From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Wed Oct  1 09:16:32 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Wed Oct  1 11:17:34 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA nominations: Councilor and Student Councilor
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810010816r784c33a8rc6114a91908d246c@mail.gmail.com>

Forwarded from Deborah Pellow (dpellow@maxwell.syr.edu); please reply
to that address or the others below:

Greetings to you all!

SUNTA is looking for nominations for 2 positions before the San
Francisco meeting, so that they can go on the AAA ballot:

Councillor  3-year term

Councilors shall attend the meetings and participate in the business
of the Board of Directors, serve on such sub-committees as may be
established, and take on special assignments for the Board of
Directors.

Student Councilor   2-year term

Must be an enrolled graduate student both at the time of nomination
and the beginning of the term of office.


There are 3 of us on the Nominations Committee you can contact:

 Deborah Pellow  dpellow@maxwell.syr.edu

 Erick Castellanos  ecastellanos@gmail.com

 Debra Rodman  miamigringa@gmail.com

Additionally, we might think about individuals to put forward for open
positions on the AAA board. These have an October 8 deadline. I have
appended the official announcement.


deborah


Deborah Pellow

President-elect SUNTA
Professor of Anthropology

The Maxwell School
Syracuse University
209 Maxwell Hall
Syracuse NY  13244
(315) 443-4216

From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Wed Oct  1 12:53:36 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Oct  1 11:54:27 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 JOB: Asst. Prof in Anthropology & US Latino/a Studies, Iowa State U
Message-ID: <001001c923dd$ec4502a0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor in Anthropology and U.S. Latino/a Studies

The Department of Anthropology and the US Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa 
State University invite applications for a nine-month, full-time 
tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor beginning August 
16, 2009. Although this is a multidisciplinary search, the department hopes 
that the position will be filled by an anthropologist, in which case the 
appointment would be in the US Latino/a Studies Program and the Department 
of Anthropology, which will serve as the tenure home. We seek applicants 
with ethnographic research and teaching expertise concerning the experiences 
of Latino/as in the United States (broadly defined).  We are particularly 
interested in applicants with expertise in one of the following areas: 
Health and food security, labor, migration, transnational media and 
communication, or human rights and citizenship.

The USLS program is one of four ethnic studies programs in the LAS College's 
Center for American Intercultural Studies (with American Indian Studies, 
African and African American Studies, and Asian American Studies). 
Information about the Center and the USLS program can be found at 
http://www.las.iastate.edu/cais/, and information about the LAS College can 
be found at http://www.las. iastate.edu.

Required qualifications include expertise in US Latino/a Studies and a 
completed Ph.D. in Anthropology, or closely related field, by August 16, 
2009. Preferred qualifications include experience with writing or obtaining 
grants, a record of excellence in teaching, and a record of excellence in 
research and scholarly work. Salary is commensurate with qualifications.

All interested, qualified persons must apply for this position on-line at 
http://www.iastatejobs.com. Place Vacancy ID: 080911 into the "Search for 
Vacancy" field, click "View Details", click "Apply for this Vacancy" and 
complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to attach: (1) three 
letters of recommendation; (2) a letter of application that identifies the 
tenure-home department of interest; (3) statements of teaching philosophy 
and proposed research agenda; (4) a curriculum vitae; (5) up to three 
samples of recent scholarly work (in preparation, press, or print); and, (6) 
sample syllabi and copies of undergraduate/graduate teaching evaluations.

Any paper materials not provided on-line should be submitted to: Ms. Cindy 
Bartleson
Attn. US Latino/a Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 202 
Catt Hall
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1301 (email) cmbartl@iastate.edu.

Questions may be directed to Zora Zimmerman (zdzimme@iastate.edu), Associate 
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, or Loreto Prieto 
(lprieto@iastate.edu), Director, US Latino/a Studies program.

Review of applications will begin on October 31, 2008 and continue until the 
position is filled.

Iowa State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. 


From diane.king at uky.edu  Wed Oct  1 15:52:00 2008
From: diane.king at uky.edu (King, Diane E)
Date: Thu Oct  2 19:48:43 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FW: a two-way street
In-Reply-To: <20081001111020.a4m4x716n4ko84kw@mail.york.cuny.edu>
References: <20081001111020.a4m4x716n4ko84kw@mail.york.cuny.edu>
Message-ID: <032930FDEFDB584FAC4EC8D54CE2C7EDFB0628BF@EX7SM02.ad.uky.edu>

A CFP for the Society for Applied Anthropology meeting, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 17-21 March 2009:
________________________________________
From: mschuller@york.cuny.edu [mschuller@york.cuny.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:10 AM
To: King, Diane E
Subject: CFP: a two-way street

CFP:
 A two-way street: what can anthropologists learn from nonprofits/NGOs?
I am organizing a panel at the meetings in Santa Fe discussing what
anthropologists can learn from nonprofits/ NGOs.  What role(s) do community
and social justice groups envision for anthropologists to play? How can
anthropologists adapt our ways of communicating to accommodate social
movement / nonprofit / NGO settings?  What specific skills and
understandings can we as applied anthropologists learn from people 'in the
field'?  How has the terrain for advocacy shifted in recent years,
particularly with an imminent economic crisis potentially drying up funds
for nonprofits and voluntary organizations?

Anthropologists within nonprofits and/or NGOs particularly invited to
participate.  Also looking for social movement/ grassroots group / NGO
leaders who are not anthropologists.  Anthropologists who have consulted
with advocacy or community organizing efforts also invited to share our
perspectives.

In addition to what should be an educational experience for all to attend,
information and strategies shared at this session would be encouraged to be
 posted online, to be available to both nonprofit/NGO activists and
anthropologists (and those who are both).

This panel will be submitted to the Human Rights and Social Justice
committee for review, so interested panelists should contact Mark Schuller
no later than October 5: mschuller@york.cuny.edu


--------------------------------
Diane E. King, Ph.D.

Department of Anthropology
University of Kentucky
206 Lafferty Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0024
USA

01-859-257-7313
http://www.as.uky.edu/anthropology/
--------------------------------

From jemille3 at mail.usf.edu  Thu Oct  2 12:06:49 2008
From: jemille3 at mail.usf.edu (Jason Miller)
Date: Thu Oct  2 19:51:44 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]2nd Call: NASA 2008 Awards
Message-ID: <064f01c924a0$7f6da830$7e48f890$@usf.edu>

Please help us distribute-and faculty, please share with your students who
are planning on attending the meeting. 

 

***********

 

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT ANTHROPOLOGISTS (NASA) seeks submissions
for the 2008 Carrie Hunter-Tate Award and 2008 Travel Award. 

 

The Travel Award ($100) is awarded to both graduate and undergraduate
students to help defray the cost of attending the annual meeting.

 

The Carrie hunter-Tate Award ($200) is given to both a graduate and an
undergraduate anthropology student each year in recognition of both academic
and professional achievement. 

 

Complete information about applying for each award is attached to this
email. The deadline to apply for each award is October 15th, 2008 at 5:00pm
(EST). Questions about the awards can be submitted to Carrie Hunter-Tate
Award Committee Chair, Keri Canada, at keri.canada@gmail.com or Travel Award
Committee Chair, Melinda Bernardo, bernar10@illinois.edu.

 

_________________________________________________ 
Jason Miller, MA 
Instructor, Anthropology
PhD Student, Applied Anthropology 
President, National Association of Student Anthropologists
University of South Florida
Office Location: SOC 15G
Mailing Address: 4202 E Fowler Ave, SOC 107
Tampa, FL 33620-8100 USA
w: http://anthropology.usf.edu/graduate/miller/
e: jemille3@mail.usf.edu
p: (813) 217-3778
f: (813) 974-2668

P please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

 

From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Sun Oct  5 19:04:15 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Oct  5 18:04:46 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Global Food Crisis: Perspectives from Practicing and Applied
 Anthropologists
Message-ID: <019701c92736$5014d6b0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Global Food Crisis: Perspectives from Practicing and Applied Anthropologists
Sponsor: NAPA Bulletin, National Association for the Practice of 
Anthropology (NAPA)
Contact Information:

David A. Himmelgreen
Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, SOC 107
Tampa FL 33620
Email: dhimmelg@cas.usf.edu Description

The NAPA Bulletin welcomes submissions for a thematic issue on "Global Food 
Crisis: Perspectives from Practicing and Applied Anthropologists," to be 
tentatively published in Spring 2010. NAPA Bulletin is the official 
publication for the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology 
(NAPA), a section of the American Anthropological Association. Recently, a 
convergence of events including environmental threats (e.g., floods, 
droughts, frosts) and cost of fuel in the United States and around the globe 
has resulted in skyrocketing food prices throughout the world, leading to a 
global food crisis not seen in decades. The ensuing threats of hunger and 
food insecurity have caused civil strife and political instability in dozens 
of developing countries. In the United States and other industrialized 
countries, rising food prices has further eroded the buying capacity of 
consumers and threatened the ability of families to access nutritious food 
in sufficient quantity. While the increase in food prices have been felt by 
most Americans regardless of socio-economic status, low income families have 
been the most drastically affected. The effect of this trend in rising 
prices on food security is clearly seen by increases in the use of soup 
kitchens in majority of the major U.S. cities. This proposed NAPA volume 
will bring contributions from both practicing and applied anthropologists to 
examine how rising food prices are affecting peoples' food choices, to 
discuss the way international and domestic food and energy policies are 
exacerbating the problem of hunger and food insecurity in both developing 
and industrialized nations, and to provide recommendation for addressing the 
global food crisis in the coming years. This CFP invites practicing and 
applied anthropologists and other social scientists with expertise in 
aspects of agriculture and food, especially as they relate to global food 
policies, structural adjustment programs, and the development of food 
assistance initiatives either within or outside the United States to 
contribute full-length articles (approximately 7,500 wordsto this proposed 
volume.

Please submit a 250 word abstract and 150 word biographical sketch to David 
Himmelgreen , no later than November 1, 2008. 


From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Sun Oct  5 19:07:25 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Oct  5 18:07:50 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Discourse, Power, Resistance (Manchester, UK)
Message-ID: <01a601c92736$c253aa30$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From: Eric Herring <eric.herring@bristol.ac.uk>


The 8th Conference of the Discourse, Power, Resistance Series

6-8 April 2009
Manchester Metropolitan University , UK

Geoffrey Manton Conference Centre

Keynote speakers:
Zygmunt Bauman
Cameron McCarthy

(other keynote speakers to be confirmed)

What is the relationship between power and the academy? Academics are
effectively government employees, told what to do and how to do it. In
research they are told what matters and what does not, and this tells them
what they will get research funding for and what they won&rsquo;t; and they
are told what methods to use &ndash; what will count as evidence and what
won&rsquo;t. In teaching they are told what to teach and what not to teach,
how to teach it and how to assess it. Teachers and learners tick boxes,
performing as trainers and trainees with constant reference to the demands
of the workplace, and subject to a Byzantine apparatus of monitoring and
surveillance. If they transgress, punishment follows, normally in the form
of the withdrawal of funding.

The Discourse, Power, Resistance conference has returned to these issues
year by year since the first conference in 2002. This year we ask:
* what are the current threats to academic freedom?
* is the academy as powerless as it appears to be?
* how far, and in what ways, are academics complicit in the processes of
disempowerment?
* has it been different - better or worse - in the past?
* is it the same in all contemporary societies?
* why does any of this matter?
* what is to be done?

Please submit ABSTRACTS to: dpr@mmu.ac.uk

Information on the conference will be posted on the website
http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/dpr/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Eric Herring
Reader in International Politics
Department of Politics, University of Bristol,
10 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TU, United Kingdom.
Tel. +44(0)117 9288582. Mobile +44(0)7771 966608.
eric.herring@bristol.ac.uk
http://www.bris.ac.uk/politics

From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Sun Oct  5 19:15:07 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Oct  5 18:16:25 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 FUNDING: S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural
 Resource Economics and Political Economy 
Message-ID: <01c401c92737$fc5e68e0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics 
and Political Economy
Sponsor: UC Berkeley

Deadline: 12/10/2007
Fellowship Amount: $54,192.00

Contact Information:
Jackie Jones
119 California Hall
UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94612 USA
Phone: 510-643-1795
Email: jackie_jones@berkeley.edu

Eligibility Requirements: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship applicants will 
possess a doctorate or equivalent conferred within the past five years. 
Visiting Research Fellowship applicants must have received their doctorate 
or equivalent within the last ten years. Applicants must provide 
documentation of the home institution's or agency's concurrence of their 
leave.

Description:  The S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural 
Resource Economics and Political Economy will be awarded for the 2009-2010 
academic year to support advanced research at the University of California, 
Berkeley. For the purposes of this fellowship, natural resources are defined 
broadly to include environmental resources. The fellowship encourages, but 
is not limited to, policy-oriented research. Applications are open to 
scholars from any social science discipline and related professional fields 
such as law and planning, who will make significant contributions to 
research on natural resource economics broadly defined. Preference will be 
given to proposals whose orientation is broadly institutional and/or 
historical, and which are conceptually and theoretically innovative. 
Proposals with a primarily statistical or econometric purpose are not 
eligible for consideration.

URL http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/page.cfm?id=184 


From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Tue Oct  7 14:05:18 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Oct  7 13:06:00 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: The Regeneration of Image in Old Industrial Regions
 (Monchengladbach, Germany)
Message-ID: <008301c9289e$e3691bb0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Call For papers: The regeneration of image in old industrial regions: agents 
of change and changing agents

The fourth annual meeting of the Old Industrial Regions research network 
(affiliated to the Regional Studies Association), 15-17 February 2009, 
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Monchengladbach, Germany.

***Travel Bursaries are available for eligible students and researchers***

Introduction

There is increasing awareness of the importance of image to regional 
economic development, and in particular, its application to old industrial 
regions. Regional development agencies invest millions of euros in 
attempting to change the way that people think of their regions.  At its 
most simple, a distinction can be made between local and external image. 
The inhabitants of old industrial regions are often believed to lack 
self-confidence and entrepreneurial flair, a poor self-image.  Conversely, 
such regions' problems in attracting talent, investment and technology are 
often believed to stem from a poor image in the outside world.
But it is likewise important to suggest that image is not a panacea for the 
many document problems that afflict such regions.  Clearly, a significant 
proportion of a region's image derives from its economic strengths and 
weaknesses, the potentials it offers and the problems it suffers.  But, 
there is growing evidence that rapid restructuring in old industrial regions 
has produced economic performances that belie their relatively poor images. 
Alongside this, range of old industrial regions are regenerating their 
image, for example, assuming the mantle of European capital of culture, such 
as Merseyside (England) Pecs (Hungary) and Essen-Ruhr (Germany).

These regions' enduring image problems reflect a reality that building up 
new industries from the wastelands of decline is a difficult process. 
Recent research highlights that a range of 'new' industries are systemically 
less successful in old industrial regions than in the 'totemic' sites of the 
new economy.  Regions such as Flanders and Scania which can make the 
transition are the exception rather than the rule.  So perhaps external 
actors are right to be sceptical of these regions' new potential, and await 
further evidence before changing their own perceptions of these places.

Call for Papers

In order to better understand the role of image and regeneration in old 
industrial regions, in this research network meeting, we wish to explore the 
changing images of old industrial regions, and of particular agents and 
actors in those shifting images.  We welcome all papers which deal with one 
of the following topics, but we also welcome other papers which help to 
provide balance and interest to the final programme:

?        Global pipelines, local buzz: the role of universities and higher 
education in regenerating regional image
?        Driving image changes: large industries' changing fortunes in the 
images of old industrial regions (especially the automotive industry)
?        Experiencing image regeneration: the role of sports, events and the 
experience economy in the changing image of old industrial regions
?        Financing image rebuilding: the role of inward investment and 
venture capital in shifting regional images in old industrial regions
?        Placing a new image: building the icons and landmarks of a rising 
regional star
?        Image for who? Social inclusion and participation in new regional 
cultures
?        Culture and creativity in the public, private and third sectors as 
a driver of regional image regeneration.
?        Other topics which fall within the general scope of the meeting 
theme.

This event will be held in Monchengladbach in Germany from the 15-17 
February 2009: a field tour of the Krefeld textile region, culminating in 
dinner at Schlo? Krefeld will take place on 15th February, with two days of 
presentations and discussions following.  The conference dinner will be 
hosted by the Football Club Borussia M?nchengladbach ont he Monday evening. 
A full programme will be made available for participants early in January 
2009.

About the Research Network

This event is the fifth organised by the Old Industrial Knowledges Research 
Network of the Regional Studies Association, following highly successful 
events in Newcastle (2005), Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot (2006), Enschede (2007) and 
Prague (2008).  The venue for the 2010 event is Birmingham, UK, and call for 
papers for this event will follow in autumn 2009.

BURSARIES

Thanks to the support of the Regional Studies Association, we are able to 
offer 10 bursaries to assist eligible attendees with their travel and 
accommodation costs.
The bursary is to the value of ?150 and is redeemable through the Regional 
Studies Association office (details below) on presentation of receipts for 
eligible expenses.

Bursaries will be offered preferentially using the following criteria:
?        Member of the Regional Studies Association (from band 'b' to 'd' 
country**)
?        Offering an abstract for presentation at the conference
?        Student** or Early Career Researcher
?        No access to own research or travel funds

** these criteria will count double

Those wishing to apply for bursaries should include an additional paragraph 
in their abstract submission, or send one paragraph outlining their 
eligibility to the conference organisers.  The closing date for bursaries is 
31st December 2008, and successful awards will be announced early in January 
2009.

Practical Details

The event will be FREE TO ATTEND.
The DEADLINE for the submission of abstracts is the end of December 2008.

To submit an abstract, or for further information, please contact one of the 
three seminar organisers:

Paul Benneworth, Newcastle University (paul.benneworth@ncl.ac.uk)
Gert-Jan Hospers, Twente University (g.j.hospers@utwente.nl)
R?diger Hamm, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences 
(Ruediger.Hamm@hs-niederrhein.de)

Further information on the Regional Studies Association and details on how 
to join is available at the Association website:-
www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk
The Regional Studies Association is a registered charity (No. 1084165) and a 
company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (No. 4116288). 


From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Tue Oct  7 14:24:09 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Oct  7 13:25:12 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Imagined Communities, Real Conflicts, and National Identities
Message-ID: <012a01c928a1$84dbe8e0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Call for Papers

"Imagined Communities, Real Conflicts, and National Identities"

14th Annual World Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)

International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
23-25 April 2009
www.nationalities.org

***Proposal deadline: 5 November 2008***

Contact information:
proposals must be submitted to:
darel@uottawa.ca and darelasn2009@gmail.com

100+ PANELS on the Balkans, Central Europe and the Baltics, Russia,  
Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Central Asia and Eurasia, the Caucasus, 
Turkey, Afghanistan, China and surrounding territories

SPECIAL SECTIONS on
Theoretical Approaches to Nationalism and Empire
The Independence of Kosovo and Its Implications
The War in Georgia and Its Implications

THEMATIC Panels on
Islam and Politics, Genocide and Ethnic Violence, Anthropology of  
Identity, Citizenship and Nationality, Religion, Language Politics, Conflict
Resolution, Autonomy, Gender, EU Integration, NATO Expansion, 
Diaspora Politics, International Law, and many more.

AWARDS for Best Doctoral Student Papers

SCREENING of Recent Films and Documentaries

The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter- 
disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide 
range of topics related to national identity, nationalism, ethnic conflict,
state-building and the study of empires in Central/Eastern Europe, the
former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Eurasia, and adjacent areas.  
Disciplines represented include political science, history, anthropology, 
sociology, international studies, security studies, economics, geography 
and geopolitics, sociolinguistics, psychology, and related fields.

The Convention also features a section devoted to theoretical  
approaches to nationalism, from any of the disciplines listed above. 
The papers in this section need not be grounded in an area of the former 
Communist bloc  usually covered by ASN, provided that the issues 
examined are relevant to a truly comparative understanding of 
nationalism-related issues. In this vein, we are welcoming theory-focused 
and comparative proposals, rather than specific case studies from outside 
Central/Eastern Europe and Eurasia. A dozen panels are normally featured 
in the Nationalism section.

In the wake of the dramatic events that have unfolded in late summer  
2008, the Convention will also present a special section on "The War in  
Georgia and its Implications." The Convention is inviting paper, panel,  
roundtable, or special presentation proposals on various aspects of the 
conflict, as it relates to Georgia, the South Caucasus, the North Caucasus, 
Ukraine, the "frozen" conflicts, Russian nationalism, Russophone minorities 
in the "near abroad", domestic politics, the Fate of the "Coloured" Revolutions, 
NATO enlargement, US-Europe-Russia relations, the European Union and 
related topics. A special section will also be devoted to "The Independence of
Kosovo and its Implications," with emphasis on Balkans post-war
reconstruction, international law, self-determination, ethnic conflicts,
minority rights, regional security and so forth.

Since 2005, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in graduate
studies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student Papers  
in five sections: Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, Central Asia/Eurasia, Central Europe,
Balkans, and Nationalism Studies. The winners at the 2008 Convention  
were Jesse Driscoll (Stanford U, Political Science) for Russia/Ukraine/ 
Caucasus, Sarah Cameron (History, Yale U) and Kristin Fabbe (Political 
Science, MIT, US) for Central Asia/Eurasia/Turkey, Helena Toth (Harvard U, 
History) for Central Europe, Valentina Burrai (UC London, UK, Political 
Science)  for the Balkans, and Lee Seymour (Northwestern U, Political Science) 
for Nationalism Studies. Doctoral student applicants whose proposals are 
accepted for the 2009 Convention, who have not defended their dissertation by 
1 November 2008, and whose papers are delivered by the deadline, will  
automatically be considered for the awards.

The 2009 Convention is also inviting submissions for documentaries or
feature films made within the past few years and available in DVD format
(either NTSC or PAL). Most films selected for the convention will be
screened during regular panel slots and will be followed by a discussion
moderated by an academic expert. Films on the 2008 Program included
Milosevic On Trial (Denmark, 2007), Nanking (US, 2007), Around Mostar,  
the Bridge and Bruce Lee (Italy, 2007), Yippee (US, 2007) and The More 
You Speak, The More You Cry (Greece, 2007).

The 2009 Convention invites proposals for INDIVIDUAL PAPERS or 
PANELS. A panel includes a chair, three presentations based on written 
papers, and a discussant. Proposals using an innovative format are 
encouraged.  Examples of new formats include a roundtable on a new 
book, in which the author is being engaged by three discussants (twelve 
book panels were featured in the 2008 Convention); a debate between 
two panelists over a critical research or policy question, following rules 
of public debating; or special presentations based on original papers 
where the number of discussants is equal to or greater than the number 
of presenters.

The 2008 Convention is also welcoming offers to serve as 
DISCUSSANT on a panel to be created by the program committee 
from individual paper proposals. The application to be considered as 
discussant can be self-standing, or accompanied by an individual 
paper proposal.

There is NO APPLICATION FORM to fill out in order to send proposals 
to the convention, BUT A FACT SHEET IS REQUIRED; TO BE 
DOWNLOADED AT www.nationalities.org. All proposals and fact sheets 
must be sent by email to Dominique Arel at both darel@uottawa.ca and 
darelasn2009@gmail.com.

INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSALS must include the name, email and  
affiliation of the author, a postal address for paper mail, the title of the paper, 
a 500-word abstract and a 100-word biographical statement that includes  
full references of your last or forthcoming publication, if applicable.  
Long CVs will be rejected, as the bio statement must be sent in narrative 
form,  like a long paragraph. Graduate students must indicate the title of their
dissertation and year of projected defense. They can also submit
bibliographic information of a recent or forthcoming publication.

PANEL PROPOSALS must include the title of the panel, a chair, three
paper-givers with the title of their papers, and a discussant; the name,
affiliation, email, postal address and 100-word biographical  
statements of each participant and include full references of their last 
or forthcoming publication, if applicable. Graduate students must indicate 
the title of their dissertation, the year they join a doctoral program and year of
projected defense. A 500-word abstract of each paper is not required for
panel proposals.

PROPOSALS FOR FILMS OR VIDEOS must include the name, email and  
affiliation of the author, a postal address for hard (paper mail), the title of the
film, name of director, country and year of production, a 500-word  
abstract of the theme of the film and a 100-word biographical statement.

PROPOSALS USING AN INNOVATIVE FORMAT must include the 
title of the panel, the names, emails, affiliations, postal addresses, 100-word 
biographical statements of each participant (same specifications as above) 
and a discussion on the proposed format.

INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS TO SERVE AS DISCUSSANT must 
include the name, email, affiliation, postal address, a paragraph about the 
areas of expertise of the proposed discussant, and a 100-word biographical 
statement (same specifications as above).

All proposals must be included IN THE BODY OF A SINGLE EMAIL, 
except for the FACT SHEET that must be attached. Attachments other than 
the Fact Sheet will be accepted only if they repeat the content of the email 
message/ proposal, and if all the information is contained IN A SINGLE 
ATTACHMENT. The reception of all proposals will be acknowledged 
electronically (with some delay during deadline week, due to the high volume 
of proposals).

Participants are responsible for covering all travel and accommodation
costs. Unfortunately, ASN has no funding available for panelists.

An international Program Committee will be entrusted with the  
selection of proposals. Applicants will be notified in December 2008 or 
January 2009. Information regarding registration costs and other 
logistical questions will be communicated afterwards.

The full list of panels from last year's convention can be accessed at
http://www.nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN_2008_final_program.pdf

The film lineup of last year's convention can be accessed at
http://www.nationalities.org/convention/films.asp

The programs from past conventions, going back to 2001, are also  
online at
http://www.nationalities.org/convention/past.asp

Several dozen publishers and companies have had exhibits and/or  
advertised in the Convention Program in past years. Due to considerations 
of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to place their order 
early. For information, please contact Convention Executive Director 
Gordon N. Bardos (gnb12@columbia.edu).

We look forward to receiving your proposal!

The Convention organizing committee:
Dominique Arel, ASN President
Gordon N. Bardos, Executive Director
David Crowe, ASN Chair of Advisory Board
Sherrill Stroschein, Program Chair

Deadline for proposals: 5 November 2008 (to be sent to both darel@uottawa.ca
AND darelasn2009@gmail.com)

The ASN convention's headquarters are located at the:

Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 8487 tel
212 666 3481 fax
gnb12@columbia.edu
From Rudolf.Gaudio at purchase.edu  Tue Oct  7 23:47:34 2008
From: Rudolf.Gaudio at purchase.edu (Gaudio, Rudolf)
Date: Wed Oct  8 02:35:56 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FW: position in women's studies and African studies
References: <159617.59491.qm@web65505.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
	<BLU137-W21AB676260EC280ECED415B7700@phx.gbl>
	A<56BBA9DF-BF01-4A71-BD4E-0BB0C83D5383@utoronto.ca>
Message-ID: <B7DBF951A6E8B0479656FD9315A22CEB02A7FC67@SVEXCHBE01.purchase.edu>

Dear all,

The University of Toronto is advertising a position in women's studies  
and African studies.  Area of specialization is open.


Women and Gender Studies/African Studies Tenure Stream Faculty Position



The Women and Gender Studies Institute (WGSI) and the Program in  
African Studies at New College, Faculty of Arts and Science,  
University of Toronto, invite applications for a tenure-stream  
position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 2009.



The successful candidate will have a research program and teaching  
experience in feminist studies with a focus on Africa. We especially  
encourage applications from scholars in any discipline who will  
enhance WGSI's strengths in transnational feminist studies and the  
existing  African Studies Program at New College.  We would welcome  
expertise in the following areas, but not limited to: postcolonial  
studies or literature; cultural production and media; migration and  
diasporas; economics, geography, and the politics of the region.



The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. completed or near  
completion in Women and Gender Studies, African Studies, or any  
relevant area, demonstrated potential for excellence in research and  
in teaching. We anticipate a teaching load equivalent to two full-year  
courses. The majority of the teaching and administrative  
responsibilities will lie in WGSI (70%), with one half course and  
light administrative responsibilities in the African Studies program  
(30%). Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.  
Additional information on the Institute and College can be obtained  
through our respective websites: http://www.utoronto.ca/wgsi/ and http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/ 
.



Applications will be accepted online until 1 November, 2008. We  
encourage you to submit your application online at: http://www.jobs.utoronto.ca/faculty.htm 
  See Ad# 800817.

Please ensure that you include a covering letter with a curriculum  
vitae, a writing sample, an outline of your research program, and a  
teaching portfolio including evaluations. Please arrange for three  
letters of reference to be sent directly by the referees to the  
mailing address below. If you are unable to apply online (or  
alternatively have large documents to send), please submit your  
application and other materials to:


Professor Bonnie McElhinny,

Director, Women and Gender Studies Institute,

New College, 40 Willcocks Street

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,

M5S 1C6, CANADA.



The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within  
its community and especially welcomes applications from visible  
minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with  
disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may  
contribute to the further diversification of ideas.



All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians  
and permanent residents will be given priority.



-- 
Bonnie McElhinny
Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies

Director, Women and Gender Studies Institute

Co-editor, GENDER AND LANGUAGE

WGSI:  Rm 2033, Wilson Hall, New College
Ph:   416-946-383; Fax:  416-946-5561

Anthropology Office:  Room 364, Anthropology Building, 19 Russell St.
Ph:  416-978-3297




>

From hecky at email.arizona.edu  Tue Oct  7 16:47:12 2008
From: hecky at email.arizona.edu (Ronald Hector A. Villanueva)
Date: Wed Oct  8 02:37:17 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 SFAA 2009: "The Possibilities of Doing Good, Social Movements in
 an age of Neoliberalism"
Message-ID: <20081007154712.wxbvkkcgoo4o4kk4@www.email.arizona.edu>


  *  

  Hi.? Apologies for the mass email, but I thought some in the listserves might
be interested in this panel session.

  We now have 4 proposed papers with diverse geographical coverage and one
discussant, Emerita Prof. Joan Mencher who was gracious enough to help.? I'm
willing to organize a two-part session so if there are others there willing to
share their success stories, please consider submitting an abstract/paper.

Best regards.

Hecky

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

  "The Possibilities of Doing Good, Social Movements in an age of
Neoliberalism" 

Conference Theme: Global Challenge, Local Action: Ethical Engagement,
Partnerships, and Practice Society for Applied Anthropology / Political Ecology
Society (PESO), Co-sponsor.   

  69th Annual Meeting - March 17 - 21, 2009 - Santa  Fe, New Mexico

  Proposed Panel Session:"The Possibilities of Doing Good, Social Movements in
an age of Neoliberalism" 

  Social changes per political scientist Karol Soltan (1996) are large scale,
require revolution or extensive institutional reform, and have pervasive and
long term societal consequences.? Several social movements worldwide, working
with the bottom of the pyramid or the poorest of the poor, claim success in
social change.? Some social movements are spurring social change by inspiring
change, and addressing poverty via massive mobilization of people, resources,
technology, and skills, and developing strong community relationships. Many
have replicated and are "scalable" globally.? What are the anthropological
perspectives on the successes, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, best
practices, inherent challenges, and "new' empowerment models?

  Interested participants should send a 100 word abstract to Hecky Villanueva
at hecky@email.arizona.edu[1] or livingplanet2001@yahoo.com[2] by
October 7th.? You will then have to register at
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2009.html[3]

  Long version: 

The Possibilities of Doing Good, Social Movements in an age of Neoliberalism  

  Social changes according to the political scientist Karol Soltan are large
scale, require either revolution or extensive institutional reform, have
consequences that are pervasive in society, and have long term effects.? A
number of social movements worldwide, working with the bottom of the pyramid
and/or the poorest of the poor, claim success in forging social change.? By
inspiring change, responding to poverty via massive mobilization of people and
resources, forging partnerships and leveraging? money, technology, and skills,
and developing strong community relationships; these social movements are
spurring change in the welfare, housing, environment, livelihood, social
justice sectors, among others.? Many of these have been replicated elsewhere
and are "scalable" globally.? What are the anthropological perspectives in
these latest iterations of social movements? What are the common threads in the
successes, problems, threats, and opportunities?? What are the anthropological
lessons here?? How are relationships established, maintained, and strengthened?
How is empowerment and capacity building initiated and maintained?? How are
cultural differences helping or undermining activities?? We are intent at
looking at best practices, inherent challenges, new models of development and
empowerment. 

  If you are studying or part of a "successful" social movement that is
transnational in nature or is present in numerous areas in one country, please
share your story. 

-- 
Hecky Villanueva
PhD Candidate
Department of Anthropology
U. of Arizona



Links:
------
[1] mailto:hecky@email.arizona.edu
[2] mailto:livingplanet2001@yahoo.com
[3] ../services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfaa.net%2Fsfaa2009.html
From chris.caruso at gmail.com  Thu Oct  9 11:46:06 2008
From: chris.caruso at gmail.com (Chris Caruso)
Date: Thu Oct  9 12:27:04 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SANA student travel grant to AAA's
In-Reply-To: <29aa7d971450b636a87310d2f6e27e3c@app.icontact.com>
References: <29aa7d971450b636a87310d2f6e27e3c@app.icontact.com>
Message-ID: <c3c39650810090746i62e2eca2sc616b5da84ba5325@mail.gmail.com>

 *The St. Clair Drake Student Travel Grant*
* *
*The Society for the Anthropology of North America announces
 the St. Clair Drake Student Travel Grants for Travel to the 2008 American
Anthropological Association Conference*

The Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) announces the St.
Clair Drake Student Travel Grants Award for travel to the 2008 AAA
conference, titled "Inclusion, Collaboration, and Engagement," on November
19-23, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

To apply, submit your paper abstract, university affiliation, and contact
information to sanatravelgrant@yahoo.com by November 10, 2008. No additional
materials are needed.

Applicants must be SANA members. The membership fee is only $10 for students
- please see http://sananet.org/membership.html for instructions on how to
join.


   - The student travel grant is awarded on a competitive basis and reviewed
   by a committee comprised of members from the SANA board. This travel grant
   is intended for currently enrolled graduate students without a PhD. Only
   students who are presenting papers at the conference will be considered for
   the award.

    - Papers should relate to the study of North America and ? in keeping
   with the work of the award's namesake, St. Clair Drake ? preferably consider
   the politics of everyday life in North America such as those pertaining to
   race, ethnicity, class, gender, and/or sexuality. Priority will be given to
   those that address Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

    - Preference will go to those students who have previously applied for
   the SANA travel grant and have not yet received one.

    - The total dollar amount allocated to travel grants is limited;
   therefore, the number and dollar amount of grants awarded depends on the
   number of applicants and their travel needs.

    - Travel grants will not be awarded to any individual two years in a
   row.

    - SANA is an intentionally inclusive community of anthropologists and
   encourages every student to apply for the St. Clair Drake award regardless
   of society's labels or anthropology's disciplinary boundaries. However,
   applicants must be SANA members presenting at the 2008 AAA meetings.
From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Thu Oct  9 15:27:04 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Oct  9 14:28:40 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Second Generation Research Dialogues. Comparative Perspectives
 on Children of Immigrants (Berlin)
Message-ID: <01b101c92a3c$a3ed92f0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

From: Viola-Donata Rauch <viola.rauch@metropolitanstudies.de>

Call for Papers for two day workshop in Berlin:

*Second Generation Research Dialogues
Comparative Perspectives on Children of Immigrants

*Berlin, 16|17 January 2009
Within integration debates across Europe, focus has shifted from the first
to the so called second generation of immigrants in recent years. Their
performance in educational systems and on the job markets is tied to success
or failure of integration policies and scrutinized with concern, as is their
cultural, social and religious orientation. In many places a very contested
group, the second generation symbolizes permanency of migration and growing
diversity while raising questions about the concept and mechanisms of
"integration" today.

In this workshop, current work on second generation immigrants will be
discussed along two main themes:
. the second generation and the city
. the second generation in school

Central questions and concerns include
. the impact of cities on processes of second generation identity
construction, self representation and negotiation between cultural spheres
. its role as arena for political participation, claim making and social
positioning
. its role as living and working environment and space of opportunity or
restraint
. as social space and place of belonging
. the educational participation of second generation immigrants in
comparative perspective
. inequalities within educational systems
. linkages between educational settings, policies and attainment
. the role of teachers, friends, families and other factors impacting
educational careers
The workshop offers internationally comparative perspectives on second
generation research in Europe and the US, featuring keynote presentations
by:
*Philip Kasinitz*, chair of Dept. of Sociology at CUNY, NYC, USA
on the New Second Generation in metropolitan New York;
*Jens Schneider*, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES),
Amsterdam introducing the EU- research project TIES on the European second
generation
covering fifteen cities in eight European countries

Workshop format:
The workshop aims at facilitating intense dialogue and exchange among
doctoral students and junior researchers involved in work on second
generation immigrants. This
will be reflected in the amount of time in the program allocated for
discussion in a constructive, supportive setting.

We invite papers presenting theoretical and/or empirical contributions from
a variety of methodological perspectives and different disciplines on second
generation immigrants, regarding one of the central themes:
. the second generation and the city
. the second generation in school

Papers should not exceed length of 7,000 words and include an abstract (no
more than 700 words). It is expected that collected papers will be published
in some form after
the workshop.

*Application*
Please submit your abstract and short CV with contact details to:
*secondgeneration@metropolitanstudies.de no later than 21st November 2008.*

For further details see
www.metropolitanstudies.de

+++
Viola-Donata Rauch
DFG Doctoral Fellow
Center for Metropolitan Studies
TU Berlin
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7 TEL 3-0
10587 Berlin
Germany
phone: +49 30 314 284 00
www.metropolitanstudies.de
From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Thu Oct  9 15:30:54 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Oct  9 14:32:22 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing
	World (Calgary, Canada)
Message-ID: <01c701c92a3d$2cd52e70$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

CALL FOR PAPERS: Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World

Globalization is one of the most distinguishing features of our age. 
Although economic, political and cultural exchanges have occurred throughout 
history, the degree of global interconnectedness today has surpassed 
anything known in previous eras. What globalization means for average 
people, however, is hotly debated. Some suggest that globalization is 
ushering in cosmopolitan forms of consciousness that will help humanity 
transcend its tendency toward parochialism and myopism. Some also believe 
globalization will foster economic growth and create employment. Others are 
less optimistic, arguing that globalization is worsening inequality, causing 
environmental degradation, giving rise to conflicts and wars, and benefiting 
corporations at the expense of the global poor, among other problems.
This conference will gather together scholars and others interested in the 
impact of globalization on human rights. On December 10, 1948, the United 
Nations issued the now famous Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 
the first global expression of the rights which all human beings are 
entitled. Containing 30 articles, the UDHR declared that all people, 
regardless of nationality or background, have the right to freedom, 
equality, and overall wellbeing. Six decades have now passed since the 
Declaration was first made. To what extent has globalization hindered or 
made possible the realization of the objectives stated in 1948? This is the 
main question this conference will discuss in detail, focusing on and 
comparing the experiences of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Conference organizers invite paper proposals on the following themes as they 
relate to globalization and human rights in the above three world regions 
(though other themes will be considered):

- transnational corporations
- social movements
- global governance
- democracy
- labour
- gender
- health and wellbeing
- education
- poverty and wealth
- refugees, displaced persons
- indigenous peoples
- food issues

Proposals should be between 150 to 200 words and include the paper's title 
and the author's name, affiliation, and contact information. A bio of 100 to 
125 words describing the author's background, accomplishments and research 
interests should also accompany the proposal. Both proposals and bios should 
be written using the templates provided at: 
http://asia-globalstudies.org/templates. Applications should then be 
submitted as email attachments to 
conferenceproposals@asia-globalstudies.org. Documents not using the 
templates or following the specified format will not be accepted. The 
deadline for proposals is December 14, 2008. Applicants will be notified of 
the status of their application by January 1, 2009.

Note: If you would like to receive regular updates for AAGS 2009 via email, 
please send a message to aags@asia-globalstudies.org with "Conference 
Mailing List" in the subject title.

Dr. D. M. Nault
Faculty of Communication
SS110, 2500 University Drive NW
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4
Email: dmnault@ucalgary.ca

Visit the website at http://asia-globalstudies.org 


From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Fri Oct 10 00:13:41 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Oct  9 23:14:08 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 JOB: Postdoc in Global Literacy, Interdisc Inquiry and Community
 Engagement (U South Florida)
Message-ID: <00ba01c92a86$3452b6b0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

[Forwarded from SEA-L@listserv.albany.edu]

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity

The Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida is among
five departments participating in the university's Postdoctoral Fellowship
Pilot Project in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2009-2010.

Applications are invited from anthropologists to join the department in Fall
2009 for one year, with the possibility of renewal. Applicants must have
completed the doctorate no earlier than 2005, and no later than May 1, 2009.
They will be expected to contribute to USF's current strategic initiatives,
which include global literacy, interdisciplinary inquiry, and community
engagement. USF doctoral graduates are not eligible.

The USF Department of Anthropology is a national leader in Applied
Anthropology, and will give preference to candidates whose research has
applied or policy potential. Current faculty research focuses on six general
areas of strength: Biocultural Dimensions of Health and Illness;
Archaeological and Material Culture Studies; Community Identity and
Heritage; Communication, Representation and Education; Global, Sustainable
Resource Management and Economic Development; Constructions of Race,
Ethnicity, and Gender. The successful applicant will work with faculty in
one or more of these areas, pursuing her/his own research agenda and
teaching one class each semester. We are especially interested in applicants
who might develop graduate seminars on topics that complement existing
offerings.

A full description, deadline, and application procedures are available at
http://www.grad.usf.edu/postdoc.asp. Applications must be submitted
electronically, and should not be sent directly to the Anthropology
Department. However, to inquire about this opportunity, please contact
Department Chair Elizabeth Bird at 813 974 0802, or ebird@cas.usf.edu.
Department faculty will be available for informal meetings at AAA in
November; campus visits are anticipated in mid January.


From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Fri Oct 10 15:10:14 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Oct 10 14:10:40 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN: Dissertation Workshop on Social Capital and Civic Engagement
 in Asia (Toronto)
Message-ID: <014701c92b03$7476f8a0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Dissertation Workshop on
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA
May 3-6, 2009
Asian Institute
Munk Centre for International Studies
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3K7 Canada

WORKSHOP STATEMENT
This dissertation workshop seeks to engage scholars whose work explores the 
impacts of collective action and social capital, and its various component 
parts (trust, norms, networks and associations) in diverse parts of Asia, 
where the nature of state, civil society and alternate civilities is 
changing rapidly. Our premise is that the "productivity" of civic engagement 
in terms of enhancing the economic and political vitality of local 
communities depends, to a large extent, on the responsiveness of the local 
government and the nature of civil society/alternate civilities in the 
region under examination. As such, empirical research that seeks to discover 
and document how social capital and civic engagement interact with other 
aspects of social and political life to enhance, or perhaps diminish, 
well-being is important to both intellectual and policy debates taking place 
across a variety of academic disciplines. Further, researchers who focus on 
Asia are well positioned to contribute to theoretical debates about the 
relative usefulness of the concept of "social capital" and associated terms 
such as social cohesion, cooperation, public participation, empowerment, and 
community as ways of apprehending the complex dynamics of Asian settings. 
The workshop thus seeks to bring empirical research and re-theorizations 
from Asia into a productive dialogue.

ELIGIBILITY AND ARRANGEMENTS
The workshop is intended for doctoral students whose dissertation projects 
concern the role of civic engagement and social capital, in its many 
variations, in fostering dynamic change in any part of contemporary Asia. 
The purpose of the workshop is to encourage and assist doctoral students who 
are just beginning work on these issues, as well as those who are farther 
along in their projects. The workshop will involve intensive discussion of 
the individual projects and also the larger theoretical and methodological 
issues that they raise. Possibilities for continuing associations among 
interested students and faculty will be explored. Applicants must be 
enrolled in a full-time doctoral program. They must have drafted a 
dissertation research proposal, even though it may not yet be approved by 
their committees. They must be prepared to engage in some work prior to the 
meeting, namely reading and commenting on the proposals of other 
participants to establish a basis for productive exchange at the event.

The workshop will take place over three days on the campus of the University 
of Toronto. It will include twelve students and four faculty members from a 
variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. The Asian Institute at 
the University of Toronto will cover the costs of work, meals, and 
accommodation. Travel will be subsidized up to a maximum of CDN$600 per 
participant.

APPLICATION DEADLINE is JANUARY 30, 2009

Applications consist of two items: 1) a current curriculum vitae and 2) an 8 
to 10 page double spaced dissertation proposal. Alternatively, if the work 
is well underway, an 8 to 10 page double spaced description of the specific 
issues being addressed, the intellectual approach, and the materials being 
studied. Workshop participants will be selected on the content of the 
submitted projects, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and the 
benefits of including a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary 
approaches and intellectual traditions. Applications should be sent in an 
email attachment to ai.soc@utoronto.ca. Applicants will be informed about 
whether or not they have been selected for the workshop by February 6th 
2009. For further information about the workshop or eligibility, please 
contact the workshop assistant at ai.soc@utoronto.ca

http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/Diss.Workshop.pdf 


From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Fri Oct 10 15:14:20 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Oct 10 14:14:42 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Global Socialisms and Postsocialisms (Yale U, New
	Haven)
Message-ID: <015b01c92b04$070e21c0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from H-SAE@H-NET.MSU.EDU]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Global Socialisms and Postsocialisms

Soyuz Annual Symposium
April 24-26, 2009
Department of Anthropology
Yale University
New Haven, CT

The theme of this year's annual Soyuz symposium will be "Global
Socialisms and Postsocialisms." We invite ethnographically informed
and theoretically innovative papers that explore the ways in which
socialist and postsocialist areas of the world are implicated in all
manner of global and transnational processes. We are particularly
interested in papers that explore dynamics other than the
common--albeit important--story of global or transnational projects
arriving in and transforming formerly socialist populations. How
should we understand the flow of people, objects, concepts, and
linguistic and cultural forms among and out of socialist and
postsocialist states, rather than simply into them from "the West"?
How have socialist and postsocialist processes transformed the global
order outside of specific socialist or postsocialist states? To what
extent should we revise our understanding of socialisms and
postsocialisms as tied to specific places?

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

--Connections among socialist regions (USSR-Africa, for instance) and
their fates in the postsocialist era.
--Migration, shuttle trade, tourism, or other kinds of movement that
extend outward from the postsocialist world.
--Emergent regional or global imperial orders that have their centers
in socialist or postsocialist states.
--New approaches to Cold War-era differences and distinctions and
their post-Cold War trajectories.
--Global political or social movements, from NGOs to indigenous rights
organizations, as they make connections between and among
postsocialist areas of the world.
--Postsocialist variations on the spread of standards, regulatory
regimes, and other technologies associated with recent global
capitalism.

Although the symposium will retain much of its traditional focus on
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (as appropriate to the
current Soyuz membership), the organizing committee plans to invite
some papers and discussants whose focus on other world regions will
facilitate our efforts to theorize socialisms and postsocialisms in
wider contexts and configurations. Ivan Szel?nyi, William Graham
Sumner Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Yale University,
will deliver a keynote address.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by January 31,
2009 to Doug Rogers at the email address given below. Limited funds
will be available to defray travel costs for scholars who would
otherwise be unable to attend, particularly those based at
universities in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union.

Soyuz 2009 Organizing Committee:

Doug Rogers, chair
Mike McGovern
Sean Brotherton
Erik Harms
Susanna Fioratta

Please address all inquiries and abstracts to Doug Rogers
(douglas.rogers@yale.edu).

The 2009 Soyuz Symposium is supported by the following Yale University
units: the Department of Anthropology, the Center for Transnational
Cultural Analysis, the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial
Fund, and the Councils on European, African, and East Asian Studies of
the Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies. 


From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Sat Oct 11 23:10:57 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Oct 11 22:15:13 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: Reversal of Fortune, by Joseph Stiglitz
Message-ID: <006001c92c0f$c58be0e0$6e01a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

Reversal of Fortune

      Describing how ideology, special-interest
      pressure, populist politics, and sheer
      incompetence have left the U.S. economy on life
      support, the author puts forth a clear,
      commonsense plan to reverse the Bush-era follies
      and regain America's economic sanity.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz 
Vanity Fair 
November 2008

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/11/stiglitz200811?printable=true&currentPage=all

When the American economy enters a downturn, you often
hear the experts debating whether it is likely to be V-
shaped (short and sharp) or U-shaped (longer but
milder). Today, the American economy may be entering a
downturn that is best described as L-shaped. It is in a
very low place indeed, and likely to remain there for
some time to come.

Virtually all the indicators look grim. Inflation is
running at an annual rate of nearly 6 percent, its
highest level in 17 years. Unemployment stands at 6
percent; there has been no net job growth in the
private sector for almost a year. Housing prices have
fallen faster than at any time in memory-in Florida and
California, by 30 percent or more. Banks are reporting
record losses, only months after their executives
walked off with record bonuses as their reward.
President Bush inherited a $128 billion budget surplus
from Bill Clinton; this year the federal government
announced the second-largest budget deficit ever
reported. During the eight years of the Bush
administration, the national debt has increased by more
than 65 percent, to nearly $10 trillion (to which the
debts of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae should now be
added, according to the Congressional Budget Office).
Meanwhile, we are saddled with the cost of two wars.
The price tag for the one in Iraq alone will, by my
estimate, ultimately exceed $3 trillion.

This tangled knot of problems will be difficult to
unravel. Standard prescriptions call for raising
interest rates when confronted with inflation, just as
standard prescriptions call for lowering interest rates
when confronted with an economic downturn. How do you
do both at the same time? Not in the way that some
politicians have proposed. With gasoline prices at all-
time highs, John McCain has called for a rollback of
gas taxes. But that would lead to more gas consumption,
raise the price of gas further, increase our dependence
on foreign oil, and expand our already massive trade
deficit. The expanding deficit would in turn force the
U.S. to continue borrowing gargantuan sums from abroad,
making us even more indebted. At the same time, the
higher imports of oil and petroleum-based products
would lead to a weaker dollar, fueling inflationary
pressures.

Millions of Americans are losing their homes. (Already,
some 3.6 million have done so since the subprime-
mortgage crisis began.) This social catastrophe has
severe economic effects. The banks and other financial
institutions that own these mortgages face stunning
reverses; a few, such as Bear Stearns, have already
gone belly-up. To prevent America's $5.2 trillion home
financiers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, from following
suit, Congress authorized a blank check to cover their
losses, but even that generosity failed to do the
trick. Now the administration has taken over the two
entities completely, a stunning feat for a supposedly
market-oriented regime. These bailouts contribute to
growing deficits in the short run, and to perverse
incentives in the long run. Market economies work only
when there is a system of accountability, but C.E.O.'s,
investors, and creditors are walking away with
billions, while American taxpayers are being asked to
pick up the tab. (Freddie Mac's chairman, Richard
Syron, earned $14.5 million in 2007. Fannie Mae's
C.E.O., Daniel Mudd, earned $14.2 million that same
year.) We're looking at a new form of public-private
partnership, one in which the public shoulders all the
risk, and the private sector gets all the profit. While
the Bush administration preaches responsibility, the
words are addressed only to the less well-off. The
administration talks about the impact of 'moral hazard'
on the poor 'speculator' who borrowed money and bought
a house beyond his ability to pay. But moral hazard
somehow isn't an issue when it comes to the high-stakes
speculators in corporate boardrooms.

How Did We Get into This Mess?

A unique combination of ideology, special-interest
pressure, populist politics, bad economics, and sheer
incompetence has brought us to our present condition.

Ideology proclaimed that markets were always good and
government always bad. While George W. Bush has done as
much as he can to ensure that government lives up to
that reputation-it is the one area where he has
overperformed-the fact is that key problems facing our
society cannot be addressed without an effective
government, whether it's maintaining national security
or protecting the environment. Our economy rests on
public investments in technology, such as the Internet.
While Bush's ideology led him to underestimate the
importance of government, it also led him to
underestimate the limitations of markets. We learned
from the Depression that markets are not self-
adjusting-at least, not in a time frame that matters to
living people. Today everyone-even the
president-accepts the need for macro-economic policy,
for government to try to maintain the economy at near-
full employment. But in a sleight of hand, free-market
economists promoted the idea that, once the economy was
restored to full employment, markets would always
allocate resources efficiently. The best regulation, in
their view, was no regulation at all, and if that
didn't sell, then 'self-regulation' was almost as good.

The underlying idea was, on the face of it, absurd:
that market failures come only in macro doses, in the
form of the recessions and depressions that have
periodically plagued capitalist economies for the past
several hundred years. Isn't it more reasonable to
assume that these failures are just the tip of the
iceberg? That beneath the surface lie a myriad of
smaller but harder-to-assess inefficiencies? Let me
venture an analogy from biology: A patient arrives at a
hospital in serious condition. Now, it may be that the
patient has simply fallen victim to one of those
debilitating ailments that go around from time to time
and can be cured by a massive dose of antibiotics. In
this case we have a macro problem with a macro
solution. But it could instead be that the patient is
suffering from a decade of serious abuse-smoking,
drinking, overeating, lack of exercise, a fondness for
crystal meth-and that it has not only taken a
catastrophic toll but also left him open to
opportunistic infections of every kind. In other words,
a buildup of micro problems has led to a macro problem,
and no cure is possible without addressing the
underlying issues. The American economy today is a
patient of the second kind.

We are in the midst of micro-economic failure on a
grand scale. Financial markets receive generous
compensation-in the form of more than 30 percent of all
corporate profits-presumably for performing two
critical tasks: allocating savings and managing risk.
But the financial markets have failed laughably at
both. Hundreds of billions of dollars were allocated to
home loans beyond Americans' ability to pay. And rather
than managing risk, the financial markets created more
risk. The failure of our financial system to do what it
is supposed to do matches in destructive grandeur the
macro-economic failures of the Great Depression.

Economic theory-and historical experience-long ago
proved the need for regulation of financial markets.
But ever since the Reagan presidency, deregulation has
been the prevailing religion. Never mind that the few
times 'free banking' has been tried-most recently in
Pinochet's Chile, under the influence of the
doctrinaire free-market theorist Milton Friedman-the
experiment has ended in disaster. Chile is still paying
back the debts from its misadventure. With massive
problems in 1987 (remember Black Friday, when stock
markets plunged almost 25 percent), 1989 (the savings-
and-loan debacle), 1997 (the East Asia financial
crisis), 1998 (the bailout of Long Term Capital
Management), and 2001-02 (the collapses of Enron and
WorldCom), one might think there would be more
skepticism about the wisdom of leaving markets to
themselves.

The new populist rhetoric of the right-persuading
taxpayers that ordinary people always know how to spend
money better than the government does, and promising a
new world without budget constraints, where every tax
cut generates more revenue-hasn't helped matters.
Special interests took advantage of this seductive
mixture of populism and free-market ideology. They also
bent the rules to suit themselves. Corporations and the
wealthy argued that lowering their tax rates would lead
to more savings; they got the tax breaks, but America's
household savings rate not only didn't rise, it dropped
to levels not seen in 75 years. The Bush administration
extolled the power of the free market, but it was more
than willing to provide generous subsidies to farmers
and erect tariffs to protect steelmakers. Lately, as we
have seen, it seems willing to write blank checks to
bail out its friends on Wall Street. In each of these
cases there are clear winners. And in each there are
clear losers-including the country as a whole.

What Is to Be Done?

As America attempts to work its way out of the present
crisis, the danger is that we will listen to the same
people on Wall Street and in the economic establishment
who got us into it. For them, our current predicament
is another opportunity: if they can shape the
government response appropriately, they stand to gain,
or at least stand to lose less, and they may be willing
to sacrifice the well-being of the economy for their
own benefit-just as they did in the past.

There are a number of economic tools at the country's
disposal. As noted, they can yield contradictory
results. The sad truth is that we have reached the
limits of monetary policy. Lowering interest rates will
not stimulate the economy much-banks are not going to
be willing to lend to strapped consumers, and consumers
are not going to be willing to borrow as they see
housing prices continue to fall. And raising interest
rates, to combat inflation, won't have the desired
impact either, because the prices that are the main
sources of our inflation-for food and energy-are
determined in international markets; the chief
consequence will be distress for ordinary people. The
quandaries that we face mean that careful balancing is
required. There is no quick and easy fix. But if we
take decisive action today, we can shorten the length
of the downturn and reduce its magnitude. If at the
same time we think about what would be good for the
economy in the long run, we can build a durable
foundation for economic health.

To go back to that patient in the emergency room: we
need to address the underlying causes. Most of the
treatment options entail painful choices, but there are
a few easy ones. On energy: conservation and research
into new technologies will make us less dependent on
foreign oil, reduce our trade imbalance, and help the
environment. Expanding drilling into environmentally
fragile areas, as some propose, would have a negligible
effect on the price we pay for oil. Moreover, a policy
of 'drain America first' will make us more dependent on
foreigners in the future. It is shortsighted in every
dimension.

Our ethanol policy is also bad for the taxpayer, bad
for the environment, bad for the world and our
relations with other countries, and bad in terms of
inflation. It is good only for the ethanol producers
and American corn farmers. It should be scrapped. We
currently subsidize corn-based ethanol by almost $1 a
gallon, while imposing a 54-cent-a-gallon tariff on
Brazilian sugar-based ethanol. It would be hard to
invent a worse policy. The ethanol industry tries to
sell itself as an infant, needing help to get on its
feet, but it has been an infant for more than two
decades, refusing to grow up. Our misguided biofuel
policy is taking land used for food production and
diverting it to energy production for cars; it is the
single most important factor contributing to higher
grain prices.

Our tax policies need to be changed. There is something
deeply peculiar about having rich individuals who make
their money speculating on real estate or stocks paying
lower taxes than middle-class Americans, whose income
is derived from wages and salaries; something peculiar
and indeed offensive about having those whose income is
derived from inherited stocks paying lower taxes than
those who put in a 50-hour workweek. Skewing the tax
rates in the other direction would provide better
incentives where they count and would more effectively
stimulate the economy, with more revenues and lower
deficits.

We can have a financial system that is more stable-and
even more dynamic-with stronger regulation. Self-
regulation is an oxymoron. Financial markets produced
loans and other products that were so complex and
insidious that even their creators did not fully
understand them; these products were so irresponsible
that analysts called them 'toxic.' Yet financial
markets failed to create products that would enable
ordinary households to face the risks they confront and
stay in their homes. We need a financial-products
safety commission and a financial-systems stability
commission. And they can't be run by Wall Street. The
Federal Reserve Board shares too much of the mind-set
of those it is supposed to regulate. It could and
should have known that something was wrong. It had
instruments at its disposal to let the air out of the
bubble-or at least ensure that the bubble didn't over-
expand. But it chose to do nothing.

Throwing the poor out of their homes because they can't
pay their mortgages is not only tragic-it is pointless.
All that happens is that the property deteriorates and
the evicted people move somewhere else. The most
coldhearted banker ought to understand the basic
economics: banks lose money when they foreclose-the
vacant homes typically sell for far less than they
would if they were lived in and cared for. If banks
won't renegotiate, we should have an expedited special
bankruptcy procedure, akin to what we do for
corporations in Chapter 11, allowing people to keep
their homes and re-structure their finances.

If this sounds too much like coddling the
irresponsible, remember that there are two sides to
every mortgage-the lender and the borrower. Both enter
freely into the deal. One might say that both are,
accordingly, equally responsible. But one side-the
lender-is supposed to be financially sophisticated. In
contrast, the borrowers in the subprime market consist
mainly of people who are financially unsophisticated.
For many, their home is their only asset, and when they
lose it, they lose their life savings. Remember, too,
that we already give big homeowner subsidies, through
the tax system, to affluent families. With tax
deductions, the government is paying in some states
almost half of all mortgage interest and real-estate
taxes. But many lower-income people, whose deductions
are meaningless because their tax bill is too small,
get no help. It makes much more sense to convert these
tax deductions into cashable tax credits, so that the
fraction of housing costs borne by the government for
the poor and the rich is the same.

About these matters there should be no debate-but there
will be. Already, those on Wall Street are arguing that
we have to be careful not to 'over-react.' Over-
reaction, we are told, might stifle 'innovation.' Well,
some innovations ought to be stifled. Those toxic
mortgages were certainly innovative. Other innovations
were simply devices to circumvent
regulations-regulations intended to prevent the kinds
of problems from which our economy now suffers. Some of
the innovations were designed to tart up the bottom
line, moving liabilities off the balance sheet-charades
designed to blur the information available to investors
and regulators. They succeeded: the full extent of the
exposure was not clear, and still isn't. But there is a
reason we need reliable accounting. Without good
information it is hard to make good economic decisions.
In short, some innovations come with very high price
tags. Some can actually cause instability.

The free-market fundamentalists-who believe in the
miracles of markets-have not been averse to accepting
government bailouts. Indeed, they have demanded them,
warning that unless they get what they want the whole
system may crash. What politician wants to be blamed
for the next Great Depression, simply because he stood
on principle? I have been critical of weak anti-trust
policies that allowed certain institutions to become so
dominant that they are 'too big to fail.' The harsh
reality is that, given how far we've come, we will see
more bailouts in the days ahead. Now that Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac are in federal receivership, we must
insist: not a dime of taxpayer money should be put at
risk while shareholders and creditors, who failed to
oversee management, are permitted to walk away with
anything they please. To do otherwise would invite a
recurrence. Moreover, while these institutions may be
too big to fail, they're not too big to be reorganized.
And we need to remember why we're bailing them out: in
order to maintain a flow of money into mortgage
markets. It's outrageous that these institutions are
responding to their near-monopoly position by raising
fees and increasing the costs of mortgages, which will
only worsen the housing crisis. They, and the financial
markets, have shown little interest in measures that
could help millions of existing and potential
homeowners out of the bind they're in.

The hardest puzzles will be in monetary policy
(balancing the risks of inflation and the risk of a
deeper downturn) and fiscal policy (balancing the risk
of a deeper downturn and the risk of an exploding
deficit). The standard analysis coming from financial
markets these days is that inflation is the greatest
threat, and therefore we need to raise interest rates
and cut deficits, which will restore confidence and
thereby restore the economy. This is the same bad
economics that didn't work in East Asia in 1997 and
didn't work in Russia and Brazil in 1998. Indeed, it is
the same recipe prescribed by Herbert Hoover in 1929.

It is a recipe, moreover, that would be particularly
hard on working people and the poor. Higher interest
rates dampen inflation by cutting back so sharply on
aggregate demand that the unemployment rate grows and
wages fall. Eventually, prices fall, too. As noted, the
cause of our inflation today is largely imported-it
comes from global food and energy prices, which are
hard to control. To curb inflation therefore means that
the price of everything else needs to fall drastically
to compensate, which means that unemployment would also
have to rise drastically.

In addition, this is not the time to turn to the old-
time fiscal religion. Confidence in the economy won't
be restored as long as growth is low, and growth will
be low if investment is anemic, consumption weak, and
public spending on the wane. Under these circumstances,
to mindlessly cut taxes or reduce government
expenditures would be folly.

But there are ways of thoughtfully shaping policy that
can walk a fine line and help us get out of our current
predicament. Spending money on needed
investments-infrastructure, education, technology-will
yield double dividends. It will increase incomes today
while laying the foundations for future employment and
economic growth. Investments in energy efficiency will
pay triple dividends-yielding environmental benefits in
addition to the short- and long-run economic benefits.

The federal government needs to give a hand to states
and localities-their tax revenues are plummeting, and
without help they will face costly cutbacks in
investment and in basic human services. The poor will
suffer today, and growth will suffer tomorrow. The big
advantage of a program to make up for the shortfall in
the revenues of states and localities is that it would
provide money in the amounts needed: if the economy
recovers quickly, the shortfall will be small; if the
downturn is long, as I fear will be the case, the
shortfall will be large.

These measures are the opposite of what the
administration-along with the Republican presidential
nominee, John McCain-has been urging. It has always
believed that tax cuts, especially for the rich, are
the solution to the economy's ills. In fact, the tax
cuts in 2001 and 2003 set the stage for the current
crisis. They did virtually nothing to stimulate the
economy, and they left the burden of keeping the
economy on life support to monetary policy alone.
America's problem today is not that households consume
too little; on the contrary, with a savings rate barely
above zero, it is clear we consume too much. But the
administration hopes to encourage our spendthrift ways.

What has happened to the American economy was
avoidable. It was not just that those who were
entrusted to maintain the economy's safety and
soundness failed to do their job. There were also many
who benefited handsomely by ensuring that what needed
to be done did not get done. Now we face a choice:
whether to let our response to the nation's woes be
shaped by those who got us here, or to seize the
opportunity for fundamental reforms, striking a new
balance between the market and government.
__________________

Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, is
a professor at Columbia University.
From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Sun Oct 12 17:28:04 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sun Oct 12 16:28:17 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Hong Kong and New York: Vertical Density, Sustainable
 Solutions (New York)
Message-ID: <002601c92ca9$09d021a0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

[forwarded from H-Urban@h-net.msu.edu]

All programs are FREE.

Schedule of programs and registration:
http://www.skyscraper.org/PROGRAMS/VERTICAL_DENSITY/vertical_density_overview.php
http://www.skyscraper.org/home_flash.htm

THE SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM PRESENTS AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Hong Kong | New York: Vertical Density | Sustainable Solutions,
October 15-18

In conjunction with the Vertical Cities: Hong Kong | New York exhibition, 
The
Skyscraper Museum has organized an international symposium examining the
dramatic vertical urbanism of Hong Kong and exploring comparisons with
New York City. Three separate programs will be held in partnership with
The Regional Plan Association, The New School's India China Institute and
The Tishman Environment and Design Center.

Is vertical density a strategy for successful, sustainable cities? In
conjunction with its current exhibition, Vertical Cities: Hong Kong |
New York, The Skyscraper Museum presents a 3-day international
symposium on the hyper-dense urbanism of Hong Kong and Manhattan that
will highlight models of transit-based, mixed-use development and
soaring housing projects typical of Hong Kong to ask What can New
York learn?

If Hong Kong has succeeded by embracing Manhattan's Culture of
congestion as Rem Koolhaas described the energy and drive of New
York in the early twentieth century, what values might Gotham
recognize in Hong Kong's recent rise? Development in Hong Kong in the
past decades shows that planned urban growth can accommodate the
pressures to intensify central districts while creating commuter
communities of dispersed, but remarkably dense new housing in the
outer districts, including New Territories. Some achievements New
York might emulate are investments in infrastructure that have
created a seamless 23-minute ride from the top-ranked international
airport to the central business district and middle-income housing
estates of 250 units an acre that are served by and help to finance
mass-transit railways.

Speakers including senior government officials, developers, civic
advocates, architects, engineers, and academics from both New York
and Hong Kong will discuss the role of vertical density and high-rise
buildings in the current and future development of these cities. Among
those participating in the dialogue are Mrs. Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's
Secretary for Development; Thomas Ho, Property Director for the Mass
Transit Railway (MTR); Christine Loh, President of Civic-Exchange.
They will be joined in dialogue with their counterparts from New
York, including Amanda Burden, Chair of the City Planning Commission;
Christopher Ward, Executive Director of the Port Authority; Elliot
Sander, Executive Director of the MTA; Landmarks Preservation
Commission Chair Robert Tierney; and Commissioner Shaun Donovan of
the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
The three afternoon programs of the conference, at different venues
are held in partnership with The Regional Plan Association, The New
School's India China Institute and The Tishman Environment and Design
Center.

All programs are free. For more information on venues,
speakers, schedule of programs, and registration see:
http://www.skyscraper.org/PROGRAMS/VERTICAL_DENSITY/vertical_density_overview.php

Carol A. Willis
Founder and Director
The Skyscraper Museum 


From rrotenberg at gmail.com  Thu Oct 16 12:05:29 2008
From: rrotenberg at gmail.com (Robert Rotenberg)
Date: Thu Oct 16 16:45:22 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]SUNTA Teaching Workshop at AAA Meetings in San Francisco
Message-ID: <bdedd0b70810160905o6975992cg655d4b908dcf673c@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all.

I just wanted to remind everyone that the SUNTA teaching workshop will
be Thursday afternoon between 1:00 and 3:00 PM. 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, 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. So, whether you are seasoned veteran or a first term
teaching assistant, there will be something for everyone. There is
always a full agenda when people start talking about teaching and
we'll certainly fill the three hours.
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

Robert Rotenberg
Professor, Department of Anthropology
College Coordinator of Faculty Advising
2343 N. Racine Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
773 325-7460
rrotenbe@depaul.edu

From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Sat Oct 18 09:48:52 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Sat Oct 18 11:49:13 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: U Texas, San Antonio, Anthro, Assoc. / Full Prof.
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810180848h1c1f4fdao885831bdb9e377e1@mail.gmail.com>

The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Anthropology
seeks to hire both cultural anthropologists and archaeologists at the
rank of Tenured Associate or Full Professor. Pending budget approval,
two or more positions will be filled. The Department has recently
inaugurated a Ph.D. program emphasizing anthropology's broad
engagement with environmental issues. We are looking for candidates
who will complement or enhance this focus, and who also will support
the four-field emphases of our B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. programs.

In cultural anthropology, we are especially interested in
ethnographers (geographic area open) who specialize in creative,
empirically grounded approaches to: political ecology; science and
technology studies; medical anthropology; transnational flows,
diaspora, and migration; globalization and environmental discourses;
and/or conservation policy and practice.

In archaeology, we seek specialists in complex societies (geographic
area open) who focus upon issues of landscape formation, urbanism,
core-periphery relations, and/or power and the politics of social
difference.

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Anthropology (emphasis in either
cultural anthropology or archaeology); theoretically motivated
research; desire and ability to contribute to Ph.D. program growth and
expansion; established record of teaching, research, and service
appropriate to the ranks of Associate or Full Professor with tenure.

Preferred Qualifications: excellence in teaching; strong record of
external funding; fluency across a broad spectrum of theory in
anthropology; commitment to a four-field approach to teaching and
research; ability to complement existing faculty specializations.

Responsibilities include: teaching general anthropology, basic courses
in either archaeology or cultural anthropology, elective undergraduate
courses and core and specialized graduate courses in areas of
specialization; ongoing research and service in a program that offers
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.

In their applications, job candidates must clearly indicate the rank
at which they would like to be considered. Applicants must submit: a
letter of application that includes discussion of research, teaching,
and service goals; a CV; sample publications; teaching evaluations;
and, the names, addresses, email, and phone numbers of three
references. Applicants who are selected for interviews must be able to
show proof that they will be eligible and qualified to work in the
United States by the time of hire. Applications must be postmarked no
later than December 1, 2008. Send all application materials to Search
Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio,
One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-0649. The University of Texas
at San Antonio is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are
strongly encouraged to apply.

Contact Information:
	
E-mail : carolyn.cochran@utsa.edu
Phone : 210-458-4075
Fax : 210-458-7811
Search Chair
Anthropology
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249-0649
USA

From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Tue Oct 21 12:13:39 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Tue Oct 21 14:15:54 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: Metropolitan State College of Denver, Anthropology
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810211113p1f155329g7af9901ad3877a39@mail.gmail.com>

The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Behavioral Science of
Metropolitan State College of Denver invites applications for a
full-time, tenure-track position in sociocultural anthropology
beginning in Fall 2009. A Doctorate in Anthropology is required for
appointment. We have a strong preference for candidates whose work
emphasizes globalization or human rights, with a focus on Africa,
South Asia, or the Middle East. Quality college teaching experience, a
willingness to teach culture theory and ethnographic methods, and
experience working in a large urban institution with a diverse student
population are additional preferred qualifications. The position
requires teaching day and evening classes, 12 hours per semester (4
courses), student advising, professional development and service. In
order to be considered for this position applicant's MUST go to
www.mscdjobs.com for full position announcement and application
instructions. Only those applicant's who apply by filling out their
basic application at this site will be considered. Be prepared to
attach your cover letter and curriculum vitae at www.mscdjobs.com ,
position #F577.

Additional materials requested, to be sent directly to the department,
(to complete your application) include: 1) sample syllabi; 2) student
evaluations; 3) peer evaluations (if available); 4) unofficial copies
of transcripts; and 5) three recent letters of recommendation.
Requested materials 1 5 listed above should be sent in hard copy form
to: Mr. Jim Blanchette, Administrative Assistant, Department of
Sociology, Anthropology, and Behavioral Science, Metropolitan State
College of Denver, P.O. Box 173362, Campus Box 28, Denver, CO
80217-3362. Materials received by December 15, 2008 will receive full
consideration. Metropolitan State College of Denver is an equal
opportunity employer and encourages women and minorities to apply.

Metropolitan State College of Denver is a comprehensive,
baccalaureate-degree granting, urban college that offers arts and
sciences, professional, and business courses and programs to a diverse
student population in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Excellence in
teaching and learning is Metro State's primary objective.

From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Tue Oct 21 12:22:22 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Tue Oct 21 14:22:43 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Seminar on Public Space, Delft University of
	Technology
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810211122m202769d7qe3a05a971b6a2cda@mail.gmail.com>

TU Delft PhD Seminar on Public Space
Date: March 19-20 2009
Place: Delft / Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Target group: PhD candidates from fields of architecture, sociology,
urban geography, cultural anthropology, and spatial planning

Registration fee: ? 100,-
Registration: send an email to E.M.Vogels@tudelft.nl

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft / The Netherlands) will hold
a two-day international seminar on Public Space. The seminar is
dedicated to the presentation and discussion of selected papers from
PhD candidates from all over the world, under the leadership of
ranking scholars in the field: Prof. Talja Blokland, Prof. Matthew
Carmona and Prof. Rob Shields.

See the flyer for more information:
http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=6cbefc8b-5364-415d-a113-4fbfb477582b&lang=nl&binary=/doc/The
PhD Seminar on Public Space.pdf

From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Tue Oct 21 12:28:52 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Tue Oct 21 14:29:53 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]URBANTH-L correspondence
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810211128x1144aad8j39bf3912f6bdccce@mail.gmail.com>

Hello listmembers,

Please send any correspondence for the next two weeks to
vergara.benito@gmail.com (and not to Angela Jancius). She will be away
for maternity leave and will be unable to moderate the email messages
for the listserv.

Thanks,
Ben Vergara

From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Tue Oct 21 15:58:25 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Tue Oct 21 17:58:36 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 TWO PhD Scholarships at Centre for Research on Social Inclusion,
 Macquarie U.
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810211458t382504e5p597528cc684d05ca@mail.gmail.com>

1) ARC Linkage Community Capacity Building PhD Scholarship

Closing Date: 14 December 2008

A film-based PhD scholarship

A PhD scholarship is available in the Centre for Research on Social
Inclusion (CRSI) to work in conjunction with an ARC Linkage Project
led by Dr Rochelle Spencer (Macquarie University). A team of academics
from sociology, human geography, media, and anthropology also make up
the team. The industry partner is Australian Red Cross which is
currently embarking on an exciting new direction in its services to
make a significant and long lasting positive impact on disadvantage in
Australia.

CRSI is an interdisciplinary group of researchers undertaking social,
cultural and philosophical research into contemporary social justice
issues (see www.crsi.mq.edu.au). The aim of the ARC project is to
investigate Red Cross' contributions to building long term capacity
and social inclusion, especially in communities of locational
disadvantage.

Through the making of a documentary, the PhD candidate will examine
the phenomenology of volunteering across ages, ethnicities and
geography, exploring its meaning in people's lives and its
contribution to the social fabric of communities. The applicant must
have film making experience and understanding of qualitative, and
preferably, ethnographic methodologies. Some knowledge of community
development and the non government sector would also be beneficial.

Applicants must be Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian
Permanent Residents to apply. They must also demonstrate equivalent
research qualifications or experience to an Australian Honours (at
least Class 2 Division 1) degree in one of more of the following
areas: anthropology, sociology, human geography, media, or cultural
studies.

The stipend is currently tax exempt A$26,140 p.a. inclusive package
(2008), tenured for a maximum three years subject to satisfactory
progress. Up to six months extension may be available where
unavoidable research delays are evidenced. Tuition fees will also be
sponsored under the Government funded RTS training scheme.

For further information regarding this project, applicants are
encouraged to contact Dr Rochelle Spencer; telephone: +61-2- 9850
9678, e-mail: rspencer@scmp.mq.edu.au

Application forms and conditions of award are available from the
Higher Degree Research Office, telephone +61-2-9850 7663, or e-mail:
hdrschol@vc.mq.edu.au.

Applications should be forwarded to:

The Scholarship Officer
The Research Hub
Level 3, C5C East
Macquarie University NSW 2109
AUSTRALIA


2) ARC Linkage Grant Indigenous Community Capacity Building PhD Scholarship

Closing Date: 14 December 2008

A social science PhD scholarship exploring Red Cross' contributions to
long term capacity building in Indigenous communities

A PhD scholarship is available in the Centre for Research on Social
Inclusion (CRSI) to work in conjunction with an ARC Linkage Project
led by Dr Rochelle Spencer (Macquarie University). A team of academics
from sociology, human geography, media, and anthropology also make up
the team. The industry partner is Australian Red Cross which is
currently embarking on an exciting new direction in its services to
make a significant and long lasting positive impact on disadvantage in
Australia.

CRSI is an interdisciplinary group of researchers undertaking social,
cultural and philosophical research into contemporary social justice
issues (see www.crsi.mq.edu.au). The aim of the ARC project is to
investigate Red Cross' contributions to building long term capacity
and social inclusion, especially in communities of locational
disadvantage and particularly among Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander people.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged
to apply. The PhD topic and methodology will match the strengths of
the successful applicant, and will address one of the following
research priorities to advance the Red Cross Indigenous Programs
Strategy ?

-              effective ways to strengthen and build community
capacity, governance, leadership and organisational development

-              effective program responses which improve and
strengthen individual, family and community wellbeing to break the
cycle of intergenerational disadvantage and vulnerability

The applicant should have experience in qualitative, and preferably,
ethnographic methodologies. Some knowledge of community development
and the non government sector would also be beneficial.

Applicants must be Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian
Permanent Residents to apply. They must also demonstrate equivalent
research qualifications or experience to an Australian Honours (at
least Class 2 Division 1) degree in one of more of the following
areas: anthropology, sociology, human geography, media, or cultural
studies.

The stipend is currently tax exempt A$26,140 p.a. inclusive package
(2008), tenured for a maximum three years subject to satisfactory
progress. Up to six months extension may be available where
unavoidable research delays are evidenced. Tuition fees will also be
sponsored under the Government funded RTS training scheme.

For further information regarding this project, applicants are
encouraged to contact Dr Rochelle Spencer; telephone: +61-2- 9850
9678, e-mail: rspencer@scmp.mq.edu.au Application forms and conditions
of award are available from the Higher Degree Research Office,
telephone +61-2-9850 7663, or e-mail:  hdrschol@vc.mq.edu.au.

Applications should be forwarded to:

The Scholarship Officer, Higher Degree Research Unit,
Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia

From schwitta at berkeley.edu  Tue Oct 21 15:27:39 2008
From: schwitta at berkeley.edu (schwitta@berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 23 18:06:14 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial meltdown
In-Reply-To: <34ec80c40810211128x1144aad8j39bf3912f6bdccce@mail.gmail.com>
References: <34ec80c40810211128x1144aad8j39bf3912f6bdccce@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2452.146.74.226.87.1224624459.squirrel@calmail.berkeley.edu>

Hello,
I am teaching a course on "Ethnographic Perspectives on American
Capitalism" at Berkeley and would like to present my students with
anthropological responses to/analysis of the current financial meltdown.

I would appreciate any help in finding them.

Thanks,
Anke

Anke Schwittay, Ph.D.
Dept of Anthropology
UC Berkeley


From m.handel at neu.edu  Wed Oct 22 12:50:45 2008
From: m.handel at neu.edu (m.handel@neu.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 23 18:08:25 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Anthropology position
Message-ID: <OFF4EF3D0A.57F77484-ON852574EA.0056862B-852574EA.00571175@neu.edu>

Hi All,

I'm writing to let you know about an Anthropology faculty search at 
Northeastern University in Boston that you may find interesting. 

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology has a Globalization Studies 
concentration in its PhD program, and we seek a colleague studying one or 
more of the major forces shaping the world today.  These include 
neoliberalism and the spread of the capitalist political economy, 
anti-global social movements, Islamism, and the transformation of China, 
among other examples.  The exact area of specialization is open, but the 
research should involve issues of recognized global importance. 

Please forward information on this position to anyone who might be 
interested and please consider applying if you're a good fit for the 
position.  Boston is a great location and both the university and the 
dept. are among the few continuing to expand in these difficult times.

The position's rank is open.  We hope to hire at the senior or advanced 
junior levels, but all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, so 
feel free to circulate to new PhDs currently on the market.  The job 
announcement posted at the AAA Career Center is reproduced below and 
provides more details.

I will be at the AAA interviewing candidates and would be happy to meet 
with you and others in attendance.

Thanks very much.


Best,
Michael Handel

_________________________
Michael J. Handel
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
500 Holmes Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology announces an opening for an 
Anthropologist for its PhD-level concentration in Globalization and 
undergraduate program in Anthropology, beginning in the Fall of 2009. The 
department seeks to hire at the senior level but will consider exceptional 
junior candidates. Demonstrated excellence in teaching and research, and 
commitment to teaching broad, foundational courses as well as specialty 
courses is required. Preference given to applicants who study 
neoliberalism, political economy, and/or social movements, particularly 
focusing on China or Islamist movements, but all scholars studying 
globalization or transnationalism in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, 
and Africa are encouraged to apply. Ability to teach ethnographic field 
methods also desirable. This position also involves advising students, 
participation in the PhD-level Globalization group, and collaboration in 
governance of the undergraduate Anthropology program. Northeastern 
University is a large, private institution located in the heart of Boston 
and its institutional mission has global concerns at its very core. The 
Department is a strong and growing unit with a well-established PhD 
program, whose faculty are committed to excellence in research, teaching, 
and critical scholarship. The Department hosts multiple Centers and enjoys 
numerous links with other units, including the college?s rapidly expanding 
International Affairs program. A PhD in Anthropology is required at the 
time of appointment. Applicants should send a letter, c.v., writing 
samples, and names of references to Chair, Anthropology Search Committee, 
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 500 Holmes Hall, Northeastern 
University, Boston MA 02115. Applicants who wish to be considered for a 
preliminary interview at the AAA should submit materials by November 10; 
for all others review of applications will begin December 1, 2008 and 
continue until the position is filled. Northeastern University is an Equal 
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and actively works to enhance its 
diversity.
From mrw at aucegypt.edu  Fri Oct 24 05:26:59 2008
From: mrw at aucegypt.edu (Mark Westmoreland)
Date: Thu Oct 23 22:29:17 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Anthropology job at American University in Cairo
Message-ID: <201010ED-6F99-4DE6-9DC6-FB2F7E1F52EA@aucegypt.edu>

Please pass this job announcement along to interested parties:
The Anthropology Program, SAPE Department, at the American University  
in Cairo invites applicants for an open rank position in Socio- 
Cultural Anthropology to begin Fall 2009. The Department is seeking  
candidates who will enrich the regional focus of the program and whose  
research and teaching is geographically grounded in MENA and its  
diverse transnational connections, particularly to South Asia.  
Candidates whose interests focus on urban anthropology; political  
anthropology, colonial and postcolonial dynamics; consumption,  
tourism, and globalism are particularly encouraged to apply.  
Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate an ability to  
talk across geographic and disciplinary boundaries.

Additional Information:

Tenure track with initial two- or three-year (renewable) appointment  
subject to mutual agreement will begin September 2009. Renewal of an  
appointment depends upon institutional needs and/or the appointee's  
performance.

Application Instructions:

All applicants must submit the following documents via online. a) an  
updated C.V; b) a letter of interest; c) a statement of teaching  
philosophy; (d) a completed AUC Personal Information Form (PIF); (e)  
submit a copy of a recently published article with the other  
application materials; and (f) please ask at least three referees  
familiar with your professional background to send reference letters  
directly to the New York Office or the Provost's Office in Cairo.

http://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com



Mark R. Westmoreland
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, & Egyptology
American University in Cairo
2098  HUSS Building - New Campus
Office phone: 2615-1871
mrw@aucegypt.edu






From valen076 at umn.edu  Thu Oct 23 21:27:55 2008
From: valen076 at umn.edu (David Valentine)
Date: Fri Oct 24 16:43:15 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial
	meltdown
Message-ID: <4901249B.8080209@umn.edu>

Hi Anke,
Karen Ho, here at U Minnesota, is having her book published on her work 
with Wall Street traders by Duke. Unfortunately it's not out yet (she 
sent back her final draft the same day Lehman Bros. went south, and she 
is reworking her intro furiously to account for the last few weeks), but 
I believe that Duke is working to get it fast tracked because of its 
timeliness. The title is "Liquidated" (can't remember the subtitle). 
She's also just given birth and is on leave, but she is checking email 
intermittently should you want to contact her: karenho@umn.edu
dv

-- 
david valentine
assistant professor
department of anthropology + university of minnesota
395 hubert h. humphrey center + 301 19th avenue south
minneapolis, mn 55455 + 612.626.8692 + valen076@umn.edu

office hours fall 2008: tues 10-11am, weds 2:30-4:30pm and by appointment 


"everything here is something" ? Marge Simpson


From njdavella at ucdavis.edu  Fri Oct 24 17:43:34 2008
From: njdavella at ucdavis.edu (Nicholas D'Avella)
Date: Fri Oct 24 16:44:50 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Re: anthropological responses to current financial
	meltdown
In-Reply-To: <E1KtP6W-0006h7-Iu@unix1.cc.ysu.edu>
References: <E1KtP6W-0006h7-Iu@unix1.cc.ysu.edu>
Message-ID: <ACEBFE11-AF94-45C5-A171-3E6303ED7114@ucdavis.edu>

Since it might be a little early for academic writing on the topic,  
it could be useful to juxtapose some news media pieces with other  
writings on finance.  One great source that I think is quite  
'ethnographic' in its approach is an episode of This American Life,  
the NPR radio program, which aired back in May.  It's called "The  
Giant Pool of Money" and it seeks to explain how the sub-prime crisis  
happened by interviewing people involved at various parts of the  
chain:  people loosing their houses; the regional mortgage brokers  
who sold mortgages they knew people couldn't repay to satisfy the  
demands of major brokerage firms for those mortgages; people in those  
firms; and the developers of the financial tools that were designed  
to hedge the risk on these (later securitized) mortgages.  The show  
is available at:  http://thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? 
episode=355.

I think it would work really well with students alongside  
anthropological/sociological work on contemporary finance.  I'm not  
sure what you have on the syllabus, but selections from Fisher and  
Downey's edited volume "Frontiers of Capital:  Ethnographic  
Reflections on the New Economy" would work well I think.  To the  
authors there I'd add Bill Maurer, Karen Ho, Hiro Miyazaki, Knorr  
Cetina and Bruegger, Michel Callon, and Daniel Miller as other  
writers who offer good possible readings for considering what's  
happening.  LiPuma and Lee's book "Financial Derivatives and the  
Globalization of Risk" seems particularly apt.

Carruthers and Stinchcombe's article "The Social Structure of  
Liquidity:  Flexibility, Markets, and States" (1999; Theory and  
Society 28 (3):  353-382.) might be a little technical for your  
purposes, but it has a section on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's role  
in providing liquidity to the mortgage market in the US.  And  
finally, I know of two articles about US banking in the 19th century  
that might provide an interesting contrast for students.  Both are by  
Daniel Wadhwani:  "Protecting Small Savers:  The Political Economy of  
Economic Security" (Journal of Public History 18 (1):  126-145); and  
"Citizen Savers:  Family Economy, Financial Institutions, and Public  
Policy in the Nineteenth-Century" (Enterprise and Society 5 (4):   
617-624).

Good luck, it would be great to see the syllabus when you're done.

Nicholas D'Avella
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
UC Davis
http://anthropology.ucdavis.edu/people/nicholas-davella

From nbsalazar at gmail.com  Fri Oct 24 21:52:07 2008
From: nbsalazar at gmail.com (Noel B. Salazar)
Date: Fri Oct 24 16:45:29 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP - From Mobile Anthropologists to Anthropologies of
	Mobility
Message-ID: <49021957.2050309@gmail.com>

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

Call for Papers

 From Mobile Anthropologists to Anthropologies of Mobility
Canadian Anthropology Society/American Ethnological Society Joint Meeting
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 13-16, 2009

Organizer: Noel B. Salazar (University of Leuven)

This panel takes up the general conference theme, "Transnational 
Anthropologies: Convergences and Divergences in Globalized Disciplinary 
Networks". Long before transnationalism, globalization or 
cosmopolitanism became academic buzzwords, anthropologists already knew 
about these phenomena and processes as experience experts (although they 
not necessarily acknowledged them in their writings). With the present 
hype over global fluxes and flows, we tend to forget that many of 
anthropology?s founding scholars, including Franz Boas and Bronislaw 
Malinowski, were themselves migrants and that the latter put 
transcultural mobility at the heart of ethnographic practice. Not only 
the experience of ?being there? produced invaluable insights that shaped 
the discipline, but also the act of traveling ?out of place? played a 
determining role. The papers in this panel analyze how professional as 
well as personal engagements of anthropologists with a variety of 
mobilities (e.g. migration, translocal fieldwork, and global academic 
exchange via conferences, visiting programs, and online networks) 
strategically positions them within the social sciences to 
ethnographically describe, critically assess and theorize the current 
?mobility turn?.

If you are interested in participating, contact Noel B. Salazar 
(noel.salazar@soc.kuleuven.be) by 20 December 2008.
Please submit your name, your affiliation, a title, and abstract limited 
to 100 words. A maximum of five papers will be accepted (four in case a 
discussant will comment upon the papers). High-quality papers will be 
selected for publication.

More information about the conference is available online:
http://www.anth.ubc.ca/index.php?id=11928.0.html

Please note: You must be a member in good standing of either CASCA 
(http://casca.anthropologica.ca/ab_memb_online.htm) or AES 
(http://dev.aaanet.org/membership/join.cfm), or become one, to 
participate in the conference.

--
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Noel B. Salazar, Ph.D.
Marie Curie Fellow (EC, FP7-PEOPLE-IRG)
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IMMRC, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven
Parkstraat 45, bus 3615 (Room 2.49), B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)16 32.60.07, Fax +32 (0)16 32.59.02
http://soc.kuleuven.be/immrc/staff/salazar.htm
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From suhyatt at iupui.edu  Fri Oct 24 17:50:25 2008
From: suhyatt at iupui.edu (Hyatt, Susan)
Date: Fri Oct 24 16:57:15 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial
	meltdown
In-Reply-To: <4901249B.8080209@umn.edu>
References: <4901249B.8080209@umn.edu>
Message-ID: <81F0E8106BCED1428038CD93A5FA180E04913E455E@iu-mssg-mbx08.ads.iu.edu>

Caitlin Zaloom's book, Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology from Chicago to London was published in 2006 but I believe it deals with the culture of risk in an age where investing is now done through the internet rather than on trading floors.  I also cannot recommend enough Brett Williams' book on debt-- Debt for Sale.  It was published around 2004 or 2005 but it absolutely sets the stage for what is happening now.  She also has an excellent piece in this current issue of North American Dialogue, available for download through the SANA web site.

Sue Hyatt

-----Original Message-----
From: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu [mailto:urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of David Valentine
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:28 PM
To: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
Subject: re: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial meltdown

Hi Anke,
Karen Ho, here at U Minnesota, is having her book published on her work 
with Wall Street traders by Duke. Unfortunately it's not out yet (she 
sent back her final draft the same day Lehman Bros. went south, and she 
is reworking her intro furiously to account for the last few weeks), but 
I believe that Duke is working to get it fast tracked because of its 
timeliness. The title is "Liquidated" (can't remember the subtitle). 
She's also just given birth and is on leave, but she is checking email 
intermittently should you want to contact her: karenho@umn.edu
dv

-- 
david valentine
assistant professor
department of anthropology + university of minnesota
395 hubert h. humphrey center + 301 19th avenue south
minneapolis, mn 55455 + 612.626.8692 + valen076@umn.edu

office hours fall 2008: tues 10-11am, weds 2:30-4:30pm and by appointment 


"everything here is something" - Marge Simpson


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From bburke at email.arizona.edu  Fri Oct 24 16:42:51 2008
From: bburke at email.arizona.edu (bburke@email.arizona.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 24 19:09:24 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial
	meltdown
In-Reply-To: <81F0E8106BCED1428038CD93A5FA180E04913E455E@iu-mssg-mbx08.ads.iu.edu>
References: <4901249B.8080209@umn.edu>
	<81F0E8106BCED1428038CD93A5FA180E04913E455E@iu-mssg-mbx08.ads.iu.edu>
Message-ID: <20081024154251.qk80k8k0ss004wow@www.email.arizona.edu>


There have been some great reading recommendations from the list. Thanks for
those.

I think that one of the ways anthropologists may be able to contribute to
conversations about the crisis is by thinking about how this change in the
global economic landscape might affect individuals, households, and 
communities
around the world. To date, talk about the crisis has focused largely on the
macro-economy and individuals within the US, and the macro-economies of other
global financial centers. But can we begin to anticipate how these changes
might "trickle down" to affect many of the people and places we study? Can we
use these projections to imagine possible responses (whether local coping
strategies, supportive government policies, or something else)?

I certainly can't at this point, though I think we might get some 
insights from
other recent economic collapses (the East Asian Crisis, the Brazilian and
Argetine crises, the recent food crisis). I would love to hear others' 
thoughts
on this based on their areas of expertise.

--brian


---------------------------------------
Brian J Burke
University of Arizona
Department of Anthropology
   & Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology

International Honors Program & School for International Training
   "Rethinking Globalization: Nature, Culture, and Justice"



----- Message from suhyatt@iupui.edu ---------    Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008
16:50:25 -0400    From: "Hyatt, Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu>Reply-To: "Hyatt,
Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu> Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological 
responses to
current financial meltdown      To: "urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu"
<urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu>

> Caitlin Zaloom's book, Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology from 
> Chicago to London was published in 2006 but I believe it deals with 
> the culture of risk in an age where investing is now done through the 
> internet rather than on trading floors.  I also cannot recommend 
> enough Brett Williams' book on debt-- Debt for Sale.  It was 
> published around 2004 or 2005 but it absolutely sets the stage for 
> what is happening now.  She also has an excellent piece in this 
> current issue of North American Dialogue, available for download 
> through the SANA web site.
>
> Sue Hyatt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu 
> [mailto:urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of David Valentine
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:28 PM
> To: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
> Subject: re: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current 
> financial meltdown
>
> Hi Anke,
> Karen Ho, here at U Minnesota, is having her book published on her work
> with Wall Street traders by Duke. Unfortunately it's not out yet (she
> sent back her final draft the same day Lehman Bros. went south, and she
> is reworking her intro furiously to account for the last few weeks), but
> I believe that Duke is working to get it fast tracked because of its
> timeliness. The title is "Liquidated" (can't remember the subtitle).
> She's also just given birth and is on leave, but she is checking email
> intermittently should you want to contact her: karenho@umn.edu
> dv
>
> --
> david valentine
> assistant professor
> department of anthropology + university of minnesota
> 395 hubert h. humphrey center + 301 19th avenue south
> minneapolis, mn 55455 + 612.626.8692 + valen076@umn.edu
>
> office hours fall 2008: tues 10-11am, weds 2:30-4:30pm and by appointment
>
>
> "everything here is something" - Marge Simpson
>
>
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From vincent.lyon-callo at wmich.edu  Fri Oct 24 20:37:12 2008
From: vincent.lyon-callo at wmich.edu (Vincent Lyon-Callo)
Date: Fri Oct 24 19:50:36 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial
 meltdown
Message-ID: <6e9baa1b801f.490223e8@wmich.edu>

It would be interesting to explore the ways in which the current situation is impacting communities in a wide range of locations around the world.  Of course, like much of our work, that won't really be possible to know all that well today.

I also want to second Sue's recommendation about Brett's work on credit and debt.  The recent article in North American Dialogue has proven very useful for my discussions with students about some of what has contributed to today's conditions.  Of course, this is one article among many that have been analyzing the 2 decade long trajectory of policies and practices that have helped produce today's situation (I have to admit to being a little dismayed at how now that it is impacting priviliged people's investments we have a crisis, while working class people across the globe have been suffering the impacts of the faith based market economy for many years now and not many people were too concerned-Greenspan didn't seem to mind the increasing economic and social insecurities (in the US and globally) resulting from his practices when it only impacting working class people). 

But, mostly I wanted to respond to the notion of "the people and places we study".   It may still come as a surprise to some, but many of us do study people and places in the US and Europe (and have been doing so for many years now as anthropologists).

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

----- Original Message -----
From: bburke@email.arizona.edu
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:42 pm
Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial	meltdown

> 
> There have been some great reading recommendations from the list. 
> Thanks for
> those.
> 
> I think that one of the ways anthropologists may be able to 
> contribute to
> conversations about the crisis is by thinking about how this 
> change in the
> global economic landscape might affect individuals, households, 
> and 
> communities
> around the world. To date, talk about the crisis has focused 
> largely on the
> macro-economy and individuals within the US, and the macro-
> economies of other
> global financial centers. But can we begin to anticipate how these 
> changesmight "trickle down" to affect many of the people and 
> places we study? Can we
> use these projections to imagine possible responses (whether local 
> copingstrategies, supportive government policies, or something else)?
> 
> I certainly can't at this point, though I think we might get some 
> insights from
> other recent economic collapses (the East Asian Crisis, the 
> Brazilian and
> Argetine crises, the recent food crisis). I would love to hear 
> others' 
> thoughts
> on this based on their areas of expertise.
> 
> --brian
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> Brian J Burke
> University of Arizona
> Department of Anthropology
>   & Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
> 
> International Honors Program & School for International Training
>   "Rethinking Globalization: Nature, Culture, and Justice"
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Message from suhyatt@iupui.edu ---------    Date: Fri, 24 
> Oct 2008
> 16:50:25 -0400    From: "Hyatt, Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu>Reply-
> To: "Hyatt,
> Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu> Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological 
> responses to
> current financial meltdown      To: "urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu"
> <urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu>
> 
> > Caitlin Zaloom's book, Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology 
> from 
> > Chicago to London was published in 2006 but I believe it deals 
> with 
> > the culture of risk in an age where investing is now done 
> through the 
> > internet rather than on trading floors.  I also cannot recommend 
> > enough Brett Williams' book on debt-- Debt for Sale.  It was 
> > published around 2004 or 2005 but it absolutely sets the stage 
> for 
> > what is happening now.  She also has an excellent piece in this 
> > current issue of North American Dialogue, available for download 
> > through the SANA web site.
> >
> > Sue Hyatt
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu 
> > [urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of David Valentine
> > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:28 PM
> > To: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
> > Subject: re: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current 
> > financial meltdown
> >
> > Hi Anke,
> > Karen Ho, here at U Minnesota, is having her book published on 
> her work
> > with Wall Street traders by Duke. Unfortunately it's not out yet 
> (she> sent back her final draft the same day Lehman Bros. went 
> south, and she
> > is reworking her intro furiously to account for the last few 
> weeks), but
> > I believe that Duke is working to get it fast tracked because of its
> > timeliness. The title is "Liquidated" (can't remember the subtitle).
> > She's also just given birth and is on leave, but she is checking 
> email> intermittently should you want to contact her: karenho@umn.edu
> > dv
> >
> > --
> > david valentine
> > assistant professor
> > department of anthropology + university of minnesota
> > 395 hubert h. humphrey center + 301 19th avenue south
> > minneapolis, mn 55455 + 612.626.8692 + valen076@umn.edu
> >
> > office hours fall 2008: tues 10-11am, weds 2:30-4:30pm and by 
> appointment>
> >
> > "everything here is something" - Marge Simpson
> >
> >
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From amnading at gmail.com  Fri Oct 24 19:33:08 2008
From: amnading at gmail.com (Alex M Nading)
Date: Sat Oct 25 15:06:16 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropology of the financial meltdown (outside the USA)
Message-ID: <ca5ae20e0810241733s19d6a2c7sb0f5239ea3ef1d9c@mail.gmail.com>

I only get the URBANTH messages in digest form, so I hope this gets to all
concerned.  My ongoing dissertation research is, in part, on the
recycling/scrap metal trade in urban Nicaragua.  I can tell you that the
crisis has had immediate consequences for junk dealers around the world and
for informal scavengers and brokers right here in Nicaragua.  Nearly all the
scrap steel, aluminum cans and siding, copper, and plastic sold here gets
exported.  The garbage trade here grew tremendously from about 2002 to
2008.  (A popular legend among scavengers has it that the scrap metal they
collected was going to China to help build the Olympic stadium.)
I am writing about this at the moment but have nothing ready.  Apropos of
the message string I read, however, I can tell you that before the meltdown,
prices were at an all-time high.  In just the last 6 weeks or so, locals
tell me that they have dropped to a 6-year low.  This means that people who,
two months ago, could make a living and feed a family scavenging through
garbage now can't make out.  It also means that those who opened up small
local junk brokerages (often with the encouragement of larger firms) are
having to shut down.  This is already having a tremendous impact on the
local economy and on local politics.  The scrap market is notoriously
volatile, but in this most recent downturn, it has effectively cut a great
number of informally employed Nicaraguans out of the global economy.  Their
undocumented labor helped fuel the massive building boom, in Beijing and
elsewhere.  I have been amazed to see how quickly lives have been overturned
by the meltdown, especially considering that the food and oil crisis struck
so (relatively) slowly down here.

Alex Nading
Phd. Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
From bburke at email.arizona.edu  Fri Oct 24 18:15:28 2008
From: bburke at email.arizona.edu (bburke@email.arizona.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 25 15:08:40 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current financial
	meltdown
In-Reply-To: <6e9baa1b801f.490223e8@wmich.edu>
References: <6e9baa1b801f.490223e8@wmich.edu>
Message-ID: <20081024171528.5ad8gsok080oow4w@www.email.arizona.edu>


It comes as absolutely no surprise that we do not only research far-off places
and people, as I have also done research in the US. Suggesting that we examine
the possible impacts of "the people and places we study" "around the 
world" was
not intended to exclude research on the US and Europe... though I 
perhaps should
have been more cautious with my language. Honestly, I think that your work on
homelessness and class/hegemony in the US provide great perspectives 
from which
to consider these economic changes (and vice-versa).

The central point was to ask how we might build on our very specific research
(research conducted in places and with people) to think forward about these
economic changes. You're right that it "won't really be possible to know" all
of the answers today and it is important to recognize the limitations of our
knowledge, but I think there is some value in anticipatory anthropology,
especially if we hope to engaged in activist anthropology in a manner that is
not purely reactive.

best,
brian

----- Message from vincent.lyon-callo@wmich.edu ---------    Date: Fri, 24 Oct
2008 19:37:12 -0400    From: Vincent Lyon-Callo
<vincent.lyon-callo@wmich.edu>Reply-To: Vincent Lyon-Callo
<vincent.lyon-callo@wmich.edu> Subject: Re: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological
responses to current financial meltdown      To: bburke@email.arizona.edu

> It would be interesting to explore the ways in which the current 
> situation is impacting communities in a wide range of locations 
> around the world.  Of course, like much of our work, that won't 
> really be possible to know all that well today.
>
> I also want to second Sue's recommendation about Brett's work on 
> credit and debt.  The recent article in North American Dialogue has 
> proven very useful for my discussions with students about some of 
> what has contributed to today's conditions.  Of course, this is one 
> article among many that have been analyzing the 2 decade long 
> trajectory of policies and practices that have helped produce today's 
> situation (I have to admit to being a little dismayed at how now that 
> it is impacting priviliged people's investments we have a crisis, 
> while working class people across the globe have been suffering the 
> impacts of the faith based market economy for many years now and not 
> many people were too concerned-Greenspan didn't seem to mind the 
> increasing economic and social insecurities (in the US and globally) 
> resulting from his practices when it only impacting working class 
> people).
>
> But, mostly I wanted to respond to the notion of "the people and 
> places we study".   It may still come as a surprise to some, but many 
> of us do study people and places in the US and Europe (and have been 
> doing so for many years now as anthropologists).
>
> --
> Vin Lyon-Callo
> Associate Professor
> Department of Anthropology
> Western Michigan University
> Kalamazoo MI 49008
> 269-387-3964
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bburke@email.arizona.edu
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:42 pm
> Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current 
> financial	meltdown
>
>>
>> There have been some great reading recommendations from the list.
>> Thanks for
>> those.
>>
>> I think that one of the ways anthropologists may be able to
>> contribute to
>> conversations about the crisis is by thinking about how this
>> change in the
>> global economic landscape might affect individuals, households,
>> and
>> communities
>> around the world. To date, talk about the crisis has focused
>> largely on the
>> macro-economy and individuals within the US, and the macro-
>> economies of other
>> global financial centers. But can we begin to anticipate how these
>> changesmight "trickle down" to affect many of the people and
>> places we study? Can we
>> use these projections to imagine possible responses (whether local
>> copingstrategies, supportive government policies, or something else)?
>>
>> I certainly can't at this point, though I think we might get some
>> insights from
>> other recent economic collapses (the East Asian Crisis, the
>> Brazilian and
>> Argetine crises, the recent food crisis). I would love to hear
>> others'
>> thoughts
>> on this based on their areas of expertise.
>>
>> --brian
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Brian J Burke
>> University of Arizona
>> Department of Anthropology
>>   & Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
>>
>> International Honors Program & School for International Training
>>   "Rethinking Globalization: Nature, Culture, and Justice"
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Message from suhyatt@iupui.edu ---------    Date: Fri, 24
>> Oct 2008
>> 16:50:25 -0400    From: "Hyatt, Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu>Reply-
>> To: "Hyatt,
>> Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu> Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological
>> responses to
>> current financial meltdown      To: "urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu"
>> <urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu>
>>
>> > Caitlin Zaloom's book, Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology
>> from
>> > Chicago to London was published in 2006 but I believe it deals
>> with
>> > the culture of risk in an age where investing is now done
>> through the
>> > internet rather than on trading floors.  I also cannot recommend
>> > enough Brett Williams' book on debt-- Debt for Sale.  It was
>> > published around 2004 or 2005 but it absolutely sets the stage
>> for
>> > what is happening now.  She also has an excellent piece in this
>> > current issue of North American Dialogue, available for download
>> > through the SANA web site.
>> >
>> > Sue Hyatt
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu
>> > [urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of David Valentine
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:28 PM
>> > To: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
>> > Subject: re: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current
>> > financial meltdown
>> >
>> > Hi Anke,
>> > Karen Ho, here at U Minnesota, is having her book published on
>> her work
>> > with Wall Street traders by Duke. Unfortunately it's not out yet
>> (she> sent back her final draft the same day Lehman Bros. went
>> south, and she
>> > is reworking her intro furiously to account for the last few
>> weeks), but
>> > I believe that Duke is working to get it fast tracked because of its
>> > timeliness. The title is "Liquidated" (can't remember the subtitle).
>> > She's also just given birth and is on leave, but she is checking
>> email> intermittently should you want to contact her: karenho@umn.edu
>> > dv
>> >
>> > --
>> > david valentine
>> > assistant professor
>> > department of anthropology + university of minnesota
>> > 395 hubert h. humphrey center + 301 19th avenue south
>> > minneapolis, mn 55455 + 612.626.8692 + valen076@umn.edu
>> >
>> > office hours fall 2008: tues 10-11am, weds 2:30-4:30pm and by
>> appointment>
>> >
>> > "everything here is something" - Marge Simpson
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > URBANTH-L mailing list
>> > URBANTH-L@lists.ysu.edu
>> > http://lists.ysu.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/urbanth-l
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > URBANTH-L mailing list
>> > URBANTH-L@lists.ysu.edu
>> > http://lists.ysu.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/urbanth-l
>>
>>
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>>
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From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Tue Oct 28 12:22:14 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Oct 28 11:25:32 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FUNDING: the Google Policy Fellowship
Message-ID: <021701c93911$630ccba0$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

http://www.google.com/policyfellowship/

Introducing the Google Policy Fellowship

As lawmakers around the world become more engaged on Internet policy, 
ensuring a robust and intelligent public debate around these issues 
becomes increasingly important. That's why we're announcing our second 
summer for the Google Policy Fellowship Program-to support students 
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Program Overview

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organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access 
policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer 
privacy, open government, and more. Participating organizations are 
based in either Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA , Ottawa or Toronto, 
Canada and include: American Library Association, Cato Institute, 
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Center for 
Democracy and Technology, Citizen Lab, Competitive Enterprise 
Institute, Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Future of 
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Fellows will be assigned a lead mentor at their host organizations, 
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conferences; and participating in other advocacy activities.

From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Tue Oct 28 12:45:40 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Oct 28 11:46:45 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: Postdoc at the UBC Centre for Social, Spatial &
	Economic Justice (Canada)
Message-ID: <025001c93914$3ec58130$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

The Centre for Social, Spatial & Economic Justice (CSSEJ) at the University 
of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus), encourages applications for 
Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships for the 2009-10 
academic year.

The CSSEJ is a state-of-the-art research centre funded with multiple grants 
from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Social Sciences and Humanities 
Research Council, Canada Institutes of Health Research, Michael Smith 
Foundation for Health Research, and various non-profit sources.

Post-doctoral researchers will have the opportunity to work with any or all 
of the three principal researchers in the CSSEJ: Dr. Lawrence Berg (Cultural 
Geography & Cultural Studies), Dr. Jon Corbett (Human Geography), and Dr. 
Mike Evans (Economic Anthropology).  Research in the centre includes such 
projects as: an examination of racism in the healthcare system, the 
interlocking character of social exclusions, community participatory 
mapping, and indigenous rights.  CSSEJ has extensive research connections 
with First Nations, M?tis, and urban Aboriginal communities in the Okanagan 
Valley and BC, as well as wider connections to a range of extensive 
international research networks.  Post-docs would join a vibrant research 
community with formal research links in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, 
Economics, Fine Arts, Gender & Women's Studies, Human Geography, Indigenous 
Studies, Nursing, Social Work, and Sociology.

Applicants must be a citizen of one of the following eligible countries: 
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of 
Korea, Russia, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Please feel free to contact one of the three CSSEJ Principal Researchers for 
further information about CSSEJ:


Lawrence Berg (Lawrence dot berg at ubc dot ca)
Jon Corbett  (Jon dot corbett at ubc dot ca)
Mike Evans (Mike dot evans at ubc dot ca)


I've provided further information about the Government of Canada 
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships below.

Best wishes,
Lawrence Berg (on behalf of CSSEJ)

*     *     *

Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships 2009-10
A program of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/pdrf-en.html

Guidelines
Objectives and Goals:

As part of the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program (CCSP) and the 
Government of Canada Awards (GCA), the Government of Canada offers one-year 
post-doctoral research fellowships tenable at recognized public Canadian 
universities and affiliated research institutes only.



The Government's objective in establishing this program is to attract recent 
Ph.D. graduates to do research in Canada. Within that, the Government wishes 
to support research that clearly advances the scholar's own career and that 
is useful to Canada or to the research team within which the scholar 
proposes to work.



The Canadian Post-Doctoral Fellowship Research Program is funded by Foreign 
Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). The Canadian Scholarship 
Selection Committee is composed of faculty members from universities across 
Canada and is responsible for recommending selected candidates to DFAIT. The 
agency responsible for financial and administrative matters is the Canadian 
Bureau for International Education (CBIE).



Eligible countries: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, 
Norway, Republic of Korea, Russia, Switzerland and United Kingdom.


Eligibility Criteria:

Applicants must be citizens of one of the above-mentioned countries. Anyone 
who has obtained Canadian citizenship or who has applied for permanent 
residency in Canada is ineligible.
Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. degree within the last four years or 
have completed the Ph.D. degree requirements before taking up the award 
(evidence of submission of dissertation for defence provided by the 
responsible department head).
Applicants must be accepted into a post-doctoral position at a recognized 
public Canadian university or affiliated research institute.


Value:

Total value of the fellowship is $32,000 CAD and it is not taxable in 
Canada. As no dependant allowance is payable, it is essential that fellows 
who plan to bring their family to Canada have sufficient financial resources 
for their support.  (editorial note: this works out to about $45k taxable 
income, plus CSSEJ can supplement this with some paid research duties)


Terms and Conditions:

The fellowship is 12 months in duration and is not renewable.
The fellowship must commence no later than 30 September 2009.
Fellows will be required to stay in Canada during the tenure of the award, 
but if necessary, on the recommendation/approval of the supervisor, may 
travel outside of Canada (not to their country of origin) to undertake 
research-related activities up to a maximum of two (2) months.
DFAIT expects fellows to engage in full-time research. A fellow may not hold 
other full-time employment during any period of time in which he/she holds 
an award from the Government of Canada. The number of hours of other 
employment per twelve-month period is limited to 450 hours. The acceptance 
of other employment is subject to the approval of the research supervisor. 
Fellows should note that the remuneration of other employment is taxable.
A fellow may not concurrently hold another award from DFAIT or from another 
Canadian federal granting agency (NSERC, CIHR or SSHRC) but may accept 
awards from other sources --- maximum $20,000 CAD (e.g. foreign sources, 
provincial awards, private organizations, host institution).
The fellow must provide the Canadian Bureau for International Education with 
a mid-term report no later than six-month following the beginning of the 
fellowship as well as a final report upon completion of the fellowship. Both 
reports (500-1000 words) must be signed by the supervisor. In the final 
report, a PDF file of any publication which is a result of this fellowship 
must be included.
The Government of Canada must be acknowledged as supporting the fellow in 
any publication generated during the fellowship or using research undertaken 
during the fellowship.
Proof of medical coverage in Canada (equivalent to provincial coverage) must 
be submitted upon arrival.
The Canadian Bureau for International Education must be advised within seven 
(7) days of any incident or mishap, professional or personal, which would 
impede the completion of the post-doctoral position in which the fellow is 
involved. The Fellow should be aware that failure to report the above may 
result in the cancellation of the award and that he/she may be held 
personally liable for the repayment in full or in part of monies advanced 
under the Fellowship.
A fellow may not serve on the staff of the official representative of 
his/her home country in Canada.


Required documentation:

Application form duly completed and signed.
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Research proposal - maximum 2000 words (8 typed pages 1.5 spacing, 12 point 
font).
Letter of intent outlining how the fellowship in Canada will further the 
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Curriculum vitae not exceeding 10 pages.
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level and one from a supervisor at the Ph.D. level. The letters should 
comment on the candidate's work ethic, research ability and personal 
attributes. The referee should comment specifically on the candidate's 
potential in the chosen field.
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career path). Alternatively, a third academic reference may be provided.
An official letter of invitation from a recognized public Canadian 
university or affiliated research institute on the institution's letterhead. 
The letter must clearly indicate who will supervise the work of the fellow.
PDF files of selected publications (maximum of 3).
Proof of citizenship.


Insurance:

Neither the Government of Canada nor CBIE can assume liability for 
accidents, illnesses, or losses that may occur during the tenure of an 
award. Fellows are responsible for ensuring that they have appropriate 
insurance coverage and should consult their host university or institute for 
any assistance needed. Proof of insurance coverage must be forwarded to 
CBIE.


Assessment Criteria:
Please note that your application will be assessed based on the following 
selection criteria, presented as guidelines only.

Proposed research: evaluation based on quality and methodology of proposed 
research, relevance of doing research in Canada and how the research will 
enhance your future career.
Candidate's aptitude: evaluation based on your letters of reference and your 
CV.
Interpersonal and leadership abilities: evaluation based on all documents 
submitted.


How to Apply:
Applications and supporting documents should be sent to the  appropriate 
Embassy.  Applications sent directly to CBIE will NOT be accepted.


To obtain an application form and deadline information, go to this website:



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Further information, application forms and documentation can be found online 
at:



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-- 
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Co-Director, The Centre for Social, Spatial & Economic Justice
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Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia
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From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Tue Oct 28 15:48:40 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Tue Oct 28 17:48:47 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: Tufts, Anthropology (Global Cities), Lecturer
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810281448p6887a5cbv238b8dbd1d71bea9@mail.gmail.com>

Lecturer ~ Spring 2009

Tufts University Department of Anthropology is seeking qualified
applicants to teach one course, Global Cities (Anthropology 20), in
Spring 2009.  This course will explore a range of topics focused on
the role of cities as nodes within globalized flows of people, capital
and ideas. Applicants must either have a PhD or ABD standing in
Anthropology.

Please send letter of application, CV, names and e-mail contact
information for two references, and list of potential topics and
readings to:

David Guss
Department of Anthropology
Tufts University
126 Curtis Street
Medford, MA 02155

Review of applications will begin on Oct. 27 and continue until the
position is filled. We are committed to increasing the diversity of
our faculty.  Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity employer. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly
encouraged to apply. For more information, please contact
david.guss@tufts.edu

From vergara.benito at gmail.com  Tue Oct 28 15:49:54 2008
From: vergara.benito at gmail.com (Benito Vergara)
Date: Tue Oct 28 17:50:51 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]JOB: Editor-in-Chief, Human Organization
Message-ID: <34ec80c40810281449o2b07b72fx5d723ea93e0f3ee5@mail.gmail.com>

The Society for Applied Anthropology announces a search for a new
Editor-in-Chief of Human Organization, a journal that has been
recognized as a leading scientific publication in applied anthropology
since its founding in 1941.  It is published four times annually and
is directed toward interdisciplinary as well as anthropological
audiences.

The term of the current co-Editor team, David Griffith and Jeff
Johnson, ends in December, 2010.  The successor's term will begin on
January 1, 2011.  The search is being initiated now to provide for a
smooth transition.

The initial term of service for the new Editor-in-Chief will be three
years.  The term is renewable for one additional three-year period.
The Editor-in-Chief of Human Organization also serves as a member of
the Executive Committee of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

In addition to making at least a three-year commitment to the journal
and to serving on the SfAA Executive Committee, candidates for the
position should be able to secure release time (where possible) and
other institutional support to supplement SfAA resources, constitute
an Editorial Board, promote and cultivate the journal, and offer
editorial expertise and direction. Additional criteria include:

1.     Experience as a journal editor, associate or guest editor,
and/or editorial board experience

2.     A strong record of publication in applied social sciences

3.     A history of involvement in applied social science research/practice

Persons interested in applying for the position should provide the
Publications Committee early on with a letter of intent, which can
help initiate discussion and provide potential applicants with
necessary information.

The actual application should contain the following:
1.  A letter of interest that indicates the candidate's experience,
ideas, and vision for the journal, and any support (such as release
time, space, equipment and editorial assistance) that will be
available from the host institution
            2.  A letter of support from the institution
            3.  A copy of the candidate's vita or resume
            4.  A proposed budget

Additional material may be requested by the Publications Committee at
a later date.

The application deadline is September 15, 2009.  Applications should be sent to:
Society for Applied Anthropology, HO Editor Search, P.O. Box 2436,
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-2436.   Questions concerning the position can
be directed to Nancy Schoenberg, Publications Committee Chair
(nesch@uky.edu).   We especially encourage interested individuals to
contact current editors David Griffith (GRIFFITHD@ecu.edu) and Jeff
Johnson (JOHNSONJE@ecu.edu).

From eliottretter at gmail.com  Thu Oct 30 12:38:09 2008
From: eliottretter at gmail.com (Eliot Tretter)
Date: Thu Oct 30 17:21:41 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFN: James Blaut Award and Memorial Lecture
Message-ID: <93271f1e0810300838x2fdf548ajf86b8770939ae1e0@mail.gmail.com>

The Socialist and Critical Geography Specialty Group is pleased to accept
nominations for the 4th annual James Blaut Award and Memorial Lecture.

James Blaut's passing in 2000 was a terrible loss to the academy and
liberation struggles around the world. A radical geographer, Jim worked
indefatigably on issues of social justice and inequality; enhanced our
understanding of racism, imperialism, and Eurocentrism; and contributed
directly to the advancement of socialist and anti-colonial struggles. With
the co-sponsorship of Antipode, the Socialist and Critical Geography
Specialty Group (SCGSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
will present the fourth annual James Blaut Award and Memorial Lecture at the
2009 AAG Annual Meeting. To honor Jim Blaut's efforts, the award will
recognize a scholar who, over the course of her/his life, has (1) used a
geographic and historical analysis of capitalism to explain current social
injustices and inequalities; (2) promoted activism against oppressive power
relations both within and outside the academy; and (3) bridged socialist
theory and practice. The recipient will be expected to deliver the James
Blaut Memorial Lecture at the 2009 AAG Annual Meeting held March 22-27 in
Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Nominations should include the nominee's curriculum vitae and two letters of
recommendation, one from an academic and one from an activist working
outside the academy. The recommendation letters must speak to the scholarly
and wider social value of the nominee's work. The award, along with a US
$500 honorarium will be presented at the James Blaut Memorial Lecture and
will be announced at the Awards Luncheon during the 2009 AAG Annual Meeting.
The award is presented annually.

The deadline for nominations for the James Blaut Award is January 25, 2009.
 Email submissions are encouraged.  Please forward nominations to Eliot
Tretter, the SCGSG Awards Committee Chair, at etretter@mail.utexas.edu or
Lawrence Berg, the SCGSG Nominations Committee Chair, at
lawrence.berg@ubc.ca <http://lawrence%2Eberg@ubc.ca/>.
From jancius3022 at comcast.net  Fri Oct 31 13:28:32 2008
From: jancius3022 at comcast.net (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Oct 31 12:29:30 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FUNDING: The Newton International Fellowship
Message-ID: <000e01c93b75$bb144510$0201a8c0@D7ZX4M91>

The Newton International Fellowship

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The Fellowships cover the broad range of natural and social sciences, 
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They provide grants of ?24,000 per annum to cover subsistence and ?8,000 to 
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granted a 10 year follow-up funding package worth ?6,000 per annum.

For more detailed information on the Newton International Fellowships please 
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From smaack at earthlink.net  Fri Oct 31 20:44:13 2008
From: smaack at earthlink.net (Stephen C. Maack)
Date: Sun Nov  2 10:07:32 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current
	financialmeltdown
In-Reply-To: <20081024171528.5ad8gsok080oow4w@www.email.arizona.edu>
References: <6e9baa1b801f.490223e8@wmich.edu>
	<20081024171528.5ad8gsok080oow4w@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <72A7B93968EA4C519D445F9DCA66C6FB@REAPCHANGED810>

Dear Vin Lyon-Callo,
You wrote in parentheses "(I have to admit to being a little dismayed at how
now that it is impacting priviliged people's investments we have a crisis,
while working class people across the globe have been suffering the impacts
of the faith based market economy for many years now and not many people
were too concerned-Greenspan didn't seem to mind the increasing economic and
social insecurities (in the US and globally)."  Okay, I agree with your
dismay, but not with your contention that "not many people were too
concerned."

Like Brian Burke, most of my work has been in the U.S. and some of it has
involved direct action to help low-income people, like helping put together
Habitat for Humanity -- Los Angeles (which former President Jimmy Carter has
had work projects at twice since it got started just-in-time before the LA
Riots/Rebellion).  Bill Clinton paid at least some attention to the middle
class now being impacted by the market economy so severely.  (I assume by
"faith based" you meant faith in "the market" not "faith based" as used by
Reagan and both Bush Presidents).  So at least one of the major U.S.
political parties seems to have paid some attention, as have applied
anthropologists that I know here in Southern California (not just me...).

As for "working class people across the globe," have you forgotten that
there are anthropologists working in the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund (I know, hiss, boo about the organizations) to try to mitigate
the worst impacts of global capitalism on the working class?  My own son
worked for anthropologist Ashraf Ghani for a while, doing precisely that at
the World Bank.  Similarly, there are applied anthropologists working within
and as consultants to USAID and other agencies dealing with international
aid projects, including support of microfinance initiatives.  My niece
worked with a Paraguay NGO on such microfinance projects and is currently
employed in the U.S. by a non-profit that deals with microfinance
initiatives.  

So while Greenspan et al. might not have been paying much attention, applied
anthropologists, non-profits, NGOs, and many concerned individuals around
the world have certainly paid attention for many years. We wouldn't have a
microfinance "movement" if they had not done so.  We wouldn't have
(economically privileged) university professors making careers out of
looking at global capitalism and its assorted impacts if people weren't
paying attention!!  If no one cared, those professors wouldn't get tenure.


Go look up the history of Grupo Social in Colombia, a savings and loan that
became second largest in the country after deciding to take a risk on very
low-income lending by accepting the signature of a compadre
(godfather/godmother) as "collateral" because of the strength of the
compadrazgo relationship in that part of the world.  One would not dare
default on a loan co-signed by the godparent of one's child!!  I heard about
that institution circa the early 1980s.  In the U.S. I think it is the
National Housing Organization that has for years (decades) been redefining
mortgage and home repair lending risks by getting bankers, city governments,
and community/neighborhood leaders to sit down and reconsider lending terms,
equity, interest rates, taking account of the different perspectives of the
individual stakeholders in such arrangements.  I learned of them in the late
1970s.  It turns out that "collateral," "equity," and other banking criteria
are, in fact, socially/culturally as well as economically based.  Working
with that realization and working through changing the cultural/social
definitions is where applied urban anthropologists could be helping out more
right now with the mortgage crisis!! Same thing with credit card debt, and
the efforts to educate people about credit card use.

Thanks for listening and Happy Halloween!!

Best Regards,
Steve Maack

Dr. Stephen C. Maack
DBA REAP Change Consultants
2872 Nicada Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077-2024
http://www.reapchange.com
E-Mail: consultant@reapchange.com 
Telephone: 310-384-9717
FAX: 310-474-4161   

-----Original Message-----
From: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu
[mailto:urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of
bburke@email.arizona.edu
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 5:15 PM
To: Vincent Lyon-Callo
Cc: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
Subject: Re: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current
financialmeltdown


It comes as absolutely no surprise that we do not only research far-off
places and people, as I have also done research in the US. Suggesting that
we examine the possible impacts of "the people and places we study" "around
the world" was not intended to exclude research on the US and Europe...
though I perhaps should have been more cautious with my language. Honestly,
I think that your work on homelessness and class/hegemony in the US provide
great perspectives from which to consider these economic changes (and
vice-versa).

The central point was to ask how we might build on our very specific
research (research conducted in places and with people) to think forward
about these economic changes. You're right that it "won't really be possible
to know" all of the answers today and it is important to recognize the
limitations of our knowledge, but I think there is some value in
anticipatory anthropology, especially if we hope to engaged in activist
anthropology in a manner that is not purely reactive.

best,
brian

----- Message from vincent.lyon-callo@wmich.edu ---------    Date: Fri, 24
Oct
2008 19:37:12 -0400    From: Vincent Lyon-Callo
<vincent.lyon-callo@wmich.edu>Reply-To: Vincent Lyon-Callo
<vincent.lyon-callo@wmich.edu> Subject: Re: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological
responses to current financial meltdown      To: bburke@email.arizona.edu

> It would be interesting to explore the ways in which the current 
> situation is impacting communities in a wide range of locations around 
> the world.  Of course, like much of our work, that won't really be 
> possible to know all that well today.
>
> I also want to second Sue's recommendation about Brett's work on 
> credit and debt.  The recent article in North American Dialogue has 
> proven very useful for my discussions with students about some of what 
> has contributed to today's conditions.  Of course, this is one article 
> among many that have been analyzing the 2 decade long trajectory of 
> policies and practices that have helped produce today's situation (I 
> have to admit to being a little dismayed at how now that it is 
> impacting priviliged people's investments we have a crisis, while 
> working class people across the globe have been suffering the impacts 
> of the faith based market economy for many years now and not many 
> people were too concerned-Greenspan didn't seem to mind the increasing 
> economic and social insecurities (in the US and globally) resulting 
> from his practices when it only impacting working class people).
>
> But, mostly I wanted to respond to the notion of "the people and 
> places we study".   It may still come as a surprise to some, but many 
> of us do study people and places in the US and Europe (and have been 
> doing so for many years now as anthropologists).
>
> --
> Vin Lyon-Callo
> Associate Professor
> Department of Anthropology
> Western Michigan University
> Kalamazoo MI 49008
> 269-387-3964
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bburke@email.arizona.edu
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:42 pm
> Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current 
> financial	meltdown
>
>>
>> There have been some great reading recommendations from the list.
>> Thanks for
>> those.
>>
>> I think that one of the ways anthropologists may be able to 
>> contribute to conversations about the crisis is by thinking about how 
>> this change in the global economic landscape might affect 
>> individuals, households, and communities around the world. To date, 
>> talk about the crisis has focused largely on the macro-economy and 
>> individuals within the US, and the macro- economies of other global 
>> financial centers. But can we begin to anticipate how these 
>> changesmight "trickle down" to affect many of the people and places 
>> we study? Can we use these projections to imagine possible responses 
>> (whether local copingstrategies, supportive government policies, or 
>> something else)?
>>
>> I certainly can't at this point, though I think we might get some 
>> insights from other recent economic collapses (the East Asian Crisis, 
>> the Brazilian and Argetine crises, the recent food crisis). I would 
>> love to hear others'
>> thoughts
>> on this based on their areas of expertise.
>>
>> --brian
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Brian J Burke
>> University of Arizona
>> Department of Anthropology
>>   & Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
>>
>> International Honors Program & School for International Training
>>   "Rethinking Globalization: Nature, Culture, and Justice"
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Message from suhyatt@iupui.edu ---------    Date: Fri, 24
>> Oct 2008
>> 16:50:25 -0400    From: "Hyatt, Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu>Reply-
>> To: "Hyatt,
>> Susan" <suhyatt@iupui.edu> Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]anthropological 
>> responses to
>> current financial meltdown      To: "urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu"
>> <urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu>
>>
>> > Caitlin Zaloom's book, Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology
>> from
>> > Chicago to London was published in 2006 but I believe it deals
>> with
>> > the culture of risk in an age where investing is now done
>> through the
>> > internet rather than on trading floors.  I also cannot recommend 
>> > enough Brett Williams' book on debt-- Debt for Sale.  It was 
>> > published around 2004 or 2005 but it absolutely sets the stage
>> for
>> > what is happening now.  She also has an excellent piece in this 
>> > current issue of North American Dialogue, available for download 
>> > through the SANA web site.
>> >
>> > Sue Hyatt
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu 
>> > [urbanth-l-bounces@lists.ysu.edu] On Behalf Of David Valentine
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:28 PM
>> > To: urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
>> > Subject: re: [URBANTH-L]anthropological responses to current 
>> > financial meltdown
>> >
>> > Hi Anke,
>> > Karen Ho, here at U Minnesota, is having her book published on
>> her work
>> > with Wall Street traders by Duke. Unfortunately it's not out yet
>> (she> sent back her final draft the same day Lehman Bros. went south, 
>> and she
>> > is reworking her intro furiously to account for the last few
>> weeks), but
>> > I believe that Duke is working to get it fast tracked because of 
>> > its timeliness. The title is "Liquidated" (can't remember the
subtitle).
>> > She's also just given birth and is on leave, but she is checking
>> email> intermittently should you want to contact her: karenho@umn.edu
>> > dv
>> >
>> > --
>> > david valentine
>> > assistant professor
>> > department of anthropology + university of minnesota
>> > 395 hubert h. humphrey center + 301 19th avenue south minneapolis, 
>> > mn 55455 + 612.626.8692 + valen076@umn.edu
>> >
>> > office hours fall 2008: tues 10-11am, weds 2:30-4:30pm and by
>> appointment>
>> >
>> > "everything here is something" - Marge Simpson
>> >
>> >
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From bburke at email.arizona.edu  Wed Oct 22 10:42:22 2008
From: bburke at email.arizona.edu (bburke@email.arizona.edu)
Date: Sun Nov  2 10:10:30 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Fwd: Arizona Anthropologist Call For Proposals Issue 20
Message-ID: <20081022094222.p8yxt0ggwckswwkk@www.email.arizona.edu>


A call for papers for all students on this list from Arizona universities or
conducting research in the US southwest or US-Mexico border region, including
papers on topics not typically found in scholarly literature (e.g. student
fieldwork dilemmas).



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Arizona Anthropologist, the graduate student-run journal of the Department of
Anthropology, University of Arizona, is seeking submissions for Issue 20. For
this issue we have three categories of submission. We accept manuscripts in all
fields of anthropology by students meeting the following criteria:

- Open to all Arizona universities' undergraduate and graduate students. The
topic and geographical coverage are open.

- Open to all students. For students not studying at Arizona Universities,
however, the topic and geographical coverage are limited to the U.S. southwest
and/ or the U.S. south border region.

For the upcoming issue, in addition to traditional scholarly research articles,
we are also making a special request for less formal papers focusing on aspects
of fieldwork that are often rendered invisible in scholarly writing. Such topics
include (but are not limited to) students' experiences in adapting methodologies
to specific contexts, negotiating ethical dilemmas, struggling to develop
balanced and equitable representations, responding to changing field
conditions, gaining access and building trust, engaging in advocacy, meeting
the
multiple and often conflicting expectations of different stakeholders,etc.

These thematic papers should be relatively short (5-20 double-spaced pages),
avoid excessive use of citations, and be grounded in personal experience. We
believe that sharing some of the difficulties encountered and lessons learned
during our fieldwork will help prepare other graduate students for the
experience.

Please encourage reflect upon this important topic and submit a paper about your
fieldwork experiences to Arizona Anthropologist. As always, we also welcome
scholarly research articles in all fields of anthropology. Please submit papers
(e-mail to  honeyman@email.arizona.edu OR phaneuf@email.arizona.edu) for
consideration for publication in this issue by January 15, 2008.

Finally, the Arizona Anthropologist is continuing its relationship with the
University of Arizona Press. We are looking for reviewers of recent
books coming from the press, with particular emphasis on Anthropology, History,
and Latin American Studies. Reviews will be published, and perhaps best of all,
reviewers get to keep the book. Books can be found at:
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/

Please visit our website (http://clubs.asua.arizona.edu/~azanthro/-) or contact
the editors for further information on submission guidelines and book reviews.

Thank you.


Derek D. Honeyman
Arizona Anthropologist
Co-Editor
honeyman@email.arizona.edu

Victoria Phaneuf
Arizona Anthropologist
Co-editor
phaneuf@email.arizona.edu

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