SLACA 2010 SPRING CONFERENCE, MARCH 24-27, 2010, IN
MERIDA, MEXICO
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology will hold its
Second Annual Spring Conference, along with the Society for Applied
Anthropology, in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, under the theme "Vulnerabilities
and Exclusion in Globalization." (Please see the general description of the
conference's theme at the end of this message).
After the success of our First Spring Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in
2009, we are now preparing an exciting program for our membership and other
scholars whose work focuses on Latin America, the Caribbean, or both.
SLACA members are exempt from SfAA membership fees to participate, but they
can still join SLACA sessions and events even if they are members of the
SfAA as well.
To register for this conference, please visit
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2010.html and on the online registration form choose
'co-sponsor registration', either as a regular or a student member.
Papers can be presented in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese.
If you have any questions on SLACA's program please write to
gabyvargasc@prodigy.net.mx, or gvcetina@uady.mx
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Vulnerabilities and Exclusion in Globalization
Globalization is changing the context in which we work, the people we work
with and the way in which applied researchers and practitioners address real
world problems. The 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology in Mérida, México will bring attention to the growing
challenges facing applied practitioners in the 21st century, especially the
effects of globalization on the peoples we work with resulting in higher
levels of exclusion of vulnerable populations. How do these factors impact
applied practice and social science research? Participants are encouraged to
submit presentations, roundtables and workshops around this theme.
Globalization is embedded in the human problems we study at local and
regional levels. The increased circulation of capital and migration of
people in the contemporary world have substantially influenced our
approaches to social science practice and the research that guides it,
affecting methodological and theoretical concerns and the scope of work that
we undertake, among others. The current global situation requires increased
collaboration in interdisciplinary and transnational teams to better engage
and advance our efforts in the solution of critical global problems. What
have individual and team experiences been and how have our approaches
changed? What are the new emerging, contemporary problems facing us? Some
of our research efforts are directed at increased poverty, global warming
and biodiversity, international migration, the status and protection of
political and economic refugees, the protection of cultural heritage and
ethnic diversity, the effects of global financial crises and the global food
supply crisis, economic justice, and an array of issues faced by vulnerable
and excluded populations. What new practices, techniques, procedures,
research methods and theoretical perspectives are we developing as a result
of our local, regional, international and transcultural collaborations with
individuals, partners, groups, NGOs, universities?
