UTSC Centre For Ethnography Opening and Book Launch

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

You are invited to the official opening of the Centre for Ethnography, which
is located at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. To celebrate
this moment we are hosting a collective book launch *Thursday November 12,
2009, 4:00 to 7:00 PM, at the Miller Lash House*, located in the valley
behind the Scarborough Campus.

We have gathered together a collection of recently published ethnographies,
written by scholars working in southern Ontario. They include:

Sandra Bamford and James Leach, Editors. 2009. *Kinship and Beyond: The
Genealogical Model Reconsidered*. Berghahn Books. (University of Toronto)

Alex Khasnabish. 2008. *Zapatismo Borders: New Imaginations and Political
Possibility*. University of Toronto Press. (McMaster University)

Dawn Martin-Hill. 2008. *The Lubicon Lake Nation: Indigenous Knowledge and
Power*. University of Toronto Press. (McMaster University)

Ruth Marshall. 2009. *Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution
in Nigeria**.* University of Chicago Press. (University of Toronto)

Lena Mortensen and Julie Hollowell, Editors. *Ethnographies and
Archaeolgies: Iterations of the Past*. University Press of Florida.
(University
of Toronto)

Kevin O'Neill. 2009. *City of God: Christian Citizenship in Postwar
Guatemala City*. University of California Press, Anthropology of
Christianity Book Series. (University of Toronto)

Tanya Richardson. 2008. *Kaleidoscopic Odessa*. Toronto: University of
Toronto Press. (Wilfred Laurier University)

Todd Saunders. 2008. *Beyond Bodies Rainmaking and Sense Making in Tanzania*.
University of Toronto Press. (University of Toronto)

Albert Schrauwers. 2008. *Union is Strength: WL Mackenzie, the Children of
Peace and the Emergence of Joint Stock Democracy in Upper Canada*.
University of Toronto Press. (York University)

Jesook Song. 2009. *South Koreans in the Debt Crisis: The Creation of a
Neoliberal Welfare Society*. Duke University Press. (University of Toronto
Press)

Please join us for drinks and Hors D'doeuvres as we celebrate ethnographic
writing.

We have a map to the Miller Lash House, where the parking is
plentiful and free! Kindly RSVP Donna Young by November 4th.

Warm Regards,

Donna and Maggie

Donna Young
Maggie Cummings

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Department of Social Sciences, UTSC
Department of Social Sciences, UTSC

donnajeanyoung@yahoo.ca
mcummings@utsc.utoronto.ca

Carleton University: Gay rights in Russia

Gay rights in Russia: from freedom of assembly to same sex marriage

The first Russian lesbian couple seeking to get married will be
speaking at Carleton about their struggle. They are eager to share
their story after having their wedding ceremony performed in Toronto
and before their return to Russia, where not only the validity of
their licence will likely be rejected, but where they may also face
intimidation, harassment and even detention. Nikolai Alekseev, the
President of Gay Russia, a non-governmental organization fighting
pioneering legal battles to secure the rights of the GLBT community in
Russia, will be accompanying this couple and will speak about the
campaign for same-sex marriage in his country, as well as about the
European Court of Human Rights case he is currently pursuing on
Freedom of Assembly for beleaguered Pride parade participants in
Moscow.

Date: Monday 26 October 2009

Time: 2:00-3:30 pm

Location: 2017 Dunton Tower

CFP: Gendered Perspectives on International Development

Gendered Perspectives on International Development
Working Papers

Michigan State University

CALL FOR PAPERS

Gendered Perspectives on International Development (GPID) publishes
scholarly work on global social, political, and economic change and
its gendered effects in the Global South. GPID cross-cuts disciplines,
bringing together research, critical analyses, and proposals for change.

Gendered Perspectives on International Development recognizes diverse
processes of international development and globalization, and new
directions in scholarship on gender relations. The goals of GPID are:
(1) to promote research that contributes to gendered analysis of
social change; (2) to highlight the effects of international
development policy and globalization on gender roles and gender
relations; and (3) to encourage new approaches to international
development policy and programming.

Gendered Perspectives on International Development Working Papers are
article-length manuscripts by scholars from a broad range of
disciplines. They disseminate materials that are at a late stage of
formulation and that contribute new understandings of women and men?s
roles and gender relations amidst economic, social, and political
change.
Individual papers in the series address a range of topics including
gender, violence, and human rights; gender and agriculture;
reproductive health and healthcare; gender and social movements;
masculinities and development; and the gendered division of labor. We
particularly encourage manuscripts that bridge the gap between
research, policy, and practice. Published GPID and WID Working Papers
(1981-2008) papers can be viewed at:
http://www.wid.msu.edu/resources/publications.htm
If you are interested in submitting a manuscript to the Working Papers
series, please send a 150 word abstract summarizing the paper?s
essential points and findings to Dr. Anne Ferguson, Editor, or Anna
Jefferson, Managing Editor, at papers@msu.edu. If the abstract
suggests your paper is suitable for the Working Papers, the full paper
will be invited for peer review and publication consideration.

Cultures of Movement: Mobile Subjects, Communities, and Technologies in the Americas

Due to the great interest in this conference, we felt it would be best
to extend the abstract submission deadline to Nov. 15.

Cultures of Movement: Mobile Subjects, Communities, and Technologies
in the Americas

http://tinyurl.com/l6k97s

Panel, paper, and alternative-format presentation submissions are
invited for the "Cultures of Movement: Mobile Subjects, Communities,
and Technologies in the Americas" conference, to be held in Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada, on April 8-10, 2010.

Open to students, scholars, and professionals, the conference is meant
to build new ties amongst all those interested in the theoretical or
applied study of mobilities. The study of mobilities is a young and
constantly evolving interdisciplinary field. The concept of "mobility"
refers to the social, political, historical, cultural, economic,
geographic, communicative, and material dimensions of movement.
Students and scholars of mobilities focus their attention on the
intersecting movements of bodies, objects, capital, and signs across
time-space, paying attention as well as to the way relations between
mobility and immobility constitute new networks and patterns of social
life. The multiple forms of mobility, or mobilities, are often taken
to include-amongst others-subjects such as: transportation; travel and
tourism; migration; transnational flows of people, objects,
information, and capital; mobile communications; and social networks
and meetings. While the conference is open to all themes pertinent to
the study of mobilities from a social and cultural
perspective-irrespective of the geographical site of empirical or
theoretical attention-the main focus of the conference will be on the
experience, practice, social organization, and cultural significance
of forms of mobility in North, Central, and South America.

Whereas in Europe the new mobilities paradigm has taken a strong hold
in academic units, professional research networks, and recognized
publication outlets, the study of mobilities is still in its infancy
in the Americas. In contrast, mobility is very much part of the core
of the social imaginary, geo-politics, and cultural life of the
Americas. Indeed, to be "on the move" is amongst the most
quintessential characteristics of what it means to be a citizen of the
Americas. Furthermore, the Americas are home to many, distinct mobile
cultures and practices: from indigenous cultures rooted in traditional
meanings of home to the historical institutionalization of colonial
and postcolonial trade routes and forced relocations, from
controversial experiments in free transnational trade, to the politics
and experience of migration and Diaspora, from the widespread
diffusion of portable communication technologies, to the mobilization
of surveillance systems, and from the leisure mobilities of tourism,
to the social and cultural significance of transportation and movement
in daily life.

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to: November 15, 2009.

Phillip Vannini, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Communication and Culture
2005 Sooke Road
Royal Roads University
Victoria BC V9B 5Y2
CANADA
Phone: (250) 391-2600 ext. 4477
Fax: (250) 391-2694
phillip.vannini@royalroads.ca

New Medical Anthropology Program at Saskatchewan

We are pleased to announce a new MA program in Medical
Anthropology/Anthropology of Health, commencing fall 2010.

*Strengths of the program include:*

o Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples' health

o Global health

o Gender and health

o Disability

o Mental health

o Traditional healing

o Infectious diseases & syndemics

o HIV/AIDS

o Environmental health

o Engaged methodologies

o Ethnography

o Cityscapes and urban health

o Policy analysis

*Participating Faculty Include:*

*Sylvia Abonyi
<http://www.medicine.usask.ca/che/faculty/faculty/sylvia-abonyi>/, /*PhD
(McMaster University)/ /
/Medical and health anthropology; cultural determinants /
/of population health; Indigenous people; Canada and Hungary /

*Michel Desjardins
<http://artsandscience.usask.ca/psychology/people/detail.php?bioid=346>*,
PhD (Université de Montréal)
/Medical anthropology and disability studies; cultural study of the
altered; /
/politico-symbolic aspects of inclusion and exclusion processes;
sexuality, /
/reproduction and parenthood of people with an intellectual disability/

*Pamela Downe
<http://artsandscience.usask.ca/archanth/people/detail.php?bioid=246>/,
/*PhD (York University).
/Medical anthropology, gender and health; infectious diseases and /
/syndemics; HIV/AIDS; health repercussions of violence; globalization/

*Paul Hackett <http://www.usask.ca/geography/faculty/phackett/>*, PhD/
/(University of Manitoba)
/Medical geography; historical and geographical patterns of the health of /
/Western Canada's First Nations/

*Sadeq Rahimi
<http://artsandscience.usask.ca/archanth/people/detail.php?bioid=1408>*,
PhD (McGill University)
/Medical anthropology; Middle Eastern culture and politics; cultural /
/Psychiatry; political subjectivity; psychoanalytic theory/

*James B. Waldram
<http://artsandscience.usask.ca/archanth/people/detail.php?bioid=12>,
*PhD (University of Connecticut)/ /
/Medical, psychological and psychiatric anthropology; cultural aspects of /
/mental health and illness; anthropology of therapeutic intervention;/
/Indigenous people; Canada; Belize /

*Clinton Westman
<http://artsandscience.usask.ca/archanth/people/detail.php?bioid=1383>/,
/*PhD* *(University of Alberta)
/Environmental anthropology; symbolic anthropology; Cree/Métis /
/ethnology; Christianity; northwestern Canada/

/ /

*Application deadline: January 30, 2010*

For more information visit:

http://www.usask.ca/medanth

or contact:

James B. Waldram (j.waldram@usask.ca)
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Saskatchewan
55 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK
Canada S7N 5B1

(306) 966-4175

* *

YCISS Annual Conference Call for Papers (15 Nov deadline)

Call for Submissions: YCISS 17th Annual Conference (February 2009)

New Directions: The Future of Canadian (in)Security Studies

Canadian security and defence in theory and practice has undergone
significant changes since Canada?s increased participation in
Afghanistan in 2006 and with the election of the Harper Conservatives.
Against this backdrop, the concept and study of security/insecurity
has been challenged, re-defined and
re-imagined in a changing political and theoretical global environment.
These shifts require a dialogue on recent turns in the field and
innovative and
multidisciplinary approaches that call into question traditional
understandings. These challenges have been taken up by growing numbers of
scholars within as well as outside of Canada. We may have reached the
point at which a distinctive Canadian voice in security study may be emerging.

This conference seeks to bring scholars together to engage questions of
security, both Canadian and global, from a variety of perspectives and
approaches that emphasize both new developments as well as critiques of
existing approaches. Recognizing that Canadian security studies can only
be thought about in a global context, we seek both papers that look
empirically at Canada as well as those that theorize security studies
within a global theoretical context.

Engagements with security from outside the traditional fields are offering
unique perspectives on the problematique of security and challenging our
understandings in important ways. From interrogating traditional
theorizing and security practices to recognising how recent shifts in
areas such as new and interactive media and technology are impacting
security, this conference will critically engage with the past in
order to contribute to new and creative ways of thinking about the
future. Additionally, we want to challenge the misconception that
security is the purview of select disciplinary fields and thus we hope
to open what has tended to be an intellectually (and
physically!) securitised space of security studies to alternative
engagements through film, pictorial, digital, and multimedia art,
spoken word, and movement.
We seek individual papers, organised panels, and print/video/motion art
from any and all disciplines that may engage but are not limited to
the following topics:

Revisiting Security (theoretical re-framings)

Security from outside the discipline (cultural studies; environmental
studies;
geopolitics; communication studies; political economy; gender studies;
etc)

Canadian Critical Security Studies

Impacts of technology on Security concerns

How the media is impacting popular engagement with Security (news media,
popular
culture, new media; aesthetics)

Beyond the Ivory tower/engagements with security beyond academe

Gender, Race, Deviance, Bodies and Security

Violence and Security (Militarization; Intervention; Torture)

Food/Health/Economic (in)Security

Security in the policy realm today (DND; CF)

Security in the academy (Pedagogy; Methodology; Discourse, etc)

We strongly encourage both new graduate students who may be first time
presenters as well as more practised speakers/scholars. There will be an
opportunity for publication in the YCISS Conference Proceedings.

Please submit an abstract of your proposed presentation of no more than
250
words by November 15, 2009 to Lori Crowe at crowela@yorku.ca AND to Karen
Walker at k1walker@yorku.ca .

Out of province students please note: There are a number of small travel
grants
available for students attending from outside of the province. We will
contact
you if your abstract is chosen to receive a travel grant for the
conference.

CFP: "Engaging Engagement"-Soc. for Latin American and Caribbean Anth, Merida, Spring 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology: SLACA 2010
SPRING CONFERENCE, MARCH 24-27, 2010, IN
MERIDA, MEXICO

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."

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ENGAGING ENGAGEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA IDENTITY POLITICS: FROM
ANTHROPOLOGICAL ACTIVISM TO THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ACTIVISM

Engaged anthropology exhorts practitioners of the discipline to tear
down the walls in both our research and in our classrooms; that we
should all, in and through our work, strive to be activists. To be
sure, anthropology's history of working closely with non-Western
societies--those that have often borne the brunt of such oppression--
behooves us to be ever-vigilant and mindful that our research is not
used to further or maintain conditions wrought by colonialism, racism,
sexism or global capitalism. Engaged anthropology challenges us to--
when possible--to take up the cause of these peoples and bring the
unique methodological and theoretical approaches of anthropology to
bear in aiding the communities in which we live and work. Frequently,
this means helping communities to redefine their identity--ethnic,
religious, political, ecological and economic--vis-à-vis national
governments, state ideologies, international development policies and
legal frameworks in order to gain access to resources, status and
land. These redefinitions can result in the rewriting of histories,
traditions, memories and collective identities in response to changes
in government policy, new constitutions, or external pressures.

The present panel seeks papers that critically examine the role of
activist approaches in reconstructing historical identities and
memories in the Latin American and Caribbean context--from indigenous
peoples to victims of despotic governments to the descendants of
maroon slave communities.

Moreover, it specifically seeks papers that questions this approach to
activist anthropology that privileges political and social objectives--
however commendable--over theoretical, and epistemological concerns.

--
Abstracts should be sent by October 30, 2009 to Allan Dawson,
Department of Anthropology, Drew University (adawson@drew.edu) or Ari
Gandsman, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of
Ottawa (agandsman@gmail.com)

CASCA Revamps Website/Le nouveau site Web de la CASCA

Le texte français suit le texte anglais

CASCA Revamps Website

CASCA is proud to announce the release of its new website in the fall
of 2009: http://www.cas-sca.ca. This website builds upon the latest
computing software to improve the structure and organization of
material in the site.

While the old site used what was then the current web design standards
(html), the new CASCA site is founded upon Joomla! and an open source
content management system platform that organizes information in a
radically different manner. Whereas with html web design, it is
necessary to design pages and add content to the page as well as
design features, in Joomla! there are no pages. Rather, information is
stored in templates and articles that are organized in menus, sections
and categories. It is thus easy to change web sites as designs can be
easily updated by uploading new templates, leaving the rest of the
content unchanged, or articles can be easily shifted within and around
the site without having to redesign countless pages. In other words,
CASCA expects that the new Joomla! website that you are now reading
with make it easier to update and expand our site, making is a more
powerful and a more meaningful tool for our members and visitors.

Additionally, the transition to Joomla! facilitates our commitment to
ensuring a bilingual site. With the new site, you will notice either
an "English" or a "Français" to the top and the right. With one click,
the entire page and all menus will be translated from English to
French or French to English.

Given the ease of adding content, it will also be possible for the new
website to add much more in terms of content. We invite all members
and all anthropology departments across the country to share with us
their news and announcements so we can then broadcast it to the larger
community. One of the larger goals of CASCA is to improve
communication between members and between our association and the
larger community. We hope this new medium will help us achieve this
goal.

CASCA would like to thank Dr. Craig Campbell who served as the CASCA
Webmaster for many years. Dr. Campbell started as CASCA webmaster as a
graduate student and has now started a tenure-track job at the
University of Texas at Austin. We warmly thank him for the work that
he has done for CASCA over the years and the guidance that he provided
in CASCA's shift to a content management system.

Finally, you will notice that CASCA is branding itself with a new
logo. This logo symbolizes the global nature of anthropology, the Cs
and As representing our globe and the letter S in the center harkens
to Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea.

As we continue to work on the site, we invite you to share with us
your thoughts and suggestions as to how we could improve the website.
As we can easily add content and menu items, do not hesitate to share
with us your ideas as to how to improve.

Le nouveau site Web de la CASCA

La CASCA est fière d'annoncer le lancement de son nouveau site Web à
l'automne 2009 : http://www.cas-sca.ca. Ce site est conçu à l'aide de
logiciels de pointe, pour améliorer sa structure et la gestion de son
contenu.

Le site précédent était programmé en HTML, langage en vogue au moment
de sa création. Le nouveau site de la CASCA utilise maintenant
Joomla!, un système de gestion de contenu libre qui permet d'organiser
l'information d'une façon tout à fait différente. Alors qu'en HTML, il
faut créer le design de chaque page et y ajouter du contenu en plus
des paramètres graphiques, Joomla! n'utilise pas de pages. Les données
sont plutôt stockées dans des modèles (templates) et des articles
classés en menus, sections et catégories. Il est donc simple de
modifier le site : pour changer le design, il suffit de télécharger un
nouveau modèle et le contenu demeurera inchangé. De même, on peut
changer les articles ou les replacer ailleurs dans le site sans avoir
à recréer de nombreuses pages. Bref, la CASCA espère que l'utilisation
de Joomla! nous permettra de mettre à jour et d'enrichir notre site
plus facilement, pour que celui-ci devienne l'outil puissant qu'il
doit être pour nos membres et nos visiteurs.

De plus, la transition à Joomla! nous aidera à respecter notre
engagement de vous offrir un site bilingue. Sur ce nouveau site, vous
pouvez voir un lien "English" ou "Français" en haut à droite. En un
seul clic, vous pouvez passer d'une langue à l'autre et voir les pages
et les menus dans la langue de votre choix.

Il est désormais très simple d'ajouter du contenu et nous voulons
profiter de l'occasion pour vous offrir un site très complet. Nous
invitons tous les membres et tous les départements d'anthropologie du
pays à nous faire connaître leurs nouvelles et annonces, afin que nous
les diffusions à la communauté. L'un des buts de la CASCA est
d'améliorer la communication entre les membres, l'association et la
communauté. Nous espérons que ce nouveau médium contribuera à
atteindre ce but.

La CASCA souhaite remercier le Dr Craig Campbell pour ses nombreuses
années de service en tant que webmestre. Le Dr Campbell n'était encore
qu'un étudiant diplômé quand il est devenu webmestre de la CASCA et il
est maintenant en voie d'obtenir un emploi permanent à l'University of
Texas, à Austin. Nous le remercions grandement pour son travail durant
toutes ces années et pour son aide lors de la transition du site au
nouveau système de gestion de contenu.

Enfin, vous verrez le nouveau logo de la CASCA. Celui-ci représente la
nature globale de l'anthropologie : les lettres C et A illustrent la
terre, et le S au centre évoque Sedna, la déesse inuit de la mer.

Le site est toujours en construction et se modifie facilement. Si vous
avez des commentaires ou suggestions pour l'améliorer, nous vous
invitons donc fortement à nous en faire part .

--

Michel Bouchard, PhD
CASCA Communications Officer/Agent d'information de la CASCA

&

Associate Professor and Chair
Anthropology Program
UNBC
3333 University Way
Prince George BC V2N 4Z9

Email: michel@unbc.ca
Phone: +1-250-960-5643
Fax: +1-250-960-5545
Online: www.unbc.ca/anthropology

CFP - The Global South; Special Issue on Latin America

CALL FOR PAPERS
THE GLOBAL SOUTH 4.1 (Spring 2010)
Latin America and Globalization

The Global South is an interdisciplinary journal, published
semiannually by Indiana University Press. The journal focuses on how
world literatures and cultures respond to globalization. Its premise
is that the various Souths--from the North American South to the
European South, Latin and Central America, Africa, Asia, and Australia--
share comparable experiences that differentiate them from mainstream
and hegemonic cultures in their locations. Since many of these
Souths share not necessarily a common wealth, but various issues of
marginalization and inadequate access to means of production and
amenities under globalization, TGS is concerned with the intersections
among their experiences. The journal is interested in how authors,
writers, and critics respond to issues of the environment; poverty;
immigration; gender; race; hybridity; cultural formation and
transformation; colonialism and postcolonialism; modernity and
postmodernity; transatlantic encounters, homes, and diasporas;
resistance and counter discourse; among others under the superordinate
umbrella of globalization. The current Call for Papers is for a
special issue on Latin America.

Latin America is a culturally rich and complex society due to a blend
of cultures and ethnic identities, including European, African, and
Native American. Resultantly, a discussion of Latin America in
relation to Globalization must account for the rich diversity of Latin
America in language, literature, history, religion, culture, economy,
science, and technology. The Global South 4:1: Latin America and
Globalization will feature responses to globalization by scholars in
Latin American studies all over the world. The editor of this special
issue, Adetayo Alabi of the University of Mississippi, invites high-
quality original essays. As consistent with the journal's
interdisciplinary scope, submissions from scholars working in all
areas of Latin American studies are invited. Possible topics include,
but are not limited to, the following:

* Discoveries and Cultural Contacts
* Historical and Colonial Relations with Spain and Portugal
* Cultural and Political Revolutions
* Nationhood and Racial Identities
* Discourses of Mestizaje / Mestiçagem / Hybridity
* Social Stratification and Mobility
* North-South Relations
* South-South Relations
* Industrial Revolution and Imperialism
* Marketing Culture: From Samba and Salsa to Carnival and Capoeira
* Globalization and Paradigmatic Shifts
* Globalization and the Asian Influence in Latin America
* Globalization and Latin American Music
* Globalization and Afro-Latin America
* Globalization and US Latino Relations
* Globalization and Gender
* Globalization and New World Order
* Globalization and Cultural Resistance
* Gender and Social Development
* Globalization and Visibility
* Globalization and "Recolonization"
* Globalization, Discourses, and Theories
* Globalization and the "Latin American Dream"
* Globalization and Disillusionment
* Globalization and Orality
* Globalization and Religion
* Globalization and Political Activism
* Globalization, Creativity, and Production
* Globalization and the Latin American Economy

This Special Issue of The Global South is scheduled for publication in
March 2010. Please submit abstracts along with a short bio by
November 10, 2009, final drafts of essays by December 31, 2009, and
inquiries to Adetayo Alabi. Essays should be 25-35 double-spaced
pages long and should follow the MLA style.

You can read more about The Global South at
http://inscribe.iupress.org/loi/gso

Innovative New Anthropology PhD Program at University of Victoria Cross-cuts Disciplinary Boundaries

Innovative New Anthropology PhD Program at University of Victoria
Cross-cuts Disciplinary Boundaries

In September 2010, the Department of Anthropology at the University of
Victoria will commence a new and innovative PhD Program. We're
offering four unique themes in our program that cross-cut traditional
sub-disciplines:

• Inequality, Culture, Health
• Evolution & Ecology
• Indigenous Peoples
• Visual Anthropology & Technology

For more information on the program, see our new graduate programs website:
http://anthropology.uvic.ca/graduate/doctoral.php

For information on how to apply, see Faculty of Graduate Studies
Admissions webpage:

http://registrar.uvic.ca/grad/admission-checklist.html

NB: applicants send their completed application to Faculty of Graduste
Studies, not the Anthropology Department. Info. on the above webpage.

For more information, contact the Anthropology Secretary
anthtwo@uvic.ca or the Anthropology Graduate Advisor, Dr. Lisa Gould
at anthgs@uvic.ca

Deadline for Applications is January 31, 2010.

INVITATION AU COLLOQUE DE LA CHAIRE CONJOINTE EN ÉTUDES DES FEMMES/INVITATION TO THE JOINT CHAIR IN WOMEN'S STUDIES CONFERENCE

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INVITATION AU COLLOQUE DE LA CHAIRE CONJOINTE EN ÉTUDES DES FEMMES

Il me fait plaisir, en tant que titulaire de la Chaire conjointe en
études des femmes à l'Université d'Ottawa et l'Université Carleton, de
vous inviter, ainsi que vos étudiantes et étudiants, à assister au
colloque :

LES DROITS DES FEMMES SUR L'ÉCHIQUIER POLITIQUE.

Le colloque aura lieu le 19 octobre 2009, de 9 h à 17 h 30, au 3120,
pavillon Desmarais, 55, avenue Laurier, est.

Le colloque est organisé par la Chaire conjointe en partenariat avec
l'Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes (ICREF), l'Alliance
féministe pour l'action internationale (AFAI) et À voix égales (AVE).

Notre conférencière principale sera Mme Leslie Wolfe, présidente du
Center for Women Policy Studies à Washington, D.C.

Vous trouverez de plus amples renseignements sur le colloque en
consultant la page web suivante :

http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eng/html/FACULTE_2009-10-19_900.html

Dans un contexte préélectoral, le colloque sera une belle occasion de
réunir chercheures, femmes députées et militantes pour partager des
expertises en vue de contribuer à l'avancement des droits des femmes.

Le programme sera disponible sous peu.

Au plaisir de vous voir au Colloque.

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INVITATION TO THE JOINT CHAIR IN WOMEN'S STUDIES CONFERENCE

As Joint Chair in Women's Studies at the University of Ottawa and
Carleton University, I am pleased to invite you and your students to a
conference on:

WOMEN'S RIGHTS ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA.

The Conference will take place on October 19, 2009, from 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. in Room 3120, Pavillon Desmarais, 55 Laurier avenue East.

The Conference is organized by the Joint Chair in partnership with the
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), the
Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) and Equal Voice (EV).

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Leslie Wolfe, President of the Center
for Women Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.

More information on the Conference is available on the following web page:

http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eng/html/FACULTE_2009-10-19_900.html

In a pre-election context, the Conference offers an opportunity to
bring together scholars, women activists, and women Parliamentarians
to share expertise and contribute to the advancement of women's rights.

The program will be available shortly.

I look forward to welcoming you to the Conference.

CFP - Performing Publics

Call for Proposals

Annual Conference of Performance Studies international
PSi 16 Performing Publics
Toronto, 9-13 June 2010
PSi 16, Performing Publics, will take place in Toronto as part of a
collaboration between York University's Faculty of Fine Arts and the
Ontario College of Art & Design. The conference will investigate the
power of performance to intervene in, reshape, and reinvigorate the
public sphere at the beginning of the twenty-first century. We invite
proposals that take up notions of "public" in a variety of ways,
pointing to the critically generative and fraught aspects of the term
as it has been adopted within performance studies.

The conference will theorize the relationship between performance,
"official" public culture (public culture framed and sanctioned by
state and/or corporate institutions), and the production of what
Michael Warner calls "counter-publics" (social formations developed in
opposition to the discourses and interests of the official public
sphere). As such, it will explore the coming together of individuals
as a social totality - as a community, nation, organization, etc. -
and the enactment of public as a form of social activism, as a means
of rehearsing, querying, and producing alternative forms of local and
global citizenship. In both contexts, performance has the potential to
frame affective and critically nuanced responses to public events,
issues and crises and thus to model politically and ethically engaged
forms of public life. The conference also seeks to problematize the
idea of "publics" as it has been applied to performance by exploring
the limitations of this term and the kinds of social exclusions that
it often has been used to rationalize.

Guiding questions will include: How are we hailed by various publics,
and how does this shape our behaviors and social interactions? How are
publics spatially and temporally constituted? In what ways do publics
participate in forms of activism, civic engagement, and "poetic world-
making" (Warner)? What affects and effects are produced by such
utopian interventions? Our discussion of these issues will reflect the
vibrant history of urban intervention and "public spacing" movements
in Toronto in which artists and activists have worked together to
change the shape of our shared local and civic spaces.

Proposals might address (but are not limited to):

- publics and counter-publics

- issues of public space

- performance and civic engagement

- performance as an act of public witness

- performance and public relations

- the audience (live or virtual) as public

- public events: rallies, protests, flash mobs, etc.

- the relationship between the public and the private

- the role of gender, sexuality, race, and class in performing
publics

- public feelings and affects

- performative utopias and utopian performatives

- site-specific performance and urban intervention

The conference will be staged during Toronto's annual Luminato
Festival, and will provide several opportunities for participants to
experience and reflect on its dynamic arts programming. Luminato is a
multidisciplinary festival that celebrates music, dance, theatre,
film, literature, and the visual arts, and showcases the work of
local, national, and international artists. As part of its mandate to
offer "accidental encounters with art," Luminato is committed to
presenting a variety of free events in public spaces. These public art
projects run concurrently with exciting performance premieres at
venues throughout the city.
Paper proposals (Due November 15):

Proposals for individual papers should include a 250-word abstract.
Conference papers are normally allotted 20 minutes. Traditional and
performative papers are welcome.

Panel proposals (Due November 15):

Panel proposals and proposals for other discursive formats (roundtable
discussions, position papers, etc.) should include a 250-word
abstract, along with the names, paper titles (if applicable) and
affiliations of participants. Panels are normally allotted 1.5-2
hours. Proposals that interweave traditional and performative papers
are welcome.

Shift proposals (Due November 1):

Continuing the explorations of PSi 15, we invite proposals for
"shifts": innovative session formats that push the boundaries of the
well-constructed panel. These may include workshops, performances, and
interactive events. We welcome shifts that engage with "Performing
Publics"--e.g., site-specific projects that activate public space, the
urban landscape, or the immediate environs of the conference site.
Proposals should include a 250-word abstract. Please note that shifts
and panels will receive the same basic level of AV support, and there
will be a limited number of places for shifts at PSi 16.

All proposals should be submitted online by filling out the PSi 16
"Proposal Form" at: http://psi16.com/cfp/submissions/

Questions about the conference can be directed to: info@psi16.com

Call for Papers

Is anthropology 'relevant' in today's world? Can there be a progressive
anthropology that is engaged in realworld movements for change and social
justice? Make your case in an upcoming issue of New Proposals. Articles,
arguments, commentaries, and reviews are invited for our upcoming issue.

New Proposals represents an attempt to explore issues, ideas, and problems
that lie at the intersection between the academic disciplines of social
science and the body of thought and political practice that has constituted
Marxism over the last 150 years. New Proposals is a journal of Marxism and
Interdisciplinary Inquiry that is dedicated to the radical transformation of
the contemporary world order.

We invite submissions of original work for review. Papers can be between
3000 and 6000 words and are peer reviewed. Commentaries and Arguments are
typically shorter and are reviewed by the editorial collective.

You can see the table of contents of our current issue (Vol. 3:1) here
http://tinyurl.com/yffn4vf

A special issue on anthropology and teaching -Practice What You Teach- was
recently published as Vol. 2(2) http://tinyurl.com/ygcmul2

New Proposals considers special theme issues on a case by case basis. If
you have an organized session for a recent (or upcoming) conference, sent us
a proposal for publication and we'd be pleased to consider it.

With warm regards,

Charles Menzies

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Charles R. Menzies, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology [http://www.charlesmenzies.ca]
Director of The Ethnographic Film Unit at UBC [http://anthfilm.anth.ubc.ca]
Department of Anthropology [http://www.anth.ubc.ca]
University of British Columbia
6303 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Canada

Institute of African Studies (Carleton) launch conference and dinner, October 23-24 2009

Africa: New Visions in a time of Global Crisis
The Institute of African Studies, Carleton University Launch Conference

The launch of the new Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton
University represents a profound commitment to, and belief in, Africa.
At the same time, this new Institute is being launched during a time of
economic uncertainty, a crisis which poses particular challenges for
Africa. This inaugural IAS conference moves beyond the paralysing
polarity of "Afro-pessimism", on the one hand, and a naïve and
romanticized view of the continent, on the other. Its central aim is to
engender a better understanding of the perils facing the continent today
but also the possibilities for the future

Bell Theatre, Minto Centre
Carleton University
Ottawa, October 23-24, 2009

Speakers include:
Valentin Y. Mudimbe (Duke University)
Gaston Kaboré (Filmmaker, Founder of Imagine Film Training Institute,
Burkina Faso)
Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa)
Linda Freeman, Pius Adesanmi, Edward Jackson, Chris Brown, and Aboubakar
Sanogo (Carleton University)

and featuring a keynote address by award-winning author, Lawrence Hill
(author of The Book of Negroes)

Cost:
Regular Admission: $20 in advance and $25 at door
Student and Unwaged Admission: $10 in advance and $15 at door
For Lawrence Hill's closing keynote speech only: $10 in advance and $15
at door

Also on the evening of Friday October 23rd there is an Institute Launch
Dinner at Carleton where Lawrence Hill will talk about the making of his
award-winning novel, The Book of Negroes
Cost: $100 ($30 of which is a tax-deductable donation to raise funds for
exchange programs with Carleton's partner universities in Africa)

This is part of the "Africa Week" events at Carleton from October 19-24th.

For registration form for the conference and/or the Institute Launch
Dinner and the conference program and a list of the Africa Week events,
please go to www.carleton.ca/africanstudies

For more information, contact the Institute of African Studies at
613-520-2600 ext. 2220, FAX 613-520-2363 or African_Studies@carleton.ca

job announcement

English follows

Le Département de sociologie et d'anthropologie de l'Université
d'Ottawa désire combler un (1) poste régulier en sociologie et un (1)
poste régulier en anthropologie.

Poste régulier en sociologie : Le département recherche des candidats
et candidates avec une spécialisation dans le domaine de la
francophonie et/ou dans l'un des domaines suivants : rapports sociaux
de sexe; approches comparatives en sociologie; sociologie politique;
méthodologie de la recherche.

Poste régulier en anthropologie : Une préférence sera accordée aux
candidats et candidates ayant une expertise de recherche auprès de
sociétés africaines, asiatiques ou autochtones de l'Amérique du Nord.

Fonctions

* Enseignement à tous les cycles d'études;

* Supervision d'étudiantes et d'étudiants aux deuxième et
troisième cycles;

* Activités de recherche et de publication;

* Participation aux activités éducatives et administratives de
l'Université;

* Toute autre activité prévue à la convention collective.

Critères de selection

* Doctorat en sociologie ou en anthropologie terminé (ou sur le point
de l'être);
* Excellence démontrée en enseignement;
* Dossier de recherche et de publication.

Bilinguisme

L'Université d'Ottawa étant une institution bilingue, tous les
professeurs et professeures de la Faculté des sciences sociales
doivent démontrer un bilinguisme actif avant d'accéder à la
permanence. L'Université offre aux membres du corps professoral et à
leur conjoint ou conjointe la possibilité de suivre des cours pour
parfaire leur langue seconde.

La maîtrise du français et de l'anglais est essentielle. Le français
est la langue de communication au département et la capacité
d'enseigner dans les deux langues constitue un atout.

Niveau à l'embauche : Normalement au rang d'adjoint.

Conditions et salaire à l'embauche

Selon la convention collective en vigueur. Postes menant à la
permanence et sujets à une approbation budgétaire.

Entrée en fonction

1er juillet 2010

Tous les candidats et candidates qualifiés sont invités à postuler;
cependant, conformément aux exigences gouvernementales, les citoyens
canadiens et les résidents permanents auront la priorité. L'Université
d'Ottawa souscrit à l'équité d'emploi et elle encourage les femmes,
les Autochtones, les membres des minorités visibles et les personnes
handicapées à postuler.

Veuillez faire parvenir, avant le 19 novembre 2009, votre curriculum
vitae, une lettre décrivant votre expérience et vos intérêts en
enseignement et en recherche, une indication de vos compétences
linguistiques en anglais et en français, un exemplaire de vos
principales publications et de vos évaluations à l'enseignement. De
plus, veuillez demander à trois répondants d'envoyer des lettres de
recommandation sous pli confidentiel.

Tous les documents doivent être envoyés directement à :

Michèle Ollivier

Directrice

Département de sociologie et d'anthropologie

Faculté des sciences sociales

Université d'Ottawa

55 rue Laurier E, pièce 8101

Ottawa (Ontario) KIN 6N5

Télécopieur : 613-562-5906

Courriel: Michele.Ollivier@uottawa.ca

Les candidatures reçues ultérieurement pourront être considérées
jusqu'à ce que les postes soient comblés.

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of
Ottawa is accepting applications for one (1) tenure-track position in
sociology and one (1) tenure-track position in anthropology.

Tenure track position in sociology: The Department is interested in
candidates with expertise on "francophonie" and/or in one of the
following fields: women's/gender studies, comparative approaches in
sociology, political sociology, research methodology.

Tenure track position in anthropology: A preference will be accorded
to candidates with expertise in Africa, Asia or Indigenous peoples of
North America.

Duties

* Teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels

* Supervising Masters and Ph.D. candidates

* Conducting research and publishing activities

* Participating in the University's academic and
administrative activities

* Other activities as specified in the collective agreement

Qualifications

* Completed Ph.D. in sociology or anthropology (candidates who
are close to completing a Ph.D. may be considered)

* Demonstrated excellence in teaching

* Publication and research track record

Bilingualism

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual institution, and all
professors in the Faculty of Social Sciences must be actively
bilingual to gain tenure. The University of Ottawa offers
second-language training to staff members and their spouses.

Fluency in French and English is essential. French is the main
language of communication within the department and the ability to
teach in both languages is an asset.

Hiring level: Normally at the Assistant Professor level.

Hiring conditions and salary

Set by the current collective agreement. Positions are subject to
budgetary approval.

Starting date

July 1st, 2010.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, according
to government policy, Canadians and permanent residents will be given
priority. Equity is a University of Ottawa policy; women, Aboriginal
peoples, members of visible minorities and persons with disabilities
are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should forward, by November 19th, 2009, their
Curriculum Vitae, a letter describing their teaching and research
experience, an example of their current research, an indication of
their French and English language abilities, a copy of their main
publications and teaching evaluations, and arrange for three referees
to send confidential letters of recommendation.

All information and letters must be sent directly to:

Michèle Ollivier

Chair

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Faculty of Social Sciences

University of Ottawa

55 Laurier Av. E, room 8101

Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5

Fax: (613) 562-5906

Email: Michele.Ollivier@uottawa.ca <mailto:Michele.Ollivier@uottawa.ca>

Applications received after the deadline may be considered until the
positions are filled.

Job Posting - Sociology/Anthropology of Religion and Ethics

RELIGION

The Department of Religion invites applications for one tenuretrack
position in Sociology/Anthropology of Religion and Ethics.
Candidates should have expertise in theories and methods of
the sociology and/or anthropology of religion. Ethics is focused
primarily on social ethics. A solid background in Christianity,
with an emphasis on modern and North American traditions, is
required; interest in religion and gender is also an asset. Applicants
should hold a doctorate in religious studies, possess teaching
experience and a publication record, and be ready to supervise
graduate students in the Department of Religion?s large graduate
program.

Sociology/Anthropology of Religion and Ethics.
Candidates should have expertise in theories and methods of
the sociology and/or anthropology of religion. Ethics is focused
primarily on social ethics. A solid background in Christianity,
with an emphasis on modern and North American traditions, is
required; interest in religion and gender is also an asset. Applicants
should hold a doctorate in religious studies, possess teaching
experience and a publication record, and be ready to supervise
graduate students in the Department of Religion?s large graduate
program.

Dr. Lynda Clarke, Chair, Department of Religion

lclarke@alcor.concordia.ca

http://religion.concordia.ca

Anthropology Job Postings

SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites applications
for one tenure-track position in Law and Society. Candidates should
have an active research program and be prepared to teach at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. PhD must be completed at time
of appointment. Knowledge of French is an asset.

Law and Society. Candidates should have an active research program and
be prepared to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. PhD
must be completed at time of appointment. Knowledge of French is an
asset.

Dr. Frances M. Shaver, Chair, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology

sachair@alcor.concordia.ca

http://artsandscience1.concordia.ca/socanth/

extended deadline - 2010 edition of *The Archaeology Channel* International Film and Video Festival

Please excuse the necessity of cross-posting.

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

Dear film producer and distributor friends,

*We have extended our deadline* to submit entries for the 2010 edition of *The
Archaeology Channel* International Film and Video Festival. This is the
only international competition for this genre in the entire Western
Hemisphere and a wonderful showcase for your work. Our new deadline for
receipt of entries is October 31, 2009. This extension will accommodate a
number of prospective entrants who have asked for more time. TAC Festival
2010 takes place May 18-22, 2010, in the Soreng Theater of the Hult
Centerfor the Performing Artshere in
Eugene, Oregon, USA. Attached here is the revised entry form with our
guidelines. Please read the guidelines carefully, as we depend on you for
accurate information. Further information is posted at
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml.

*Please do not wait* to send your entries, because a burdensome flood of
entries at the last moment will slow down our review and notification
process. In previous years, some entries regrettably were rejected because
of errors in entry forms or problems with the film review copies. If you
allow plenty of time for these problems to be resolved, you can help assure
that you will not be excluded from consideration. Also, we encourage you to
make plans to attend the Festival to represent your films and also to
participate in our Conference on Cultural Heritage Film.

For our last Festival, we received 87 entries from 25 countries. We hope to
exceed those numbers this year and to attract the world's best films in our
genre to this competition, but we need your help to accomplish this. With
your support and participation, we can continue to grow TAC Festival as a
promotional tool for your good work.

Please share this announcement with others you know who may have films
suitable for entry. Many thanks and best wishes to you all.

Richard M. (Rick) Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
4147 E. Amazon Dr.
Eugene, OR 97405
USA
RPettigrew@aol.com
www.archaeologychannel.org
541-345-5538
541-338-3109 (fax)
Skype: rick.pettigrew

CFP: "Engaging Engagement"-Soc. for Latin American and Caribbean Anth, Merida, Spring 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology: SLACA 2010
SPRING CONFERENCE, MARCH 24-27, 2010, IN
MERIDA, MEXICO

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."

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ENGAGING ENGAGEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA IDENTITY POLITICS: FROM
ANTHROPOLOGICAL ACTIVISM TO THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ACTIVISM

Engaged anthropology exhorts practitioners of the discipline to tear
down the walls in both our research and in our classrooms; that we
should all, in and through our work, strive to be activists. To be
sure, anthropology's history of working closely with non-Western
societies--those that have often borne the brunt of such oppression--
behooves us to be ever-vigilant and mindful that our research is not
used to further or maintain conditions wrought by colonialism, racism,
sexism or global capitalism. Engaged anthropology challenges us to--
when possible--to take up the cause of these peoples and bring the
unique methodological and theoretical approaches of anthropology to
bear in aiding the communities in which we live and work. Frequently,
this means helping communities to redefine their identity--ethnic,
religious, political, ecological and economic--vis-à-vis national
governments, state ideologies, international development policies and
legal frameworks in order to gain access to resources, status and
land. These redefinitions can result in the rewriting of histories,
traditions, memories and collective identities in response to changes
in government policy, new constitutions, or external pressures.

The present panel seeks papers that critically examine the role of
activist approaches in reconstructing historical identities and
memories in the Latin American and Caribbean context--from indigenous
peoples to victims of despotic governments to the descendants of
maroon slave communities.

Moreover, it specifically seeks papers that questions this approach to
activist anthropology that privileges political and social objectives--
however commendable--over theoretical, and epistemological concerns.

--
Abstracts should be sent by October 15, 2009 to Allan Dawson,
Department of Anthropology, Drew University (adawson@drew.edu) or Ari
Gandsman, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of
Ottawa (agandsman@gmail.com)

The Australian Journal of Anthropology

I write in my capacity as the editor of The Australian Journal of
Anthropology. I became the editor at the beginning of 2009, a time when all
sorts of other changes were occurring. A new editorial board was appointed,
including representatives from Canada, the US, the UK and the Netherlands as
well as anthropologists from several Australian universities. We have moved
from Sydney to Melbourne and are now published by Wiley-Blackwell, as one of
their Anthropology journals. TAJA ­ formerly Mankind ­ is the journal of The
Australian Anthropological Society.
While Canadian anthropologists whose research fields include Australia and
Melanesia have often submitted articles, in keeping with the broadening of
our editorial board, I would like to include more contributions from outside
Australia and on a wider range of subjects. I am especially interested in
articles dealing with Aboriginality and the state ­ a topic that is topical
here as it is in Canada, and one which can often become parochial. The
similarities and differences between Australia and Canada can provide
perspectives that broaden this debate, within Anthropology more generally
and in both countries.

As editor I would like also to encourage early-career researchers to submit
papers for publication. More information is available on the website (see
below). I invite interested authors to contact me personally.
If you could forward this to anyone whom you think might be interested, I¹d
greatly appreciate it.
Yours,
Martha Macintyre

--
Associate Professor Martha Macintyre
Editor, The Australian Journal of Anthropology
School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry (PASI),
Old Quad,
The University of Melbourne,
Parkville
Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 03 8344 4735
Email: marthaam@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.aas.asn.au/aas_taja.php

Call for Papers-Dubrovnik 2010 - abstract submission deadline extended

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to remind you that an international conference on
New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe organized by the LINEE
-Network of Excellence will take place in Dubrovnik (Croatia), 11-15
April, 2010. You can find all the relevant information regarding the
abstract submission and registration as well as travel, venue and
accommodation at the official Conference website at
http://www.amiando.com/lineeconference.html.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31st October, 2009.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

We will be looking forward to receiving your abstract!

Sincerely,

Mirna Jernej

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Call for Panelists for Merida SfAA/SLACA Conference 2010

Dear colleagues,

Cassandra White and I are organizing a panel on "National and
International Migrations
and Access to Healthcare". The preliminary abstract is below. If you
are interested in
participating in this panel please send an abstract to me by October 10.

Thank you,
Kim

Considering the conference theme of globalization and the potential forms of
vulnerability and exclusion it creates, this panel addresses the ways
in which access to
healthcare services is affected by the regional and international
movement of people,
resources, and information. What contrasts exist, in terms of ability
to provide
information about and treatment for complicated diseases, among
healthcare providers in
host countries vs. sending countries or in rural vs. urban settings?
What parts do
structural inequalities and individual agency play in the stories of
those for whom
movement (e.g., travel to a distant clinic for the purposes of seeking
treatment or
seeking treatment in a foreign setting in the context of international
immigration) is an
essential part of managing illness treatment?

Kimberly Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Elon University
Editor, Anthropology and Aging Quarterly

Mailing Address:
2035 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27244

Office: (336)278-6403

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SLACA Spring Conference in Merida, Mexico, March 24-27, 2010

Call for papers

Dear SLACA members,

Many of you have responded to our Call for Papers, and some of you had
questions, including "How and where do I register?" "How do I submit a
session?" "How do I submit a paper to a session?" and "What is the deadline
for submission?"

Here are some answers:

1. The papers have to be submitted through the sfaa site, at
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2010/2010regform.html You would sign in as a member
of a co-sponsoring society, so you don¹t have to pay sfaa membership fees.

Alternatively, if you don't like to use your credit card online, you could
send the SfAA office a cd with your abstract and pay by cheque or money
order.

2. It does not say anywhere that I can see what the deadline is, but the
SfAA tells us it is Oct 15.

3. You could send out a call for papers through the SLACA server, at
aaasec_slaca@binhost.com, if you have a session in mind and you want others
to join. Once you have your session complete, you can all register online.

4. On the form there is a section for those submitting papers, and further
down a section for the organizers of panels. If you have organized a panel,
please fill in the corresponding section, besides the section where your
individual info and abstract go.

5. If you want to just submit a volunteered paper, you can do that too, and
we will see that it gets included in a SLACA session. We are the SLACA
organizers, and are working right now on special SLACA events for the
conference.

Best,

Gabriela Vargas-Cetina (gvcetina[at]uady.mx) and Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz
(siayora[at]uady.mx)
Organizers of SLACA's 2010 Spring Conference in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico