which the potential for 
interaction between grassroots-led actions, 
initiatives and movements and state structures and supports is realised.

At the same time, such recognition is accompanied 
by a debate highlighting the limitations of the 
role that grassroots-led initiatives can play in 
urban development. This debate questions the 
capacity of grassroots organisations to bring 
about urban change at scale, efficiently and 
effectively; the legitimacy and accountability 
deriving from their growing political role and 
its claim for bottom-up politics; and the way in 
which the emerging configurations of grassroots, 
private sector and local authorities tend to 
marginalise central government involvement.

This Conference aims to provide an opportunity 
for researchers, policymakers, development 
practitioners, private sector representatives et 
alia from Europe and elsewhere to reflect 
critically on the achievements, potentials and 
limitations of grassroots-led urban development.

Papers are encouraged on any topic of relevance 
to this Conference theme, including:
    * Networking and federating as strategies to 
increase grassroots organizations? scope for action and for negotiation;
    * The interface and configurations of power 
between grassroots-led initiatives and other 
institutional stakeholders within an understanding of local context;
    * Tools, methods and financial provisions 
that support grassroots-led urban development;
    * Intra-city, inter-city and international 
exchanges as means for promoting learning and action;
    * Grassroots perspectives on livelihoods and 
on social protection/safety nets;
    * Avoiding evictions and negotiating tenure 
or, where this is not possible, community-managed relocation;
    * Grassroots-led strategies and actions for 
changing urban governance; and,
    * Current and potential roles for 
international donors: do they support, co-opt or 
subvert grassroots-led development?
The Conference is organised and hosted by the 
Development Planning Unit (DPU / University 
College London) and the International Institute 
for Environment and Development (IIED).

Submission timetable:
Abstracts of between 150 and 250 words should be 
submitted in .rtf or .doc by Friday, 1st June 2007, to calls@naerus.net

Abstracts should:
a) state the issue to be addressed
b) define the context
c) highlight the main arguments

Authors of the selected papers will be notified 
by e-mail by Friday, 15 June 2007. Final papers 
should be submitted by Wednesday, 15 August and 
will be posted on the N-AERUS website.

N-AERUS will try to provide paper copies for 
distribution at the Conference. However authors, 
particularly from Europe, are strongly encouraged to bring their own copies.

FUNDING: Limited financial support will be 
available to support the participation of some 
researchers or practitioners from Africa, Asia 
and Latin America, whose papers are accepted for 
presentation at the Conference (deadline for 
abstract submissions: 1st June 2007). Candidates 
are encouraged to indicate their wish to be 
considered for funding when submitting their abstracts.

ACCOMMODATION: Some low-cost accommodation will 
be available for participants. Relevant details 
to apply for low-cost accommodation will be 
provided on the conference website 
(www.naerus.net) along with supplementary 
information on additional accommodation at special negotiated rates.

COSTS: No registration fee accompanies attendance 
of the conference. There will be however a charge 
for all participants to cover the costs of 
documentation, lunches and coffee/tea and an optional excursion.

Network-Association of European Researchers on Urbanisation in the South
WWW site: http://www.naerus.net

Please visit the naerus-website www.naerus.net to 
find the call for paper document in three 
languages (English, French and Spanish)
(http://www.naerus.net/sat/workshops/2007/london_2007_en.htm).

Peter Gotsch (GLORA, Universit?t Karlsruhe, Germany)
Eleni Kyrou (DPU, London, England)
Harry Smith (CEHS, Edinburgh, Scotland)

mail for inquiries:
info@naerus.net




(Ms) Eleni Kyrou
Lecturer
MSc Urban Development Planning
Development Planning Unit

9 Endsleigh Gardens
London WC1H 0ED
+44 (0)20 7679 1104 (direct)
+44 (0)20 7679 1111 (DPU)
+44 (0)20 7679 1112 (fax)
E-mail: e.kyrou@ucl.ac.uk
DPU Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu  
From af31 at nyu.edu  Tue Mar 20 16:44:11 2007
From: af31 at nyu.edu (Allen Feldman)
Date: Tue Mar 20 20:37:28 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 The Global City and Media Ethnography:  Registration extended to
 April, 10,2007
Message-ID: <C225B1CB.148D%af31@nyu.edu>

New York University presents:The Global City and Media Ethnography:
Practice-led Transcultural Research and Media Practice

Summer and Study Abroad

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Dates: June 17 - July 7, 2007
Application Deadline: April 10, 2007

The Department of Culture and Communication,NYU in collaboration with the
Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice, Faculty of Applied
Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology, present a three-week study abroad
program in practice-led media research. The curriculum is aimed at graduate
students from diverse disciplines who want to explore creative media
practice as a research methodology. The summer school brings together a
multi-national cohort of core and visiting scholars/practitioners/artists.
The course focuses on the theories and methods of  media/sensory
ethnography, visual culture, performance studies, through the linked topics
of transcultural and trans-local processes, diaspora identities, the post
colonial and human rights. The curriculum is aimed at graduate  students
from diverse disciplines who want to explore creative media practice as a
research methodology. Through social historical and trans-cultural
ethnographic perspectives practice-led pedagogy promotes a self- reflexive
contextual and critical understanding of the use of media for the conduct
and dissemination of research and the creation of social knowledge through
participatory cultural production.


The Summer School is located at the Irish Photographic Centre in Dublin's
Temple Bar Cultural Quarter, comprising 28 acres of historical architecture
dedicated to arts, media, culture, and entertainment. This area also
includes some of Dublin's leading restaurants, caf?s, pubs, hotels, and
shops, in one of the world's most rapidly globalizing cities with expanding
multicultural communities and identities.
Through theory-building seminars, project development clinics, multimedia
lab instruction, and one-to-one advisement, students are enabled in the
design and development of practice-based M.A.- and Ph.D.-level research
projects, combining text and visual-audio media artifacts across a variety
of platforms, including video, photography and digital imaging, and
networked environments.
Students also participate in media labs, and guided site visits and/or
field-site placement in ongoing, Dublin-based research projects mapping the
transcultural city. Dublin is used as a template and resource for gaining
domain experience in practice-led media ethnography that can be later
applied to other sites and contexts. Students visit and enjoy local cultural
sites, including pub life, Irish and multicultural cuisine, music, and
theatre.

Practice Led Media Research is the theory and training of the conduct and
circulation of social science and humanities research through the production
of film, video, Internet, visual arts and other screen/audio based media.
Practice led research uses media technologies, ethnographic methods and
performance analysis to overcome divisions between social theory and
action-research, creative practice and evidence-based research. An important
focus is on content led digital research and the use of visual media to
convey ideas and distinctive understandings about the world. There is a
strong emphasis on comprehending visual phenomena in cross-cultural
perspective and on the multifarious roles played by media in processes of
identity and cultural formation in the world today.

Themes and Topics

?      Transcultural and Globalization Theory

?      The Politics of the Gaze and the Senses

?       Human Rights and Mediated Visibility/Invisibility

?      Mapping Mediascapes

?      Space and Place as Performance

?      Media Practice: Politics and Ethics of Multi-Sited Fieldwork

?      Cultural Memory, New Media and Audible Pasts

?      Photography and the Aesthetics of Evidence

?      Reading/Performing the Archive

?      Media and Research Reflexivity

?      Media-led Research: Artifacts and Outputs

6 Points. Offered through Culture and Communication


Core Faculty:
Allen Feldman, Co-director, (MA. PhD, Cultural Anthropology, Graduate
Faculty, New School for Social Research), Associate Professor Department of
Culture and Communication, New York University.
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/steinhardt/db/faculty/1346

?ine O?Brien Co-director, (Ph.D. Modern Studies Program, University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee); Director: Centre for Transcultural Research and
Media Practice, Dublin Institute of Technology.
http://www.dit.ie/DIT/news/events/2005/26-09-05.html\
http://update.dit.ie/12-06-06/01calendar1506b.php


Nicholas Mirzoeff (PhD Art History, University of Warwick) Professor Visual
Culture Program, New York University
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/steinhardt/db/faculty/1399

Roshini Kempadoo MFA, Senior Lecturer In Media Production Media and Cultural
Studies, University of London.
http://www.roshinikempadoo.co.uk/


Costs:
Tuition: $992 per credit point (6 points) plus registration fees.

Accommodations: approximately $1550, Trinity College, Dublin (breakfast
included)

Activities: approximately $250

Travel: Round-trip airfares to New York City and Dublin approximately
$500-$800 (students make reservations individually)



For More Information:
Professor Allen Feldman, Department of Culture and Communication, The
Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, NY 10003-6680:
212-998-5096; email: af31@nyu.edu.







From MBrand at wooster.edu  Tue Mar 20 20:31:49 2007
From: MBrand at wooster.edu (Mieka Brand)
Date: Tue Mar 20 20:45:25 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Fwd: Call for papers
References: <45FFE18D0200005B0000842D@mailgate.wooster.edu>
Message-ID: <web-12175377@neon.mail.virginia.edu>




------------------------------
Mieka Brand
Visiting Assistant Professor
The College of Wooster
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
mbrand@wooster.edu


From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Mar 20 21:34:58 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Mar 20 20:47:10 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: War, Law and Global Order
Message-ID: <002401c76b52$610f2020$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation's Cortona Colloquium 2007:
War, Law and Global Order


The Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, one of Europe's foremost centers for 
scholarly research on modern political, economic and social history, in 
cooperation with the University of Florence and the Jura Gentium Center, 
invites doctoral candidates and young PhD recipients or researchers to 
submit proposals for participation at the Cortona Colloquium 2007 - War, Law 
and Global Order, to be held 19-20 October 2007 in Cortona, Italy.
This year's edition of the Foundation's international conference will 
feature Antonio Cassese (former President of the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and currently Professor of International 
Law at the University of Florence) as its keynote speaker, and will be 
coordinated by Danilo Zolo (Professor of Philosophy of Law and of Philosophy 
of International Law at the University of Florence).

Theme of the Colloquium
The Colloquium will be focused around, but not limited to, the following 
five sub-themes:
*       The "New Wars" and the National and International Protection of 
Human Rights
*        The Problem of Peace and the Function of International Criminal 
Justice
*        How to Define the Notion of "War of Aggression"?
*        Terrorism and International Law
*        The Palestinian Question as the Epicenter of the Wars in the Middle 
East, and the Impotence of the

International Community
To ensure a fruitful exchange of ideas from diverse perspectives, we welcome 
proposals from a variety of fields and disciplines, including international 
relations, international law, history and philosophy of international law, 
theory of human rights, history of the Middle East, political theory of 
globalization, political philosophy, political science and philosophy of 
law.

General Information
The Colloquium will take place on 19-20 October 2007 at the Centro Convegni 
S. Agostino in Cortona, a lovely medieval city in Tuscany. Participants will 
be expected to arrive on the afternoon or evening of the 18th.
A small number of applicants (ten) will be selected to attend the 
Colloquium. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to present and 
discuss their doctoral research projects, or a specific part of their 
research, within five workshops chaired by prominent scholars from the 
fields related to the main subjects of the Colloquium. The Feltrinelli 
Foundation will arrange and cover the cost of accommodations in Cortona for 
these applicants and provide a lump-sum contribution sufficient to cover 
low-cost roundtrip travel within Europe. A limited number of grants will be 
available to cover accommodation and travel for applicants from countries 
outside of Europe.
The working languages of the Colloquium will be English and Italian. 
Simultaneous translation will be available.

Deadline for Submissions
Interested candidates must submit a proposal for participation no later than 
4 May 2007. Proposals must include two separate documents:
1.       a completed application form (see below)
2.      an abstract (maximum of 700 words) on the research to be discussed, 
along with a title and 3-5 keywords

Applications and abstracts should be in English and named per the following 
indications: "last name application.doc" (e.g. "Parr application.doc") and 
"last name abstract.doc" (e.g. Parr abstract.doc). Please email all 
materials and inquiries to the attention of Sara Benjamin at 
international@fondazionefeltrinelli.it.
A Scientific Committee headed by Danilo Zolo will evaluate all proposals and 
notification of acceptance will be sent by 20 June 2007.  Successful 
applicants will be required to submit a full paper (maximum of 5,000 words, 
in English and conforming to standard academic guidelines in terms of style 
and presentation), along with a brief curriculum vitae, by 1 September 2007. 

From MBrand at wooster.edu  Wed Mar 21 14:39:19 2007
From: MBrand at wooster.edu (Mieka Brand)
Date: Wed Mar 21 22:04:32 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Islands and Enclaves: Exploring the ambiguities and
 boundaries of non-contiguous nation-states
Message-ID: <460135870200005B000084D6@mailgate.wooster.edu>

[ I believe the previous message did not go through properly.  Apologies for multiple postings.  Please forward as relevant.  MB]


CALL FOR PAPERS
  
2007 American Anthropological Association Annual Conference
Washington, DC
(28 November - 2 December 2007)
  
Proposed session title and abstract:
  
Islands and enclaves: Exploring the ambiguities and boundaries of 
non-contiguous nation-states
  
If nation-states are almost always defined by some notion of boundedness, 
what happens when certain parts of the nation-state are not territorially 
contiguous with what is considered the political center of that 
nation-state? In this panel, we will be looking at islands and enclaves that 
are not nation-states themselves, but in one way or another fall under the 
jurisdiction of a geographically distant political body, hence forming part 
of a larger nation-state. The physical distance that separates these islands 
and territories from their "mainland" can lead to ambiguity, not only in how 
these spaces are understood and configured by the state, but also in how the 
populations concerned may imagine themselves and that relation. Despite this 
ambiguity (or perhaps because of it), that distance tends to be made 
materially and symbolically significant, whether geographical contiguity is 
or is not explicitly considered a defining feature of that political entity. 
Mapped onto that geographic distance and separation are social, cultural, 
linguistic, legislative and other differences, be that on the part of social 
actors, governments, or both. Often these differences assume the form of 
inequalities: unequal access to social rights, racial and ethnic 
hierarchies, cultural marginalization, etc. These differences may likewise 
become the tools through which rights, identities and social relations are 
renegotiated. In some cases these differences may take center stage in 
political debates and public discourse, but in others may be expressed in 
very subtle and ill-defined ways that nevertheless complicate the 
relationship between these two spaces and impact the lives of those residing 
within.
  
The populations that we study are confronted by national boundaries, but in 
very different ways than those generally described by transnational studies. 
In some cases, people must cross national boundaries, including foreign 
spaces, to stay within the nation. Very often, these populations have just 
as much or even more contact with peoples belonging to other nation-states 
geographically closer. In other cases, these territories have frequently 
changed hands and fallen under the authority of other nation-states or 
political bodies, creating politically and culturally different histories 
and presents from the larger nation-state. In this panel, we are concerned 
not just with the physicality of the boundaries but also with how those 
boundaries are culturally and historically imagined. Among the central 
questions of this panel: Do states differentially shape national identities 
on the "mainland" versus these outlying territories, and if so, what 
factors, reasons, ideologies stand behind imagining these spaces 
differently? What role do educational and other institutions play in 
creating a particular national identity, or in manufacturing a sense of 
belonging or non-belonging? In what instances is the issue one of 
"inclusion"-because of assumed differences-rather than that of 
"differentiation"? How do social, cultural, historical, material and 
symbolic ties get established to assert a relation with the larger nation, 
and how do similar points of divergence get created to assert difference? 
How have these relationships changed over time?
  
The forms that non-contiguous nation-states can take and the relations that 
exist between the different parts are highly varied. This panel seeks to 
present the diversity of these situations. Scholars may be working on one or 
more of the spaces that make up the nation-state, and in some cases may find 
themselves caught up just as much in the interstices of those spaces. Topics 
may include, but are not limited to: inclusion/exclusion, citizenship, 
national/cultural/ethnic identity, jurisdiction, land rights.
  
                                                 **********
Please feel free to forward this message to others who might be interested.
  
If you would like to participate, please send an abstract (maximum 250 
words) to Nona Moskowitz ( ndm2g@virginia.edu) or Anna Lim 
(pal4t@virginia.edu).
The submission deadline is Sunday, 25 March 2007 (noon)
  
We will confirm acceptance into the panel by Tuesday, 27 March 2007.
  
The conference theme this year is "Difference, (In)equality and Justice." 
Individual papers should be 15 minutes in length. A/V equipment will be 
available upon request. For more information about the conference, please 
check the AAA website at: www.aaanet.org 
  
  


From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Mar 22 14:18:58 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Mar 22 13:20:28 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: MIT's "Just Jerusalem Competition"
Message-ID: <00d001c76ca6$385d7b90$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

*MIT ANNOUNCES THE JUST JERUSALEM COMPETITION

*The Jerusalem 2050 Project at MIT is pleased to formally announce the 
launch of the Just Jerusalem Competition. The goal of this competition, 
which is co-sponsored by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning 
and the Center for International Studies at MIT, is to generate new 
approaches to, and potential solutions for, the many complex, seemingly 
intractable problems that the residents of Jerusalem face on a daily basis.

By looking at future possibilities for a pluralist, just, and sustainable 
city shared by all its residents, we hope to encourage new ways of 
thinking about the many difficult issues and hardships faced by 
Jerusalemites, regardless of their faith or ethnicity. The competition 
builds on the premise that daily livability, and not nationalist projects, 
could be a liberating point of departure for enabling the just city. Ideas 
from urbanists and all others who care about urban justice or city 
livability are sought. Submissions will be considered in a number of 
disciplinary categories, and from individuals or teams anywhere in the 
world.

*For additional information on the "Just Jerusalem" competition and how 
to submit an entry, please go to: http://web.mit.edu/justjerusalem/

If you would like to learn more about the Jerusalem 2050 Project please 
visit our website at http://web.mit.edu/CIS/jerusalem2050/index.html

If you want to receive a poster advertising the competition, or a booklet
containing the competition specifications, please contact us at the 
followingnaddress:

Jerusalem 2050
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 9-637
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
email: jjquestions@mit.edu

-- 
Anne Shlay, Ph.D.
Professor

Department of Sociology
755 Gladfelter Hall
1115 West Berks Street   
Temple University                 
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Telephone: 215-204-7931
Fax: 215-204-3352
ashlay@temple.edu
http://astro.temple.edu/~ashlay
From bchappel at bridgewater.edu  Thu Mar 22 13:19:06 2007
From: bchappel at bridgewater.edu (Ben Chappell)
Date: Thu Mar 22 13:30:22 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Latina/o Studies and Empire for AAA
Message-ID: <aad507450703220919s75dfedf0od5c787fa63dac2e3@mail.gmail.com>

CFP for proposed AAA panel:
The Shifting Boundaries of Latina/o Studies and Empire
Chair: Gilberto Rosas, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
Organizers: Ben Chappell, University of Kansas (bchappel@bridgewater.edu)
Gilberto Rosas, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana (
grosas2@uiuc.edu)

Discussant, Arlene Davila, New York University.

The papers in this panel critically visit one of the central paradoxes of
Latina/o Studies: the political and intellectual commitments of this
multifaceted field versus its increasing institutionalization as an
ostensibly disinterested study of Latino populations and their experiences.
We approach this problem in relation to the histories and anthropologies of
United States empire, in all its complexities, contradictions, and
conditions of possibility. The insurgent, scholarly formations of Latino
Studies were initially and extensively premised on an explicit critique of
the complicity of conventional academic disciplines, foremost among them
sociology and anthropology. Their effectively white supremacist
representations and analyses of Latinas and Latinos often pathologized and
silenced these historically and politically subordinated populations.
Contemporary socio-cultural anthropology, meanwhile, in particularly the
broad constellation of representational practices and research techniques of
modern ethnography, remains embedded in an economy of alterity. It largely
invests in demystifying, critically analyzing, and thickly describing the
other's world. In the present context of multiple and often violent
exercises of US state power across the globe, other longstanding forms of
subugation, as well as broad mobilizations against such depredations, these
papers explore knowledge productions from the Latina/o margins of
anthropology, its competing epistemes, research questions, and frameworks,
situating them in the shifting boundaries, disciplinary and otherwise, of
empire, and its multicultural configurations.

-- 
----------------
Ben Chappell
Anthropology and Cultural Studies
Bridgewater College, Virginia
http://www.bridgewater.edu/~bchappel<http://www.bridgewater.edu/%7Ebchappel>
http://cultcrit.blogspot.com
AIM: cultcrit
From kkatchka at gmail.com  Thu Mar 22 12:07:01 2007
From: kkatchka at gmail.com (Kinsey Katchka)
Date: Thu Mar 22 13:31:16 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Arts & Heritage Policy Beyond the National Frame
In-Reply-To: <a8c8a8ff0703211001u6d78b27l7e6e6d0dbd801a63@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a8c8a8ff0703210906r4aa8ff05qa038eb206234afbe@mail.gmail.com>
	 <a8c8a8ff0703211001u6d78b27l7e6e6d0dbd801a63@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a8c8a8ff0703220807h70f019cehb497955ab7882e47@mail.gmail.com>

CALL FOR PAPERS

2007 American Anthropological Association Annual Conference
Washington, DC
(28 November - 2 December 2007)

Proposed session title and abstract:

 *Arts & Heritage Policy Beyond the National Frame*  Cultural policy
addressing the arts and heritage has often been made manifest through
museums, exhibitions, and institutions, as well as in the creative process
itself. In the newly independent African states of the 1960s, for example,
national museums constituted significant legitimating markers as countries
engaged in a global community on unprecedented terms. Since then,
nationalism has provided a framework for much of the scholarship addressing
cultural policy and practice in and about Africa, as it has in other parts
of the world.  This panel invites proposals that problematize this
nationalist approach to the postcolony, including those that (1) probe its
complexities in the rapidly changing contemporary global environment fraught
with cross- and intra-cultural tensions, as well as papers that (2) offer
alternative ways to conceptualize the intersection of policy and practice:
that is, the convergence of the arts and contingent institutional, political
and practical domains in which socio-economic disparities are brought into
relief and, perhaps, redressed.
                                                 **********
Please forward announcement to others who might be interested.

If you would like to participate, please send an abstract (maximum 250
words) to Kinsey Katchka (kkatchka@gmail.com).
The submission deadline is Sunday, 25 March 2007 (noon).

Acceptance into the panel will be confirmed by Tuesday, 27 March 2007.

The conference theme this year is "Difference, (In)equality and Justice."
Individual papers should be 15 minutes in length. A/V equipment will be
available upon request. For more information about the conference, please
check the AAA website at: www.aaanet.org




-- 
Kinsey Katchka, PhD.
Associate Curator of Contemporary & Modern Art
North Carolina Museum of Art

kkatchka@gmail.com <kkatchka@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us>
t   919.664.6764
f   919.733.8034

4630 Mail Service Center   Raleigh, NC  27699-4630   USA
(postal address)

2110 Blue Ridge Road   Raleigh, NC  27607-6494   USA
(FedEx/street address)
From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Mar 22 14:40:16 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Mar 22 13:41:07 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: Urban Village, The Game
Message-ID: <015601c76ca9$2a1a7bc0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

URBAN VILLAGE: THE GAME
Mar 19 2007 -- Metro Times

http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=10281

Playing Stephen Schudlich's "Urban Village" game at Wayne State's Elaine L. 
Jacob Gallery calls to mind a first-season skit from Kids in the Hall, where 
editors William and Wonter, while walking around town, get overzealous and 
begin bowdlerizing their environment:

"How do you feel about that mailbox?"
"Hmm, too red."
"Lose it!"
"Feelings about the paper box?"
"Eh, like the box, hate the headlines. Lose the news!"
"Nice looking couple. I like the girl."
"Mmmm ... hate the guy."
"Strike him!"

For less absurd reasons, that's totally a game a lot of Detroiters have 
played while cruising the city: Where would you "relocate" a $5 prostitute? 
If you could, would you shut down Mickey Ds? Would you put a couple of 
liquor stores out of business on a street with no market? Would your choices 
strengthen the neighborhood or squander its vital resources?
"Urban Village" is your chance to figure it out. One observer calls 
Schudlich's game "Jane Jacobs meets Sim City." It's an opportunity to 
develop a hybrid Detroit community, based on the less-than-perfect 
socioeconomic conditions provided.
The game is featured in Shrinking Cities? Wayne State Responds, a group 
exhibit inspired by the other Shrinking Cities, a German-funded show about 
depopulation and disinvestment in Detroit and five European cities, 
currently at Cranbrook Art Museum and MOCAD. In Wayne State's show, artists 
display the deeply personal effect this city has had on their psyche. Emily 
Linn, for instance, sews a patchwork photomontage of homes she grew up in, 
and Ericia Bartels-Dawkins has an altar dedicated to the Motor City.
"Urban Village" is based on an east side strip of Mack Avenue between Mt. 
Elliott and St. Jean near where Schudlich lives. Wooden blocks branded with 
icons represent elements of the depressed neighborhood catalogued by the 
artist: more drug activity than drug stores, one broken traffic signal and 
two car repair shops, and the frowning faces of abandoned and burned homes.
Fred Goodman, a University of Michigan professor of education emeritus 
specializing in game design, defines Urban Village as "a cross between pin 
the tail on the donkey and playing school," he says.  "You're playing city 
planner, and you can get dizzy trying for the best fit because it's harder 
than you think. But this inspires you to think about the inconsistencies of 
your own set of assumptions, revealing your own values and biases."
When the time came for me to move the blocks, I impulsively got rid of all 
liquor stores, the fast food joint, illegal dumping, and as many abandoned 
and burned houses as I could - even a couple of candy stores (I had no idea 
there were so many on Mack Avenue). Rather than banishing the panhandlers, I 
placed them near churches and shelters in the naive hope that churches - 
even those on Mack Avenue, which could be rip-offs or shuttered - would 
welcome the poor. The prostitute took a trip to the medical clinic, while 
the drug activity and stray dog were strategically maneuvered near the 
casino. I put vacant lots alongside community gardens because, naturally, 
gardens grow, and set up a nice little five-block area including houses, a 
school, a playground, coin laundry, mailbox, pizza joint, music store and 
bank. Which is why watching a friend take his turn and ruin my hard work 
made me mad.
"Please," he said. "Banks are total scams." He picked up the wooden block 
with the Greek temple on it and moved it near the ones with the cute crack 
pipe and the burger and soda on them. I called him a radical, and that's 
when he pointed out that I had banished a bar, thereby constructing a 
neighborhood even I wouldn't want to live in. That's when I realized: To 
reduce, to take away, is an easy process. Figuring out how to occupy the 
land you have and dealing with all the ramifications - coping with what 
you've got - is much more complex.
While Schudlich doesn't suspect City Hall is going to call him any time soon 
and put him to work (although the volunteer community group Detroit Synergy 
has expressed interest in displaying his game at a meeting), he says the 
whole point of it was to get people visually engaged in abstract issues. 
Plus, he learns something about the public too.
At the gallery, he has set out a punch card, asking players to make holes on 
the card next to the names of elements they removed, and deposit the survey 
in a locked box.
"I had one person write something in on the ticket - they said, 'I'm sorry, 
but I just had to get rid of these panhandlers.' It's like they said, 'I 
don't care about the rules; I'm going to overstep the boundaries of the 
community.' You know, I don't know what that means. Apparently, they feel 
that strongly about it that they're saying, 'I'm going to find a way to get 
them out.' With a play block game, it's as easy to put them on another 
shelf. But given the opportunity, what would they do in real life?"

To Play the Game:

1. Print out the game pieces. (http://www.metrotimes.com/27/24/game.pdf).
2. You will need scissors, and masking or scotch tape.
3. Preparation: Cut out the squares along the indicated lines. Create a 
street by placing a straight line of tape on a floor or a tabletop. This 
line should be about 4 feet long.
4. Instructions: Using the squares provided, construct your own urban 
village by placing 59 elements in any order along your street. There are 6 
elements that may be moved anywhere on the street but not removed from the 
village. These are printed in gray. Twelve elements, however, may be removed 
from the village and set aside.

Shrinking Cities? Wayne State Responds runs through April 6, at Elaine L. 
Jacob Gallery, 480 W. Hancock St., Wayne State University campus, Detroit; 
313-993-7813.

Rebecca Mazzei is Metro Times arts and culture editor. Send comments to 
rmazzei@metrotimes.com. 
From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Mar 24 17:08:01 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Mar 24 16:19:23 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Articles: Home, Migration and the City
Message-ID: <001301c76e50$23113dc0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS
Home, Migration, and the City: Spatial forms and practices in a Globalising 
world
Deadline: July 31, 2007

The study of globalisation as the increasing interconnectedness between all 
aspects of social, cultural, economic, and political space has seen an 
unprecedented interest across social and political sciences, humanities, and 
urban studies. Seen as the direct result of globalisation, migration is now 
at the forefront of this investigation of cross-border connections, but this 
interest has predominately focussed on poor migrants' experiences in their 
host countries. Studies of globalisation have been silent on the connections 
between migration and built environments. On the one hand, it is suggested 
that the unprecedented movement of people in a globalising world will put 
particular emphasis on cities (in ways that they seek to attract particular 
types of people); and on the other hand, it is argued that such movement has 
led to a death of 'home' as a fixed place. Can cities be understood as dense 
agglomerations of built forms, which are also 'home' to those who live 
there? If so, what does the death of 'home' in a globalising world mean for 
the future of place, of built forms, and of cities?

In this call for papers, we would like to invite a range of 
interdisciplinary explorations from academics and practitioners alike, who 
can offer new perspectives and new insights, explore alternative theoretical 
models, and offer proposals that construct new meanings of 'home', 
migration, and the city in a globalising world. For this special issue, we 
lay particular emphasis on globalising cities of the South that are 
undergoing rapid social, cultural, and economic changes and can no longer be 
seen simply as the 'lands of origin' of migrants but increasingly as 
destinations. Similarly, there are those elite transnationals in the global 
South, whose mobilities challenge migration as a linear movement, and whose 
presence is increasingly felt in cities through the rise in luxury housing. 
On the other hand, the recent expansion of the European Union has meant the 
increased presence of post-socialist subjects in the global North, which has 
led to changes in the geographies and identities of public space in Northern 
cities. We want to ask how the everyday lives and subjectivities of such 
migrant subjects are represented in the cities through built forms. How are 
places and built forms re-appropriated, re-negotiated, and transgressed 
through such diverse forms of mobility? How does mobility produce 
spatialised struggles for migrant identities in cities? What are the various 
ways that built forms and spatial practices become new markers of a 
globalising world?

We are interested in fostering dialogue between academics and practitioners 
and in spatialising the notion of home and migration in both the North and 
the South. Our goal is to contribute to a new articulation of theory, 
practice, and ethics that help us better understand and deal with the 
conditions of globalisation and mobility through an examination of place, 
built forms, and spatial practice in cities across the world. The full 
length of the manuscripts is 4000 words. The Special Issue guest editor is 
Dr Ayona Datta, Lecturer, London School of Economics, UK. Please submit a 
1000 word abstract and a 150 word author bio by 31st July 2007 in the first 
instance by email to a.datta2@lse.ac.uk.

Open House International is a refereed scholarly journal concerned with 
housing, design, and development in the built environment. It is interested 
in articles on theories, tools, and practices with special emphasis on the 
local scale. Since 2006, Open House International has been selected for 
coverage in Thomson's ISI Citation index products- The Social Science 
Citation Index, The Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Scisearch, 
Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Current Contents/Arts & 
Humanities and Journal Citation Reports / Social Sciences Edition.

Dr Ayona Datta
Department of Sociology
London School of Economics
London WC2A 2AE
Email: a.datta2@lse.ac.uk
Visit the website at http://www.openhouse-int.com 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Mar 24 17:17:43 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Mar 24 16:19:32 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Fellowship: Culture and Tourism Policy Research Fellowship (Seoul)
Message-ID: <001701c76e51$7e710190$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Culture and Tourism Policy Research Fellowship (Eight Months)
Deadline: for further information, contact monika@kctpi.re.kr

This program is funded by Ministry of Culture and Tourism Republic of Korea 
to carry out comparative cultural and tourism policy research.
To participate, you should be a citizen of an Asian (except Chinese and 
Japanese), African or Latin American country and hold a Ph.D. degree or have 
equivalent career experience, and language proficiency either in either 
Korean or English.

Benefits for 8 months
- research space at the Korea Culture and Tourism Policy Institute (Seoul, 
Korea)
- round trip air fair (second class base)
- learning support for Korean language classes at major Korean Language 
Institute
- visiting opportunity to arts and culture related organizations
- monthly living expense of USD 800
- Accommodation

You can check more sepecific information at the website or ask question 
directly through these E-mails (monika@kctpi.re.kr / sophie@kctpi.re.kr).

Korea Culture and Tourism Policy Institute
Tel 82-2-2669-9820 Fax 82-2-2669-9880
e-mail : monika@kctpi.re.kr monika0509@hotmail.com
Email: monika@kctpi.re.kr
Visit the website at http://culturefriends.or.kr 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Mar 24 21:25:39 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Mar 24 20:26:07 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Alternative Culture Beyond Borders
Message-ID: <002001c76e74$1f39eca0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakin@Princeton.EDU>

Call for Participants for OSI-HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in
Teaching

ALTERNATIVE CULTURE BEYOND BORDERS: PAST AND PRESENT OF THE ARTS AND MEDIA
IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION (2007-2010)

Deadline: 15 May 2007

Please see the program description and application information at
http://alternativeculture.org (from 22 March 2007)

OVERVIEW
Alternative Culture Beyond Borders: Past and Present of the Arts and Media
in the Context of Globalization is a three-year (2007-2010) international
research and teaching project which explores the continued relevance and
significance of the concept of *alternative* culture in the era of
globalization-a moment in which many of the frameworks that have been used
to study culture have been placed into question and new theories are being
developed. This exploration of contemporary alternative culture begins from
a comparative, cross-cultural analysis of the phenomenon and idea of
*alternativeness* from the nineteenth century to the present, with an
especial emphasis on the recent history of Central and Eastern European
societies after World War II and their similarities and difference to
Western *Cold War* culture.

This project connects resource faculty from around the world with
participants from Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe, the former Soviet
Union, and Mongolia. Participants consist of junior faculty with teaching
positions who are dedicated to the advancement of undergraduate teaching in
these regions.

ELIGIBILITY
The project is open to young faculty in institutions of higher education who
intend to pursue comparative, interdisciplinary research on alternative
culture(s), globalization, identities and the arts and media, with a
geographical emphasis on post-communist transition countries. Fellowships
are available for participants from Central and South-Eastern Europe, the
Baltic States, NIS, Mongolia, and Turkey. Participant fellowships cover
transportation, accommodation and meal costs.

Eligible disciplines include Anthropology, Archival and Museum Studies,
Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, History, History
of Art, Media Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and
Sociology.

Participants should: 1) to be ready to take part in the entire three-year
program; 2) be committed to the development of  new teaching practices and
research into new theoretical frameworks; and 3) deliver or plan to deliver
courses pertaining to the general themes of the program.
Participants must be able to demonstrate the English language skills
necessary to take part in the program.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The project is organized around intensive 2 week summer sessions which will
be held each August beginning 2007 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The summer
sessions provide faculty and participants with the opportunity to
investigate the major concepts and theories involved in the analysis of
alternative culture, with the aim of expanding and enhancing scholarly
knowledge of this area of research.

In addition to the summer sessions, there will be on-going winter sessions
on pedagogy and research issues. Throughout the year, participants will also
engage in both individual and group research projects in conjunction with
resource faculty, will be given opportunities to participate in on-going
major research projects organized by resource faculty, and will be given the
opportunity to participate in exchange visits, internships and publishing
opportunities.


APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for the Alternative Culture Seminar, the applicant should create an
account at www.alternativeculture.org (from 22 March 2007) through which the
following information must be submitted:

application form (on-line);
curriculum vitae with list of publications;
500-word statement of purpose;
sample syllabus for course relevant to the topic, or sample article or
research paper relevant to the topic (10 pages max.)
one letter of recommendation send directly to
application@alternativeculture.org (please indicate the name and the country
of origin of the applicant in the Subject line)

DEADLINES
Application deadline 15 May 2007
Interviews (where appropriate) to be conducted between 1-15 June 2007
Notification letters to be sent by 15 June 2007

CONTACT
For further information, please contact coordinator@alternativeculture.org
or
Imre Szeman (szeman@mcmaster.ca) and Olga Zaslavskaya (zaslavsk@ceu.hu)

This project has been organized through the Open Society Institute*s
Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET) program. For further
information on this program, please visit:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/news/reset_20060920

PROJECT PARTNERS
St. Petersburg State University (Russia); McMaster University (Canada); OSA
Archivum at CEU (Hungary); International Samizdat [Research] Association
(www.samizdatportal.org)
From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Mar 25 18:51:30 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Mar 25 17:52:11 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]REV: Meznar on Landes, The City of Women
Message-ID: <002001c76f27$c1ff7320$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Cross-posted from H-Women@h-net.msu.edu (January, 2007)

Ruth Landes. _The City of Women_. Introduction by Sally Cole. Second
edition. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Illustrations,
notes, glossary. . $17.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8263-1556-4.

Reviewed for H-Women by Joan Meznar, Department of History, Eastern
Connecticut State University.

Bahian Seduction

In 1938, having recently completed a Ph.D. in anthropology at Columbia
University, Ruth Landes arrived in Brazil. In the same decade that
Gilberto Freyre published _The Masters and the Slaves_ (1933), promoting
Brazil's "racial democracy," Landes set out for Bahia "to learn how people
behave when the Negroes among them are not oppressed" (p. 248). In Rio de
Janeiro, her port of entry, she experienced both the political repression
of Getulio Vargas's dictatorship and the social constraints of a
patriarchal system where she found "women were as handicapped in their
movements as political opponents" (p. 9). It was, in almost every way, an
inauspicious beginning: "the climate and the people, the sounds and the
smells, were strange, alien, difficult" (p. 6). Landes's life in Brazil
changed radically for the better when she arrived in Bahia and teamed up
with Edison Carneiro, a young mulatto journalist who was well acquainted
with the black communities of Salvador. They became collaborators and
lovers as he opened the way for her to discover a world unlike any she had
experienced before. Landes found that although black Bahians were
shockingly poor and politically oppressed, they possessed a phenomenal
"joy of life" (p. 15). She attributed this to a religion that gave to
women (the _maes de santo_ or "mothers of saints") the highest priestly
offices and provided direct communication with the gods through vibrant
song and dance. These women, she was delighted to find, "like men, feel
secure and at ease with them, and do not fear them" (p. 248). Poor black
women in Bahia, she believed, had transcended the constraints of
dictatorship and patriarchy.

_The City of Women_, first published in 1947, eight years after Landes
returned to the United States, chronicles her experiences conducting
ethnographic research in Brazil. Engagingly written, it provides a
fascinating entry into the community she studied; it also illuminates the
process of research undertaken by a remarkable woman. In both cases, she
portrays competent women, professionally active in a world usually
dominated by men. While the book is invaluable as an introduction to
_candomble_ (West African religion as practiced in Brazil), it is equally
important for providing a look at how one ethnographer went about her
work. Her delight in the people of Bahia, who opened their world to her,
is contagious; few will put down this book without feeling a special
attraction to the Bahia that, under the leadership of strong women, joined
African and Catholic traditions in a unique celebration of life.

Sally Cole's excellent introduction situates Landes and her work in the
academic culture of the 1930s, making the case that Landes was well ahead
of her time in her research methods. While in the late 1940s some
dismissed _The City of Women_ as little more than a travel account,
Landes's technique will be quite familiar to anthropologists of the late
twentieth century: she focused on race and gender, was committed to living
among the subjects of her study and not simply interviewing informants,
and willingly inserted herself into her text as she pondered how her own
cultural background (in particular the fact that she was an American Jew
working in Brazil on the eve of World War II) affected her work. According
to Cole, the challenge to scientific ethnography in the 1980s,
particularly "in the context of postcolonial and feminist critiques of
anthropology" (p. vii), warranted renewed attention to Landes's work. The
publication of this new edition also provided more ready access to an
important contribution to the burgeoning fields of women's studies,
Atlantic history, and history of the African diaspora.

_The City of Women_ provides a fine introduction to _candomble_: the gods,
the ceremonies, the connections to Catholicism, the competition among
_terreiros_ (the temples where _candomble_ rites were practiced), and the
role of women (and men) in the affairs of the temples. Landes was an acute
and sympathetic observer, and she tells her fascinating story well. At
times, however, she glosses over fundamental problems in Bahian society.
Landes's experiences during a year of teaching at Fisk University, a black
college in Tennessee, had shown her first-hand the overt racism in the
U.S. South (on the part of both whites and blacks). What she found in
Bahia was so different from what she witnessed in the United States that
she concluded there was no racism in Brazil. Her foreword alerts readers
that her book "does not discuss race problems [in Brazil] because there
were none" (p. xxxvi). There is, then, an odd dissonance in her writing:
she describes racism in Bahia while also denying it. She quotes blacks
proudly asserting the "quality" of their mixed blood (p. 154), describing
the beauty of lighter-skinned mulattos and the desire of many black women
to straighten their hair (p. 196). Martiniano, a key contact who was the
son of slaves and had spent time in West Africa as a teenager learning the
art of sorcery, told Landes that, following his death, "'if I am born
again in Brazil, I want to be white and rich, and I want a white woman
instead of the black one I've got'" (p. 210).

Landes focused her attention on three specific _terreiros_ of _candomble_:
Engenho Velho, purported to be the oldest in Bahia, whose leadership was
shared by four women since the one who inherited the top position was not
suited for the job; Gantois, led by Mae Menininha, a Yoruba temple in the
old style, struggling to keep modernity from creeping in; and Bom Jesus da
Lapa, a temple in the newer _caboclo_ tradition (incorporating indigenous
Brazilian traditions alongside the African) led by Sabina, a distinctly
modern woman. Landes vividly describes the ceremonies in each temple,
along with the special feasts they sponsored: the _festa_ of
Iemanja/Janaina, the water goddess; the ritual washing of the church of
Bonfim; the rites to cleanse Gantois after the death of a priest.
Throughout, women figure prominently in the affairs of the temples; only
in the _caboclo terreiro_ did men regularly dance for and become possessed
by the gods. This was also the temple whose priests and priestesses may
have faked spirit possession, and whose high priestess was depicted as
exploiting "clients" for financial gain.

Concerns with the future of _candomble_ surface repeatedly. Landes had
much respect for Mae Menininha, who was devoted to preserving Yoruba
traditions in the Gantois terreiro. But Menininha worried about burdening
her daughters with "our hard discipline and responsibilities" (p. 155).
After all, Menininha told Landes, "'I have no time for myself! I am the
slave of my people, two hundred of them who depend upon me absolutely'"
(p. 82)! Her daughters' father wanted them to take advantage of the
opportunities open to educated Bahian women in the twentieth century: one
should train to become a dentist and the other a teacher. As the blood
daughters of the _maes de santo_ became more modern, would they keep the
commitment to uphold the traditions of _candomble_? Martiniano lamented
that so many of the "pure" African traditions were being lost. Landes
tells us he died shortly after she left Brazil, and readers will feel that
a new era must be dawning on Bahian _candomble_.

Recent scholarship has called into question the "timeless" African roots
of the Yoruba _candombles_ studied by Ruth Landes. In particular, the work
of J. Lorand Matory demonstrates that the Yoruba culture so prized in
Bahia had emerged from a combination of historical circumstances in the
late nineteenth century that brought significant interaction between
Brazil (and the Caribbean) and West Africa. Rather than embracing the
customs of their ancestors, Bahians were in fact (through the
transatlantic connections of their merchants) helping to reshape the
African culture from which they drew their religious practices.[1] As we
become more aware of the complexity of the African diaspora, the vitality
and resilience of the Bahian _candombles_ will also become more apparent.

Long after Martiniano's death, the women have kept the traditions strong.
Mae Menininha did much in the years following Landes's visits to her
_terreiro_ to make _candomble_ more acceptable to the broader population.
Police persecution ended by the 1970s; more and more politicians and
celebrities (including musicians of note such as Gilberto Gil, Caetano
Veloso and Maria Bethania) frequented her _candomble_. At her death in
1986, she was one of the most influential religious leaders in all of
Brazil. Ruth Landes, reaching the end of her own life, must have been
pleased that Menininha's oldest daughter, following the traditions of the
earlier part of the century, succeeded her mother in the leadership of the
temple. When she died, her younger sister accepted the mantle. Landes had
recognized in 1939 that "even at Gantois modern times were knocking" (p.
192). Modernity, however, did not destroy the _terreiros_; _candomble_ has
continued to adapt to new generations.

Note

[1]. J. Lorand Matory, "The English Professors of Brazil: On the Diasporic
Roots of the Yoruba Nation," _Comparative Studies in Society and History_
41, no. 1 (January 1999): 72-103.

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From jnyce at rocketmail.com  Sat Mar 24 14:33:17 2007
From: jnyce at rocketmail.com (J Nyce)
Date: Sun Mar 25 17:52:43 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Roma/Gypsy Study May 7-28 Romania 
Message-ID: <844762.516.qm@web33106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Want to visit a Gypsy/Roma village and learn about how
Gypsies/Roma live? Students are invited to take part
in a May 7-28 study visit to Transylvania, Romania
(the home of Dracula). 

Students will carry out a field study of a15th century
Saxon (German) village that is now largely inhabited
by Gypsies (Roma). The village's church is a UNESCO
World Heritage site. Since his visit to the village,
Prince Charles has contributed to its restoration and
perservation.

This summer we will focus on a number of issues -
student defined issues. Among these might be how the
"digital divide" plays out in the village. Other
issues to be explored might include ethnic attitudes
(Gypsy/Roma and Romanian) to village level development
projects, life and custom (the role modernity and
tradition have in village life) and
knowledge/technology use in the village.

This study visit is sponsored the Rinker Center for
International Programs and the Department of
Anthropology, Ball State University. For further
details, please go to 

http://www.bsu.edu/international/romania 

Students are also welcome to email me jnyce@bsu.edu
re: this research/study visit

JM Nyce 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Mar 25 20:17:57 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Mar 25 19:19:06 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: SSRC Collaborative Grant
Message-ID: <002e01c76f33$d6df92a0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Social Science Fellowship Program to Support Collaborative
         Projects in Britain and the Americas
 
 Deadline: April 16, 2007
 
 The Economic and Social Research Council ( http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ )
 and the Social Science Research Council ( http://www.ssrc.org/ )
 have announced a fellowship for scholars from the Americas (North,
 Central, South, and the Caribbean) to visit and engage in
 collaborative activities with members of ESRC-supported projects
 in Britain, or for British scholars at ESRC-supported projects to
 visit collaborators in the Americas, between June 2007 and
 September 2008.
 
 ESRC and SSRC have a common mission of promoting, funding, and
 disseminating important and socially useful knowledge in the
 social sciences. The fellowship program is designed to encourage
 communication and cooperation between social scientists in Great
 Britain and the Americas, and to explore and develop possibilities
 for future exchanges to be organized by the two organizations.
 
 Applicants from the Americas should have received a Ph.D in one of
 the social sciences (including history) by the time the proposed
 visiting fellowship is scheduled to start. They also should have
 been based in the country from which they are applying for at
 least two years. The fellowship program is open to scholars from
 universities, colleges, independent research organizations, and
 public agencies in the Americas and to scholars at ESRC-supported
 centers, programs, groups, networks, as well as holders of Large
 Grants awards or Professorial Fellowships in Britain.
 
 Approximately eighteen research fellowships of up to $9,500 will
 be awarded. Funds may be used for transportation, accommodation,
 living expenses, and, exceptionally, to cover salary costs for the
 duration of the visit.
 
 Complete program information, including a list of eligible
 countries, is available at the SSCR Web site.
 
 RFP Link:  http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/esrc/

-- 
Susan R. Loughridge
Grants Information Manager
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
105 Research & Technology Center
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Ph: 740-593-0374
Fx: 740-593-0379
E-mail: loughrid@ohio.edu
Web: http://www.ohiou.edu/orsp
From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Mar 25 20:33:16 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Mar 25 19:34:06 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: 4th International Congress on Virtual City and
	Territory: "Re-Think the City" (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Message-ID: <003501c76f35$fa1be370$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

4th International Congress on Virtual City and Territory
"Re-Think the City"

To be held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 1st to 3rd, 2007

Website: http://www.ctv2007.udg.mx/index.php
Information: info@ctv2007.udg.mx

Conference Overview:

The challenge of renewing the conceptual structures and the technical 
applications to the complex problem of human development, the active 
metropolization, the accelerated occupation of territory and, all the 
accumulated consequences throughout modern history worsened with 
Globalization's dynamic process, have been the fundamental approach of the 
"City and Virtual Territory" International Congresses, fulfilled in 
Barcelona (2004), Concepcion (2005) and Bilbao (2006). During these, ideas, 
studies and projects have been struggled and displayed, under the optic of 
contribution to knowledge by the new computer science technologies, concrete 
proposals and achieved actions by an interesting group of scientific 
investigators, enterprises and prestigious institutions.

In this perspective, we propose to continue this joint effort and generate 
an ample space for meeting all those who search for solutions to the 
urban/territorial development with social equity, the preservation of 
natural environment, the impulse of a citizen's participation culture, its 
democratic consequences and the possibility to find out better ways to trace 
a qualitative horizon to our cities' development; as well all those that 
contributes positively to face the territorial-entail challenge and the XXI 
century's imaginaries.

In order to continue this process, the Art, Architecture and Design Center 
of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, accompanied in this effort by an 
important group of public and private institutions from several countries, 
we CONVOKE public and private organizations, researchers, students, 
professionals and all those who may be interested, to the 4th International 
Congress on Virtual City and Territory, "Re-Think the City," to be held in 
Guadalajara, Mexico from October 1st to 3rd, 2007.

1. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Authors who wish to present a paper in the 4th International Congress of 
Virtual City and Territory, "Re-think the City", must send an abstract in 
Spanish or English through the abstract submission electronic form, included 
in this site. The abstract must have an extension between 500 and 750 words, 
including 3 bibliographic references in APA style. It will not include 
images. The abstract document must be edited in Spanish or English, in 
letter format, font type Arial 11 pts., line-spacing 1.5, all margins 1.2". 
Files will be accepted exclusively in Microsoft Word (doc) format. The 
formulary requires also next information:

Paper's title; Author's e-mail, which will be used for every successive 
communications; Author's first, middle and last names, as well as the name 
of the institution he/she belongs to; A 180-200 words brief synopsis, which 
will be included in the event's program in case of acceptation;
The name of the conference track in which the paper is wanted to be.

By May 15, 2007 the authors will be noticed by e-mail of the acceptation of 
selected abstracts.


2. SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPER

>From the proposal's acceptance date until July 15th 2007, authors must send 
the full paper version that will be included in the Web site and in the 
Conference proceedings. In order to access to the final paper submission 
electronic form, authors will have to use the document's number and password 
provided at the abstract submission time. Full papers, in Spanish or 
English, must have between 5,000 and 7,500 words, including a suitable 
bibliographical section in APA style. The total extension of the document 
will not exceed 15 pages, including images. The document will be in letter 
size, with type Arial 11 pt., line-spacing 1.5, and all margins 1.2".  Files 
will be accepted exclusively in Microsoft Word (doc) format. 

From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Mon Mar 26 12:51:26 2007
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David Haines)
Date: Mon Mar 26 18:52:28 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA in Tampa
Message-ID: <200703261719.l2QHJgm4027550@ppoint1.cc.ysu.edu>

To SUNTA members and friends:

Just a last call on information for Tampa.
Please note especially the past-presidents
forum on:

Friday -- 3:30 to 5:20 in Buccaneer B

Followed by a reception with cash bar:

Friday -- 5:30 to 7:00 in the Harborview Room
   (17th floor and great views)

Full SUNTA agenda is at:

http://gunston.doit.gmu.edu/dhaines1/tampa2007_short.htm

Same agenda with session and paper abstracts
is at:

http://gunston.doit.gmu.edu/dhaines1/tampa2007_long.htm

Best regards,

-- David

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
David W. Haines
Associate Professor of Anthropology
George Mason University  SOAN 3G5
Fairfax  VA 22030

President, Society for Urban, National, and
Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA)

Office: 703-993-3600
Web:    http://gunston.gmu.edu/dhaines1


From G.B.Prato at kent.ac.uk  Mon Mar 26 16:53:32 2007
From: G.B.Prato at kent.ac.uk (G.B.Prato@kent.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Mar 27 14:43:08 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Papers - XVI ICAES - Kunming
Message-ID: <f6c6e1a66e91.4607ec7c@kent.ac.uk>

XVI ICAES, 15-23 July 2008, Kunming, China
Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity
 
Session on: Socialism, Liberalism and the Urban Question
Session Convenors: Dr Italo Pardo (University of Kent, U.K.) and Dr Giuliana Prato ? e-mail:
i.pardo@kent.ac.uk 
Deadline for submission of paper proposals: 30 June 2007

This session aims at stimulating debate on issues of substantive citizenship, identity, social and ethnic interactions in the project of multiculturalism, the relationship between the public and the private, and that between the rulers and the ruled, also raising issues of legitimacy and responsibility in the management of power and political decision-making.
Different political ideologies, such as Socialism and Liberalism, have influenced notions of citizenship and the ways in which people?s participation in the decision-making process has been either encouraged or frustrated. These two ideologies have been portrayed, respectively, as a modified version of the Jacobean nationalist project and as a servant  of market capitalism.
Similar to the Jacobean project, which rejected rival loyalties to the nation-state, the Communist version of Socialism does not accept rival loyalties to their god, proletarian dictatorship. In such contexts, citizenship has become an abstract concept based on a formal, rather than substantive, definition that apparently granted political rights while aiming at affirming a superior ?neutrality? of values and lifestyles and at manufacturing people?s unquestioning loyalty to their rules.
On the contrary, Liberalism advocates the individual?s entrepreneurial role in the political, cultural and economic development of society. Classical Liberalism has been concerned with urban problems, such as poverty, housing and education, arguing for minimum state intervention to give individuals an opportunity to develop their potentialities and improve their social position, thus benefiting society.
The geo-political events of the late-twentieth century, have brought about a resurgence of neo-Liberal approaches based on tolerance, pluralism, individual freedom and opportunity for all. However, as exemplified by the ill-thought-out multicultural project, not always the Liberal ideals of tolerance, respect of human rights, and freedom have produced positive results. In such a situation, the city has become a crucial arena for the renegotiation of citizenship and of the democratic process.
This complex situation increasingly affects urban and national life across the world and needs to be urgently understood and addressed specifically and comparatively. Given their commitment to in-depth and detailed empirical research, anthropologists are particularly well suited to offer invaluable insights into such a complexity. This session will bring together ethnographically varied contributions in an attempt to build up an informed comparative understanding.

Dr Giuliana B. Prato
Co-Chair, Commission on Urban Anthropology, IUAES
Department of Anthropology, Marlowe Building
University of Kent, Canterbury,
Kent CT2 7NR, UK
Tel.: +44 (0)1227 700366 (personal)
         +44 (0)1227 823942 (Dept. Secretary)
Fax.: +44 (0)1227 827289
From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Mar 27 15:41:30 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Mar 27 14:58:50 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]WWW: HUD maps of housing before and after Katrina
Message-ID: <002201c7709f$8da9e0a0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

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From: <seth_r._marcus@HUD.GOV>
To: <URBGEOG@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject: [URBGEOG] HUD Map Gallery

HUD has just created an on-line MAP GALLERY, available on HUDUSER, the 
Department's research clearinghouse website.  Categories of maps currently 
available to view and print include:

- Hurricane Katrina impacts, response, and recovery
- Subprime Lending Patterns
- Convergence of FHA and Subprime Lending Patterns

Additional maps will be posted in the coming weeks and months, as they 
become available.

http://www.huduser.org/maps

From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Mar 27 16:13:19 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Mar 27 15:22:56 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]AAA CFP: Technologies of Surveillance
Message-ID: <003f01c770a3$fc9ebc70$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From: Sandhya Ganapathy <sandhyag@temple.edu>

CFP - AAA 2007:   
Technologies of Surveillance: Fear, Faith and Expertise in 
U.S. Context 

In the current US context of heightened militarism and fear, 
concepts of the individual and individual rights are 
shifting as personal information increasingly falls within 
the public domain.  Within these social and political 
contexts, citizens are asked to put aside concerns over 
individual rights and personal privacy in favor of state 
interests and corporate growth.  This panel examines the 
ways in which boundaries between public and private domains 
continue to shift, specifically how state and corporate 
structures reconstitute constructions of self.  Through 
a 'politics of fear,' state officials and corporate entities 
alike entrust those with technological expertise to address 
problems as varied as terrorism, public and personal health 
and environmental degradation.  The development of 
technologies and processes of surveillance suggest that 
mining and collecting information and external and internal 
monitoring over space and place, the body and nature are 
synonymous with safety, health and public good.  The papers 
in this panel address how such processes encourage 
individual collaboration with experts and how faith in 
expertise is used as way to address public concerns over 
fear and safety.  In addition, the papers consider questions 
regarding whether technologies and processes of surveillance 
are meaningful solutions to public concerns or whether they 
are most meaningful to interests who stand to profit from 
them.

We invite paper submissions addressing the following or 
related areas:
. Technologies of medical surveillance
. Self-governance in public space
. Environmental monitoring and management policy
. Faith in expertise
. Shifting designations of public and private

Please email abstracts and questions or comments by March 
29, 2007 to:
Lisa Jane Hardy, PhD lisajane@temple.edu
Sandhya Ganapathy, ABD sandhyag@temple.edu

From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Mar 29 21:26:28 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Mar 29 20:27:08 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth Conference
Message-ID: <00f201c77262$1c06fd10$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From: Jessica Elfenbein <jelfenbein@ubalt.edu>

The University of Baltimore is in the midst of documenting and
interpreting the riots that followed the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
in April 1968 and their aftermath.  Please check out
http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=1634 and plan to attend next
April's Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth conference.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth
April 3-5, 2008
University of Baltimore

Deadline for submission: November 1, 2007

The University of Baltimore announces Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth, a
conference to explore the effects of the riots after the death of Martin
Luther King, Jr., in April, 1968 and the efforts at civic healing that
followed. Sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council, this public
conference will be held  April 3-5, 2008 on the occasion of the 40th
anniversary of the riots and will include cutting-edge scholarly
presentations and sessions featuring witnesses to, and leaders of, many
efforts to repair Baltimore in the days and months that followed the
riots.

The cataclysmic event in the history of modern Baltimore, the riots of
1968 have, until now, been largely ignored by scholars and policy makers.
Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth will present a first opportunity for the
public to have meaningful dialogue with scholars and one another to
explore the meanings of the riots on topics as varied as school
desegregation; white flight; bigotry; interfaith work; the role of the
police and National Guard; the impact of the media; Spiro Agnew's rise to
national prominence; the decline of the central business district; the
effect on twelve commercial districts spread throughout the city; and
other topics too numerous to name.

Proposals for papers, presentations, panels, roundtables, poster sessions,
film screenings, or workshops should include a 250 word abstract, a one
page resume including contact information for each participant (phone
number, address, affiliation, and e-mail), as well as technology needs.
The deadline for proposal submission is November 1, 2007.

Please send submissions to:
Jessica Elfenbein
University of Baltimore
1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
jelfenbein@ubalt.edu

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From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Mar 29 21:33:40 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Mar 29 20:34:10 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: The World Under One Roof (Vienna, Austria)
Message-ID: <00f601c77263$154969d0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Reminder

The International Committee for Museums of Ethnography (ICME) invites papers 
addressing "The World under One Roof: Past, Present and Future Ethnographic 
Approaches to Universality" at its sessions during the ICOM general 
conference, Vienna, Austria, August 19-24 2007.


Call for Papers Deadline: March 31, 2007



INTRODUCTION

In the Age of Enlightenment, the tension between particularism and 
universalism gave birth to the modern discipline of Anthropology. The 
scholarly challenge was to reconcile a burgeoning number of travel 
narratives depicting 'strange' customs in remote places with a general 
science of Humanity. In this ?poque, the idea of a "Universal Museum" was 
conceived and with it the curatorial problem of how to classify, arrange and 
exhibit the "curious objects" under its roof. Clearly a number of problems 
arise with the hierarchical 'othering' inherent in this historical approach, 
which lingers today. The ICME sessions will chart past, present and what 
might constitute future curatorial approaches to the following question: 
What universal narratives, if any, do ethnographic objects speak to?
Contemporary touchdowns might include the Mus?e du Quai-Branly in Paris, 
where the exhibition Qu'est-ce qu'un corps? (What is a body?), features 
different perceptions of reality and aesthetics tied to specific places and 
times. The curatorial approach seems one of comparing and juxtaposing 
different cultural representations and perceptions of a universal category: 
The body. In D'un regard l'autre we enter yet another approach to 
universality: The production of ethnographic materials as an instrument of 
Empire. In other words, ethnography understood as the "White Man's labeling", 
a colonial knowledge project embedded in the relations between France and 
her peripheries.
Another contemporary approach is found in the Museum of World Culture in 
Gothenburg. Here the focus is on connections, frictions and migrations 
between the cultures of the world, resulting in de-territorialized patchwork 
of Diasporas and trans-national ethnicities as carriers and makers of hybrid 
ethnographic materials. This curatorial approach seems to be underwritten by 
the notion of a world in cultural flux, where notions of authenticity and 
origin are subject to critical questioning.
It is now more than a Century ago since the Pitt Rivers Museum opened its 
doors to yet another universal approach to ethnographic materials. In 
Oxford, Pitt Rivers organized the ethnographic objects typologically, 
according to each object's ability to solve a technological problem 
associated with everyday life: fire making, shelter, clothing, hunting and 
gathering, etc. The layout of the displays was not organized by cultures or 
connections, but arranged within a universal evolutionary framework. While 
much of the public face of the displays reflects this discredited Victorian 
heritage - representing a meta-statement on the idea of universality 
vis-?-vis ethnographic objects - the museum today is simultaneously engaged 
in serious consultation with both 'source communities' around the world as 
well as local Oxford groups.
Against this backdrop of changing approaches to universality, ICME invites 
papers to interrogate past and present assumptions about universality so we 
can better understand and perhaps rediscover possible futures of Universal 
Heritage in Ethnographic Museums.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Paper proposals are invited addressing "The World under One Roof: Past, 
Present and Future Ethnographic Approaches to Universality" or any of the 
following sub-themes:

'Ethnographic Curatorship' and Universal Heritage in historical and 
contemporary perspectives.
'Locality' and ethnographic representation.
'Holism' as an ethnographic focus.
The future of 'The Collection', and collections of the future: What's next?

Paper proposals of up to 250 words may be submitted to 
ICME2007@yahoogroups.com until March 31, 2007.
Fifteen minutes will be allotted for presentation of each accepted paper, 
and five additional minutes for discussion. In addition to regular 
presentations, a limited number of "Virtual Presentations" will be accepted, 
consisting of "stand alone" PowerPoint or other types of media presentations 
which wouldn't need a live speaker to be understood by the audience.

Further information is available on the ICME web site 
http://icme.icom.museum ,or from the ICME2007 working group at 
icme2007@yahoogroups.com , fax/voicemail number +13094245780, or Skype: 
icmepresident
ICME2007 working group
fax/voicemail: +13094245780
Skype: icmepresident
Email: icme2007@yahoogroups.com
Visit the website at http://icme.icom.museum 

From staiger at clarkson.edu  Fri Mar 30 12:02:47 2007
From: staiger at clarkson.edu (Annegret Staiger)
Date: Fri Mar 30 16:27:05 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]IRB vows and woes
References: <00f601c77263$154969d0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>
Message-ID: <012401c772dc$7aa08420$5d1c9980@snell.clarkson.edu>

I am running into problems with our Institutional Review Board for getting 
my research proposal approved. My institution, which has no social science 
faculty on its board and is mostly reviewing pscychology, medical and 
technology research proposals, regards participant observation as a research 
method that requires a consentforms and a full IRB proposal. This is of 
course extremely impractical, if not impossible to do when doing field 
research in a natural setting.  From colleagues I am hearing that their 
IRB's are usually providing an exemption for anthropological research, 
unless it deals with vulnerable populations.

Using this forum, I would like to find out how other anthropologists have 
dealt with their institution's reviewboards and how they have managed to not 
let the IRB stiffle their research.

Annegret Staiger
Clarkson University 



From ffpag at uaf.edu  Sat Mar 31 18:11:01 2007
From: ffpag at uaf.edu (Patty A. Gray)
Date: Sun Apr  1 18:01:11 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]IRB woes
Message-ID: <460F06A5.8080505@uaf.edu>

There has been a great deal of discussion on this in recent years - I 
think you will find plenty of support. I would recommend first of all 
the forum in the November 2006 issue of American Ethnologist (Vol.33, 
No.4, pp.478-548) titled "IRBs, Bureaucratic Regulation, and Academic 
Freedom." I would direct you in particular to the article by Deborah 
Winslow of the National Science Foundation - she demostrates the ways 
that NSF policy supports ethnographic research, which can be useful 
ammunition in the face of an IRB dominated by natural scientists who may 
have difficulty understanding.

There is also useful discussions of IRB issues in an article by Edward 
Bruner in the January 2004 Anthropology News. His advice is to work 
steadily to educate one's IRB, while remaining cooperative. The goal 
would be to make sure there is at least one social scientist on your 
institution's IRB, and indeed if the IRB is reviewing social science 
protocols, there is a strong case to be made for why social science 
expertise is needed on the board.

At my institution, we are lucky that we have an IRB that includes social 
scientists and that is very understanding about the nature of social 
science research. I find that I still have to adapt the 
biomedically-oriented IRB application form to my own purposes - many 
questions are simply inappropriate for ethnographic research. In those 
cases, I first explain what question should have been asked, and then I 
answer that question. Often what I am proposing in my application 
exceeds the ethical requirements implied by the original question, such 
as insisting (with careful and patient explanation) that requiring 
signed consent forms in some cases would do harm to research "subjects." 
You are right - most ethnographic studies should be "exempt," i.e. 
subject only to the minimal IRB review.

Hang in there - you really are not alone, and there are resources you 
can draw upon.

Patty Gray
University of Alaska Fairbanks


1. IRB vows and woes (Annegret Staiger)
I am running into problems with our Institutional Review Board for getting
my research proposal approved. My institution, which has no social science
faculty on its board and is mostly reviewing pscychology, medical and
technology research proposals, regards participant observation as a 
research
method that requires a consentforms and a full IRB proposal. This is of
course extremely impractical, if not impossible to do when doing field
research in a natural setting.  From colleagues I am hearing that their
IRB's are usually providing an exemption for anthropological research,
unless it deals with vulnerable populations.

Using this forum, I would like to find out how other anthropologists have
dealt with their institution's reviewboards and how they have managed to 
not
let the IRB stiffle their research.

Annegret Staiger
Clarkson University

-- 
Dr. Patty A. Gray
Assistant Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Department of Anthropology
University of Alaska Fairbanks
312B Eielson Bldg.
P.O. Box 757720
Fairbanks, AK  99775-7720
U.S.A.
Tel. (907) 474-6188
Fax (907) 474-7453
http://www.uaf.edu/anthro
http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffpag/chukotka.html




From fgurri at camp.ecosur.mx  Fri Mar 30 21:07:31 2007
From: fgurri at camp.ecosur.mx (Francisco Gurri)
Date: Sun Apr  1 18:01:56 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]IRB vows and woes
In-Reply-To: <012401c772dc$7aa08420$5d1c9980@snell.clarkson.edu>
References: <00f601c77263$154969d0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91> 
	<012401c772dc$7aa08420$5d1c9980@snell.clarkson.edu>
Message-ID: <000001c77339$57bc0b20$4401a8c0@camp.ecosur.mx>

I think it would be a better idea to discuss how to do participant
observation and get some evidence of subject consent in a "natural setting",
rather than to look for ways of avoiding the issue by getting exemptions.
It is important, I believe, to be able to show that those you are studying
are happy with what you are doing regardless of the research method
employed.
Francisco Gurri
ECOSUR. 

-----Mensaje original-----
De: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu [mailto:urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu]
En nombre de Annegret Staiger
Enviado el: Viernes, 30 de Marzo de 2007 09:03 a.m.
Para: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
Asunto: [URBANTH-L]IRB vows and woes

I am running into problems with our Institutional Review Board for getting 
my research proposal approved. My institution, which has no social science 
faculty on its board and is mostly reviewing pscychology, medical and 
technology research proposals, regards participant observation as a research

method that requires a consentforms and a full IRB proposal. This is of 
course extremely impractical, if not impossible to do when doing field 
research in a natural setting.  From colleagues I am hearing that their 
IRB's are usually providing an exemption for anthropological research, 
unless it deals with vulnerable populations.

Using this forum, I would like to find out how other anthropologists have 
dealt with their institution's reviewboards and how they have managed to not

let the IRB stiffle their research.

Annegret Staiger
Clarkson University 



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From kathleennadeau at adelphia.net  Fri Mar 30 20:09:32 2007
From: kathleennadeau at adelphia.net (Kathy Nadeau)
Date: Sun Apr  1 18:02:56 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]IRB vows and woes
In-Reply-To: <012401c772dc$7aa08420$5d1c9980@snell.clarkson.edu>
References: <00f601c77263$154969d0$0300a8c0@D7ZX4M91>
	<012401c772dc$7aa08420$5d1c9980@snell.clarkson.edu>
Message-ID: <460DC2DC.8080807@adelphia.net>

Dear Annegret,

I am an anthropologist at California State University, San Bernardino.  
The way it works here, and Sid please correct me if I am wrong, is that 
we have to submit an IRB application/proposal for approval by the board, 
only, if we are proposing to work with extremely vulnerable populations. 
It depends on our research problem.  If we are conducting fieldwork in 
an area that would not put anyone at risk or on a topic, like say, 
folklore, then, no need to get IRB approval.  Hope this helps!

Kathy
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Annegret Staiger wrote:
> I am running into problems with our Institutional Review Board for 
> getting my research proposal approved. My institution, which has no 
> social science faculty on its board and is mostly reviewing 
> pscychology, medical and technology research proposals, regards 
> participant observation as a research method that requires a 
> consentforms and a full IRB proposal. This is of course extremely 
> impractical, if not impossible to do when doing field research in a 
> natural setting.  From colleagues I am hearing that their IRB's are 
> usually providing an exemption for anthropological research, unless it 
> deals with vulnerable populations.
>
> Using this forum, I would like to find out how other anthropologists 
> have dealt with their institution's reviewboards and how they have 
> managed to not let the IRB stiffle their research.
>
> Annegret Staiger
> Clarkson University
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Anthropology Department

California State University

San Bernardino, CA 92407

http://anthropology.csbs.csusb.edu <http://anthropology.csbs.csusb.edu/>

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From mollyhurleydepret at gmail.com  Sat Mar 31 19:10:11 2007
From: mollyhurleydepret at gmail.com (Molly Hurley Depret)
Date: Sun Apr  1 18:04:37 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Re: URBANTH-L Digest, Vol 125, Issue 5
In-Reply-To: <E1HXg01-0005z9-5S@unix1.cc.ysu.edu>
References: <E1HXg01-0005z9-5S@unix1.cc.ysu.edu>
Message-ID: <2d1ad9750703311010p48a510dvec2fa275e548e710@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Annegret,

Sorry to hear you are having difficulties.  It really does make a difference
to have IRB committee members who are familiar with the research methods of
anthropologists and sociologists.  I have worked for an IRB & have also had
my research approved.  While the committee at my university does have
committee members from these disciplines and it is therefore not as
challenging as it may be at other institutions, you might try the following:

1) looking at the Federal guidelines for research and presenting these to
the committee (e.g., quoting them in your IRB application) to support your
arguments.  These are not always the 'last word,' since committees have some
freedom to give researchers more leeway, but I think your committee would
listen to arguments based on these

For instance, Federal guidelines provide for both oral and written consent,
depending on the context.  My research involves people discussing matters
relating to political violence, and I was therefore able to argue that
written consent could actually do more harm than good, since people might
fear to sign their names.  Instead, I use an Information Sheet on
institutional letterhead (the difference is, there is no signature line),
and participants give oral consent.  The major point is usually whether
names, etc. are going to be linked with the data.  You usually have to make
a clear statement on how names/identifiers are going to be dealt with (e.g.,
that you will not write names in your notes; that contact info. will be kept
in a separate notebook that can't be linked to data).

2) Most anthropological research falls under the category 'Expedited'--
'Exempt' research is pretty rare, most often anonymous surveys.
'Full' is pretty rare, too--this might involve more sensitive cases, where
there is serious concern about informed consent, confidentiality or the
participants'/researchers' safety.

3)  You might also quote the AAA's stance on informed consent & ethics, to
better inform them of the discipline's position on research ethics.

Take a look at the links at the bottom of this page--you will find a link to
the federal guidelines,
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/orup/humansubjects.html#About

If you want to see some of the wording that I used in my application, I
would be happy to send it to you.

Best wishes,
Molly

Molly Hurley-Depret
Doctoral Candidate
Graduate Center of CUNY

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> Subject: [URBANTH-L]IRB vows and woes
> I am running into problems with our Institutional Review Board for getting
> my research proposal approved. My institution, which has no social science
> faculty on its board and is mostly reviewing pscychology, medical and
> technology research proposals, regards participant observation as a
> research
> method that requires a consentforms and a full IRB proposal. This is of
> course extremely impractical, if not impossible to do when doing field
> research in a natural setting.  From colleagues I am hearing that their
> IRB's are usually providing an exemption for anthropological research,
> unless it deals with vulnerable populations.
>
> Using this forum, I would like to find out how other anthropologists have
> dealt with their institution's reviewboards and how they have managed to
> not
> let the IRB stiffle their research.
>
> Annegret Staiger
> Clarkson University
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From kimclum at umich.edu  Sat Mar 31 13:52:52 2007
From: kimclum at umich.edu (Kimberly A. Clum)
Date: Sun Apr  1 18:39:42 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Re:  IRB vows and woes
In-Reply-To: <E1HXfzz-0005z9-Dw@unix1.cc.ysu.edu>
References: <E1HXfzz-0005z9-Dw@unix1.cc.ysu.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703311247410.13141@joust.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>

Annegret

For my dissertation research as a graduate student here at the University 
of Michigan I had to get full IRB approval for my participant observation. 
I conducted much of my research at a health care facility among the staff 
working there (later moving into more community based settings).  The IRB 
here required me to ensure that I had both a written and a verbal "script" 
to give to staff members at the facility.

What will constitute your fieldsite?

Kim

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, urbanth-l-request@lists.ysu.edu wrote:

I am running into problems with our Institutional Review Board for getting
my research proposal approved. My institution, which has no social science
faculty on its board and is mostly reviewing pscychology, medical and
technology research proposals, regards participant observation as a 
research
method that requires a consentforms and a full IRB proposal. This is of
course extremely impractical, if not impossible to do when doing field
research in a natural setting.  From colleagues I am hearing that their
IRB's are usually providing an exemption for anthropological research,
unless it deals with vulnerable populations.

Using this forum, I would like to find out how other anthropologists have
dealt with their institution's reviewboards and how they have managed to 
not
let the IRB stiffle their research.

Annegret Staiger
Clarkson University


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