From rrotenbe at depaul.edu  Sun Nov  4 08:55:19 2007
From: rrotenbe at depaul.edu (Robert Rotenberg)
Date: Sun Nov  4 09:55:26 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA Teaching Workshop at Washington AAA
Message-ID: <C3533977.5D2F%rrotenbe@depaul.edu>

Colleagues, 
Even though the deadline for pre-registration is past, you can still
register in Washington for the SUNTA-sponsored teaching workshop. Last year
ten colleagues from all over the country participated. From the emails I
received after the conference, it was evident that they found the experience
valuable. The workshop provides a forum to discuss successes and concerns
that SUNTA members experience and to work together to develop stronger
classroom presences for our approach to anthropology. The workshop is
particularly valuable for colleagues in their first five years of teaching,
including graduate teaching assistants teaching their own courses, but
colleagues with all lengths of teaching experience are welcome. Some of the
topics we consider include how to develop a SUNTA inspired introductory
course, how to teach without a textbook and still satisfy the knowledge-base
exposure departments want, and how to effectively build and assess out of
class exercises into classes.
I lead the workshop but take no remuneration for doing so. All proceeds from
the workshop go to the SUNTA account. My interests in doing so lie in
strengthening what I believe to be a valuable approach to teaching our
discipline by encouraging students to learn about culture "where we are and
with the people we live among."
Unless the workshop is supported by the membership this year, it will not be
offered in the future. If you think this is the sort of discussion that is
valuable and appropriate for us to offer during the annual meetings, then
please set aside Friday afternoon from 2 to 5 PM, register for the workshop
when to pick up your materials, and bring your experiences. I look forward
to meeting you. 
If you'd like a preview of my approaches to the classroom, check our my
teaching blog, SUNTA Teacher, at http://suntateacher.blogspot.com/

Hope to see you in Washington,
Bob Rotenberg


From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Nov  4 12:50:41 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Nov  4 12:53:09 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization (Amsterdam)
Message-ID: <001501c81f0b$6376f1e0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from SEA-L]

Dear all,

LOVA organizes an international conference on Ethnographies of Gender and 
Globalization, July 3-4, 2008, Amsterdam. Please don't hesitate to 
distribute this call for papers widely.

See you in Amsterdam,
Warm wishes,
Annelou Ypeij
Chair LOVA

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

LOVA
International Conference
3 - 4 July 2008, Amsterdam

Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization

Call for panels and papers

Globalization is the result of the rapid exchange of ideas, peoples, goods, 
capital, information and technologies, and the general compression of 
distances and time. Globalization processes have a large impact on people's 
everyday lives. Even in the most remote parts of the world, people and 
locations are being connected to each other. This interconnectedness can be 
seen as the core feature of globalization. In turn, people respond to new 
challenges and opportunities offered by globalization. Their daily actions 
produce, transform and determine the specific directions that globalization 
processes may take.
The last decade, anthropology and other social sciences have produced an 
impressive body of literature on globalization. Globalization from a gender 
perspective, however, is still an exciting and innovative area to explore. 
Gender and feminist anthropology is a discipline par excellence that can 
make understandable how globalization and everyday life are interrelated, 
especially through its ethnographical methodology. Feminist scholarship has 
shown that globalization is not a gender-neutral phenomenon. Globalization 
has different outcomes for women and men. It challenges them in different 
ways and offers them different opportunities. Gender constructions shape 
globalization processes, which in turn confirm, construct and change gender 
notions. These developments result in profound changes in family life, 
family composition, cultural expressions, gender relations, and the way 
people interact with each other.
With this conference LOVA wishes to create a forum for anthropologists, 
social scientists and other experts who study the interweaving of gender and 
globalization from an ethnographical perspective. How do women and men 
understand globalization and how do they experience globalization processes 
in their everyday lives? What are the challenges they face and what 
opportunities open up to them?  How does globalization confirm and 
reconstruct existing gender and other social inequalities? Does it have a 
potential for the empowerment of women and men and their social mobility or 
not? How does globalization influence constructions of femininity and 
masculinity and how do these constructions in turn give direction to 
processes of globalization? And, last but not least, is globalization still 
a useful theoretical concept or have we entered a new, post-globalization 
era and are we in need of new conceptualizations?

Participation and registration
LOVA invites social science scholars to participate in this international 
conference by presenting their research in an individual paper or panel. We 
particularly encourage participants to submit audio-visuals and other 
alternative ways of presenting their research.

Participants may register through sending individual paper or panel 
proposals to LOVAnetwork@hotmail.com before February 1, 2008.

Individual paper proposals consist of a short abstract. Please also mention 
affiliation, address, email-address and discipline. Panel proposals include 
a short panel abstract, various paper abstracts and names of 
organizers/chairs, presenters and possibly a discussant. Please also mention 
affiliation, address, email-address and discipline of all participants.

A number of papers will be selected for publication.

Preferred panel format:  Panels last 1 hour and 45 minutes. Panel organizers 
have a certain freedom in the number of papers they wish to present and the 
length of the presentations. Nevertheless, we encourage 15-minute paper 
presentations. For example, a panel may include 5 paper presentations of 15 
minutes each or 4 papers and a discussant. This leaves time for general 
discussion and questions of 30 minutes.

Participants will be informed whether their papers and panels are accepted 
as soon as possible and not later than February 15, 2008.

To complete their registration, all participants pay the registration fee of
? 90,- before April 1, 2008. Students pay a reduced fee.  More information 
will follow.

Language
The conference will be held in English.

Program
The program will be made available in April 2008.

Location
The conference will be held in the centre of Amsterdam. The location will be 
announced as soon as possible. Please visit our website: www.lovanetwerk.nl

Hotel accommodation
Hotel accommodation can be arranged through internet. We kindly refer you 
to: www.book-a-hotel-in-amsterdam.com.


The conference is sponsored by CEDLA, Centre for Latin American Research and 
Documentation.


LOVA is the Netherlands Association for Gender and Feminist Anthropology and 
provides a professional network for its members since 1979. 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Nov  4 12:51:46 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Nov  4 12:53:16 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: African Feminisms and Their Diasporas
Message-ID: <002201c81f0b$6b9f9160$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

forwarded from: Christine Gailey <christine.gailey@ucr.edu>

African Feminisms and Their Diasporas

The Department of Women's Studies at the University of California, Riverside 
is conducting an open rank search for a full-time, tenured or tenure-track 
position in African feminisms construed in the broadest sense including 
Africa and the various locations that comprise the African Diaspora. 
Position will begin July 1, 2008. Candidates with primary research strength 
in one or more of the following areas will be considered: (1) global 
theorizations of African feminisms; (2) comparative perspectives on gender 
and sexuality studies in the African Diaspora; (3) conceptual approaches on 
blackness and Africanness in feminist contexts; (4) women, gender and 
Pan-African consciousness; (5) comparative feminist interpretations of the 
African Diaspora; (6) transnational feminist diasporic movements; and (7) 
representations of women in the African Diaspora (in literature, visual 
arts, media and other artistic expressions). The successful candidate will 
teach core and elective courses in! women, gender, and/or sexuality studies 
within a transnational focus and will undertake curricular development. 
Ph.D. required. Please send Curriculum Vitae, letter of application, letters 
of recommendation, and other supporting materials to: Christine Gailey, 
Chair of Search Committee, Department of Women's Studies, University of 
California, Riverside, CA 92521. Review of completed applications will begin 
on December 15, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled. 
Applicants for assistant professors should arrange for three letters of 
reference to be sent by their authors. Applicants for associate or full 
professor should include the names and addresses of at least three referees. 
All applicants must submit a writing sample and evidence of teaching 
ability. Salary commensurate with education and experience. The University 
of California, Riverside, is an EEO/AA employer.

From sveissiere at ucn.ca  Sun Nov  4 14:33:28 2007
From: sveissiere at ucn.ca (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Veissi=E8re=2C__Samuel=2C_Dr=2E?=)
Date: Mon Nov  5 16:31:51 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Panel on Transnational Sex Trade and Gringo Desire
	for Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization Conference (Amsterdam)
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Dear Colleagues, 

 

I would be interested in putting together a panel on transnational sex work and Gringo desire for the Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization Conference in Amsterdam (that could possibly be turned into an edited collection) 

 

My own work looks at what I call the "transnational political economy of desire, violence, and suffering" in the streets of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Specifically, I am interested in the political conscientization of subaltern women in Brazil who make the "choices" to reject the oppressive Eurocentric beauty-regimes of their country and strategically perform colonial fantasies of blackness of mulataness to become objects of desire and potential transnational marriage in the "gringoscapes" of the tourist industry. I am also interested in the postindustrial disempowerment of the (usually older) gringos who come to Brazil seeking eroticized and essentialist colonial fetishes of femininity and negritude and of their own masculinity. I have written about this nebulous "zone" where the "incommensurable forms of despair and suffering" of gringos and subaltern women intersect under the false pretense of eroticism. As a gringo ethnographer, thus (albeit a young one), I also look at my own suffering, and at my own desire as one of the many fuels of the violence and suffering of this transnational spectacle of mutual exploitation. 

 

I would like to put together a group of papers that look at similar issues in Latin America and beyond. I am especially interested in experimental pieces that incorporate critical autoethnographic perspectives: i.e., I find it really problematic when gringo ethnographers write about their sex-worker informants with the usual contemptuous comments about their German clients, without critically examining their own desire and behaviour....) 

Anyone working on the following topics?

 

*	Ethnographies/Autoethnographies of Gringo/Farang/Gwai-lo colonial desire in a comparative perspective
*	Ethnographies of "what happen on the other side" of post-sex-trade transnational marriages and relationships in the North/West (I am planning a follow-up research trip to Italy)
*	Ethnographies of the strategic performances of commercialized/eroticized version of their "racial" identity by subaltern women in search of transnational channels of "mobility"

 

Looking forward to hear from some of you, 

 

Cheers, 

 

Samuel Veissi?re, Ph.D. 

 

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Community-Based Program, Bunibonibee Cree Nation

Faculty of Arts

University College of the North
504 Princeton Drive
Thompson MB R8N 0A5

sveissiere@ucn.ca <mailto:sveissiere@ucn.ca>  

Tel: (204) 538 2270

 

________________________________

[forwarded from SEA-L]

 

Dear all,

 

LOVA organizes an international conference on Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization, July 3-4, 2008, Amsterdam. Please don't hesitate to distribute this call for papers widely.

 

See you in Amsterdam,

Warm wishes,

Annelou Ypeij

Chair LOVA

 

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

 

LOVA

International Conference

3 - 4 July 2008, Amsterdam

 

Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization

 

Call for panels and papers

 

Globalization is the result of the rapid exchange of ideas, peoples, goods, capital, information and technologies, and the general compression of distances and time. Globalization processes have a large impact on people's everyday lives. Even in the most remote parts of the world, people and locations are being connected to each other. This interconnectedness can be seen as the core feature of globalization. In turn, people respond to new challenges and opportunities offered by globalization. Their daily actions produce, transform and determine the specific directions that globalization processes may take.

The last decade, anthropology and other social sciences have produced an impressive body of literature on globalization. Globalization from a gender perspective, however, is still an exciting and innovative area to explore. 

Gender and feminist anthropology is a discipline par excellence that can make understandable how globalization and everyday life are interrelated, especially through its ethnographical methodology. Feminist scholarship has shown that globalization is not a gender-neutral phenomenon. Globalization has different outcomes for women and men. It challenges them in different ways and offers them different opportunities. Gender constructions shape globalization processes, which in turn confirm, construct and change gender notions. These developments result in profound changes in family life, family composition, cultural expressions, gender relations, and the way people interact with each other.

With this conference LOVA wishes to create a forum for anthropologists, social scientists and other experts who study the interweaving of gender and globalization from an ethnographical perspective. How do women and men understand globalization and how do they experience globalization processes in their everyday lives? What are the challenges they face and what opportunities open up to them?  How does globalization confirm and reconstruct existing gender and other social inequalities? Does it have a potential for the empowerment of women and men and their social mobility or not? How does globalization influence constructions of femininity and masculinity and how do these constructions in turn give direction to processes of globalization? And, last but not least, is globalization still a useful theoretical concept or have we entered a new, post-globalization era and are we in need of new conceptualizations?

 

Participation and registration

LOVA invites social science scholars to participate in this international 

conference by presenting their research in an individual paper or panel. We 

particularly encourage participants to submit audio-visuals and other 

alternative ways of presenting their research.

 

Participants may register through sending individual paper or panel 

proposals to LOVAnetwork@hotmail.com before February 1, 2008.

 

Individual paper proposals consist of a short abstract. Please also mention 

affiliation, address, email-address and discipline. Panel proposals include 

a short panel abstract, various paper abstracts and names of 

organizers/chairs, presenters and possibly a discussant. Please also mention 

affiliation, address, email-address and discipline of all participants.

 

A number of papers will be selected for publication.

 

Preferred panel format:  Panels last 1 hour and 45 minutes. Panel organizers 

have a certain freedom in the number of papers they wish to present and the 

length of the presentations. Nevertheless, we encourage 15-minute paper 

presentations. For example, a panel may include 5 paper presentations of 15 

minutes each or 4 papers and a discussant. This leaves time for general 

discussion and questions of 30 minutes.

 

Participants will be informed whether their papers and panels are accepted 

as soon as possible and not later than February 15, 2008.

 

To complete their registration, all participants pay the registration fee of

? 90,- before April 1, 2008. Students pay a reduced fee.  More information 

will follow.

 

Language

The conference will be held in English.

 

Program

The program will be made available in April 2008.

 

Location

The conference will be held in the centre of Amsterdam. The location will be 

announced as soon as possible. Please visit our website: www.lovanetwerk.nl

 

Hotel accommodation

Hotel accommodation can be arranged through internet. We kindly refer you 

to: www.book-a-hotel-in-amsterdam.com.

 

 

The conference is sponsored by CEDLA, Centre for Latin American Research and 

Documentation.

 

 

LOVA is the Netherlands Association for Gender and Feminist Anthropology and 

provides a professional network for its members since 1979. 

 

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From hoffmanl at u.washington.edu  Thu Nov  1 14:38:26 2007
From: hoffmanl at u.washington.edu (Lisa Hoffman)
Date: Tue Nov  6 15:37:49 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Urban Sustainability and GIS Positions 
Message-ID: <002201c81cc7$273c1de0$b1fed080@tacoma.washington.edu>

Dear colleagues,

We are seeking applicants for a tenure-track position in Urban
Sustainability in the Urban Studies Program at University of Washington
Tacoma.  The position is open in terms of geographic area and 
discipline. We encourage applications from those who approach urban 
sustainability from social, political and/or environmental justice 
perspectives.

We also have an open position in Geographic Information Systems.  The 
full ads for both positions are pasted below, or go to the following 
link: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/urban_studies/=20
Please feel free to distribute widely.
Many thanks,
Lisa Hoffman


The Urban Studies Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma 
invites applications for a position in Urban Sustainability.  The 
successful applicant will assist in the creation of a proposed 
undergraduate program in Sustainable Urban Development and contribute to 
the existing Urban Studies degree. We seek a broadly trained urbanist 
with a PhD (advanced ABD considered) in one of the social sciences or a 
planning-related field whose teaching and research reflect an ability to 
approach urban sustainability from social, political, and/or 
environmental justice perspectives.

This is a full-time, tenure-track position to begin September 16, 2008.  
The appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level.  Teaching 
responsibilities will include introductory and advanced courses in urban 
sustainability.  In addition the successful candidate will have the 
opportunity to develop courses which complement existing programmatic 
strengths.  

One of three University of Washington campuses, UW Tacoma is an urban 
campus offering undergraduate and graduate programs to a diverse student 
population.  University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, 
research and service.  Faculty and students at the University of 
Washington, Tacoma benefit from the many resources of the University of 
Washington, Seattle located just 30 miles to the north. 

The University of Washington is an affirmative action, equal opportunity 
employer. The University is building a culturally diverse faculty and 
staff and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, 
individuals with disabilities and covered veterans.

Screening of applications will begin December 1, 2007 and continue until 
the position is filled.  To apply please send a letter of application, 
curriculum vitae, the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email 
addresses of three references, and evidence of excellence in teaching 
to:

Urban Studies Program
University of Washington, Tacoma
1900 Commerce Street
Tacoma, WA 98402-3100

Questions, requests for additional information, and electronic 
applications may be submitted to: uwturban@u.washington.edu



The Urban Studies Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma 
invites applications from individuals with expertise in Geographic 
Information Systems (GIS).  The successful applicant will have a PhD 
(advanced ABD considered) in an urban or planning-related field and have 
an urban-oriented research agenda.  Primary duties will include teaching 
introductory and advanced courses in geographic information systems with 
an opportunity to teach some courses in his/her area of expertise. This 
is a full-time, tenure-track position to begin September 16, 2008.  The 
appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level.

One of three University of Washington campuses, UW Tacoma is an urban 
campus offering undergraduate and graduate programs to a diverse student 
population.  University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, 
research and service.  Faculty and students at the University of 
Washington, Tacoma benefit from the many resources of the University of 
Washington, Seattle located just 30 miles to the north. 

The University of Washington is an affirmative action, equal opportunity 
employer. The University is building a culturally diverse faculty and 
staff and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, 
individuals with disabilities and covered veterans.

Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2007 and continue until 
the position is filled.  To apply please send a letter of application, 
curriculum vitae, evidence of excellence in teaching and the names, 
addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references 
to:

Urban Studies Program
University of Washington, Tacoma
1900 Commerce Street
Tacoma, WA 98402-3100

Questions, requests for additional information, and electronic 
applications may be submitted to: uwturban@u.washington.edu

Lisa Hoffman
Assistant Professor
Urban Studies Program
Cultural Anthropology 
University of Washington, Tacoma
1900 Commerce Street
Tacoma, Washington 98402
hoffmanl@u.washington.edu
253-692-5895
From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Nov  6 15:34:09 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Nov  6 15:40:23 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 REV: Ebner on Gale, Greater New Jersey: Living in the Shadow of Gotham
Message-ID: <004801c820b4$67545000$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[Cross-posted from H-New-Jersey@h-net.msu.edu]

Dennis E. Gale. _Greater New Jersey: Living in the Shadow of Gotham_.
Metropolitan Portraits Series. Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 2006. xvii + 190 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes,
bibliography, index. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-3954-6.

Reviewed for H-New-Jersey by Michael H. Ebner, Department of History,
Lake Forest College

Delineating North Jersey

Here is a book with an inspired conception by way of assaying what it
terms "the Manhattan-North Jersey Axis" (p. 13). How many
authors---present company among them--have fleetingly mused upon the
prospect of writing a truly imaginative study about a topic whose
parameters are virtually uncharted? Fortunately for his readers,
Dennis Gale persevered. He gave literary life to an instinct rooted in
his very relocation from Washington, D.C. to the Newark campus of
Rutgers University, where he assumed a professorship. Moreover he
makes the concept of Greater New Jersey seem so eminently plausible.
That he does so in a manner that is at once innately modest yet
far-reaching in its ambitions has led this reader to appreciate why it
took so long for some enterprising author to write a book such as
this. The inter-state fault lines that Gale has expertly
mined--suggestive of the protracted scholarly journey recently
completed by the celebrated historical geographer D. W.
Meinig--provide a most bountiful yield.[1]

I have a hunch, tied to a question in play among cultural
anthropologists, about why Dennis Gale succeeded. Unquestionably this
is the work of an "outsider."[2] I surmise that the author commenced
his labors almost immediately after his arrival and before he became
immersed in the minutia of his new-found, culturally complicated
landscape. Hence he devised, as his working assumption, a big-picture
conception of how his book would unfold. To his credit he never
allowed himself to become ensnared by what the late Alan J.
Karcher--politician turned historian--so aptly classified as New
Jersey's "multiple municipal madness."[3]

Underscoring Gale's unique mental map of the state's northeastern
counties is the device he uses to open his book: a one-hour journey on
a commuter train that transported him from Morristown to Penn Station
in Manhattan. Long ago a historian of transportation, the venerable
Wheaton J. Lane, understood that New Jersey merited the label of "the
great transit state."[4] Wonderfully rendered railway scenes in the
early pages of _Greater New Jersey_ furnish Gale's methodological
metaphor: avoid casting one's gaze unendingly upon any single location
before moving on to either another place or, better yet, to an
altogether different conceptual prism. Anyone aspiring to write about
the urban history of New Jersey, especially on a macro scale, should
be mindful of his approach.

By its very nature this book--the sixth of the University of
Pennsylvania Press's "Metropolitan Portraits"--is more impressionistic
than exhaustive. When Gale raises the issue of New Jersey's
megalopolitan circumstances, to cite one especially pertinent
instance, he invokes globalized vantage points--Hong Kong, Seoul,
Paris, and Rio de Janeiro--that appropriately expand our geographic
sensibilities. (Admittedly this is of a different magnitude from
conventional comparisons that might encompass Bayonne, Elizabeth,
Hackensack, Passaic, and Perth Amboy.) Readers also find themselves
immersed in abbreviated but well-turned narratives on divergent topics
essential to this book's scope and texture. Among them: the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey; the ramifications of 9/11; the
suburban culture of Montclair; the natural history of the region; the
cultural landscape of journalism as well as media; professional sports
franchises; the underworld; the machine politics of Hudson County;
political corruption (including a detailed six-page compendium of
convictions between 1990 and 2005); and the embittered contemporary
cleavage over immigration that has divided residents of Morristown.

Gale's case study on Newark--historically the largest city in New
Jersey--focuses exclusively on its contemporary history, starting in
1967. To amplify his argument the author might have made more of the
entirety of its twentieth-century urban history and in particular the
noble--albeit unrealistic--aspiration of Louis L. Bamberger. Owner of
his family department store from 1892 until 1929, Bamberger disdained
Manhattan, and nurtured Newark as an alternative cultural and
commercial center.[5] To make the city a center of learning, Bamberger
also favored permanently locating the Institute for Advanced
Study--whose founding he underwrote and which was ultimately built in
Princeton--either in Newark or in an adjacent suburb.[6]

By the late nineteenth century, Newark had grown increasingly complex,
contravening Bamberger's ideal, as a consequence of its
industrialization. Abysmal hygienic conditions tied to its
manufacturing economy burdened it with an unwanted label--bestowed by
the Census Bureau in 1890--as the nation's unhealthiest city.[7]
Entering the new century it already teemed with new-stock Americans
whose diverse Old World cultures surely appeared all but
incomprehensible to long-established residents. The industrial work
force further multiplied during the mobilization caused by World War
I, making Newark a choice destination for African Americans seeking
economic and political opportunity. In 1930 the city attained its
all-time-high population mark--442,377 (10 percent African
American)--ranking eighteenth among the nation's cities. But from the
beginning of the century a suburban exodus, tied to Newark's density,
had begun. The Bambergers joined the migrants, moving to an estate in
South Orange that they eventually donated to Seton Hall University.
Newark's proportion of Essex County's population subsequently
diminished: from 69 percent in 1900 to 64 percent in 1920 and 51
percent in 1940. Ethnic and racial conflicts magnified the city's
demographic segmentation. The resurgent Ku Klux Klan, directing its
focus toward Catholics and Jews as well as African Americans in its
most recent guise, established a Newark chapter in 1922 with a
membership of 2,000.[8]

I would suggest that matters of proportionality and scale--see Gale's
excellent analysis, evocatively entitled "Crustal
Urbanization"--shaped the cultural geography of greater New Jersey. In
his masterful study of New Haven, Douglas W. Rae underscored the
powerful economic reach of New York City, dubbing that metropolis "the
tarantula at the center of the manufacturing and financial web that
was American capitalism."[9] Take the year 1900: the population of
Manhattan alone, to rely upon Professor Gale's prism, stood at 1.85
million (comparable to Berlin, then the world's fourth largest city).
Newark's totaled 246,000. Manhattan's population still would have
qualified it as the nation's largest city in 1900, with second-ranked
Chicago at 1.7 million. One might wonder if it ever had represented
fair measure to balance Newark on the very scale whose counterweight
was Manhattan.[10] What is undeniable is this: in Newark, at least
until the Great Depression, it amounted to something akin to civic
ritual for its leaders--inspired to a considerable degree by Louis
Bamberger--to perpetuate this far-fetched comparison.

A further point worthy of contemplation has to do with New Jersey's
population history. It comprises a recipe for hyper-concentration
consisting of three ingredients: the state's small physical scale; the
very high levels of density in its cities; and the constrained,
frozen-in-time boundaries of its municipal entities.[11] An effort to
significantly expand the boundaries of Newark, surely inspired by the
formation of Greater New York City, had failed by 1905.[12] Edmund
Wilson, writing in 1922 and with his geographic sensibilities very
much influenced by his then-recent undergraduate experiences at
Princeton University, darkly characterized the state as "moribund from
the point of view of the cities."[13] Clement Alexander Price, in his
history of Newark, pinpoints how physical constraints proved elemental
in exacerbating the quest for one of humankind's most basic
requirements: "While there were many sources of instability, the most
important between 1890 and 1920 was the limitation of space--Newark
was unable to house its working-class residents."[14]

Consider census data for the cities of New Jersey from 1910, to cite a
year when data on square mileage is easily accessible. Newark's
physical scale was the largest (23.2) and Hoboken's the smallest
(1.3); the mean was 8.5 for the nine locales within New Jersey listed
among the nation's one hundred largest cities. Newark was the nation's
fourteenth largest city and Jersey City ranked nineteenth. When we
average the square mileage for the ten cities--including the two
within New Jersey--between numbers eleven (Milwaukee) and twenty
(Kansas City), the mean equaled 62 square miles or almost three times
greater than Newark's. If we also measure population density for 1910
among the nine cities within New Jersey they outdistanced their
counterparts. Jersey City registered almost 20,600 persons per square
mile and Newark's statistic was nearly 15,000. The average for the ten
cities in the national cohort ranking eleven through twenty was
slightly under 8,900. Looking solely at all of the cities within New
Jersey among the nation's top one hundred as of 1910, their mean
density exceeded 18,100. Hoboken surpassed 54,000 (70,000 inhabitants
within a municipality consisting of 1.3 square miles).[15]

Further questions surface. Do these density calculations enable us to
comprehend New Jersey's narrowness of vision that readily translates
into the tradition of arch localism that pervades its political
culture? Did these reverberations become even more exaggerated within
Newark as a consequence of its distinctive cultural complexity? And
was not all of this reminiscent of the misgivings playing in the mind
of James Madison (a Virginian educated in Princeton)--drawing on
Enlightenment thinkers opining upon the perils of factions within the
densely inhabited polities of the young republican nation--when he
gave himself over to the himself to the task of drafting the federal
Constitution?[16]

Extending this story line into the second half of the twentieth
century, we encounter the mournful transformation of Newark that
Professor Gale explicates for readers in one of his case studies. The
conflagration in July of 1967--commonly categorized as somewhere
between an upheaval, a riot, and an insurrection--dominates this
narrative in the final third
of the twentieth century. Some thirty years later when an
anthropologist conducted ethnographic research in Newark it remained a
milestone in its history that reappeared as sharply etched within the
memories recalled by some of her informants.[17] Conversely, social
historians trace the roots of what transpired during 1967 back more
than a century to the city's industrial origins before the Civil
War.[18] Frequently mentioned when assayed from this extended temporal
plane are: successive waves of demographic transformations; cultural
cleavages that manifested sustained political conflicts; elevated
density levels; and much more recently the combined ramifications of
de-industrialization, de-population, and physical deterioration. A
survey assessing American cities published by _Harper's_ magazine in
1975 issued Newark a baleful citation: the worst of all. It occupied
last place in nine of the twenty-four analytic categories. Behind it,
in rank order, were St.
Louis, Chicago, and Detroit.[19]

While Newark remained the largest city in New Jersey, its national
population rank dropped precipitously between 1950 and 2000 from
twenty-first to sixty-fourth. The half-century loss amounted to
165,230. This also contributed significantly to Essex County's
displacement in 1990 by Bergen County as the leader in population
among New Jersey's twenty-one counties. Essex lost more residents
(-73,098) than any county during the 1980s, but Newark (-53,072)
accounted for three-quarters of the decline; its loss of residents
also far exceeded any other city statewide during this decade, with
Hoboken a distant second (-9,063). Moreover as of 2000, Jersey
City--long ranked second statewide--only trailed Newark in population
by 33,500; fifty years earlier the difference had been nearly 140,000.
Over the fifty years ending in 2000 the population of Newark declined
by 165,230 as contrasted with Jersey City's decrease of 59,000. Jersey
City also gained population during the 1980s and again in the 1990s
whereas Newark registered continuous decreases since1950.[20]

Correspondingly the African American population of the Newark reached
its zenith. At mid-century, one-third of the nation's African American
population resided in the northeast; by contrast, in 1900 nine of
every ten African Americans had resided in southeastern states. Within
Newark the number reached 207,500 as of 1970, accounting for 54
percent of its total population--the first time blacks comprised a
majority. Among the nation's biggest cities, the proportion of
Newark's black population was largest. Immediately behind were: Gary,
Indiana (53 percent); Detroit (44 percent), Cleveland (38 percent),
Philadelphia (34 percent); and
Chicago (33 percent).[21]

But most compelling of all is the fact that on a metropolitan scale
Newark was balkanized--a term added to our glossary by the demographer
William H. Frey--whether measured demographically or economically.
Within Essex County we encounter suburban Essex Fells, ranking sixth
statewide in per capita income, $53,363 as of 1989. Juxtapose its
circumstances with the New Jersey's ten lowest-ranked municipalities,
whose median per capita income was $10,159; Newark placed fifth from
last ($9,424) and Camden ranked last ($7,276).[22] Thinking about
communities so strikingly divergent as Essex Fells and
Newark--separated by a mere twelve miles--enables us to fix
northeastern New Jersey upon a larger canvas that exemplifies the
close geographic proximity of glitter amid despair that embodies the
American dual metropolis.[23]

Robert N. Wilentz, who contributed immeasurably to recasting the
contours of public policy in New Jersey during his tenure as chief
justice (1979-1995), sounded a forlorn note in June of 1991 as he
contemplated the consequences of its social geography. From the high
bench he had unflinchingly spearheaded an assault upon judicially
sanctioned, racially exclusionary zoning embodied in the benchmark
case of _Lionshead Lake v. Township of Wayne_ (1953). In his
much-debated 216-page opinion in the "Mount Laurel II" case (1983)
Wilentz sought to undermine the deadening hand of local autonomy in
the state. But in this instance the setting was not an opinion
rendered by Wilentz with the authority of the New Jersey Supreme
Court. Rather the chief justice addressed a graduation ceremony at
Rutgers School of Law in Newark. Whatever the audience might have
anticipated as appropriate to this celebration, the tenor of the
commencement speech surely caused a measure of discomfort for some and
seldom-heard words of consolation for others. Imagining a contemporary
map of New Jersey, Wilentz characterized its communities as "a
collection of islands." The speech then raised a problematic question
for the new lawyers and their admiring well-wishers: "Our separateness
is frightening...How can a society be happy when its two major
components--white and black--don't work with each other, and cannot
even truly understand each other?"[24]

So it is geography that stands paramount to our understanding of the
fragmented cultural landscape that comprises "Greater New Jersey."
Dennis Gale enables readers to comprehend how its inhabitants
conducted--and occasionally revised at key junctures such as the
epochal events of 1967 in Newark--their lives within the
Manhattan-North Jersey Axis. Whether singularly or operating in
tandem, racial, ethnic, and class forces imposed their influence upon
this cleverly constructed artifice. But more than any other book about
New Jersey that I have encountered, Gale's helps us to comprehend how
the accrual of historical baggage shaped so distinctive a form and
texture of an inter-state regional geography. The cumulative
consequences have influenced, and in some instances manifestly
re-ordered, the multiple choices made by people on a day-to-day basis:
where to purchase basic household foodstuffs or supplies; where to
purchase soft as well as durable goods; where to seek health care;
where to enjoy a film or a live performance; where to attend a
sporting event; where to worship, and, ultimately, where to reside and
educate children.[25] Contemplated in total, the decisions that people
formulated manifested themselves in the purposeful erection of
"invisible fences"--a term Kenneth T. Jackson introduced with northern
New Jersey very much in his thoughts--that themselves amount to a
defining characteristic of contemporary metropolitan America.[26]

Notes

[1]. D. W. Meinig, _The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective
on 500 Years of History_, 4 vols. (New Haven: Yale University Press,
1986-2004).

[2]. Donald A. Messerschmidt, ed. _Anthropologists at Home: Methods
and Issues in the Study of One's Own Society_ (New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1981).

[3]. Alan J. Karcher, _New Jersey's Multiple Municipal Madness_ (New
Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998).

[4]. Wheaton J. Lane, _From Indian Trail to Iron Horse: Travel and
Transportation in New Jersey, 1690-1860_ (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton
University Press, 1939), 10-11.

[5]. John E. O'Connor and Charles F. Cummings, "Bamberger's Department
Store, _Charm Magazine_, and the Culture of Consumption in New
Jersey," _New Jersey History_ 102 (1984): 1-34; and Maxine N. Lurie
and Marc Mappen, eds., _The Encyclopedia of New Jersey_ (New
Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004), 52-53 and 560-565.

[6]. Laura Smith Porter, "From Intellectual Sanctuary to Social
Responsibility: The Founding of the Institute for Advanced Study,
1930-1933" (Ph.D. diss., Princeton University, 1988), 159-62.

[7]. Stuart Galishoff, _Newark, the Nation's Unhealthiest City,
1832-1895_ (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1988).

[8]. Paul A. Stellhorn, "Boom, Bust, and Boosterism: Attitudes,
Residency, and the Newark Chamber of Commerce, 1920-1941," in _Urban
New Jersey since 1870_, ed. William C. Wright (Trenton: New Jersey
Historical Commission, 1975), 46-77; Clement A. Price, "The
Beleaguered City as Promised Land: Blacks in Newark, 1917-1947," in
_Urban New Jersey since 1870_, 11; Kenneth T. Jackson, _The Ku Klux
Klan and the City, 1915-1930_ (New York: Oxford University Press,
1967), 178; and Lizabeth Cohen, _A Consumers' Republic: The Politics
of Mass Consumption in Postwar America_ (New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
2003), 176.

[9]. Douglas W. Rae, _The City, Urbanism and Its End_ (New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2003), 66. Also see D. W. Meinig, _The Shaping of
America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History_ (New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1998), 301.

[10]. Kenneth T. Jackson, "The Capital of Capitalism: The New York
Metropolitan Region, 1890-1940," in _Metropolis, 1890-1940_, ed.
Anthony Sutcliffe (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984), 31-
53.

[11]. Bruce Bahrenberg, "New Jersey's Search for Identity," _Harpers_
228 (April, 1964): 94; and Karcher, _New Jersey's Multiple Municipal
Madness_.

[12]. Richardson Dilworth, _The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy_
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005), 171-93; and Joel
Schwartz, "Suburban Progressivism in the 1890s: The Policy of
Containment in Orange, East Orange, and Montclair," in _Cities of the
Garden State: Essays in the Urban and Suburban History of New Jersey_,
ed. Joel Schwartz and Daniel Prosser (Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt
Publishers, 1977), 64-66.

[13]. Edmund Wilson, Jr., "New Jersey: The Slave of Two Cities," _The
Nation_ 114 (June 14, 1922): 714.

[14]. Price, "The Beleaguered City," 11. Bringing this further into
the twentieth century are Kevin Mumford, "Double V in New Jersey:
African American Civic Culture and Rising Consciousness Against Jim
Crow, 1938-1946, " _New Jersey History_ 119, nos. 3-4 (2001): 22-56;
and Cohen, _A Consumers' Republic_, 175-80.

[15]. Campbell Gibson, "Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other
Urban Places in the United States: 1790-1990," _Population Division
Working Paper # 27_ (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
1998) and http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t5.html
[accessed May 8, 2007] provides 2000 census ranking data for
incorporated cities with populations greater than 100,000.
Incomparable on this subject is: John E. Bebout and Ronald J. Grele,
_Where Cities Meet: The Urbanization of New Jersey_ (Princeton, N. J.:
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1964).

[16]. Gerald E. Frug, _City Making: Building Communities without
Building Walls_ (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1999),
42-45. Frug expands the ramifications of this discussion in his
invaluable "Beyond Regional Government," _Harvard Law Review_ 115, no.
7 (May 2002): 1763-1836.

[17]. Sherry B. Ortner, _New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and
the Class of '58_ (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003), 2-4, 72, 276,
and 295 note 4. Ortner's focus was not the events of 1967 but rather
the recollections and reflections gleaned from her classmates about
their experiences as students at Weequahic High School, from which the
author had graduated in 1958.

[18]. Kenneth T. Jackson, "July 12, 1967--Days of Rage: The Life and
Death of Newark, New Jersey," in _Days of Destiny: Crossroads in
American History_, ed. James M. McPherson and Alan Brinkley (New York:
D. K. Publishing, 2001), 418-439; and Stanley B. Winters, ed., _From
Riot to Recovery, Newark after Ten Years_ (Washington, D.C.:
University Press of America, 1979).

[19]. Arthur M. Louis, "The Worst American City: A Scientific Study to
Confirm or Deny Your Prejudices," _Harper's_ (January 1975): 67-71.

[20]. Statistical data for this paragraph is drawn from the census
compilations cited in note 17 as well as _New Jersey Population
Trends, 1790 to 2000_ (Trenton: New Jersey State Data Center, 2001),
25 (Table 5).

[21]. D. W. Meinig, _The Shaping of America: A Geographical
Perspective on 500 Years of History, Vol. 4, Global America,
1915-2000_ (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004), 180, 225-227.

[22]. William H. Frey, "The New Geography of Population Shifts: Trends
toward Balkanization," in _State of the Union--America in the 1990s,
Vol. 2, Social Trends_, ed. Reynold Farley (New York: Russell Sage,
1995), 271-334; and James W. Hughes and George Sternlieb, _Rutgers
Regional Report, Vol. 1: Job, Income, Population, and Housing
Baselines_ (New Brunswick: Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey, 1989), 46-48. And for an important discussion of Newark's
balkanization refer to Cohen, _A Consumer's Republic_, 194-256.

[23]. Provocatively re-conceptualizing the American metropolis is
Peter Marcuse, "The Ghetto of Exclusion and the Fortified Enclave: New
Patterns in the United States," _American Behavioral Scientist_ 41,
no. 3 (November/December, 1997): 311-326. Marcuse updates, to the
final years of the twentieth century, the specter of people striving
to fashion metropolitan lives on sociological islands apart from
everyday realities, a notion first explicated in the context of the
Industrial Revolution by Robert H. Wiebe in _The Search for Order,
1877-1920_ (New York: Hill & Wang, 1967), 44. William Julius Wilson,
_When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor_ (New York:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1996); and Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton,
_American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass_
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993) are paramount for
comprehending the ramifications of the dual metropolis.

[24]. Robert N. Wilentz, "Commencement Address-Rutgers University
School of Law, Newark," _Rutgers Law Review_ 49, no. 3 (Spring 1997):
1064. David Kuzma, Special Collections and University Archives at
Rutgers University-New Brunswick, tracked down this important but
elusive article and I am most grateful to him for his kindness. To
learn more about Robert N. Wilentz and Mount Laurel II refer to Maxine
N. Lurie and Marc Mappen, eds., _The Encyclopedia of New Jersey_ (New
Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004), 548 and 873, as well as
David L. Kirp et al., _Our Town: Race, Housing, and the Soul of
Suburbia_ (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995), 112-136.

[25]. Evoking such sentiments are _Divided Cities in a Global Economy:
The 1992 European-North American State-of-the Cities Report_
(Washington, D.C.: German Marshall Fund of the United States, 1992),
ii. Expanding on this insightful document are Neal R. Peirce, Curtis
H. Johnson and John Stuart Hall, _Citistates: How Urban America Can
Prosper in a Competitive World_ (Washington, D.C.: Seven Locks Press,
1993), 299-300; and Derek Bok, _The State of the Nation, Government
and the Quest for a Better Society_ (Cambridge: Harvard University
Press, 1996), 113.

[26]. Kenneth T. Jackson, "Gentlemen's Agreement: Discrimination in
Metropolitan America," in _Reflections on Regionalism_, ed. Bruce Katz
(Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), 186; refer also
to Frug, _City Making_, 43.


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From: tierraallyu at yahoo.com (Carol McCann)
Date: Tue Nov  6 23:11:17 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 FW: Call for Applications: 10 Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2008-2009
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> Dear colleague,
>
> Please find below as well as attached in a PDF
> format an announcement for 10 Postdoctoral
> Fellowships for the research program
> EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST -
> THE MIDDLE EAST IN EUROPE
> for the academic year 2008/2009 in Berlin.
>
> I kindly ask you to spread the information about
> the fellowships among scholars interested in the
> methodological perspective of dealing with regions
> or cultures, not as closed entities or polarities,
> but by looking at processes of transfer, exchange,
> and interaction in the sense of entangled or shared
> histories and cultures.
>
> We would be grateful if you could post the announcement
> at your institution and circulate it, also per email,
> among colleagues and scholars who you think would
> be qualified and interested in applying for the
> postdoc-fellowships.
>
> Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in
> Europe is a research program of the Berlin-Brandenburg
> Academy of Sciences, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
> and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin which builds
> upon the previous work of the Working Group Modernity
> and Islam. For more information on the new program
> please visit our website:
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> With my best regards
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>
> CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
> 10 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
> FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008/2009
>
> The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, the Fritz
> Thyssen Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu
> Berlin invite scholars to apply for ten post-doctoral
> fellowships for the research program
>
> EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST - THE MIDDLE EAST IN EUROPE
>
> This research program seeks to rethink key concepts and
> premises that link and divide Europe and the Middle East.
> The project draws on the international expertise of scholars
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> 'Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe'
> supports historical-critical philology, rigorous engagement
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> the social history of cities and the study of Middle
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> OF A SHARED HISTORY
> This research group is directed by Angelika Neuwirth,
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> and Stefan Wild, Universitaet Bonn. It situates the
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> Marburg, and Samah Selim, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence. It
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> between Europe and the Middle East.
>
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> FUNDAMENTALISM AND RELIGION FROM MIDDLE EASTERN PERSPECTIVES
> Is a special forum, directed by Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin,
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>
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>
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> Fellows gain the opportunity to pursue research projects
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> In Berlin, they will be integrated into a university or non-
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> research program is English.
>
> Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 1.800 EUR (supplement
> for accompanying spouses: 250 EUR) and are obliged to work in
> Berlin and to help shape the seminars and working discussions
> related to their research field.
> As a rule, the fellowships begin on 1 October 2008 and end
> on 31 July 2009. The applicant's doctorate should have been
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>
> An application should be made in explicit relation to one of
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>
> - a curriculum vitae,
> - a 2 to 4 page project sketch,
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>
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> by E-mail in English and should be received by 31 January 2008,
> sent in to:
>
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> c/o Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
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>
> For further information on the program 'Europe in the Middle
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>
>
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> Institute for Islamic Studies:
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From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Nov  7 16:03:17 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Nov  7 16:05:36 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN: Universities and the Urban Divide--Upcoming Columbia U. land
 dispute protest
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From: Asha <asha97@aol.com>

Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 12:30 PM
116th & Broadway

*** At 11:30 AM we will gather at St. Mary's Church located at   521 West 
126th Street  between Amsterdam and Old Broadway for a Harlem contingent 
that will march to Columbia. Join us at 11:30 AM (We will leave the church 
about 12 Noon) to arrive at 12:30 PM for the demo at 116th and Broadway. For 
more information call 212-234-5005 or 212-663-5248.

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

On Saturday, November 10th residents from Central Harlem, and throughout the 
great community of Harlem will join students at Columbia opposed to the 
University's land grab in West Harlem that in the end will enrich only 
Columbia but displace thousands of low income Latino and Black tenants. By 
its own admission Columbia anticipates the displacement of some 5,000 
residents. Aside from its own deep pockets as the City's second biggest 
landlord Columbia has the steadfast support of practically all Harlem's 
politicians including that of the sell out Manhattan Borough President Scott 
Stringer, the man who wants to be mayor and is willing to sell out anybody 
to achieve his goal!

Harlem Tenants Council is calling on activists from every revolutionary 
movement/social justice struggle in the City to show their unity and support 
by demonstrating with us on Saturday.We need to send Bollinger a message, 
his right wing pro-war politics will not be tolerated nor Columbia's theft 
of  historic Harlem.

Students have made the following demands that is totally consistent with the 
community's vision of how this expansion can proceed other than the "its all 
or nothing" bullying company town approach of Columbia University!

WE DEMAND:  (1) NO DISPLACEMENT
                        (2) NO EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE
                        (3) NO BIOTECH-ON-THE-HUDSON
                        (4) NO RISKY BATHTUB CONSTRUCTION

Bring signs, banner and noise makers. For more information call 212-234-5005 
or 212-663-5248. SHOW YOUR UNITY & SUPPORT BY MARCHING BEHIND THE HARLEM 
TENANTS COUNCIL BANNER.

STUDENTS ARE FED UP!  TENANTS ARE FED UP! BUT THE POLITICIANS WANT TO FEAST 
ON OUR MISERY! ARE YOU FED UP ENOUGH TO JOIN US! WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HARLEM 
WILL SOON ARRIVE AT THE DOORSTEP OF YOUR COMMUNITY IF IT HASN'T  ALREADY! 
IN UNITY & STRUGGLE,
Nellie Bailey
MARCH ON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
__._,_.___ 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Nov 12 10:53:50 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Nov 12 10:54:08 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN: Demythologizing Jane Jacobs: Beyond the Anti-Moses (Columbia U)
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[forwarded from H-Urban]


INVITATION TO THE UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON THE CITY
Monday November 19, 2007

SPEAKER:  Chris Klemek, George Washington University
TALK: "Demythologizing Jane Jacobs: Beyond the anti-Moses"

DRINKS: 5:30 pm
DINNER: 6pm ($22 buffet at the DeWitt Clinton Dining Room)
TIME: 7pm to 9pm
PLACE: Faculty House, 400 West 117th Street
CHAIR: Lisa Keller, SUNY-Purchase

Please rsvp for dinner and the talk via e-mail (jaf2126@columbia.edu).
Thank you!

-----

I will attend the dinner on 19 November       Yes___  No___
I will attend the seminar on 19 November      Yes___  No___

****RSVP by Thursday, November 15 ****

Dinner will be at the Columbia University Faculty House at 6:00 p.m.
Please pay for your dinner (around $22) at the desk in the lobby of
Faculty House when you arrive for dinner.  For those having dinner,
we will meet at 6:00 at the table reserved for the seminar on the
fourth floor of Faculty House, which is located on Columbia's East
Campus behind the School of International Affairs and the Law
School.  The street address is 400 West 117th Street, but the
easiest approach is through the gates on the north side of 116th
Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive.

The seminar will be held from 7:15 to 9:00 p.m. in a room to be
announced in Faculty House.  For those not having dinner, please
look for a sign in the lobby and join us at 7:15 p.m.


Janina Franco, rapporteur
Seminar on The City
Columbia University

From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Nov 12 11:09:53 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Nov 12 11:11:13 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]EXT Deadline: The War on Poverty and Grassroots Struggles
	for Racial & Economic Justice Conference
Message-ID: <00ca01c82546$7d5f5fc0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From:    "Lisa Hazirjian" <dr.lisa.hazirjian@gmail.com>

The War on Poverty and Grassroots Struggles for Racial & Economic Justice 
Conference

Sponsored and hosted by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, November 9-10, 2007.

Note the extended registration deadline of Monday, November 5th.

Please join us as we share & discuss path-breaking scholarship that
re-evaluates the War on Poverty from the perspectives of grassroots
activists who sought to harness the Johnson administration's federal
antipoverty initiatives to advance their local campaigns for racial &
economic justice. While examining the interplay of federal policy and
grassroots social movements, panelists will discuss such topics as the
gender, racial, ethnic, and class dynamics of local struggles over War on
Poverty programs; the urban and rural variations of the War on Poverty; the
impact of the War on Poverty on Chicano, Native American, African American,
and poor white community-based movements; and the reverberations of these
movements within the Johnson administration.

Schedule of Events



Friday, November 9, 2007

*Friday's conference events will take place in the Scripps Library of the
Miller Center of Public Affairs unless otherwise noted.*



8:30 AM                      COFFEE AND LIGHT BREAKFAST



9:00 AM                      WELCOMING REMARKS



9:00-10:45 AM            *PANEL I *-* **Urban Politics & the War on Poverty*
**



?         *Ivy Holliman* - " 'We do not have large areas of poverty &
discontent': Urban Renewal, Unrest, & Antipoverty Programs in Atlanta,
Georgia"

?         *Guian McKee* - "This Government is With Us: Lyndon Johnson and
the Grassroots War on Poverty"

?         *Wesley Phelps* - "Local Implementation of Antipoverty Programs in
Houston in the 1960's"

?         *Rhonda Y. Williams* - " ' We Had Better Listen': Community
Action, Poor People, and Municipal Politics in Baltimore"

?         *Moderator:* *Tom Jackson*



11:00 AM-12:30 PM   *PANEL II -* *Movement Politics & the War on Poverty*



?         *Robert Bauman* - "Opal Jones and Francisca Flores: Gender, Civil
Rights Activism and the War on Poverty in Los Angeles"

?         *William Clayson* - "The War on Poverty and the Origins of the
Chicano Movement in Texas: Confronting 'Tio Tom?s' and the 'Gringo
Pseudo-liberals"

?         *Laurie B. Green* - "Black Women, Community Health, and Racial
Justice: The Memphis Antipoverty Movement"

?         *Moderator:* *Lisa Gayle Hazirjian*



12:45 PM                     LUNCH



2:00-3:30 PM              *PANEL III - **The War on Poverty in the Deep
South*



?         *Susan Youngblood Ashmore* *-* "Going Back to Selma: Organizing
for Change in Dallas County after the March to Montgomery"

?         *Kent B. Germany* *-* "Poverty Wars in the Louisiana Delta"

?         *Amy Jordan -* "Fighting for the Child Development Group of
Mississippi: Poor People, Local Politics, and the Complicated Legacy of Head
Start"

?         *Moderator:* *Benjamin Houston***

* *

3:30 PM                       LIGHT REFRESHMENTS



4:00-6:00 PM              *FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION*

*Miller Center Forum Room*



"Change Comes Knocking - The Story of the North Carolina
Fund" (Southern Documentary Fund)



*Rebecca Cerese* and *Steven Channing *(tentative)

*Moderator: **Lisa Gayle Hazirjian***

* *

6:00-7:00 PM              RECEPTION



Saturday, November 10, 2007

*Saturday's conference events will take place in the Forum Room of the
Miller Center of Public Affairs unless otherwise noted.*

* *

9:00-10:30 AM            *PANEL IV* *- **Community, Space, & Identity in the
War on                                                Poverty***

?         *Daniel M. Cobb* *-* "No More 'Lo, the Poor Indian: The War on
Poverty in Mississippi and Oklahoma"

?         *Tom Kiffmeyer* *-* "The Cities in the Hills: Urban and Rural
Space and the War on Poverty"

?         *Marc S. Rodriguez* *-* "Defining the Space of Participation:
Tejanos and the Struggle for the War on Poverty in Milwaukee"

?         *Moderator:* *Brian Balogh*



10:45-11:45 AM          CLOSING REMARKS



                                    *Annelise Orleck*



12:00-1:00 PM            LUNCH/DISCUSSION



                                    *Moderator(s): Lisa Gayle Hazirjian
and/or Guian McKee*



Panels will be conducted as roundtable discussions with paper abstracts
available in advance via secure website. We hope this format will foster
greater dialogue among all present at the two-day event.

The conference is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is
required for web access to abstracts.  For conference information and
registration, please visit:

http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/index.php/public/conferences/waronpoverty


Please note the extended registration deadline of Monday, November 5th.

Further inquiries about the conference program may be directed to the
conference co-organizers, Lisa Gayle Hazirjian, lgh@andrew.cmu.edu, and
Guian McKee, gam2n@ virginia.edu.

Lisa Gayle Hazirjian
Department of History
240 Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

lgh@andrew.cmu.edu



Guian McKee
Miller Center of Public Affairs
PO Box 400406
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22902-4406
gam2n@virginia.edu

Visit the website at
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/index.php/public/conferences/waronpoverty 

From hhorst at berkeley.edu  Tue Nov 13 12:26:56 2007
From: hhorst at berkeley.edu (Heather A Horst)
Date: Tue Nov 13 17:33:39 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Journal of Legal Anthropology at the AAAs
Message-ID: <E1Is2NF-0004E6-4z@fe1.calmail>

The Journal of Legal Anthropology will be organizing an 'alternative
session' at the AAA conference in Washington DC (Nov 28 - Dec 2). We intend
for this session to focus around a debate which will be published in its
Forum sections at a future date.  For more details and/or to propose
discussion topics, please contact Narmala Halstead n.halstead@uel.ac.uk or
Heather Horst hhorst@berkeley.edu. Alternatively, you may check the message
board at the meetings.

 

The Journal of Legal Anthropology can be found on the web at its homepage:
http://anthropologies-in-translation.org/

Details of a new research network emphasizing the translatability of
anthropological knowledge and its applicability in diverse settings can also
be found at this address.

 

 

Heather A Horst

Institute for the Study of Social Change

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720-5670

Phone: (510)643-3892

Email: hhorst@berkeley.edu

Homepage: https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/~hhorst/

 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Nov 13 15:22:23 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Nov 13 18:35:12 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Globalization and Community Health Field School
Message-ID: <004401c8264d$a868d900$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Globalization and Community Health Field School
Sponsor: The Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida

The Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida announces
its sixth annual Globalization and Community Health Field School to be
conducted in Monteverde, Costa Rica from June 22nd to July 27th, 2008. The
field school is a five-week intensive program that teaches students
qualitative and quantitative methodologies used to conduct community-based
research related to health in areas undergoing rapid changes associated with
globalization. The program offers an introduction to the Costa Rican health
care system (through visits to hospitals, clinics, health posts), and
provides students with in-class instruction and field practice as they learn
methods such as systematic observations, in-depth interviews, focus groups,
and surveys. Students also participate in a day-long health fair in a rural
community, and conduct research for two weeks on issues identified by the
local community as important. The program includes home stays with local
families and some Spanish classes. The course is open to students in
anthropology, public health, nursing, pre-med, and any other area related to
health. The course offers graduate and undergraduate credit, and has a cost
of: $4,992 for undergraduates and $5,562 for graduates excluding airfare For
more information, please contact Dr. Nancy Romero-Daza at (813) 974-1205 or
via e-mail at daza@cas.usf.edu


Nancy Romero-Daza
4202 E Fowler Ave., SOC107
Tampa fl 33620 USA
Phone: 813-974-1205
Email: daza@cas.usf.edu

From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Nov 13 15:28:47 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Nov 13 18:35:22 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: The Politics of Intellectual Property (Rennes,
	France)
Message-ID: <004501c8264d$a90d5660$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Call for papers
Workshop at the ECPR 2008 Joint Sessions of Workshops
Friday 11th - Wednesday 16th April 2008, University of Rennes, France


Politics of Intellectual Property


Convenors: Sebastian Haunss (University of Konstanz, Germany) and 
Kenneth C. Shadlen (London School of Economics, UK) 

Intellectual property (IP) has become an issue of utmost importance in the contemporary global economy. How should the private or collective acquisition and control of knowledge be governed? Which frameworks for managing IP are optimal for stimulating the production of knowledge while also facilitating use? These overarching questions are increasingly the subject of political conflicts over what types of knowledge can and should be privately owned, and about how much power owners should have to restrict access to privately owned knowledge. 


The prevailing regulatory model, first adopted in the OECD and transmitted throughout the world by means of a variety of multilateral and regional agreements, is informed by an expectation that more and stronger intellectual property rights improves social welfare. Yet as some actors push for continuous expansion of IPRs, others point to the negative impact that strong private, exclusionary rights over knowledge can have on downstream innovation and consumers' abilities to access critical knowledge-based goods. Parallel to this welfare-based debate over the relative utilities of different IP frameworks, another debate focuses on the philosophical, ethical, and moral rationale for and objections to private ownership of knowledge. In short, the increasing importance of intellectual property in the global economy has been accompanied by a wide range of political conflicts, as actors contest the structure, scope, and boundaries of existing frameworks for establishing and regulating intellectual property rights. 


The following areas of conflict areas are notable, though this list is far from comprehensive: 


* Biodiversity: Patentability of genetic sequences of indigenous plants. 
* Biomedical biotechnology: Patentability of genetically modified life forms and genetic sequences. 
* File Sharing: Pirate parties, copying and distribution of music and videos. 
* Public health: Access to essential medicines. 
* Software: Patents for software (and business methods).
* Research Tools: Access to publicly funded research and the availability of research tools.
* Technology Transfer: The constraints placed on industrial firms in developing countries that seek to adapt advanced technologies to local demand.


Each of these issues raises complex economic, legal, and political questions. And each provides illustration of the sorts of conflicts - over utility and morality - indicated above. 


Our workshop will examine these diverse lines of political conflict. We invite participants to present papers that address these (and other) areas of political conflict over IP. We welcome papers that do so theoretically and/or empirically.


While the broad topic of intellectual property has received considerable attention in recent years, particularly from lawyers and activists, remarkably few political scientists have turned their attention to this issue. Our workshop aims to encourage this incipient research agenda and encourage scholars to direct their analytic energies toward the politics of IP. As such, we invite scholars working in international relations, political economy, social movement studies, political sociology, and other fields to confront their respective methodological perspectives and theoretical assumptions in a productive exchange that promises to lead to a fuller understanding of the social and political processes that affect the governance of intellectual property.


Please submit abstracts by 1st December 2007 to:


Sebastian Haunss <sebastian.haunss [at] uni-konstanz.de> or
Kenneth Shadlen <k.shadlen [at] lse.ac.uk>


You can download a pdf-version of this call at: http://www.ipgovernance.eu/conferences/CfP_ECPR_Rennes_IP.pdf

For more information see the ECPR website: http://www.rennes2008.visionmd.co.uk/index.html



---


Dr. Sebastian Haunss
University of Konstanz
Universitaetsstrasse 10
Fach D90
D-78457 Konstanz
Germany


tel:     +49-(0)7531-88-3757
fax:    +49-(0)7531-88-2855
email: sebastian.haunss at uni-konstanz.de


Governing Intellectual Property Claims
http://www.ipgovernance.eu



From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Nov 15 13:30:08 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Nov 15 13:31:21 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Picture the Homeless Event (Columbia U)
Message-ID: <005701c827b5$a3df1890$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From: "Lynn Lewis" <lynn@picturethehomeless.org>

Dear Friends,


On November 26th, Picture the Homeless and the Revson Fellowship Program at
Columbia University will be co-hosting an exciting panel on vacant property,
housing policy, and homelessness.   We hope that you can join us!

Featured speakers include:

* Prof. Peter Marcuse *, Columbia University

* Rabbi Michael Feinberg *, Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition

Leaders of the *Housing Campaign at Picture the Homeless *


With an introduction by Sudhir Venkatesh, Professor of Sociology and
Director of the Charles H. Revson Fellowship Program and the Center for
Urban Research and Policy, Columbia University


*Monday, November 26th *

*Columbia** University*

*12-3 p.m. , Faculty House*

*Enter through the gate on 116th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and
Morningside Drive *



There are enough potential apartments in vacant buildings and lots in
Manhattan alone to house every homeless person on the streets and in the
shelters *citywide*. Yet municipal housing policy has no unified strategy to
address this massive dilemma, and existing initiatives focus on developing
expensive housing that accelerates gentrification.



Join us to learn about new strategies to develop joint solutions to issues
of housing, homelessness, job creation, and systemic change.



For more information, call 212-854-6029 or email revson@columbia.edu



* *

*"The housing crisis does not exist because the system isn't working, it
exists because that's the way the system works."*

*Peter Marcuse*

* *

*"I'll get arrested for sleeping in the street, but this landlord can keep
his building empty for decades and nothing happens to him." *

*Picture the Homeless Member *


*Sponsored by the Charles H. Revson Fellowship, *

*A Program on the Future of the City of New York at Columbia University **,
*

*in affiliation with Picture the Homeless *


www.picturethehomeless.org
www.youtube.com/picturethehomeless
From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Thu Nov 15 10:38:50 2007
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Thu Nov 15 13:39:24 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: Anthro, Arcadia University, Asst. Prof.
Message-ID: <34ec80c40711151038h2dbc6c44lfa8f3fc5da285eaa@mail.gmail.com>

The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice invites
applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant
professor in cultural anthropology to commence August 2008. Arcadia is
a private, comprehensive university of 3,600 students located in
suburban Philadelphia. Candidates must be able to contribute to a
multi-disciplinary department. The ideal candidate will have a
specialty in the transnational production of urban spaces with a focus
on at least one of the following: health and human rights; criminality
and economics; immigration, public policy and governance. Area is
open. The ideal candidate should demonstrate a strong commitment to
undergraduate education as well as to collaborative teaching in an
interdisciplinary setting. Candidates must be able to teach
introductory and advanced core undergraduate courses in cultural
anthropology. Ph.D. in cultural anthropology is required by date of
appointment.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of application describing
their teaching philosophy and research interests, curriculum vitae,
teaching evaluation summaries, and three letters of recommendation to:
Ana Maria Garcia, Chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and
Criminal Justice, Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, PA
19038, garcia@arcadia.edu. Review of applications will begin December
10, 2007 and continue until the position is filled.

Arcadia University seeks candidates of diverse cultural backgrounds
and abilities. As an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer,
Arcadia University encourages members of underrepresented groups to
apply.

From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Nov 15 14:55:32 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Nov 15 14:56:20 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: Field Coordinator, US/Mexico Border (Heifer
	International)
Message-ID: <001801c827c1$813e8a30$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from Culture_Aglist]

Please pass along to interested colleagues


Subject: Job Opening at Heifer International - Southwest Program



Field Coordinator - US/Mexico Border


Heifer Int'l, a non-profit, sustainable development org w/a compelling
mission to alleviate world hunger & poverty is in search of a Field
Coordinator to assist the Southwest Prog Mgr w/ proj development & oversee
proj's in Southeast AZ, Southern NM, Southern TX & the Northern State of
Chihuahua in Mexico.  Ideal candidate will work out of the SW Prog office in
El Paso, TX Duties: assist w/ project dev/monitoring/reporting, support &
facilitate trainings for current proj partners & prospective low-income
groups, provide tech assistance, dev funding proposals, manage operation
budget for area, prepare financial & progress reports & write articles
concerning field proj's.  BA degree in rel field + 2 yrs exp & knowledge of
sustainable agricultural, comm development & working w/limited resource
communities req'd. Exp working w/diverse groups of people is essential. The
ability to read & speak Spanish is req'd.  Salary $31,300 - $35,190 +
benefits. This position is not eligible for relocation benefits.  This
position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by Heifer.  Closing date
11/06/07 or upon receipt of 200 applications, which ever comes first.  For
more info about our org, detailed job desc, & online application visit
www.heifer.org/careers

HEIFER INT'L IS AN EOE/AA EMPLOYER BY CHOICE 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Nov 15 15:04:08 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Nov 15 15:05:10 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization (Amsterdam)
Message-ID: <004301c827c2$b084c8d0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from Culture_AgList@colfa.utsa.edu]

LOVA

International Conference
3 - 4 July 2008, Amsterdam

Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization:
Call for panels and papers


Globalization is the result of the rapid exchange of ideas, peoples, 
goods, capital, information and technologies, and the general 
compression of distances and time. Globalization processes have a 
large impact on people's everyday lives. Even in the most remote parts 
of the world, people and locations are being connected to each other. 
This interconnectedness can be seen as the core feature of 
globalization. In turn, people respond to new challenges and 
opportunities offered by globalization. Their daily actions produce, 
transform and determine the specific directions that globalization 
processes may take.

The last decade, anthropology and other social sciences have produced 
an impressive body of literature on globalization. Globalization from 
a gender perspective, however, is still an exciting and innovative 
area to explore. Gender and feminist anthropology is a discipline par 
excellence that can make understandable how globalization and everyday 
life are interrelated, especially through its ethnographical 
methodology. Feminist scholarship has shown that globalization is not 
a gender-neutral phenomenon. Globalization has different outcomes for 
women and men. It challenges them in different ways and offers them 
different opportunities. Gender constructions shape globalization 
processes, which in turn confirm, construct and change gender notions. 
These developments result in profound changes in family life, family 
composition, cultural expressions, gender relations, and the way 
people interact with each other.

With this conference LOVA wishes to create a forum for 
anthropologists, social scientists and other experts who study the 
interweaving of gender and globalization from an ethnographical 
perspective. How do women and men understand globalization and how do 
they experience globalization processes in their everyday lives? What 
are the challenges they face and what opportunities open up to them? 
 How does globalization confirm and reconstruct existing gender and 
other social inequalities? Does it have a potential for the 
empowerment of women and men and their social mobility or not? How 
does globalization influence constructions of femininity and 
masculinity and how do these constructions in turn give direction to 
processes of globalization? And, last but not least, is globalization 
still a useful theoretical concept or have we entered a new, 
post-globalization era and are we in need of new conceptualizations?  

Participation and registration

LOVA invites social science scholars to participate in this 
international conference by presenting their research in an individual 
paper or panel. We particularly encourage participants to submit 
audio-visuals and other alternative ways of presenting their research.

Participants may register through sending individual paper or panel 
proposals to LOVAnetwork@hotmail.com before February 1, 2008.

Individual paper proposals consist of a short abstract. Please also 
mention affiliation, address, email-address and discipline. Panel 
proposals include a short panel abstract, various paper abstracts and 
names of organizers/chairs, presenters and possibly a discussant. 
Please also mention affiliation, address, email-address and discipline 
of all participants.

A number of papers will be selected for publication.

Preferred panel format:  Panels last 1 hour and 45 minutes. Panel 
organizers have a certain freedom in the number of papers they wish to 
present and the length of the presentations. Nevertheless, we 
encourage 15-minute paper presentations. For example, a panel may 
include 5 paper presentations of 15 minutes each or 4 papers and a 
discussant. This leaves time for general discussion and questions of 
30 minutes.

Participants will be informed whether their papers and panels are 
accepted as soon as possible and not later than February 15, 2008.

To complete their registration, all participants pay the registration 
fee of

? 90,- before April 1, 2008. Students pay a reduced fee.  More 
information will follow.
 
The conference will be held in the centre of Amsterdam. The location 
will be announced as soon as possible. Please visit our website: 
www.lovanetwerk.nl

Hotel accommodation can be arranged through internet. We kindly refer 
you to: www.book-a-hotel-in-amsterdam.com.

The conference is sponsored by CEDLA, Centre for Latin American 
Research and Documentation.

LOVA is the Netherlands Association for Gender and Feminist 
Anthropology and provides a professional network for its members since 
1979.

From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Nov 15 16:50:55 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Nov 15 16:51:15 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]QUERY: Top Ten Ways to Battle Against the
	Neoliberalization of University Life?
Message-ID: <008901c827d1$9bf32330$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Dear Colleagues,

In preparation for an upcoming special issue of Anthropology News, on the 
"Political Economy of Academia," I'm preparing a top ten list of ways to 
"battle against the neoliberalization of university life."

Here are a few examples I thought of, upon initial reflection:

* Invite adjunct and part-time faculty to departmental meetings.
* Don't require standardized testing for student admissions.
* Use course packets or next-to-last edition textbooks, which students may 
purchase for $10 (rather than $120).

I'd like to make this a collective list, as I am sure that you also have 
some excellent ideas.  What practical steps might we to take, to make 
our departments more about people, and less about budgets?

Please email your ideas, by 11/19/07, to: jancius@ohio.edu.


Thank you in advance!

Angela Jancius

Co-Moderator, Urbanth-L
jancius@ohio.edu


The Listserv of the Society for Urban, National
and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA)
http://www.sunta.org/ 

From greenbau at cas.usf.edu  Thu Nov 15 15:12:17 2007
From: greenbau at cas.usf.edu (Greenbaum, Susan)
Date: Thu Nov 15 17:24:59 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Poverty Work Group Meeting at AAA
References: <34ec80c40711151038h2dbc6c44lfa8f3fc5da285eaa@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D043610742C4AD46BD1BF098093370BD035039E3@MAILBOX.cas.usf.edu>

 
The second annual meeting of the newly formed Anthropology Work Group on Poverty and Homelessness will meet on Thursday, November 29 in connection with the American Anthropological Association meetings in Washington, DC.  
 
The meeting will be at 6:15 in Wilson B of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd., NW.
 
This is a loosely organized group of anthropologists who do research and/or social activism related to poverty and homelessness, and all things related.  The group is sponsored by the Society for Urban, National, Transnational /Global Anthropology (SUNTA), and is the recent ressurecttion of a group that existed through the 80s and 90s.  Susan Greenbaum (South Florida) and Karen Curtis ( U Delaware) are the organizers.
 
If you are interested in this issue, and will be attending the Anthro meetings, or live close, please come to our meeting.
 
For additional information contact Susan Greenbaum (greenbau@cas.usf.edu).

From vincent.lyon-callo at wmich.edu  Thu Nov 15 17:23:28 2007
From: vincent.lyon-callo at wmich.edu (Vincent Lyon-Callo)
Date: Fri Nov 16 13:12:06 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]QUERY: Top Ten Ways to Battle Against the
	Neoliberalization of University Life?
Message-ID: <5a60fe67663e.473c8090@wmich.edu>

Maybe we can release a "policy statement" on how it is harmful to pedagogical practices.  I'm sure that once enlightened in such a fashion that "policy makers" will reverse course.  

But, seriously, the problem is that individual efforts like below, while certainly well meaning and they might help a few students in a small fashion, are really by and large underwhelming.  I know for the several students whose parent's homes are being/have recently been foreclosed upon while their parents have been laid off from the auto industry here in Michigan, a cheaper textbook option might be helpful, but it certainly doesn't begin to address their inabilities to afford the cost of a university with increasing tuition costs and decreasing faculty and state funding.  Yet, finding ways to collective struggle to effectively transform the institutional, state, and structural practices producing such neoliberal restructurings of education are difficult to locate or imagine.  

Vin

--
Vin Lyon-Callo
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008
269-387-3964

----- Original Message -----
From: Angela Jancius <jancius@ohio.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:50 pm
Subject: [URBANTH-L]QUERY: Top Ten Ways to Battle Against the	Neoliberalization of University Life?

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> In preparation for an upcoming special issue of Anthropology News, 
> on the 
> "Political Economy of Academia," I'm preparing a top ten list of 
> ways to 
> "battle against the neoliberalization of university life."
> 
> Here are a few examples I thought of, upon initial reflection:
> 
> * Invite adjunct and part-time faculty to departmental meetings.
> * Don't require standardized testing for student admissions.
> * Use course packets or next-to-last edition textbooks, which 
> students may 
> purchase for $10 (rather than $120).
> 
> I'd like to make this a collective list, as I am sure that you 
> also have 
> some excellent ideas.  What practical steps might we to take, to 
> make 
> our departments more about people, and less about budgets?
> 
> Please email your ideas, by 11/19/07, to: jancius@ohio.edu.
> 
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
> Angela Jancius
> 
> Co-Moderator, Urbanth-L
> jancius@ohio.edu
> 
> 
> The Listserv of the Society for Urban, National
> and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA)
> http://www.sunta.org/ 
> 
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From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Nov 18 10:37:36 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Nov 18 11:15:17 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: A Single Struggle: The Global Convergence of Civil and  Human Rights
Message-ID: <000401c829fe$2c328700$0402a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From: "Sylvea Hollis" <shollis@bcri.org>

Call for Papers


A Single Struggle: The Global Convergence of Civil and Human Rights

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham, Alabama, May 1-2, 2008

The global convergence of civil and human rights will be the focus of
a two-day conference sponsored by the Birmingham Civil Rights
Institute.   The American Civil Rights Movement's successful
implementation of non-violent direct action has both influenced and
been influenced by struggles for human rights in countries around the
world. We invite you to participate in our conference, A Single
Struggle: The Global Convergence of Civil and Human Rights, in
Birmingham, Alabama, May 1-2, 2008.


Over the course of the 20th century, many individuals and groups have
achieved profound social changes in the name of human rights.
National liberation movements drove out colonial powers; labor unions
established the right to organize; women succeeded in gaining the
vote.  In the United States, African Americans sought and achieved
relief from oppression in many of its various forms.


While these accomplishments are the results of struggles for the
protection of humans, civil and human rights have evolved as distinct
privileges accorded to the world's people.  Many scholars consider
civil rights to be those liberties bestowed by nations on citizens
within their territorial borders, while human rights are rights
individuals possess by virtue of membership in the human race. "A
Single Struggle" will examine those societal attributes that have
evolved into the accepted differences separating civil rights from
human rights.  Invited scholars will address these and other issues
relating to the similarities among human struggles in the
international arena.


Please submit a 1-2 page abstract and curriculum vita to Dr. Horace
Huntley at  <mailto:hhuntley@bcri.org> hhuntley@bcri.org  by December
15, 2007.  Papers should be no more than twenty minutes in length.
You can expect a response to your submission no later than January 15,
2008.
From jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Nov 18 16:27:05 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Nov 18 16:28:08 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: Empire State Housing Alliance Coalition Coordinator
Message-ID: <007e01c82a29$dd9d2bf0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From: Corianne Scally <corianne_s@yahoo.com>


Empire State Housing Alliance Coalition Coordinator

Part-time (30 hours/week)
Based in Albany (see below)

Day to day supervision by Grassroots Policy Specialist, Center for 
Community Change; transitioning after six months to ESHA Steering 
Committee.

The Empire State Housing Alliance, a newly-established coalition that 
seeks to unite upstate and downstate organizing groups in a coordinated 
effort to call on New York State to devote greater funding to affordable 
housing and smart growth solutions, seeks a Coordinator to help develop 
and drive the coalition's strategy and maintain and build the 
coalition's membership. Seeded by the Center for Community Change, a 
national non-profit organization, ESHA brings together grassroots 
organizing groups to build the collective power and capacity of low 
income New Yorkers in order to achieve political and policy changes at 
the state level that will benefit their local communities. More 
specifically, the project advances two goals: (1) to increase the 
political and fiscal investments in affordable housing at the state 
level, and; (2) to establish a statewide consortium of organizing groups 
that communicate regularly, develop a common policy agenda to
advance at the state level, and are willing to exercise their political 
power collectively. The Coordinator will work in close collaboration 
with the ESHA Steering Committee to develop a set of strategic goals and 
objectives and implement and advance the coalition's housing 
initiatives. The Coordinator is not intended to serve as a spokesperson 
or lobbyist for the Coalition, but rather to develop and facilitate 
leadership opportunities for grassroots groups.

Ideally, the Coordinator will be based in Albany, but the Coalition is 
willing to be flexible on location for the right candidate. This is a 
part-time position (30 hours per week), with the potential to develop 
into a full-time position depending on future fundraising.

Job responsibilities

Help develop and implement campaign strategy, including arranging 
meetings with legislators; preparing briefing materials for members and 
legislators/staff; providing administrative support for press and other 
events. Work with grassroots partners to coordinate and amplify local 
organizing strategies.
Build and maintain relationships with ESHA members; identify potential 
members and allies and conduct outreach to them.
Manage communications with membership, including maintaining database of 
contacts and coordinating communication between subcommittees and full 
membership
Work with steering committee to staff coalition and subcommittee 
meetings (both in person and by conference call): develop agenda, 
identify participants, arrange logistics, facilitate discussions, 
compile and distribute minutes. Provide other administrative support as 
needed.
Conduct housing policy research and analysis and draft coalition 
proposals; update proposals as they are revised.
In conjunction with steering committee, develop fundraising strategy and 
draft grant proposals; document all activities and prepare reports to 
funders as required.
Provide monthly reports to steering committee.

Qualifications:

At least 4 years background in community organizing and experience with 
grassroots groups and organizing strategies.
Coalition building skills; ability to draw on assets provided by diverse 
organizations and maximize the ability of the coalition to function at a 
high level.
Excellent facilitation skills.
Strong writing, editing, communications and presentation skills
A high degree of comfort in managing multiple tasks and deadlines, with 
ability to produce consistent, quality work in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to learn issues quickly.
Ability to travel frequently, as needed
Knowledge and experience with NYS government desirable
Commitment to social and economic justice, collaborative processes, and 
the participation and leadership of low-income people and their 
organizations.

Salary and Benefits: $35,000 with benefits, depending on experience.

Position: Open until filled.

Submit Resume to:

ESHA Coordinator Position
c/o Center for Community Change
330 Seventh Ave.
Suite 1810
New York, NY 10001
From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Sun Nov 18 12:53:01 2007
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David Haines)
Date: Sun Nov 18 18:30:30 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA at AAA
Message-ID: <200711181808.lAII8orR005113@ppoint1.cc.ysu.edu>

To SUNTA members and friends:

For those of you attending the AAA meeting
in D.C., here are a few key items:

Special invited sessions:

Global Downtowns
      Thursday, November 29, at 1:45 p.m.

Constructions of Cultural and Personal Identity within
and across Borders: Tourism, Labor and Migration
      Friday, November 30, at 9:00 a.m.

Not Untouchable: Recentering the Margins in Urban
Anthropology for the 21st Century (Papers in honor of
Owen Lynch)
      Friday, November 30, at 4:00 p.m.

Ethnography and Poverty: Epistemology, Theory, and
Policy (An Across-the-Disciplines Dialogue with Mitch
Duneier)
      Saturday, December 1, at 1:45 p.m.

Also:

SUNTA business meeting (all welcome)
      Friday, November 30, at 12:15 p.m.

. . . and join us for a reception with cash bar. This is a
combined event of SUNTA with the American Ethnological
Society (AES) and the Society for Cultural Anthropology
(SCA)
      Friday, November 30, at 7:15 p.m.

I will circulate a draft of the business meeting agenda in
a few days. But in the interim do feel free to suggest any
items you would like to see discussed at the business
meeting.

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 jancius at ohio.edu  Sun Nov 18 19:25:43 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Nov 18 19:28:09 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 Battling the Neoliberalization of University Life: A List of Strategies
Message-ID: <00ec01c82a43$0245e690$0402a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

My sincere thanks to all who responded to my query. The tips that you sent
were wonderful, and really quite inspiring.  Below is an initial
compilation, divided under the six subheadings of: "On Unions and
Organizing," "On Faculty Rank," "On Bureaucracy and Governance," "On
Teaching," "On Student Tuition, Fees and Support," and "General Advice."  A
shorter top ten list will be published in the January 2008 edition of
Anthropology News.  I can already imagine that it will be difficult to edit
down the expanded list of strategies that are included below.  The
below list has no copyright or individual authorship and you should feel
free to distribute it widely, to post it to wiki sites and blogs, to invite
your friends and students to expand upon it, and of course to encourage
your departments and colleagues to implement its contents.

Angela Jancius




Battling the Neoliberalization of University Life: A List of Strategies


On Unions and Organizing:

* The No. 1 way is faculty unionization.  Unionize tenure-track faculty,
adjunct faculty and graduate students who teach.  Your efforts will not be effective
if adjunct and graduate teaching staff are not organized.

* Resist the destruction of solidarities (e.g. see David Harvey, The History
of Neoliberalism).

* Support unity. As an adjunct instructor and a graduate student, I can tell 
you that management is WELL AWARE of the contempt that most full-time 
faculty has toward us part-timers.  During contract negotiations, I've also heard 
GA's and adjuncts undercut the contracts of the full-timers.  Management
disciplines full-timers with the knowledge that they can be replaced
instantly by the army of the underemployed.

* Invite part-time and adjunct faculty, as well as support staff and
research staff, to departmental meetings. Make the minutes available to the
entire community.

* Join professional organizations that will lobby in opposition to the
lobbyists for privatization: NEA higher education organizations, AAUP, AFT.
Pay your dues or be prepared to be sold out.

* Participate in faculty governance and advocate strongly for resolutions
and policies that promote an academic community built on shared values and
scholarship instead of a corporatized institution built on entrepreneurship
and external overhead.

* Form parallel autonomous institutions that meet people's needs in a
collective, non-hierarchical fashion.  At my old school, SUNY-Binghamton,
the campus was served by an excellent bus system that was owned and run by a
collective of the drivers, funded by student fees.


On Faculty Rank:

* Reject the implementation of "benchmarks" or any other form of "standards"
for merit raises or promotions that are predicated on quantified output.
Rather, draw upon such ideas as those of Ernest Boyer (Scholarship
Reconsidered) [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/02/wcu]

* Reject merit raises all together and rather spread the total raises due
the entire faculty of a department evenly to all faculty.

* When 65% of the professoriate is part-time, why have tenured positions at
all?

* Refuse to sell ourselves as "stars" to highest bidding institutions. This
reproduces the neoliberal self-made "man," reinforcing gender and class
hierarchies within the academy.

* Don't refer to enthusiastic younger members of faculty as "junior"
scholars.  It annoys them intensely and makes them feel small.

* Allow complete transparency, re: salaries paid to all faculty in all
departments.

* Identify and monitor the behavior all 'frumps' (formerly radical upwardly
mobile professors).

* Use the growing 'sustainability consensus' discourse to push for a
democratization of academia - as sustainability centrally implies
participation.


On Bureaucracy and Governance:

* Expose and oppose corporate control of academia.

* Resist the process of turning universities into institutions of management
rather than places of "higher learning" by refusing to accept administrative
positions that are newly created and not really necessary for "learning."

* The university can be run by the faculty, but the faculty must organize in
constant vigilance.  Professors could collectively attend administration
meetings and repeat the demand, week after week, to stop the metastasized
growth of bureaucratic bosses.  Use the saved funds to create more professor
positions, course offerings, and library books, and to establish student
scholarships grants.  The heart of the university is here, not in creating
ever more layers of office managers to govern this and that for a bottom
line value that is set by the new MBA bosses.

* Rip up parking lots. Implode student housing. Stop all construction
projects not related to safety. Make students get gym memberships elsewhere.

* Demand accountability for the university practices in hiring faculty,
labor, etc. in the construction of new campuses abroad (i.e. NYU's global
expansion to Abu Dhabi).

* Resist the temptation to outsource to private companies, especially big
non-local multinationals, tasks which the university could do by itself.


On Curriculum:

* Resist the neoliberal transformation of the curriculum (there is an
excellent article--chapter 6--by Aihwa Ong in Neoliberalism as Exception:
Mutations in Citizenship and Sovereignty. Durham: Duke University Press,
2006.)

* Restore a system whereby intellectual inquiry is valued for its own sake,
and not just seen as a means toward increasing capitalist productivity.  If
the government's current proposal to fund all research on the basis of
"relevance" were carried out, it would be the end of virtually all
Humanities research as we know it.

* Resist the homogenization of university studies that is taking place all
over Europe. Anthropology, in order to survive, is being asked to
demonstrate demand from the job market. And its courses are oriented towards
market demands.

* Avoid strict degree completion deadlines. Returning students bring
valuable professional experience, but they also need the time to balance
professional, work and personal responsibilities.

* Make research findings and publications freely and publicly accessible on
the web.


On Teaching:

* Teach students about neoliberalization (its history, its impacts on
individuals, etc.).  They are the ones who can stop it.

* As teachers, we have a unique opportunity to relate the material we teach
to the everyday lives of our students.  Hold seminars on campus on the
impact of neoliberalism on campus life and learning. Use critical pedagogy -
encourage critical thinking

* Create a course that studies the University as an anthropological project.

* Link with activists, community groups, etc., beyond the academy.  Carry
out critical (including participatory) research. Develop more experience
based learning courses, including internships and community service learning
programs.

* Make the world your classroom. Teach in parks, bars, restaurants, homes,
online.

* Offer courses on weekends, evenings, and on-line, so that working students
and students with child and eldercare responsibilities can take courses/make
progress on degrees.

* Encourage team-teaching.

* Conduct and assess instructor evaluations in a manner that reflects that
students are scholars, not consumers.

* Avoid grade inflation.  In a context of grade inflation, instructors that
seek to honestly assess performance find themselves at a disadvantage,
especially if they are adjunct staff.

* Develop undergraduate programs that pay particular attention to
non-anthropology majors, since they are the ones that fill your large
classes.  Increase the pressure for small classes for introductory courses.

* Make classes last as long as they need to be. Stop with the micronization
and fetishization of time. Some days I have a lot to say, some days not so
much. Some days students need to practice and drill, and other times one
profound sentence might do it.

* Quit giving standardized tests and grades. Pass/Fail. Get rid of students
who don't want to be there. Tell them to come back when they know what they
are there for. If we stop treating students like cash cows, maybe they will
actually appreciate learning.

* Assign primary texts instead of textbooks.

* Make your students do the work - have them explain concepts to each other.
Have them create materials they think are useful. Grade them for effort
rather than results - they are there to learn.

* Spend less time preparing, and more time getting to know your students and
their individual needs.



On Student Tuition, Fees and Support:

* Don't use standardized testing as a measure to determine student
admissions or funding.

* Make applying for college more affordable.  Applying to graduate programs
is increasingly expensive. Transcripts (often in duplicate) are required
from each school. The cost of transcripts is inflated (averaging $5-$10 per
order, for regular mail). Applications fees are $50-$95 per school. GRE fees
increase by roughly $10 per year (and this test should be banned, anyway,
since it only tests your ability to learn test-taking strategies, not true
knowledge or ability to succeed in a program).

* Use course packets, blackboard pdfs and next-to-last edition textbooks in
introductory courses to decrease student book costs.

* Fund all students who are admitted into your program equally. Since
Thatcher (and Reagan), efforts to turn higher education into a vocational
finishing school for industry have been much more systematic and blatant.
Under this model, if you're funded you get money to live off, to pay fees,
and to attend conferences etc. If you're not funded, you get nothing and you
have to pay fees.  So one person has masses of help, while another is
hindered and must struggle. This is one of the central ideological maxims of
capitalism.

* Do not permit university programs to let graduate student instructors
teach without compensation, merely for the experience of it or for credit.

* Do not burden Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s with the heaviest
teaching loads.  The abusive practice of using younger scholars as
workhorses keeps a new generation from reaching its potential, in
scholarship and as practioners.

* Pay health care benefits and tuition fees for graduate students, if
possible.

General Advice:

* Be a happy person. Stop with the bitterness.
From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Nov 19 10:55:45 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Nov 19 10:59:24 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented
 Migrants in Africa
Message-ID: <03b101c82ac5$1229c3b0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from H-Human-Rights]

From: Joel Quirk (j.quirk@hull.ac.uk)


Call for Papers and Participation

In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented 
Migrants in Africa

Research and Training Workshops, 1-4th of July, 2008
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg


The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation,
University of Hull, and the Forced Migration Studies Programme,
University of the Witwatersrand, invite submissions for a two part
colloquium on methods and informal migration. This event is designed to
strengthen and further refine the strategies used to analyse and
understand migration patterns in Africa. Since many migrants operate
outside official channels, conventional methods and government
statistics can often be of limited value in coming to terms with this
contentious issue. In the absence of empirically reliable and
theoretically sophisticated research methods, speculation and hyperbole
have regularly filled the void. 

Researchers in this challenging field can only go so far by raising
doubts about exaggerated figures and tenuous claims. What is required is
a deeper and broader understanding of migration, incorporating both i)
improved research heuristics, methods and procedures for generating
data; and ii) the capacity to effectively and sensitively integrate
available data within larger political and sociological perspectives.
With this in mind, the colloquium brings together researchers for two
separate yet related events:

Research Workshop (3rd and 4th of July 2008)
Scholars of migration are continually refining the methods used to study
various aspects of informal migration. This workshop seeks to capitalise
upon this ongoing innovation and methodological experimentation,
providing researchers with a targeted forum to disseminate their
findings, further refine their techniques, and reflect upon the larger
relationship between methodology and informal migration in an African
context.

Both scholars and practitioners are invited to submit paper proposals
addressing one or more of the following themes:

* The Moving Target: sampling mobile populations;
* Revealing the Illicit: corrupt immigration enforcement and
subterranean migrant economies;
* Enumeration and Extrapolation: connecting anecdotal and
case-specific evidence to larger patterns; 
* Weapons of the Weak: conceptualising and documenting resistance;
* The Vulnerable Researcher: working in threatening and insecure
field sites;
* The Past in the Present: linking historical and contemporary
migration;
* Documenting the Undocumented: ethical quandaries in migration
research;
* Methodology and Public Policy: research, activism and political
change. 

The complete proceedings from the workshop will be edited and published
online in late 2008. Selected workshop participants will be invited to
revise their papers for submission to a special issue of a peer reviewed
journal. 

Interested researchers should send abstracts of up to 300 words,
together with a current curriculum vitae [by e-mail only] by the 22nd of
February 2008. Applicants will be notified by the 10th of March whether
they have been accepted. Final papers of around 6000 words will be
expected by the 1st of June 2008. The organisers have secured funds
through the British Academy to cover travel and maintenance for eight
scholars and practitioners. Priority funding for attendance will go to
early career researchers from and/or based in Africa.

Training Workshop (1st and 2nd of July 2008)
In order to address the longer term challenges of research on
undocumented migration, we need to develop a new generation of skilled
researchers. With this in mind, the research workshop will be preceded
by a two-day training workshop focusing upon methodology and migration.
This workshop, which includes a visit to a field site in Johannesburg,
has been designed to help emerging scholars develop the specialized
strategies and skills required to conduct first-class research in this
challenging field. The training programme is designed for postgraduate
students who are currently designing research proposals, implementing
fieldwork strategies and analysing data. The main topics that will be
explored are:

* Sampling and survey design;
* Qualitative and key informant interviews;
* Freedom of information legislation and archival research;
* Participant observation procedures;
* Comparative analysis and historical context.

Interested applicants should submit an outline of around 400 words
explaining how the workshop would benefit their research plans, together
with a CV and a short reference from a supervisor - to be delivered
separately - by e-mail before the 22nd of February 2008. Applicants will
be notified by the 10th of March whether they have been accepted. In
order to prepare for the workshop, students will be asked to write a
brief paper of around 1500 words reflecting upon the influence of
methodological issues upon their research. These will be expected by the
1st of June 2008. The best papers will be published online through the
FMSP Methods and Field Notes series. Doctoral candidates are invited to
apply to attend both workshops. Ten bursaries are available to
cover/contribute to the cost of travel and accommodation for
participants from Southern Africa.

Submission Information
Please send submissions by email - with subject heading either:
'Training Workshop Submission' or 'Research Workshop Submission - to:
darshan.vigneswaran@wits.ac.za. 

Requests for additional information should be directed to Dr Joel Quirk
(j.quirk@hull.ac.uk).

The Forced Migration Studies Programme (http://migration.org.za/ ) is
Southern Africa's premier centre for the academic study of migration.
This workshop will form a part of a multi-faceted training and
dissemination agenda for 2008, including a conference on the State of
Migration in Southern Africa in March, and a Statistics Institute later
in the year.

The Wilberforce Institute (http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/) is dedicated to
the pursuit of world class research in the areas of slavery,
emancipation, human rights, and social justice. The institute seeks to
improve academic knowledge and public understanding of both historical
practices and contemporary problems, and to inform public policy and
political activism.

This event has been made possible through a UK-Africa partnership grant
from the British Academy. The Wilberforce Institute and Forced Migration
Studies Programme have also received support for two further colloquia.
Over time, the best submissions will be compiled into an edited
collection focusing on Migration and Forced Labour in Africa.

From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Nov 19 10:58:38 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Nov 19 10:59:45 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Globalization, World Cities and History (grad student workshop, UK)
Message-ID: <03b201c82ac5$12e635e0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>


++ 2nd call for papers and participation ++


2nd GaWC Student Workshop


GLOBALISATION, WORLD CITIES AND HISTORY


In conjunction with:


10th GaWC Annual Lecture:


THE STUDY OF CITIES: HISTORICAL AND STRUCTURAL APPROACHES

 by Professor PIET SAEY, Professor-Emeritus in Social Geography and Planning 
at Ghent University (Belgium), and member of the Globalisation and World 
Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC).

MONDAY 14 JANUARY 2008

Hosted by the Department of Geography, Loughborough University (UK)

Loughborough University
Stuart Mason Building (SMB)
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom


In conjunction with the 10th GaWC Annual Lecture by Prof. Dr. Piet Saey 
(Ghent University, Belgium) the Globalisation and World Cities Study Group 
and Network (GaWC) organises its second student workshop, this year focusing 
on Globalisation, World Cities and History.

Recently, GaWC has extended its interests beyond contemporary globalisation, 
and started to investigate the external relations of cities in the past. 
Transnational city networks are not limited to our present-day society, but 
cities and towns have been connected with each other since their early 
origins. Related to this, one can ask whether or not globalisation and/or 
the "network society" are really as new as often conceived in the scientific 
literature. Since globalisation is often interpreted as a strengthening of 
the role of cities at the expense of states, attention is paid as well to 
the complex relation between cities and states throughout historical times.

The 2nd GaWC Student Workshop provides an opportunity for students (PhD, 
Postgraduate, Undergraduate) to discuss issues on Globalisation, World 
Cities and History by exchanging and sharing their research ideas and work 
experiences in an informal and friendly environment. This will be 
facilitated by a number of senior researchers (e.g. Professors Piet Saey, 
Peter Taylor, and Michael Hoyler) and early-career researchers. Students 
from all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities are welcome 
(historians, archaeologists, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, 
economists, political scientists,.).

We would like to invite you to participate in this event and to present and 
discuss your research interests / projects with other students. Possible 
themes for papers include:


1)      Globalisation in history
2)      Historical city networks / urban networks
3)      Cities versus states in history
4)      (World) cities in the past
5)      Urbanisation and history
6)      Transnationalism, long-distance trade and migration between cities / 
towns in the past
7)      Historical financial centres


Because this workshop is intended for students, there will be no 
registration fee for this event (including the participation at the GaWC 
Annual Lecture). Refreshments will be provided thanks to the generous 
sponsorship by the Geography Department of Loughborough University. However, 
travel, lunch and accommodation will have to be financed by the participants 
themselves. After the workshop, we intend to go for dinner in town (cost per 
person will be less than 10 ?).


Students who would like to present a paper should send a short abstract (ca. 
250 words) by Friday 30 November 2007 to Raf Verbruggen 
(R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk).

Other participants also will have the opportunity to be actively involved in 
the workshop through discussion sessions (in small groups as well as a round 
table discussion). All participants should register by Friday 21 December 
2007 by sending an e-mail with full name, position, institution, contact 
information (address + e-mail), research interests / thesis topic (in a 
couple of sentences), and whether or not attending the conference dinner (+ 
dietary requirements) to R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk.

If you have any questions regarding the workshop, travel, accommodation,. 
please do not hesitate to contact us.


We hope to hear from you soon,



Julia Grosspietsch, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Loughborough 
University
J.K.Grosspietsch@lboro.ac.uk

Raf Verbruggen, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Loughborough 
University
R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk



Globalisation and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC)

Visit us at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:

09.00-09.30: Registration and Tea/Coffee
09.30-09.45: Welcome by Head of Department (Prof. Dr. Ian Reid)
09.45-10.45: Presentations I
10.45-11.30: Small group discussions (themes will be attuned to the 
interests of the participants)
11.30-11.45: Break
11.45-12.30: "Generic concepts linking social science and history: Braudel, 
Wallerstein, GaWC": Seminar by Prof Dr. Peter Taylor (Loughborough 
University), director of GaWC
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.45: Presentations II
15.00-16.15: GaWC Annual Lecture: "The study of cities: historical and 
structural approaches, by Prof. Dr. Piet Saey (Ghent University, Belgium)
16.30-17.30: Roundtable discussion and reflections from the workshop
17.30-18.00: Post-workshop drinks
18.30 - .: Conference dinner


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

WORKSHOP VENUE, TRAVEL, AND ACCOMMODATION:



Loughborough University is easy to reach:


To have a look at (downloadable) maps of Loughborough University Campus and 
the surrounding area please refer to www.lboro.ac.uk/about/map/ or read on 
for some further travel tips:



Workshop venue:


The 2nd GaWC Student Workshop will take place in the Stuart Mason Building 
(Reference Number on Campus Map: 48, SMB) towards the south end of the 
campus' Central Park.



Loughborough University can be easily reached by ROAD, by RAIL or by AIR:


By ROAD: Loughborough is just off the M1 (Junction 23). Leave the M1 at 
Junction 23, and follow the A512 that takes you directly to the campus.
To get to the Student Workshop venue, Stuart Mason Building (Reference 
Number on Campus Map: 48, SMB), it is best to use the East Entrance and 
report to the gatehouse to ask for car park space.


By RAIL: Loughborough is part of the Midland Mainline route network. London 
St. Pancras can be reached in 90 min, Birmingham New Street in 80 min, 
Bristol in just over 3 hours, Edinburgh in 5 hours, Leeds in 2h 30 min, 
Manchester in 2h 30 min, and Nottingham in 20 min.

Check timetables and ticket fares at www.thetrainline.co.uk, or 
www.midlandmainline.com.

>From 14 November 2007 Eurostar-train services (www.eurostar.com) will be 
launched from London St. Pancras to mainland Europe. Brussels and Paris can 
then be reached in 2h and 2h 30 min respectively (might be an alternative to 
flying, especially because of the good connection between London St. Pancras 
and Loughborough).

Some tips for students not familiar with English trains and fares:
- Book as far as possible in advance and you can get really cheap deals.
- Trains from and to London can be very expensive when you are travelling in 
peak times.
- Book a return ticket, they are usually much cheaper than two single 
journeys.
- If you are booking special offer tickets (e.g. from and to London), you 
can only get the best deals when you are travelling on off-peak trains. You 
also need to book two single journeys, special deals are not for return 
journeys.
- There are no special student prices (to get a student price you would need 
to purchase a student rail card, but that does not pay off if you only use 
it for one journey).
- Loughborough station has a short platform, hence it might be possible that 
you cannot alight from your coach and need to move to a different coach. It 
is best to ask the ticket inspector from which coaches you can alight at 
Loughborough.
- Keep your ticket until you have left the train station, you will have to 
use it to leave the train station through electronic barriers.

If you want to get the cheapest fares you need to play around a bit on the 
booking-website.

>From Loughborough train station there is a bus (Kinchbus, Number 7, 
www.kinchbus.co.uk/7kinchbus.html) that takes you directly to the campus, 
during term time the bus leaves every 10 min. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to 
arrive on campus.
To get to the Workshop venue (Stuart Mason Building, reference Number on 
Campus Map: 48, SMB) you should alight at the 2nd bus stop on campus, at the 
Haslegrave Building, Ref. No.: 61, N).


By AIR: Loughborough is about 8 miles from East Midlands airport 
(www.eastmidlandsairport.com).
Low cost airlines flying to EMA are:
- BMI Baby (www.bmibaby.com)
- Easyjet (www.easyjet.com)
- Ryanair (www.ryanair.com)

>From the airport, there is a bus to Loughborough 
(www.kinchbus.co.uk/airline.html) every 30 minutes (ca. ? 2). It takes ca. 
25 minutes to arrive at Loughborough town centre or train station from where 
you could again take Kinchbus No. 7, or walk to the campus from town centre 
(ca. 20-25 min).
By taxi, it takes ca. 15 minutes to go from the airport to the university 
(approx. ? 15-20).

>From Birmingham International Airport (www.bhx.co.uk) to Loughborough, 
travel time is 100 min by train (www.thetrainline.co.uk) and 2h 30 min - 3h 
by coach (www.nationalexpress.com).



Accommodation in Loughborough:


For details about hotels, guesthouses and B&B's in Loughborough please refer 
to:

http://accommodation.lboro.ac.uk/visit/hotels.php

www.bedandbreakfast-directory.co.uk/results.asp?town=Loughborough&county=Leicestershire&country=England

www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk/propertysearch.asp?townCity=Loughborough

www.touristnetuk.com/EM/LEICESTERSHIRE/accommodation/ac-serviced/loughborough.htm



Raf Verbruggen
PhD-Candidate
Department of Geography
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
E-mail: R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Nov 20 23:40:29 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Nov 20 23:41:09 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN: The Charles Revson Fellowship--A Program on the Future of the
 City of New York
Message-ID: <003101c82bf8$aa1c6310$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from THECYBERHOOD-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU]

The Charles H. Revson Fellowship
A Program on the Future of the City of New York
at Columbia University

What are you doing for the future of New York City?

The Charles H. Revson Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for 
self-development in mid-career for urban leaders who have made a substantial 
contribution to New York City.

Revson Fellows:

Mid-career urban leaders: grassroots activists, politicians, non-profit 
leaders, firefighters, lawyers, artists, writers, journalists, religious 
leaders, educators, community organizers

Revson Fellowship:

nine months at Columbia University * individualized study programs * 
financial support and tuition benefits * access to courses, faculty, and 
University resources * weekly seminars * invited speakers * 300 member 
alumni network

Each year, the program selects ten Fellows of diverse backgrounds and fields 
of achievement. Established in 1979, the Revson program has welcomed over 
290 leaders to the University, providing tuition and financial support, 
academic guidance, and access to University resources. Revson Fellows engage 
in weekly seminars together while also pursuing individually designed 
programs of intellectual enrichment.

Open House for Applicants: Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 7-9 p.m. Columbia 
University. Reservations required (location details given with r.s.v.p)
2008-2009 Fellowship Application: February 1, 2008 (postmark deadline). 
Applicants may download an application, apply directly online, or request an 
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From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Nov 21 00:56:08 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Nov 21 05:03:45 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Who Cares ... and How? An Anthropological Inquiry into Support
 (MPI, Halle/Saale, Germany)
Message-ID: <001601c82c03$3a004780$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Call for Papers: Who cares ... and how? An anthropological inquiry into 
support
(Halle/Saale / Deutschland)

Call for Abstracts Deadline: Deadline: 30. November 2007

The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department II, invites 
participants to a
conference from the 3 - 5 July 2008 at the Max Planck Institute for Social 
Anthropology,
Halle, Germany, to discuss and develop anthropological approaches to the 
study of social
support.

Conference:

"Who cares ... and how? An anthropological inquiry into support"
3 - 5 July 2008

Organisers: Markus Schlecker and Friederike Fleischer
Venue: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany

Ethnographic accounts of life under state socialism offer an instructive 
case of human
ingenuity in the face of pervasive shortage. The 'supplier state' that 
sought to monopolise
channels of support in many cases failed to do so thereby facilitating the 
role of personal
networks of support. In fact, the latter came to permeate the state to such 
a degree that it
became a resource in itself, to be distributed through these networks. Yet 
the supplier state
also provided a sense of stability and security, of guaranteed, however 
insufficient, supplies.
For the last two decades, whether in Eastern Europe, China or Vietnam, many 
have painfully
experienced the erosion of this basic sense of being looked after 'from 
cradle to grave'.
Today, the welfare states of late industrial nations in Europe and North 
America are also
undergoing far-reaching reforms. There, high levels of unemployment, ageing 
populations
and cuts in social benefits also erode a sense of stability and security. To 
what extent is the
market here an alternative to personal networks? Clearly, one can observe 
the
"commoditisation of support", as part of an ever expanding service economy. 
This is not
limited to Europe and North America but can also be seen elsewhere. As a 
consequence, in
many parts of the world the social gap between those who can afford 'support 
for money' and
those who cannot is widening.

As anthropologists, we are interested in people's inventiveness in 
organising support and
the meanings they afford these practices. What can we learn from places 
where there is no
welfare state? How are notions and moral concepts of support acted out in 
daily life? What
kinds of sources and resources of support are mobilised? Support can mean a 
state
providing for child care or old age, but also a friend offering words of 
consolation, relatives
lending money, a citizen donating blood, a deity protecting a village or a 
group of elderly
offering sociability. Is support always necessarily serious business? Can 
support not be
organised through play? Local notions and modalities of support will also 
reflect and shape
ideas of the person and its efficacy. The ideal of individual self-reliance 
in the West is but one
example.

Social support has received attention mainly from sociologists and 
psychologists,
especially in health studies and social network analyses. In anthropology, 
it has featured only
marginally and tended to be conceptualised as simply a form of transaction. 
It is one major
aim of this conference to examine and account for the continuities and 
discontinuities
between support and other kinds of transactions. As a broad frame for our 
anthropological
enquiry into support, we suggest three terms: paternalism, mutuality and 
charity. These are
meant primarily as guidance for contributors. In a given setting, any or all 
three of these
modalities may be at play. Our first term, 'paternalism', makes reference to 
top-down
systems of support, be it a bureaucratic welfare state or a locally 
operating racketeering
group. Apart from paternalism, we suggest 'mutuality', where support occurs 
within less or
not hierarchically structured relationships. Finally, 'charity' is intended 
to capture those forms
of support that are locally considered 'interest-free'. Participants are 
invited to engage
critically with these terms and probe their utility.

The issue of support often arises in the context of dramatic life events. 
Anthropological
studies of life histories, social memory and temporality promise to be one 
important field
here. But legal anthropology, as for instance Keebet and Franz von 
Benda-Beckmann have
shown, can also be a productive perspective on social support. And of course 
the discipline's
long-standing interest in gift exchange seems essential for any study of the 
giving and
receiving of support. These three domains of inquiry in anthropology are not 
meant to be
exhaustive. We invite contributions from a wide range of regional and 
thematic areas in
anthropology so as to initiate a creative dialogue where anthropological 
knowledge and
models from one domain can help to shed light on issues of support in 
another.

Please submit an abstract of not more than 200 words by 30th November 2007 
at the latest
to:

Markus Schlecker, e-mail: schlecker@eth.mpg.de
Friederike Fleischer, e-mail: fleischer@eth.mpg.de
 

From DebraLBerke at aol.com  Sun Nov 18 13:48:53 2007
From: DebraLBerke at aol.com (DebraLBerke@aol.com)
Date: Wed Nov 21 14:36:02 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Academic Work and Family Life Survey
Message-ID: <bcd.1a5835df.3471e315@aol.com>

 
Faculty: 

You are invited to participate in a research project that seeks to  explore 
personal and professional journeys of academics. The purpose of the  study is 
to better understand work and family life in academia.

The  survey should take approximately 20 minutes. To take the survey, please 
click on  the link below and click on ?submit? when you are finished. By 
submitting your  response, you are indicating your voluntary participation in the 
study. All  information collected from the survey will be anonymous. 
Quantitative results  will be reported only in aggregate form and qualitative data will 
not include  individual identifiers. You are free to skip any question you do 
not wish to  answer, and to exit the survey at any time. Your input is 
greatly appreciated!  

Below you will find the link to the online  instrument:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fBO2q6azVPPLDPqL23zxDg_3d_3d 

Thank you for taking time to complete the instrument. Your feedback is  
important and as a thank you we will choose two  readers from among the survey 
respondents to receive $25 Amazon.com gift  certificates. If you know of someone 
in academia who might be willing to  take this survey, please feel free to 
forward this email which includes the  survey link to them. 

Debra L. Berke, Ph.D., CFLE
Messiah College 
dberke@messiah.edu

Rona J.  Karasik, Ph.D.
St.  Cloud State University 
Karasik@stcloudstate.edu
 
Debra L.  Berke, Ph.D., CFLE
Messiah College
17 West Country Lane
Newark, DE  19702
302-737-4322 (phone)
302-737-1035  (fax)
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From pribiljc at whitman.edu  Mon Nov 19 08:52:22 2007
From: pribiljc at whitman.edu (Jason Pribilsky)
Date: Wed Nov 21 14:36:15 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CORI (Committee on Refugees & Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs  
Message-ID: <004f01c82acc$8e6974f0$e9060c0a@whitman.edu>

Dear Colleagues (old and new CORI members, scholars interested in issues
concerning immigration and refugees): 

CORI (Committee on Refugees and Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs
Saturday, December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). 
Contact Jason Pribilsky, CORI Chair for more details
(pribiljc@whitman.edu)

DETAILS: 
During a migration roundtable at the 2007 Applied meetings hosted by SUNTA
president David Haines, a group of young and senior CORI members came
together to discuss the future of the group. This discussion will be
furthered at the AAAs in November and I strongly encourage all past and
present members and anyone else whose research falls under the broad agenda
of CORI to give their input. When CORI was founded as a group within GAD,
its purpose was to serve as a networking conduit to bring together scholars
researching and writing about similar issues. Over the years, CORI published
an impressive collection of "Selected Papers" and was a leader in organizing
panels and planning sessions on critical policy issues such as forced
migration and refugee resettlement. In 2003, CORI joined SUNTA and found a
natural home among likeminded scholars. Nearly twenty years later, we might
ask ourselves what is the specific purpose of CORI today? Is it necessary,
for instance, given the large volume of scholars who already work on
migration-related issues, to have a separate group devoted to this topic
within SUNTA? If the answer is yes, what should the new face of this group
be? What should be its agenda for the next twenty years? I invite all who
are interested in the future of CORI to attend a business meeting, Saturday,
December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). Questions? I can be reached at
pribiljc@whitman.edu 

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 heffera2 at msu.edu  Wed Nov 21 11:09:33 2007
From: heffera2 at msu.edu (Tara Lynn Hefferan)
Date: Wed Nov 21 14:38:07 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]COSWA Events at the AAA Meeting
Message-ID: <E1Ius8r-00048T-Lk@sys32.mail.msu.edu>


The Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology (COSWA) is pleased to 
announce the following events scheduled for the AAA meeting next week. 

In the "Family Gap:" Children, Motherhood, and Work
COSWA Special Event
2007 AAA Meeting, Washington DC 

Friday, 11/30/2007
12:15 PM - 01:30 PM 

Women caring for children face heightened career challenges: lower wages, 
"glass ceilings," insufficient maternity leaves and breastfeeding support. 
 From finding quality childcare-especially when a child is ill-to having time 
for oneself, multiple and competing demands confront women who have children 
and work outside the home. This special session is designed to provide a 
relaxed forum for such women to come together, connect with one another, and 
share their stories. This session will be loosely organized around 
audience-generated discussions covering common concerns, coping strategies, 
and suggestions for institutionalizing family friendlier policies within the 
AAA and beyond. Barbara Rose Johnston (Center for Political Ecology) and 
Rosemary Joyce (UC-Berkeley) will facilitate discussion. COSWA warmly 
invites children to this family-friendly session; as mother-anthropologists 
create support networks among themselves, their children can make new 
friends, too. 

Barbara Rose Johnston (Senior Research Fellow, Center for Political Ecology) 
does action-research on human rights and the environment. She advised the 
World Commission on Dams on reparations and the right to remedy, serves as 
an advisor and expert witness in Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal 
deliberations on the consequential damages of nuclear weapons testing, and 
serves a UNESCO-IHP advisor on water and cultural diversity. In 2002, the 
AAA presented her the Solon T. Kimball Award for work in human rights and 
environmental justice and this year she receives the Lourdes Arizpe Award 
for work on reparations and nuclear militarism. 

Rosemary A. Joyce (Professor of Anthropology at the University of 
California, Berkeley) has engaged in archaeological fieldwork in Honduras 
since 1977. She received the PhD from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 
1985. At Harvard University from 1985 to 1994, she served as Assistant 
Director and Curator at the Peabody Museum and Assistant and Associate 
Professor of Anthropology. She moved to Berkeley in 1994 Associate Professor 
of Anthropology and was Director of the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology from 1994 to 1999. Her recent books include Gender and Power in 
Prehispanic Mesoamerica, The Languages of Archaeology, Embodied Lives, and 
the forthcoming Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives. 


Please join us in honoring Joan Gero, the 2007 recipient of the Squeaky 
Wheel Award.  The award will be presented at 12:15, Friday October 30, at 
the COSWA Special Event. 


Family and Profession: A Gendered Perspective
COSWA Invited Session
2007 AAA Meeting, Washington DC 

Friday, 11/30/2007
1:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Washington Room 1 


Oftentimes women and men are faced with choosing between professional 
development opportunities and familial responsibilities, choices which may 
impact their advancement within their chosen profession, and/or may alter 
their overall career trajectory.  This panel brings together a myriad of 
perspectives on balancing work and family responsibilities within the field 
of anthropology, and includes discussion of both academic and practicing 
work environments.  The women and men who will speak in this skill-building 
session will use their personal experiences to offer insight into the range 
of possibilities available to anthropologists seeking a balance between 
their professional and personal well-being.  COSWA welcomes its audience to 
invite their family members and partners to attend this session. 

Points of discussion include:
?	The choice to become a parent (or not).  Timing of parenthood. Impact on 
professional advancement.
?	Taking families (or not) into ?the field? and their outcomes
?	The tenure process ? through various lenses (teaching institutions, 
research institutions, from before tenure, after tenure, to chair / dean)
?	The role family has played in influencing chosen career paths
?	Tips to find work/life balance 

Speaker Schedule:
1:45-2:00   Introduction by Keri Brondo
2:00-2:15   Holly Dygert (Michigan State University
2:15-2:30   Matt Gutmann (Brown University)
2:30-2:45   Carol Colfer (CGIAR)
2:45-3:00   Gregory Starratt (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
3:00-3:15   Geraldine  Moreno-Black (University of Oregon)
3:15-3:30   Discussion (Carla Guerron-Montero, moderator)
3:30-3:45   Break
3:45-4:00   Kathy Dettwyler (University of Delaware)
4:00-4:15   David McMurray (Oregan State U)
4:15-4:30   Katherine DeWalt (U of Pittsburgh)
4:30-4:45   Crysta Metcalf (Motorola Labs)
4:45-5:00   Laurie Wilkie (University of California, Berkley)
5:00-5:15   Florence Babb (University of Florida)
5:15-5:30   Discussion (Keri Brondo, moderator) 



From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Nov 21 15:11:33 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Nov 21 15:12:25 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Changing Climates: Class, Culture, and Politics in an Era of
 Global Warming (Berkeley City College)
Message-ID: <01bd01c82c7a$c209e600$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From: Peter Richardson (peter.richardson@sbcglobal.net)

CHANGING CLIMATES:
CLASS, CULTURE, AND POLITICS IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL WARMING

California Studies Association, Berkeley City College, April 11-13, 2008

California faces economic and social transformations even as it grapples
with policy questions forced by climate change. These challenges confront a
state fractured along lines of class, race, and immigration status, and with
little support for public services. How can we overcome political deadlock
and respond to these challenges without deepening the fractures? What new
opportunities for community, creativity, and democracy do these very crises
offer? Join the California Studies Association for its 18th annual
conference to address these and related questions.

We are soliciting panels of up to four speakers committed to raising
important questions and engaging with a lively audience. Moderators are
encouraged. Individual presentations may be accepted if they can be fit
together into a panel. Non-traditional forms of discourse and presentation
are welcome.

Berkeley City College is located in downtown Berkeley at 2050 Acton Street,
accessible by BART and AC Transit.  Lodging is available nearby.  Other CSA
information, including descriptions of past conferences, is available at
http://geography.berkeley.edu/projectsresources/californiastudies.html

Please send proposals (preferably by email) by December 15, 2007, to:

Peter Richardson
Dept. of Humanities
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA  94132
peter.richardson@sbcglobal.net

From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Nov 22 12:16:15 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Nov 22 12:17:12 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FUNDING: Vulnerable Populations Fellowship (Emory U)
Message-ID: <006e01c82d2b$66633340$0402a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Feminism and Legal Theory Project
Emory University Law School
Vulnerable Populations Fellowship, 2008-09

Call for Applications

The Feminism and Legal Theory Project at Emory University Law 
School is launching a Vulnerable Populations Project and invites  
applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship, beginning fall,  
2008.  This fellowship is for someone interested in doing critical  
interdisciplinary scholarship on vulnerable populations. Applicants  
must be either (i) recent PhDs; (ii) ABDs who will complete all  
requirements for the PhD by July 15, 2008; or (iii) JDs who receive  
their degrees within the past few years. The postdoctoral fellow, who  
will find a vibrant interdisciplinary Emory University community,  
will be formally affiliated with the Feminism and Legal Theory  
Project at Emory Law School. The teaching load is one seminar 
course per year on a topic related to vulnerable populations.

The basic premise of the Vulnerable Populations initiative is that  
our current ways of defining who is entitled to legal protection and  
state subsidy and support are rapidly becoming inadequate, perhaps  
even irrelevant. Political alliances and analytical categories  
organized around race, gender, disability, sexuality, and class have  
proven limited and often divisive.

Although post-modern fear of essentializing makes us wary of  
generalities, both theory and politics require some appeal to the 
universal. The concept of vulnerability has the potential to unite across 
differences and will be explored from the perspectives of legal
and cultural studies focusing on important theoretical and political  
questions emerging in wake of decades of identity politics. The  
project will consider both advantages and potential pitfalls inherent  
in an effort to find commonalities which will allow us to reformulate  
communities independent of traditional identity-based categories.

This project will have important implications for legal and scholarly  
debates on rights, freedom, and the legacies of liberal humanism. The  
initiative will also have an international and comparative dimension  
as we undertake imagining the next stages of feminism on the world  
stage and the unfolding of critical gender, race, disability, and  
sexuality scholarship under the shadows of globalization;  
multiculturalism and the rise of religious fundamentalisms.

Applications are encouraged from scholars interested in a broad range  
of law, social science and humanities fields, with a preference for  
those committed to interdisciplinary research. The ideal candidate  
should combine theoretical sophistication and comparative
awareness with rigorous and demonstrated research and writing skills.  
A background in law is helpful, but not required. The relation of the  
applicant's research to some dimension of the Project's broad themes  
can be referenced in letters of application.

The post-doctoral fellowship stipend is $52,000 per year plus  
benefits. In addition, the Fellowship provides for some additional  
research funding and for relocation expenses.

Candidates should submit:

(1) letter of application that describes background, research  
interests, research plans during the period of the fellowship

(2) CV/Resume

(3) 1-2 page abstract and an annotated table of contents of the  
doctoral thesis or description of related JD coursework

(4) 1-2 page statement concerning teaching background and course  
development interests

(5) one dissertation chapter, conference paper, article, or  
equivalent writing sample

(6) names, titles, and full contact information (including e-mail and  
phone) for three references

Final deadline for receipt of application materials is 12:00 noon,  
January 31, 2008.

Application materials should be e-mailed as files in standard MS-Word  
format attached in one single message with the subject line  
"Vulnerable Populations Fellowship Application."

All materials should be e-mailed to Nancy Stafford at the Feminism  
and Legal Theory Project

nstaffo@law.emory.edu.

Inquiries may be directed to nstaffo@law.emory.edu or to Professor  
Martha Albertson Fineman at

mfineman@law.emory.edu.

Emory University is an EEO/AA employer.

From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Nov 23 13:25:50 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Nov 23 13:26:11 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 NEWS: 14 Punjabi Faculty charged with sedition (carrying the death penalty)
Message-ID: <007801c82dfe$4a0c91e0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From: Filippo Osella f.osella@sussex.ac.uk
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:12:38 +0000
Subject: Pakistani faculty charged with sedition (which incurs the death 
penalty)

As a continuation of the attack on all civil institutions, the illegal and
unconstitutional government of Gen. Musharraf has instituted sedition
charges (which carry the death penalty) against the following 14 members
of the academic staff of Punjab University:

1. Dr. Mumtaz Salik, President, Punjab University Academic Staff
    Association (PUASA)
2.. Dr. Asmatullah, Secretary General, PUASA
3. Dr. Haris Rashid, Director, Centre for High Energy Physics
4. Samee Uzair, Law College
5. Amanullah, Law College
6. Mujahid Mansoori, Institute of Communication Studies (ICS)
7. Dr. Shafiq Jallandhari, Institute of Communication Studies (ICS)
8. Nayyar Raza Zaidi, Director, Institute of Business and Information 
Technology (IBIT)
9. Dr. Mujahid Kamran, Chairman, Department of Physics
10. Ziaullah Shah, Institute of Education and Research (IER)
11. Rana Majid IER
12. Prof. Bashir Ahmad, Pharmacy College
13. Prof. Chaudhry Muhammad Nazir, Department of Geology
14. Prof. Abdul Ghaffar, Department of Geography

The FIR against the above 14 teachers of Punjab University under sections
124-A, 188, 143/149 and 16-MPO was registered at the Muslim Town
police. They have been charged with sedition and provoking the masses
against the government for its action of imposing emergency and promulgating
the PCO. This FIR was registered after the above teachers had taken part
in demonstrations against the promulgation of emergency and for the
restoration of the constitution and the judiciary. These were peaceful
protests held inside the campus.

The academic staff of Punjab University are continuing their protest
against the government and the Chancellor of the university and are
demanding the withdrawal of the FIR.

See also:
http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/22/nat9.htm

Miguel Loureiro
Lahore University of Management Sciences 

From sylvianam at berkeley.edu  Wed Nov 21 14:47:35 2007
From: sylvianam at berkeley.edu (sylvia nam)
Date: Fri Nov 23 13:30:02 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]IASTE 2008 Conference "Interrogating Tradition"
In-Reply-To: <b17f6a50711211432g7ed9b179g24cca17bdc07216@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b17f6a50711211432g7ed9b179g24cca17bdc07216@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b17f6a50711211447n154bb1a0i6475be1c9aadcba5@mail.gmail.com>

Please circulate widely.

*"Interrogating Tradition"* is the theme of the eleventh conference of the
International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE)
to be held in Oxford, United Kingdom from December 12-15, 2008.  Tradition
has become a keyword in modern global practices, its meanings inextricably
bound today with the issues it seeks to explain. As tradition is a keyword,
the exercise of interrogation becomes essential in understanding the social
and political contexts in which it is mobilized. Examining the intersecting
discourses of tradition and the politics of its organization become critical
in identifying how socio-political identities and differences are pursued.
The paradoxes of this global moment necessitate a recalibration of our
operative epistemological frameworks in the study of traditional
environments. Accordingly the conference is organized along the following
three sub-themes: *Epistemologies of Tradition, Fundamentalism and
Tradition, and Regeneration and the Practices of Tradition.*

Scholars from relevant disciplines are invited to submit a 500-word abstract
and short biography. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is *February 15,
2008*. Submission details are available online at:
*http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/research/iaste/2008conference.htm
*

Inquiries should be directed to IASTE 2008 Conference, Center for
Environmental Design Research, 390 Wurster Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720-1839, USA. Phone: 510.642.6801, fax: 510.643.5571,
e-mail: iaste@berkeley.edu <iaste@uclinkl4.berkeley.edu>.
From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Nov 24 14:32:43 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Nov 24 14:33:12 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Imagining Outer Space 1900-2000 (Bielefeld, Germany)
Message-ID: <005801c82ed0$cb2f9e70$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From: Alexander C. T. Geppert <geppert@fas.harvard.edu>
Subject: CONF: Imagining Outer Space, 1900-2000 (Berlin, Feb. 2008)
Date: Friday, November 23, 2007

IMAGINING OUTER SPACE, 1900-2000
An International Conference

Zentrum f?r interdisziplin?re Forschung (ZiF)
with the support of Fritz Thyssen Stiftung
Universit?t Bielefeld
February 6-9, 2008

Organization: Alexander C.T. Geppert


This conference on the cultural history of outer space, space travel  
and space exploration examines the manner in which Europeans imagined  
outer space over the course of the twentieth century. Unlike most of  
the existing historiography, it is less interested in the political,  
diplomatic and technological aspects of European space programs per  
se, than in the socio-cultural rationale behind the investment of  
enormous resources. How was outer space represented, communicated and  
perceived? In what way were changing conceptions affected by its  
continuous exploration? And how did the idea of spaceflight develop  
into such a central element of the project of Western modernity?  
Analyzing connections between science and fiction from a comparative  
European perspective, the conference will pay special attention to  
sites and situations where technologies and images have contributed  
to the omnipresence of fantasmatic thought.

Speakers include numerous distinguished experts such as Profs. Steven  
J. Dick (NASA), Debbora Battaglia (Mount Holyoke College), Pierre  
Lagrange (CNRS), Roger D. Launius (National Air and Space Museum),  
Michael J. Neufeld (National Air and Space Museum), Claudia  
Schm?lders (Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin), James Schwoch  
(Northwestern University), Helmuth Trischler (Deutsches Museum) and  
many others. The conference will also feature a special screening of  
rare historical films, several poster presentations and an  
interactive installation "SpacePlace. Art in the Age of Orbitization."

A complete program including abstracts and brief biographies of all  
participants can be found at www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/outerspace.
For information on the conference venue please visit www.uni- 
bielefeld.de/(en)/ZIF/

The number of available places is limited, so pre-registration is  
mandatory. Please contact Alexander Geppert at  
geppert@fas.harvard.edu for further information.


------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROGRAM

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

15.00            Welcome Reception and Opening Remarks
Ipke Wachsmuth (ZiF) and Alexander C.T. Geppert (Harvard)

16.00            Introduction
Alexander C.T. Geppert: European Astrofuturism, Cosmic Provincialism.  
Historical Problems and Historiographical Perspectives

16.30            Keynote Lecture
Steven J. Dick (NASA): Space, Time and Aliens. The Role of  
Imagination in Outer Space

18.00            Feature Presentation I
Philip Pocock (ZKM): SpacePlace. Art in the Age of Orbitization


Thursday, February 7, 2008

09.00            Panel I: Theorizing Outer Space
Chair:  Claudia Schm?lders (HU Berlin)
Debbora Battaglia (Mount Holyoke College): On Galaxies of Discourse
Thomas Brandstetter (Universit?t Wien): Imagining Inorganic Life.  
Crystalline Aliens in Science and Fiction
Benjamin Lazier (Reed College): Philosophers in Space. Towards a  
History of Earth and Artifact in Twentieth-Century Thought

11.15            Panel II: Personalizing Outer Space
Chair:  Bernd Weisbrod (Universit?t G?ttingen)
Rebekka Ladewig (HU Berlin): Cosmism in Early Twentieth-Century  
Russia. Interrelating the Technical and Cultural Avantgardes
Christina Wessely (MPI f?r Wissenschaftsgeschichte): Cosmic  
Spectacular. Rocketry, Weltanschauung and the Quest for Cosmic Ice in  
Weimar Germany
Thore Bj?rnvig (University of Copenhagen): Transcendence of Gravity.  
Arthur C. Clarke and the Apocalyptic of Weightlessness

14.00            Panel III: Localizing Outer Space
Chair:  Roger D. Launius (National Air and Space Museum)
Kerrie Anne Dougherty (Powerhouse Museum Sydney): Spaceport Woomera
Sven Mesinovic (European University Institute): Inner Space. Utopic  
Visions of Ocean Exploration

16.15            Panel IV: Screening Outer Space
Chair:  Peter Becker (Universit?t Linz)
Burghard Ciesla (Universit?t Potsdam): Outer Space, Inner Fear. Cold  
War SF-Films in East and West
Henry Keazor (Universit?t Frankfurt am Main): A Stumble in the Dark.  
Gerry Anderson's "Space 1999"
Werner Suppanz (Universit?t Graz): Nazis in Space. Distant Worlds as  
Projection Screen of Cultural Memory

19.30            Feature Presentation II
J?rgen Ast (Berlin): Screening of Historical Films


Friday, February 8, 2008 --

09.00            Panel V: Fictionalizing Outer Space
Chair:  Angela Schwarz (Universit?t Siegen)
Claudia Schm?lders (HU Berlin): Unwriting Heaven. A Very Short  
History of an Idea
Steffen Kr?mer (LMU M?nchen): Ancient Heroes and Early Christian  
Ascetics. Archetypes of Modern Science Fiction
Patrick J. Gyger (Maison d'Ailleurs): Conjuring the Final Frontier.  
The Role of Science Fiction in Space Exploration

11.15            Panel VI: Visioning Outer Space
Chair:  Alexander C.T. Geppert (Harvard)
Pierre Lagrange (CNRS): The Invention of Ghost Rockets and Flying  
Saucers in 1946/47
James I. Miller (Davidson College): Encountering Aliens in a Familiar  
World. Fabricating a New World in Quarouble, France, 1954
Guillaume de Syon (Albright College): Between the Bubble and the  
Moon. Visions of Space Travel in Francophone Comic Strips

14.00            Panel VII: Politicizing Outer Space
Chair:  Kai-Uwe Schrogl (European Space Policy Institute)
Monica R?thers (Universit?t Basel): Space, Children's Material  
Culture and Soviet Imagery after Sputnik
Michael J. Neufeld (National Air and Space Museum): "Smash the Myth  
of the Fascist Rocket Baron." The East German Campaign Against  
Wernher von Braun in the 1960s

16.15            Panel VIII: Communicating Outer Space
Chair:  Ralf B?low (Berlin)
Roger D. Launius (National Air and Space Museum): Apollo Imagery and  
the Communication of American Culture
Bernd M?tter (Universit?t Bielefeld): Per Media Ad Astra? Outer Space
  
in West Germany's Media 1957-1987


Saturday, February 9, 2008 -

09.00            Panel IX: Automatizing Outer Space
Chair:  Paul Ceruzzi (National Air and Space Museum)
James Schwoch (Northwestern University): "Short, Nasty, and Brutish."  
The Curious Life of Telstar, 10 July 1962 - 21 February 1963
Gonzalo Munevar (Lawrence Technological University): Self-Reproducing  
Automata and the Impossibility of SETI

11.15            Panel X: Designing Outer Space
Chair:  Peter Davidson (National Museums Scotland)
Eva Mayring (Deutsches Museum): Pictures from Outer Space. Industry  
and its Designers
William R. Macauley (University of Manchester): Inscribing Scientific  
Knowledge. Interstellar Communication, Universal Laws and Contact  
with Cultures of the Imagination
Tristan Weddigen (Universit?t Bern): Alien Spotting. Damien Hirst's  
Beagle 2 Mars Lander "Calibration Target" and the Exploitation of  
Outer Space

14.00            Conclusion
Chair:  Steven J. Dick (NASA)
Helmuth Trischler (Deutsches Museum): General Comment


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Convener
Alexander C.T. Geppert
Freie Universit?t Berlin/Harvard University
geppert@fas.harvard.edu

Conference Venue
Zentrum f?r interdisziplin?re Forschung (ZiF)
Universit?t Bielefeld
Wellenberg 1
D-33615 Bielefeld
trixi.valentin@uni-bielefeld.de


Conference Website
www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/outerspace

Venue Website
www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZIF/
From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Sat Nov 24 11:51:18 2007
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Sat Nov 24 14:51:24 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: U Missouri-Kansas City, Cult. Anthro, Visiting Asst.
	Prof.
Message-ID: <34ec80c40711241151s3f5f7119sf5ae4d584fa08e7a@mail.gmail.com>

The University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Sociology,
Criminology, and Criminal Justice invites applications for a Visiting
Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology. This is a one-year
position, with the possibility of a second-year renewal. The position
is open to candidates who are ABD, but preference will be given to
those who already have PhDs in Anthropology. Areal and theoretical
specialization is open, but the ideal candidate will be prepared to
teach two sections of Intro to Cultural Anthropology as well as one
general undergraduate course in Globalization, Nationalism, and, or
Gender each semester. The teaching load is 3 courses each semester
(Fall and Winter).

Interested candidates should send a cover letter describing teaching
experience and philosophy, sample course syllabi, a CV, and
names/phone#/email addresses of three referees to Dr. Shannon Jackson,
Recruitment Chair, Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice &
Criminology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5120 Rockhill Road,
Haag Hall 208, Kansas City, MO 64110. The application deadline is
January 14th, 2008. For more information contact Dr. Shannon Jackson,
coordinator, Anthropology Program, (816) 235-2517 or Tricia Falk,
falkp@umkc.edu.

UMKC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer that
encourages members from underrepresented groups to apply. All final
candidates will be required to successfully pass a criminal background
check prior to beginning employment.


Contact Info:
Dr. Shannon Jackson
Recruitment Chair
Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice & Criminology
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5120 Rockhill Road, Haag Hall 208
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: (816) 235-2517
Email: jacksonsh@umkc.edu

Website: http://cas.umkc.edu/soc

From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Sat Nov 24 11:52:11 2007
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Sat Nov 24 14:52:18 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: NYU, Globalization and Diasporic Communities, Asst.
	Prof.
Message-ID: <34ec80c40711241152q1d4e1c1fh334c2f0a5d39bd9@mail.gmail.com>

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, GLOBALIZATION AND DIASPORIC COMMUNITIES
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University
invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position
in Globalization and Diasporic Communities, to commence on September
1, 2008. We would like to hire a broadly-trained social scientist
(sociology, anthropology, economics, political science) with a strong
grounding in historical thinking whose teaching and research focus on
globalization in relation to non-western cultures and/or diasporic
communities. We seek a scholar who explores transnational and
diasporic processes in cultural, economic, political and/or historical
terms, whose work crosses the boundary between periphery and
metropolis, and whose grasp of social formations demonstrates an
active engagement with more than one of the disciplines now crucial to
understanding the effects of globalization on human societies.

We seek a candidate who has an interdisciplinary and comparative
perspective, and who is committed to teaching and working with
undergraduate students. A commitment to alternative forms of learning
and individual mentoring of students is also essential.

Qualifications: Ph.D. in hand by time of appointment; demonstrated
excellence in teaching and advising at the university level; an
excellent record of research and writing.

Gallatin offers a B.A. and M.A. in Individualized Study:
student-created concentrations, intensive advisement and mentoring,
experiential learning and student-centered teaching. Students combine
course work from most NYU schools with Gallatin seminars and
non-classroom study. Our courses link debates from the "great books"
tradition with current scholarship, contemporary issues and
alternative canons. They also span the ancient to the modern periods,
engage in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue, and cover a
broad spectrum of arts practices. The Gallatin School is strongly
committed to building diverse community among faculty, staff and
students.

Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae and dossier to
Director of Human Resources, The Gallatin School, New York University,
715 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003. The deadline to submit
materials is November 15, 2007.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.



Contact Info:
Director of Human Resources,
The Gallatin School,
New York University,
715 Broadway, 6th Floor,
New York, NY 10003

Website: http://www.nyu.edu

From rrotenbe at depaul.edu  Sun Nov 25 11:19:13 2007
From: rrotenbe at depaul.edu (Robert Rotenberg)
Date: Sun Nov 25 12:19:21 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Reminder: SUNTA Teaching Workshop at AAA
Message-ID: <C36F0AB1.653C%rrotenbe@depaul.edu>

Hi, all. 

I just wanted to remind everyone that the SUNTA teaching workshop will be
Friday afternoon between 2:00 and 5:00 PM (i.e. After the business meeting
and before the reception). In addition to our usual business of developing
syllabi for intro classes that forefront urban, national and
transnational/global anthropology, we will also talk about the differences
between Fordist and Constructivist pedagogies (I'm a constructivist), and
for those job seekers out there, the elements of an effective teaching
statement.  I've invited some friends to happen to be great teachers to stop
by to talk about what they are currently working on. Even Mike Wesch from
KSU has said he would try to stop by to talk about his YouTube Ethnography
project in his intro classes (They make them; they don't watch them).
So, whether you are seasoned veteran or a first term teaching assistant,
there will be something for everyone. As you see there's a full agenda and
we'll certainly fill the three ours with lot's of active learning.

Remember, the deadline is past for pre-registration. So, please, for SUNTA's
sake, register for the workshop when you pick up your program and badge.
See you Friday, 

Bob Rotenberg


From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Sun Nov 25 12:26:34 2007
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Sun Nov 25 15:26:42 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: University of Hong Kong, Socio/Anthro, Asst. Prof.
Message-ID: <34ec80c40711251226p2f4307d9j55dcb6795991017b@mail.gmail.com>

Founded in 1911, The University of Hong Kong is committed to the
highest international standards of excellence in teaching and
research, and has been at the international forefront of academic
scholarship for many years. Of a number of recent indicators of the
University's performance, one is its ranking at 18 among the top 200
universities in the world by the UK's Times Higher Education
Supplement. The University has a comprehensive range of study
programmes and research disciplines, with 20,000 undergraduate and
postgraduate students from 50 countries, and a complement of 1,200
academic members of staff, many of whom are internationally renowned.

Assistant Professor in Sociology/Anthropology in the Department of Sociology
(Ref.: RF-2007/2008-321)

Applications are invited for appointment as Assistant Professor in
Sociology/Anthropology (2 posts) in the Department of Sociology, from
as soon as possible on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the
possibility of renewal.

The introduction of the 4-year curriculum has brought exciting and new
directions to the Department of Sociology. As a result, we are
expanding and recruiting scholars whose research and teaching
interests match our new orientations.

Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in Sociology/Anthropology,
with a good publication record, concrete future plans for publications
and some teaching experience. The ideal candidate should be able to
teach a range of courses in Sociology/Anthropology, including
introductory courses, theories, research methods, class and
inequalities, and family and gender. Preference will be given to those
with a strong research and teaching interest in Asia, as well as a
proven capability in at least one of the following areas: 1) Global
Migration, Transnationalism and Development, 2) Culture, Media and
Heritage Studies. The appointees will be expected to contribute to the
full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate degree
programmes in the Department. Information about the Department can be
obtained at http://www.hku.hk/sociodep/.

Annual salary for Assistant Professorship will be in the range of
HK$474,600 - 733,440 (approx. US$1=HK$7.8) (subject to review from
time to time at the entire discretion of the University). At current
rates, salaries tax does not exceed 16% of gross income. The
appointments will attract a contract-end gratuity and University
contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of
basic salary, as well as leave, and medical/dental benefits. Housing
benefits will be provided as applicable.

Further particulars and application forms (272/302 amended) can be
obtained at https://www.hku.hk/apptunit/; or from the Appointments
Unit (Senior), Human Resource Section, Registry, The University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (fax (852) 2540 6735 or 2559 2058; e-mail:
senrappt@hkucc.hku.hk). Review of applications will start from January
2, 2008 and will continue until the posts are filled. Candidates who
are not contacted within 4 months from the review date may consider
their applications unsuccessful.

The University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a
No-Smoking Policy

From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Fri Nov 23 17:42:39 2007
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David Haines)
Date: Sun Nov 25 18:34:34 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA business meeting
Message-ID: <200711241319.lAODJoHR022167@ppoint1.cc.ysu.edu>

This is a draft of the agenda for the SUNTA
business meeting in Washington. Please
feel free to raise additional questions. Best
regards, -- David Haines -- SUNTA president.

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

SUNTA Business Meeting
Friday, November 30, 2007
12:15 p.m. in Virginia C

Draft Agenda

Call to Order

Welcome to new officers:
   Gautam Ghosh
   Jayne Howell
   Molly Hurley Depret

Thanks to outgoing officers:
   Julie Adkins
   Elzbieta Gozdziak
   Emanuela Guano

Annual reports:
   President (David Haines)
   Program chair (Deborah Pellow )
   Secretary (Elzbieta Gozdziak)
   Treasurer (Anne Lewinson)
   City & Society (Petra Kuppinger)
   List-serve (Angela Jancius)

Award presentations:
   Leeds Prize				
       Presented by Bob Rotenberg
   Graduate student paper prize		
       Presented by Lisa Maya Knauer
   Undergraduate student paper prize
       Presented by Russell Leigh Sharman

Old business:
   Alternate spring meeting
   AnthroSource

New business:
   Nominations committee
       (David Haines, Jane Henrici, Deborah Pellow)
   Comments from the floor

Adjournment 


From hdemirdirek at aol.com  Sun Nov 25 16:18:14 2007
From: hdemirdirek at aol.com (hdemirdirek@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 25 18:34:49 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Desire to see connections-SUNTAAA/workshop
Message-ID: <8C9FDBFD332E580-DA4-353B@WEBMAIL-MC17.sysops.aol.com>



Dear Bob,




Thanks for the reminder. I would like to remind what was going on here
on the list as a different reminder of why we have to support the SUNTA
teaching workshop. Angela Jancius had a a query entitled "Battling the
Neoliberalization of University Life: A List of Strategies" On her
response dated Sun, 18 Nov 2007 she listed the numerous tips people
sent to her.You may not agree with all of them. But that is beside the
point. There are many relevant tips but one was "* Assign primary texts
instead of textbooks." 



What is my point with repeating it? We raise separate voices
but we are not consistent and insistent in the way we follow up the
concrete actions. We are not very insistent on bringing the voices and
actions together. If we are sending such tips to fight
"Neoliberalization of University life" we better take up the concrete offers so that we join forces to to find ways of resisting.



I will register to the workshop when I pick up the programme.I INVITE
OTHER MEMBERS TO ANNOUNCE THEIR INTENSION OF REGISTERING ON THE LIST so
that organizers of the workshop will have some idea of how many people will show up or register. In this way
we can avoid hoping the "someone else will do it". 

I have a few colleagues (who teach intro classes) who really wanted to attend but they cannot efford to attend AAA-not least because some of them are sessional instructors. 


Bob, can you please remind us the amount to be paid for the workshop?
thanks
Hulya Demirdirek


H?lya Demirdirek Ph.D

Assistant Professor

University of Victoria

Department of Anthropology

PO Box 3050 STN CSC

Victoria BC V8W 3P5 Canada

E-mail (w); hulyad@uvic.ca
Phone: +1 250 - 721 7052

Fax: +1 250 - 721 62 15

http://web.uvic.ca/anth

________________________________________________________________________
Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
From rrotenbe at depaul.edu  Mon Nov 26 11:15:46 2007
From: rrotenbe at depaul.edu (Robert Rotenberg)
Date: Mon Nov 26 12:15:54 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Desire to see connections-SUNTAAA/workshop
Message-ID: <C3705B62.5CF6%rrotenbe@depaul.edu>

Dear Hulya, 
Good argument. I, too, lament the situation that prevents our neediest
colleagues from participating in the AAA meetings, let alone this workshop.
I could not find any contemporary information on AAA's website, but in the
past the workshop fees were $50. It all goes to SUNTA. I get only the
satisfaction of stimulating conversation about teaching with colleagues.

Bob Rotenberg


From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Nov 26 13:11:06 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Nov 26 13:12:16 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: Harlem Fights Back Over Columbia University
	Expansion
Message-ID: <010601c83057$b9e88310$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Harlem takes on university in battle of town versus gown
Residents object to plans to turn black neighbourhood into 'Manhattanville'

Ed Pilkington in New York
Tuesday November 20, 2007
The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2213829,00.html

It looked like a battle of the slogans. On either side of the campus square 
stood imposing library buildings bearing the names of Homer, Herodotus, 
Sophocles, Plato and the boast "By royal charter in the reign of George II".

Gathered in the middle was a group of 200 protesters carrying their own 
competing signs: "Stop Columbia!", "Harlem not for sale!", "Say no to 
eminent domain!"

The protesters had huddled on a rainy Saturday around a 10ft statue of Alma 
Mater - the mother of learning - confronted by the mother of all 
neighbourhood disputes.

They had marched from America's most famous black neighbourhood, Harlem, to 
the centre of one of the world's pre-eminent universities, Columbia, in what 
amounts to the ultimate clash of town versus gown.

That clash comes to a head this week: by next Monday the city's planning 
authority must decide whether or not to allow the redevelopment of 17 acres 
in west Harlem and let Columbia go ahead with a massive expansion of its 
campus that would cost it $7bn (?3.4bn) over the next 25 years.

The proposal, fiercely resisted by many local residents who say it will 
encroach upon the black American nature of Harlem, would mark the third 
dramatic expansion in Columbia's history since it was founded with just 
eight students in 1754 in what is now downtown Manhattan.

In the 1840s the university moved in search of extra space to mid-town 
Manhattan to where the Rockefeller Centre now stands; then it moved again in 
1896 to its present location in uptown Morningside Heights.

Now Columbia University, which its president Lee Bollinger calls the 
"quintessential great urban university", says it needs to expand again so 
that it can remain globally competitive. Bollinger points out that Columbia 
students, of whom there are now more than 20,000, enjoy less than half the 
space per head than their equivalents at rivals Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

The university has earmarked a largely manufacturing area in west Harlem 
which it plans to develop into "Manhattanville", complete with a new 
business centre, research laboratories, and improved facilities for students 
and professors.

Renzo Piano, co-designer of the Paris Pompidou centre and architect of the 
recently completed New York Times building in Manhattan, has produced the 
plans in sparkling glass and metal.

"This is vital to the future of the university," said Warren Whitlock, one 
of the directors of the Columbia project. "Space is at a premium in this 
university. The way things are now we are asking Nobel laureates to work in 
antiquated facilities."

The university insists that Piano's designs will provide local people with 
new open space and improved access across the island to the Hudson river and 
generate 6,000 jobs.

But many Harlemites remain sceptical.

A community board of local groups and businesses has already voted against 
Manhattanville by 32 to two votes. Residents have been angered by the 
threatened use of "eminent domain" to compulsorily purchase the homes of 
around 400 people living in the Manhattanville zone.

The hostility rests upon decades of mutual suspicions.

Columbia, with its mainly white and affluent student body, stands on top of 
a hill, rather like a medieval Italian town, overlooking the largely black 
and until recently overwhelmingly poor neighbourhood of central Harlem.

Tom Kappner, one of the protesters who marched to Columbia, has lived in 
Harlem since 1966 when he graduated from the university.
"I have seen the university systematically erode diversity by driving out 
people of colour and the poor, and replace it with a sterile conformity of 
white upper middle-class students and faculty," he said.

Kappner bore witness to the events of 1968, the memory of which still 
rankles with Harlemites. The university decided to build a gymnasium for its 
students on land that had been open to the neighbourhood.

In what became known as the case of Gym Crow - a pun on the Jim Crow 
discriminatory laws in the south - the university tried to assuage angry 
residents by allowing them to use the facilities via a discreet side 
entrance. The plan backfired after black activists joined hands with 
students in bloody demonstrations that temporarily closed the campus.

That gym was never built. This time Columbia says it has learned from past 
mistakes and is offering local people full access to its proposed sports 
hall in Manhattanville - via the front door.

But such acts have proved insufficient to win over many Harlemites, who fear 
that a massive expansion of Columbia will merely increase the pace of 
gentrification that is already transforming the area. Harlem's townhouses, 
the focal point of black migration to the neighbourhood since the first 
world war, rose 300% in value during the 1990s to up to $3m - well beyond 
the purses of most black families who have been forced into state-owned 
housing projects or out of Harlem altogether.

In their place affluent white homeowners have arrived. Bill Clinton set up 
his post-presidential offices in 125th street, close to the Manhattanville 
zone, and although he is respected by many African Americans as the 
country's "first black president" the move was symbolic of the sea-change in 
the area.
To some extent Harlem has been a victim of its own success. Michael Adams, 
another protester and author of Harlem Lost and Found, moved to the area 25 
years ago after he completed a post-graduate course at Columbia.

"People like me came here because we saw Harlem as the spiritual centre of 
African America, but also because we had a vision of the vibrant area it 
could become. "Now we've realised that vision, but the nightmare is that now 
we are not rich enough to enjoy it."

Gentrification is not unique to Harlem; it is being played out furiously 
across Manhattan, from the Lower East Side to the garment district.

"What is happening to Harlem is part of the resurgence of Manhattan as a 
whole," said Kenneth Jackson, a Columbia professor and editor of the 
Encyclopaedia of New York City. "What we are talking about is change. 
Manhattan is changing and when that happens somebody loses out."
America's black capital moves with the times

The name Harlem is Dutch and was coined in the days when New York was known 
as New Amsterdam. But for more than 100 years it has been what Columbia's 
Kenneth Jackson calls "a worldwide symbol of black urbanisation".

Black migration to the neighbourhood took off during the first world war, 
when large numbers of African Americans travelled north to escape Southern 
discrimination and to seek work in war industries.

The 1920s saw a cultural blooming in the so-called Harlem Renaissance, 
associated with such names as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller 
in music; Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison in literature; and Orson Welles, 
who staged his famous black Macbeth in Harlem in 1936, in theatre
By 1930 the area had been dubbed the capital of black America. The National 
Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, a leading human rights 
group, was founded in Harlem in 1910 and Marcus Garvey based his 
back-to-Africa movement here in the 1920s. Malcolm X was assassinated in the 
Audubon Ballroom in 1965 (Columbia knocked the building down in 1994, 
causing further antagonism). Harlem also gave rise to the first black mayor 
of New York city, David Dinkins, and today plays host to the preacher and 
agitator Al Sharpton.

? This article was amended on Thursday November 22 2007. In the article 
above we said that Columbia University has more than 2,000 students; we 
meant to say more than 20,000 students. The latest published figures for 
student enrolment at Columbia suggest that the number of students at the 
university exceeds 24,000. This error has been corrected accordingly. 

From PhillipJ at sou.edu  Mon Nov 26 10:51:10 2007
From: PhillipJ at sou.edu (James Phillips)
Date: Mon Nov 26 15:00:13 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L] CORI (Committee on Refugees & Immigrants)
	Business Meeting at the AAAs 
In-Reply-To: <004f01c82acc$8e6974f0$e9060c0a@whitman.edu>
References: <004f01c82acc$8e6974f0$e9060c0a@whitman.edu>
Message-ID: <474AA51D.D2BD.0026.0@sou.edu>

As an "older" member of CORI, I'll suggest that it may be time to revisit the discussions we had some years ago when CORI moved from a focus entirely on refugee studies to a broader inclusion of migrant populations.   Is it time to return to an exclusive focus on refugee populations?  Or, perhaps more effectively, a focus on displaced populations?  Refugees and forcibly displaced people share certain characteristics with other "migrant" populations, but their experience, legal status, and the situations that commonly generate refugee populations are in many ways different from those of many other "migrant" populations, and they bring us directly into contact with certain other areas of anthropological inquiry, e.g., conflict and peace studies, human rights issues, etc. I think a new discussion that critically explores both the connections between refugee-ness or forcible displacement and other forms of human movement, as well as the uniqueness of refugee situations may be in order. In this, we may discover new linkages to the work of colleagues in areas of peace and conflict studies, human rights, environmental justice, etc.

James Phillips
Graduate Social Science Coordinator and 
Adj. Prof. of Anthropology and Latin American Studies
Southern Oregon University  

>>> "Jason Pribilsky" <pribiljc@whitman.edu> 11/19/2007 8:52 AM >>>
Dear Colleagues (old and new CORI members, scholars interested in issues
concerning immigration and refugees): 

CORI (Committee on Refugees and Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs
Saturday, December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). 
Contact Jason Pribilsky, CORI Chair for more details
(pribiljc@whitman.edu)

DETAILS: 
During a migration roundtable at the 2007 Applied meetings hosted by SUNTA
president David Haines, a group of young and senior CORI members came
together to discuss the future of the group. This discussion will be
furthered at the AAAs in November and I strongly encourage all past and
present members and anyone else whose research falls under the broad agenda
of CORI to give their input. When CORI was founded as a group within GAD,
its purpose was to serve as a networking conduit to bring together scholars
researching and writing about similar issues. Over the years, CORI published
an impressive collection of "Selected Papers" and was a leader in organizing
panels and planning sessions on critical policy issues such as forced
migration and refugee resettlement. In 2003, CORI joined SUNTA and found a
natural home among likeminded scholars. Nearly twenty years later, we might
ask ourselves what is the specific purpose of CORI today? Is it necessary,
for instance, given the large volume of scholars who already work on
migration-related issues, to have a separate group devoted to this topic
within SUNTA? If the answer is yes, what should the new face of this group
be? What should be its agenda for the next twenty years? I invite all who
are interested in the future of CORI to attend a business meeting, Saturday,
December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). Questions? I can be reached at
pribiljc@whitman.edu 

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)
 
 


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From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Nov 26 18:00:35 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Nov 26 18:01:12 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]TOC: Space and Polity (Vol. 11, Issue 2)
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New Region, New Story: Imagining Mobile Subjects in Transnational Space p. 137
Authors: Anne Jensen; Tim Richardson
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From critplan at ucla.edu  Mon Nov 26 23:33:18 2007
From: critplan at ucla.edu (Critical Planning Journal)
Date: Tue Nov 27 12:48:57 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
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Please forward widely:

Announcing: The Edward W. Soja Prize for Critical Thinking in Urban
and Regional Research

Note: deadline for Critical Planning submissions extended to *Dec. 31st, 2007*

Critical Planning, the UCLA Journal of Urban Planning, proudly
announces the Edward W. Soja Prize for Critical Thinking in Urban and
Regional Research. For the inaugural year, a cash prize of $1,000 will
be given to the best article published in volume 15 of summer 2008.
The prize is named after Edward W. Soja. It celebrates the lifetime
achievements of this critical thinker whose work continues to open
insightful new research directions for the theoretical and practical
understanding of contemporary cities and regions. The awarded article
will exemplify the seminal contribution that such visions make to
scholarly research. For the prize we will consider all articles
selected through the Critical Planning double-blind peer review ? the
journal's managing editor will chair a juried selection process. We
welcome submissions related to urban and regional planning and all
cognate disciplines from persons residing in any country. Preference
will be given to authors speaking to critical issues outside the
research agendas of traditional funding agencies and institutional
donors. All other standards for publication in the Critical Planning
journal apply. For additional details, please refer to the call for
submissions to vol. 15 below. Please note: the deadline for
submissions has been extended to December 31, 2007.


CALL FOR PAPERS:
Volume 15, Summer 2008

Critical Planning
UCLA Journal of Urban Planning

In honor of our 15th anniversary, this year's volume of Critical
Planning is devoted to identifying and highlighting the most current
critical approaches to urban theory, research and practice. We seek
submissions that 1) address the challenges confronting the present and
future of cities and regions in the U.S. and around the world and, 2)
display an original and critical perspective on recent theoretical
developments, policies and practices. We invite submissions from all
disciplines as well as the use of various methodologies. We encourage
cross-disciplinary, multi-scalar and mixed-method approaches.

Critical Planning is a double-blind peer-reviewed publication. Feature
articles are generally between 5,000 and 7,000 words, while shorter
articles are between 1,000 and 3,000. All submissions should be
written according to the standards of the Chicago Manual of Style,
15th Edition. Footnotes should be placed at the end of the document.
Please double-space all parts of the manuscript and leave one-inch
margins on all sides. Tables and images should be separated from the
text. Images should be provided in .tif format, not exceeding a width
of five inches and a resolution of 600 dpi (a width of 3000 pixels).
Include a cover sheet with the article's title; the author's name,
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statement. Please do not put identifying information (name or
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For pdf version of call please see our website.

From tmartika at abo.fi  Tue Nov 27 16:24:55 2007
From: tmartika at abo.fi (Tuomas Martikainen)
Date: Tue Nov 27 12:49:39 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Urban Diversity and Religious Traditions
Message-ID: <474C28B7.1020207@abo.fi>

URBAN DIVERSITY AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
19th Nordic Conference in Sociology of Religion

13-15 August 2008
?bo Akademi University, Turku/?bo, Finland

http://www.abo.fi/ncsr2008

*Call for sessions, deadline December 15th, 2007*
Call for papers, deadline April 30th, 2008

The theme of the conference is religion in a contemporary urban setting. 
How are religious traditions and practices influenced by the 
contemporary city, and what is the role of religion in the late modern 
"cityscape"? The pluralistic situation in a modern city is characterized 
by ethnic minorities, but also by various other subcultures. The role of 
media and consumption is most evident in urban settings. And in the 
centre of town, we find a cathedral. What are the strategies of the 
mainstream churches amidst the new urbanism? In short, how does religion 
fit into the contemporary city and what happens with religion in this 
environment?

The plenary speakers of the conference are Professor Linda Woodhead 
(University of Lancaster, UK), Professor R. Stephen Warner (University 
of Illinois at Chicago, USA), Professor Inger Furseth (Centre for Church 
Research, Norway) and Doctor Pasi M?enp?? (University of Helsinki, 
Finland). The language of the conference is English.

Keynote Speakers

Professor *Linda Woodhead*

Professor Linda Woodhead (Lancaster University, UK) is specialised in 
the changing face of Christianity in the 20th and 21st centuries, and in 
the rise of alternative forms of spirituality, particulary the holistic 
spirituality that has flourished since the late 1980s. Her publications 
include The Spiritual Revolution (2005 with Paul Heelas) and 
Congregational Studies in the UK (2004 co-editor with Mathew Guest and 
Karin Tusting).

Conference abstract: Locality Studies of Religion: Methods and Approaches
http://web.abo.fi/fak/hf/relvet/ncsr2008/abstract_woodhead.html

Professor *R. Stephen Warner*

Professor R. Stephen Warner (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) is 
specialised in religion and immigration, and the religious involvement 
of Christian, Muslim, and Hindu youth in the U.S.A.. His publications 
include A Church of Our Own: Disestablishment and Diversity in American 
Religion (2005) and Gatherings in Diaspora: Religious Communitites and 
the New Immigration (1998, co-editor with Judith Wittner).

Conference abstract: Parameters of Paradigms
http://web.abo.fi/fak/hf/relvet/ncsr2008/abstract_warner.html

Professor Inger Furseth

Professor Inger Furseth (Centre for Church Research, Norway) is 
specialised in religion and social theory, including issues related to 
religious diversity and gender. Her publications include From Quest for 
Truth to Being Oneself. Religious Change in Life Stories (2006) and An 
Introduction to the Sociology of Religion. Classical and Contemporary 
Perspectives (2006, with P?l Repstad).

Doctor Pasi M?enp??

Doctor Pasi M?enp?? (University of Helsinki, Finland) is specialised in 
urban sociology and sociology of consumption, including questions of 
urban public space, spaces of consumption, cell phone user cultures, and 
emerging mobile internet, as well as urban politics and urban planning. 
His publications include Narkissos kaupungissa. Tutkimus 
kuluttaja-kaupunkilaisesta ja julkisesta tilasta (2005, "Narcissus in 
the City: a study of a consumer-urbanite and urban public space) and 
Nitting the Jackpot. Lives of Lottery Millionaries (1999, Pasi Falk).

Conference abstract: Spirituality of Homo ludens urbanus
http://web.abo.fi/fak/hf/relvet/ncsr2008/abstract_maenpaa.html

From chesluk at ix.netcom.com  Tue Nov 27 13:02:17 2007
From: chesluk at ix.netcom.com (chesluk@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Tue Nov 27 13:42:29 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]book launch event for new ethnography of Times Square
Message-ID: <19445083.1196186537586.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Rutgers University Press will be holding a book launch/signing event in NYC for "Money Jungle: Imagining the New Times Square." "Money Jungle" is an innovative new ethnography, which examines the ways in which the Times Square redevelopment project transformed the area's built, social and political environment in the 1990s. The book explores the new public spaces of the Times Square area; the Midtown Community Court and its Times Square Ink job- and life-skills training program; police-community dialogue in and around the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood; and local activism around zoning and development. 

The event will be held on Monday, December 3, from 12-1:30 PM, at Le Madeleine, 403 W. 43rd St. in Manhattan. The author, Benjamin Chesluk, and the photographer, Maggie Hopp, will both be present to discuss the book and sign copies. We hope to see you there!



From mahlers at fiu.edu  Tue Nov 27 14:55:41 2007
From: mahlers at fiu.edu (mahlers@fiu.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 27 15:50:55 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Re: CORI (Committee on Refugees & Immigrants)
 Business Meeting at the AAAs  
Message-ID: <20071127145541.BQR93415@mailstore3.fiu.edu>

Dear Colleagues,

In response to the couple of comments by Jason Pribilsky (below)and others about CORI/SUNTA, I would like to weigh in.  

It has often crossed my mind that migration studies and refugee studies should be integrated better.  There are indeed differences but I see them as differences of degree more than of kind. There is value in examining border crossing along continua based on different criteria such as conditions of exit and entry, govt assistance and barriers, people's SES, etc.  Some twenty years ago I started my career studying refugees who were not accorded refugee status in the U.S. for old Cold War reasons; today I supervise a doctoral student researching intra-company transferees who are not accorded immigrant status despite the fact that, as she recently wrote, "the United Nations and the International organization for Migration define immigrant as a ?non-resident intending to stay in a country for more than one year? (U.N. 1998:18; IOM 2004:31). Thus the term ?immigrant? covers a plethora of people who cross international borders, including low-skilled workers, refugees, persons without legal documents, missionaries, diplomats, foreign language teachers, and the now widely increasing temporary skilled and professional workers, and international company transferees."

SUNTA is definitely the right home for these issues and care needs to be taken institutionally such that the juggernaut of migration studies does not ignore the differences of refugees' experiences, but I think it is time to restructure so that we align ourselves institutionally more in line with our intellectual understanding.

I will not be at the AAA but hope that this issue received the attention it merits.

Sarah J. Mahler

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:52:22 -0800
>From: "Jason Pribilsky" <pribiljc@whitman.edu>  
>Subject: [URBANTH-L] CORI (Committee on Refugees & Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs    
>To: 
>
>Dear Colleagues (old and new CORI members, scholars interested in issues
>concerning immigration and refugees): 
>
>CORI (Committee on Refugees and Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs
>Saturday, December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). 
>Contact Jason Pribilsky, CORI Chair for more details
>(pribiljc@whitman.edu)
>
>DETAILS: 
>During a migration roundtable at the 2007 Applied meetings hosted by SUNTA
>president David Haines, a group of young and senior CORI members came
>together to discuss the future of the group. This discussion will be
>furthered at the AAAs in November and I strongly encourage all past and
>present members and anyone else whose research falls under the broad agenda
>of CORI to give their input. When CORI was founded as a group within GAD,
>its purpose was to serve as a networking conduit to bring together scholars
>researching and writing about similar issues. Over the years, CORI published
>an impressive collection of "Selected Papers" and was a leader in organizing
>panels and planning sessions on critical policy issues such as forced
>migration and refugee resettlement. In 2003, CORI joined SUNTA and found a
>natural home among likeminded scholars. Nearly twenty years later, we might
>ask ourselves what is the specific purpose of CORI today? Is it necessary,
>for instance, given the large volume of scholars who already work on
>migration-related issues, to have a separate group devoted to this topic
>within SUNTA? If the answer is yes, what should the new face of this group
>be? What should be its agenda for the next twenty years? I invite all who
>are interested in the future of CORI to attend a business meeting, Saturday,
>December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). Questions? I can be reached at
>pribiljc@whitman.edu 
>
>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)
> 
> 
>
>
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===================================
Sarah J. Mahler
Director, 
Transnational & Comparative Studies Center
 and Associate Professor, 
Dept. Sociology/Anthropology
DM 368
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
(o) 305.348.6561
(fax) 305.348.6562
email:  mahlers@fiu.edu


From lmcspadden at psr.edu  Tue Nov 27 18:55:44 2007
From: lmcspadden at psr.edu (Lucia Ann  McSpadden)
Date: Wed Nov 28 10:18:16 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L] CORI (Committee on Refugees & Immigrants)Business
	Meeting at the AAAs 
In-Reply-To: <474AA51D.D2BD.0026.0@sou.edu>
References: <004f01c82acc$8e6974f0$e9060c0a@whitman.edu>
	<474AA51D.D2BD.0026.0@sou.edu>
Message-ID: <0A79FA2DB8D3FA4C9C95E8E99F404DAE02566FBA@psr-exch01.consortium.local>

Dear Colleagues,

I appreciate Jason raising these questions prior to the meetings [which
I will not be able to attend].  I, like Jim, am an 'older' member of
CORI, actually one of the founders.  I agree with Jim that it is time to
revisit the decision to join refugee studies/research with migration
studies/research as well as appreciating his eloquence in laying out
issues.  I also appreciate what Sarah says about the similarities in the
realities of those who migrate whether refugees or for other reasons.
However, the uniqueness of the refugee situation within the
international as well as national refugee systems easily gets lost when
the primary focus is migration.  Additionally, in keeping with the
protective legal aspects of "refugee" designation, implying danger,
internally displaced persons are often, and to my mind correctly,
included in refugee studies -- witness the internally displaced in
Darfur and the Congo. As Jim notes, when one focuses upon refugees and
the internally displaced, human rights quickly comes into focus. Studies
engaging violence, social reconciliation,and peace become germaine to
the exploration of refugee issues.

Institutionally within AAA many scholars are working on
migrant/immigrant issues from many vantage points and research concerns.
Yet, most of these scholars do not relate to CORI, or at least have not
in my experience.  They connect more to a subdiscipline, e.g.,
education.  If one of the reasons to bring immigrant studies within CORI
was to broaden the membership and have a cross-fertilization of ideas,
it would be appropriate to investigate whether or not this goal has been
accomplished.

I send you all warm regards and wishes for a productive CORI meeting.

Lucia Ann/Shan 


Lucia Ann McSpadden, Ph.D.
Coordinator of International Student Support 
Adjunct Faculty
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Avenue
Berkeley, CA  94709
1-510-849-8250
1-510-845-8948 [fax]
lmcspadden@psr.edu
check our website at www.psr.edu
 

-----Original Message-----
From: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu
[mailto:urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of James Phillips
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:51 AM
To: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu; Jason Pribilsky
Subject: Re: [URBANTH-L] CORI (Committee on Refugees &
Immigrants)Business Meeting at the AAAs 

As an "older" member of CORI, I'll suggest that it may be time to
revisit the discussions we had some years ago when CORI moved from a
focus entirely on refugee studies to a broader inclusion of migrant
populations.   Is it time to return to an exclusive focus on refugee
populations?  Or, perhaps more effectively, a focus on displaced
populations?  Refugees and forcibly displaced people share certain
characteristics with other "migrant" populations, but their experience,
legal status, and the situations that commonly generate refugee
populations are in many ways different from those of many other
"migrant" populations, and they bring us directly into contact with
certain other areas of anthropological inquiry, e.g., conflict and peace
studies, human rights issues, etc. I think a new discussion that
critically explores both the connections between refugee-ness or
forcible displacement and other forms of human movement, as well as the
uniqueness of refugee situations may be in order. In this, we may
discover new linkages to the work of colleagues in areas of peace and
conflict studies, human rights, environmental justice, etc.

James Phillips
Graduate Social Science Coordinator and Adj. Prof. of Anthropology and
Latin American Studies Southern Oregon University  

>>> "Jason Pribilsky" <pribiljc@whitman.edu> 11/19/2007 8:52 AM >>>
Dear Colleagues (old and new CORI members, scholars interested in issues
concerning immigration and refugees): 

CORI (Committee on Refugees and Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs
Saturday, December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). 
Contact Jason Pribilsky, CORI Chair for more details
(pribiljc@whitman.edu)

DETAILS: 
During a migration roundtable at the 2007 Applied meetings hosted by
SUNTA president David Haines, a group of young and senior CORI members
came together to discuss the future of the group. This discussion will
be furthered at the AAAs in November and I strongly encourage all past
and present members and anyone else whose research falls under the broad
agenda of CORI to give their input. When CORI was founded as a group
within GAD, its purpose was to serve as a networking conduit to bring
together scholars researching and writing about similar issues. Over the
years, CORI published an impressive collection of "Selected Papers" and
was a leader in organizing panels and planning sessions on critical
policy issues such as forced migration and refugee resettlement. In
2003, CORI joined SUNTA and found a natural home among likeminded
scholars. Nearly twenty years later, we might ask ourselves what is the
specific purpose of CORI today? Is it necessary, for instance, given the
large volume of scholars who already work on migration-related issues,
to have a separate group devoted to this topic within SUNTA? If the
answer is yes, what should the new face of this group be? What should be
its agenda for the next twenty years? I invite all who are interested in
the future of CORI to attend a business meeting, Saturday, December 1
(6:15 - 7:30 pm). Questions? I can be reached at pribiljc@whitman.edu 

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


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From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Wed Nov 28 08:33:22 2007
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David W. Haines)
Date: Wed Nov 28 10:18:39 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Re: CORI (Committee on Refugees & Immigrants)
  Business Meeting at the AAAs
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Re: CORI business meeting

As both a past CORI chair and current SUNTA president, I
am sympathetic to both James and Sarah's comments, which
(to me anyway) reflect the strong needs to (1) focus
specifically on refugees, and also to (2) develop a fully
comprehensive anthropology of migration--of which refugee
issues are an absolutely crucial component.

I have already apologized to Jason for not being able to attend
this CORI meeting, but I wonder if this process of thinking
CORI's future might have a useful practical implication for the
next one or two AAA meetings: a set of panels that examine
exactly these issues: perhaps one on contemporary forced
migration (including the extremely interesting new arrivals to
the United States); one on what anthropology can contribute to
migration studies generally; and perhaps one that focuses on this
specific question of how to integrate the understanding of
humanitarian and economic migration streams (and destinies).

-- David Haines

At 02:55 PM 11/27/2007, mahlers@fiu.edu wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>In response to the couple of comments by Jason 
>Pribilsky (below)and others about CORI/SUNTA, I would like to weigh in.
>
>It has often crossed my mind that migration 
>studies and refugee studies should be integrated 
>better.  There are indeed differences but I see 
>them as differences of degree more than of kind. 
>There is value in examining border crossing 
>along continua based on different criteria such 
>as conditions of exit and entry, govt assistance 
>and barriers, people's SES, etc.  Some twenty 
>years ago I started my career studying refugees 
>who were not accorded refugee status in the U.S. 
>for old Cold War reasons; today I supervise a 
>doctoral student researching intra-company 
>transferees who are not accorded immigrant 
>status despite the fact that, as she recently 
>wrote, "the United Nations and the International 
>organization for Migration define immigrant as a 
>???non-resident intending to stay in a country 
>for more than one year??? (U.N. 1998:18; IOM 
>2004:31). Thus the term ???immigrant??? covers a 
>plethora of people who cross international 
>borders, including low-skilled workers, 
>refugees, persons without legal documents, 
>missionaries, diplomats, foreign language 
>teachers, and the now widely increasing 
>temporary skilled and professional workers, and 
>international company transferees."
>
>SUNTA is definitely the right home for these 
>issues and care needs to be taken 
>institutionally such that the juggernaut of 
>migration studies does not ignore the 
>differences of refugees' experiences, but I 
>think it is time to restructure so that we align 
>ourselves institutionally more in line with our intellectual understanding.
>
>I will not be at the AAA but hope that this 
>issue received the attention it merits.
>
>Sarah J. Mahler
>
>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:52:22 -0800
> >From: "Jason Pribilsky" <pribiljc@whitman.edu>
> >Subject: [URBANTH-L] CORI (Committee on 
> Refugees & Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs
> >To:
> >
> >Dear Colleagues (old and new CORI members, scholars interested in issues
> >concerning immigration and refugees):
> >
> >CORI (Committee on Refugees and Immigrants) Business Meeting at the AAAs
> >Saturday, December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm).
> >Contact Jason Pribilsky, CORI Chair for more details
> >(pribiljc@whitman.edu)
> >
> >DETAILS:
> >During a migration roundtable at the 2007 Applied meetings hosted by SUNTA
> >president David Haines, a group of young and senior CORI members came
> >together to discuss the future of the group. This discussion will be
> >furthered at the AAAs in November and I strongly encourage all past and
> >present members and anyone else whose research falls under the broad agenda
> >of CORI to give their input. When CORI was founded as a group within GAD,
> >its purpose was to serve as a networking conduit to bring together scholars
> >researching and writing about similar issues. Over the years, CORI published
> >an impressive collection of "Selected Papers" and was a leader in organizing
> >panels and planning sessions on critical policy issues such as forced
> >migration and refugee resettlement. In 2003, CORI joined SUNTA and found a
> >natural home among likeminded scholars. Nearly twenty years later, we might
> >ask ourselves what is the specific purpose of CORI today? Is it necessary,
> >for instance, given the large volume of scholars who already work on
> >migration-related issues, to have a separate group devoted to this topic
> >within SUNTA? If the answer is yes, what should the new face of this group
> >be? What should be its agenda for the next twenty years? I invite all who
> >are interested in the future of CORI to attend a business meeting, Saturday,
> >December 1 (6:15 - 7:30 pm). Questions? I can be reached at
> >pribiljc@whitman.edu
> >
> >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)
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>Transnational & Comparative Studies Center
>  and Associate Professor,
>Dept. Sociology/Anthropology
>DM 368
>Florida International University
>Miami, FL 33199
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>(fax) 305.348.6562
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From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Nov 28 15:26:11 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Nov 28 15:28:10 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Empire: Migrations, Diasporas, Networks (California
	State University Stanislaus)
Message-ID: <004001c831fd$24fe1f60$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from GEOGFEM@LSV.UKY.EDU]

Call for Papers and Presentations -
Submission Deadline: December 15,  2007

Empire: Migrations, Diasporas, Networks
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 13-15 March 2008.
California State University Stanislaus (USA)

Continuing a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary conversation about empire,
California State University Stanislaus will host a third conference on
Empire in March 2008, this time exploring Migrations, Diasporas, and
Networks.

Plenary Speakers:
Mikhail Alexseev-- Mikhail A. Alexseev is an Associate Professor of
Political Science at San Diego State University. A former Kremlin
correspondent of the News from Ukraine weekly, Alexseev was the first
Soviet citizen to receive a Reuters* Fellowship at the University of
Oxford and the NATO Democratic Institutions Fellowship in 1990. He is
the author of Without Warning: Threat Assessment, Intelligence, and
Global Struggle (1997) and the editor of Center-Periphery Conflict in
Post-Soviet Russia: A Federation Imperiled (1999). His articles have
appeared in numerous journals, newspapers, and magazines, including
Political Science Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Political
Communication, The New York Times, Newsweek, and USA Today.

Katynka Martinez-- Recent USC Annenberg Fellow, now Assistant Professor
of Raza Studies at San Francisco State University. She has published in
numerous anthologies including "The Deterritorialized Telenovela in a
Neo-network Era: Finding an online home for MyNetwork Soaps" in
Millennial TV: Media Convergence, Viral Networking, and a Wired
Audience; "Digital Media and New Technology" and "Quincea?era" in Girl
Culture: An Encyclopedia; "Monolingualism, Biculturalism, and Cable TV:
HBO Latino and the Promise of the Multiplex" in Cable Visions:
Television Beyond Broadcasting. Her work has also appeared in Latino
Studies, Communication Review, and in The Encyclopedia of Latina and
Latino Popular Culture in the United States.

Proposals sought - Submission Deadline: December 15, 2007

We seek papers, panels, workshops, and artistic works that examine the
connections/disconnections between enactments and perceptions of empire
with migrations, diasporas and/or networks. We hope that participants
will address the issues of empire from antiquity to postmodernity, on
every continent and from many cultures. We also hope to look at a
variety of empires such as national, media, corporate, and
technological. To situate these topics in as broad a context as
possible, we seek presentations by scholars working in such disciplines
as Anthropology, Architecture & Art History, Humanities and Social
Sciences, Computing, Economics, Education, Ethnic & Gender Studies, Film
Studies, Geography, History, Literature, New Media, Philosophy, Politics
& Public Policy, and the Natural and Physical Sciences.

Themes
    Suggested topics might include, but are by no means limited to, the
following:
        * Diasporas and Migrations: geographic, cultural, ideological,
rhetorical, technological or other.
        * Sustainability & the Political Ecology of diasporic
communities, migrations, and networks.
        * Reverse Colonization of place, of media, of technologies.
        * Imperial Borders & Language: Dominance, Discrimination, &
Assimilation.
        * Images of Empire in Popular Culture.
        * Teaching/Subverting Imperial Ideology: Empire, Education, &
Resistant Pedagogy.
        * Borders and "Borders" -- Theorizing Cultural Connection,
Separation, and Entanglement.
        * From Hollywood and Microsoft to DIY Videos and the Open
Source Movement: Media Empires, Rebellions, and Collaborations.
        * Home: Migration, Place, & Identity.
        * Constructing/Constricting Identities.
        * Imperialism & Visual and Musical Culture.
        * Theories of Empire: the Political, Historical, Erotic, &
Aesthetic.
        * The Imperial In-Between in Drama, Fiction, Film, & Poetry.
        * Networks of Resistance: Feminist, Ecological, Ethnic,
Technological, etc.
        * Dialectism & Resistance: Black English, Chicanismo, &
Linguistic Minorities.
        * Technological Migrations: Empire, Film, TV, and the Web.
        * Gender & Migration, Diaspora, and/or Networks.
        * Cosmopolitanism: World Culture vs. Local Identity.
        * Imperialism, Philanthropy, & Aid.

For more info and online proposal submission visit:
http://web.csustan.edu/CHSS/Empire/

Betsy Eudey, PhD
Director/Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
Department of Ethnic and Gender Studies
California State University Stanislaus
801 W Monte Vista Ave
Turlock, CA, USA 95382
BEudey@csustan.edu 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Nov 30 09:16:09 2007
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Nov 30 09:17:20 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Roads Less Travelled: The Culture of Shared Air, Marine, and
 Land Mobility
Message-ID: <009a01c8335b$9005d140$2c01a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

CALL FOR PAPERS

 
Roads less travelled: The culture of shared air, marine, and land mobility 


A series of important contributions to the international and interdisciplinary study of mobility over the past decade have shown the centrality of automobility in Western societies and cultures. Automobility stands as an icon of individualized freedom of movement, late modern lifestyle, reliance on transportation technology for daily living, as well as the advent and downward-spiralling of pollution, (sub)urbanization, and consumerism. The study of automobility also stands as an exception to the generalized paucity of knowledge on the cultures of other practices of mobility. In contrast, little do we know, for example, about the sociological, media-ecological, and anthropological significance of non-individual (hence, shared) land, air, and marine mobility. Acquiring additional knowledge about these forms of mobility seems necessary if we wish to comprehend the cultural meaningfulness of alternatives to the patently unsustainable dominant medium of transportation of the day, 
 the car.

As fuel prices rise, as petrol becomes less easily available worldwide, and as the reflexive feeling of citizen responsibility for sustainable mobility grows, it behoves scholars to understand the symbolic significance of car-less lifestyles and countercultures of immobility. 

The proposed book will collect 12 original ethnographic studies written from a wide variety of social scientific fields and interdisciplinary social sciences. Submissions of proposals for papers dealing with the culture of marine mobility, air mobility, shared land mobility, and immobility are invited.

Ideal proposals for ethnographic studies would look at the role played by the mentioned modes of mobility in the everyday life of individuals living in precise geographical contexts. Essays would focus on the logic, experience, and practice of alternative mobility and its shaping of the senses of space, time, identity, and community. 

Essay topics would include, but are not limited to, ferry-boat transportation, the culture of year-round sailboat travellers, the mobility options and movement practices of remote island communities, the experience of regional, national, and international airline travel, the practice of bush pilot air travel, train and subway commuting, urban bus transit, long-range coach travel, and also the experiences and lifestyle of immobile individuals--those who wish to "maroon" themselves within the confines of a unique space.

The deadline for proposals is March 1, 2008. Proposals should consist of 200 word abstracts emailed to the editor, Phillip Vannini: phillip.vannini@royalroads.ca Expressions of interest, preliminary inquiries, and requests for further information are welcomed at any time. Preliminary interest in the project from an international publisher of academic titles has already been expressed. 

 
Phillip Vannini, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Communication and Culture
2005 Sooke Road
Royal Roads University
Victoria BC V9B 5Y2
CANADA
Phone: (250) 391-2600 ext. 4477 (no voice mail)
Fax: (250) 391-2694

 
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For further information please contact:
Dr John Postill
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
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From melanie.e.l.bush at gmail.com  Wed Nov 28 00:34:05 2007
From: melanie.e.l.bush at gmail.com (Melanie E. L. Bush)
Date: Wed Dec 19 13:08:50 2007
Subject: [URBANTH-L]New Online Journal
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References: <20071126124632187.00000003296@mciso0192>
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Please forward to anyone you think would be interested:

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

***New Online Race Journal*

**Professor Lou Kushnick has been the editor of Sage Race Relations
Abstracts since 1980, supported by the knowledge and skill of the staff at
the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre.  Much to the
disappointment of many of its readers, this journal has ceased to exist in
its present format, but we have come up with an exciting proposal: *a new
online International race journa*l. This would contain far more than just
abstracts and would include academic peer reviewed articles, short reports
on new research, extended peer reviewed essays/book reviews, short book
reviews and potentially a discussion board. There is an opportunity for you
to be involved in this exciting new project.  We are putting together a
distribution list of individuals who would be interested in:

A: being on our distribution list for the online journal

B: being on the editorial board

C: submitting essays, reports, extended book essays/book reviews.

 If you are interested in any of the above please email
Julie.devonald@manchester.ac.uk , specifying in which way you would like to
be involved.

 Thanks for your time.

 Julie Devonald

Project Manager

Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre

University of Manchester

Ground Floor Devonshire House

Precinct Centre

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9PL



01 61 275 2920
