job announcement

Development Studies - Assistant Professor

St. Francis Xavier University

The Development Studies Program at St. Francis Xavier University invites
applications for a tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant
Professor. The position will commence 1 July, 2009 and is subject to
final budgetary approval. Applicants should have a demonstrated capacity
for interdisciplinary approaches in their work. Disciplinary background
and Area specialization are open, though ideally candidates should be
able to draw on examples from a variety of geographical locations
outside of their specialization. The successful candidate will be
expected to contribute to the teaching of interdisciplinary core courses
in Development Studies at the second, third and/or fourth-year levels.
Applicants must have a PhD complete or very nearly so, and will
preferably have teaching experience and publications.

Please send a letter of application incorporating a statement of
teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, sample publications,
documentation of teaching performance, and three confidential letters of
reference forwarded under separate cover by referees to:

Dr. James Bickerton, Coordinator, Development Studies Program, St.
Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, B2G 2W5. The deadline for
receipt of applications is December 31, 2008.

All qualified candidates, especially women and members of minority
groups, are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian
Immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will
be given priority. St. Francis Xavier University is committed to the
principle of employment equity.

Posting - University of Queensland

Position for a Research Fellow now available at the Centre for Social
Responsibility in Mining at the University of Queensland. See links
below. Cheers, Nick

Internal: http://www.uq.edu.au/jobs/index.html?page=98149&pid=11217

Seek: http://seek.com.au/showjob.asp?jobid=14463490

Reference: 3019539

Closing date: 10 December 2008

Dr Nick Bainton

Research Officer

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Sustainable Minerals Institute

The University of Queensland

St Lucia BRISBANE 4072

mob. 0417804865

office 07 3346 4002

fax 07 3346 4045

Email: n.bainton@smi.uq.edu.au

Appel à communications / Call for papers

English version follows

Chers collègues,

Le Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques du monde (LRMM - OICCM)
en collaboration avec la Société canadienne pour les traditions
musicales (SCTM) vous invite à participer à son colloque
international, Patrimoines musicaux : circulation et contacts, qui
aura lieu à Montréal (Canada) du 29 octobre au 1er novembre 2009.

Les mutations que vivent un grand nombre de sociétés se répercutent à
divers niveaux des modalités de création et d'interprétation des
traditions et des patrimoines musicaux. Élargissement des champs
conceptuels, nouveaux terrains d'enquêtes (milieu touristique, scène
musicale), éclatement des frontières, nouveaux espaces médiatiques,
renouveau des musiques traditionnelles (Folk Revival), tous ces
phénomènes obligent désormais les chercheurs à revoir les méthodes et
les outils d'enquête. L'ethnomusicologie, à l'instar des sociétés
qu'elle rencontre et étudie, se trouve ainsi à une croisée de chemins.
La rapidité avec laquelle tous ces changements s'opèrent a incité à
faire un bilan des activités contemporaines de recherche dans le cadre
de ce colloque international.

Quatre thèmes sont proposés :

1. Mise en scène de la culture musicale : le tourisme comme enjeu identitaire
2. Territorialité et nomadisme
3. Formes, performances, construction identitaire
4. Patrimonialisation musicale : enjeux culturels et sociaux

Nous acceptons maintenant les soumissions de propositions d'une
longueur maximale de 300 mots. Les résumés, en français ou en anglais
(selon la langue choisie pour la présentation au colloque), doivent
être soumis par courriel, en pièce jointe (format Word), au plus tard
le 2 février 2009 à l'adresse suivante :

marie-helene.pichette@umontreal.ca

Merci de transmettre cet appel à tous ceux qui souhaiteraient
participer au colloque.

Pour tout renseignement supplémentaire ou pour l'appel à
communications détaillé, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec moi ou à
consulter notre site Internet (lrmm.musique.umontreal.ca).

Bien à vous,

Marie-Hélène Pichette

Coordonnatrice du colloque

Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques du monde

Faculté de musique - Université de Montréal

C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville

Montréal (Québec)

Canada H3C 3J7

Téléphone: (514) 343-6921

Télécopieur: (514) 343-5727

lrmm.musique.umontreal.ca

Dear colleagues,

The Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques du monde (LRMM - OICCM)
in association with the Canadian Society for Traditional Music (CSTM)
invites you to its international conference, Musical Heritage:
Movement and Contacts, in Montréal (Canada) from October 29th to
November 1st 2009.

The transformations experienced by numerous societies have
repercussions on musical traditions and heritage at various levels of
their creative and interpretive process. Broadening of conceptual
fields, new areas of research (tourism, musical scene), disintegration
of boundaries, new media landscapes, folk revival: all these phenomena
require researchers to reconsider their investigative methods and
tools. The discipline of ethnomusicology, no less than the societies
it encounters and studies, and, like other disciplines, finds itself
at a crossroads. The increased speed at which all of these changes
occur led to the idea of reassessing present-day research activities
through an international conference.

Four main themes have been selected:

1. Staging musical culture: tourism as an identity issue

2. Territoriality and nomadism

3. Forms, performances, construction of identity

4. Musical heritage: cultural and social issues

Abstract submissions, of 300 words or less, are now accepted. Please
submit your abstract in French or English, depending on the language
in which the paper will be presented, as a Microsoft Word email
attachment by February 2nd 2009 at the latest to the following address:

marie-helene.pichette@umontreal.ca
<mailto:marie-helene.pichette@umontreal.ca> .

Please pass on this information to anyone wishing to submit a proposal.

For additionnal information or the detailed call for papers, do not
hesitate to contact me or visit our website (lrmm.musique.umontreal.ca).

Regards,

Marie-Hélène Pichette

Conference Coordinator

Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques du monde

Faculté de musique - Université de Montréal

C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville

Montréal (Québec)

Canada H3C 3J7

Telephone: (514) 343-6921

Fax: (514) 343-5727

lrmm.musique.umontreal.ca

Call for Films/Visual Projects/Papers: Visual Anthropology and Materiality

Call for Films/Visual Projects/Papers: Visual Anthropology and Materiality

The Florida Visual Anthropologists (FLAVA) group of the University of
Florida's Department of Anthropology (www.anthro.ufl.edu) is
coordinating with the English and Fine Arts Departments to host the
4th Annual Digital Assembly Conference at The University of Florida,
March 5-7th, 2009. The conference, an event originating from the
Digital Assembly in the English Department
(http://www.english.ufl.edu/da), is hosted by graduate students and is
calling for cross-disciplinary research and original works from
various fields including Cultural and Visual Anthropology, English,
Studio Art, Art History, Media Studies and Journalism.

The theme of the conference is materiality, particularly discursive
practices and considerations of media conventions and implications of
materiality in criticism and analysis of media projects from
ethnographic films/photography to documentaries, from novels to
newsprint, from experimental works to performance art. The visual arts
have long contemplated the place materiality holds in the academy,
questioning the meaning of material structures and pushing the bounds
of materiality beyond the tangible, visible, or physical. More
recently, the fields of visual and cultural anthropology have expanded
this discussion to an issue of expression and meaning across cultures,
as well as an issue of representation within the discipline. Concepts
to explore could cover a wide range such as, but not limited to, the
following:

. Critiquing media and the visual image in the academy considering
its increased recognition as crucial to meaning making
. Popular trends in media experimentation
. The role of form and technology in anthropological and media projects
. The representation of the unrepresentable. How can the
"invisible" be made visible? How do different cultures negotiate this?
How do different fields negotiate this?
. How different fields use the visual image and how the written
text is used in conjunction with the image. Is textual support still
necessary to be considered serious work?
. The role of media analysis in various fields (literary, artistic,
and anthropological) and its relation to form.
. The implication of intangible concepts like time, memory,
spirituality, etc. in the visual form vs. the written text. How do
different cultures represent these concepts? How is it translated in
different fields of study?
. How history is represented through time and materiality
. The future of the study of materiality in the various subfields
of anthropology as well as other fields outside anthropology

There will be a night of screenings to start off the conference, so
students are highly encouraged to submit films. However, projects may
be in any other form including photographic essays, papers, etc. The
student/artist will be responsible for transporting work. Complex
work will require the student/artist be present to set up the piece.
Please submit statement (max. 200 words) along with university
affiliation, department, and degree program by the extended deadline
January 5, 2008.

Send submissions to Jennifer Fiers, jenfiers@yahoo.com

Call for Abstracts

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Fatherhood & Philosophy:
Uncovering the Tao of Daddy

Lon Nease
University of Cincinnati
neaseln@email.uc.edu

Mike Austin
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Eastern Kentucky University
mike.austin@eku.edu

Just over the last few decades, the role of a father has changed
tremendously, putting into question what it means to be a father. Is
it different than just being a parent? What is it about fatherhood
that allows us to think it?s still a useful concept? This book, which
is part of the Wiley-Blackwell series Philosophy for Everyone, will
address the roles, experiences, ethics, and challenges of fatherhood
from a philosophical perspective. Abstracts are welcome from the
disciplines of philosophy, sociology, psychology, psychiatry,
anthropology, biology, counseling, political theory, history, and any
other relevant discipline. Possible paper titles include, but are by
no means limited to the following:

It Changes How You See Things: Fatherhood and the Meaning of Life

Fatherhood and Knowing Ourselves: Socrates and Self-Knowledge

Charles Barkley Was Right: Fathers as Role Models

An Authentic Dad: Existentialism and Fatherhood

Teaching Duty: Confucian Thoughts on the Father-Son Relationship

Overthinking It: Is Being a Good Father Instinctive?

Like Father Like Son: Repetition, Respect, and the Lineage of Fatherhood

Wait Until Your Father Gets Home! The Ethics of Child Discipline

Do I Owe My Kids More? The Ethics of Partiality and Impartiality

Vicarious Living: Fatherhood and the Autonomy of Children

Does Blood Matter? The Moral Significance of Biology for the
Father-Child Relationship

Because I Said So: The Nature and Ethics of Authority

Working Late or Being There: A Conflict of Duties?

Letting Go: Taoism and Fatherhood

Not in Front of the Children: Mass Media and the Obligation to Protect
Our Children

Am I Obligated to Have Only One Child? Fatherhood and Environmental Ethics

Commanding Freedom: The Role of Fathers in Cultivating Responsibility

Building a Stronger Father-Son Relationship: Advice from the Ancient
Philosophers

Should I Take My Child to Church? Religious Upbringing and the
Influence of Fathers

Fatherhood, Fear, and Trembling: Kierkegaard's Suspension of the Ethical

Daddy?s Little Girl: Wisdom for the Father-Daughter Relationship

Thus Spanked Zarathustra: Would Nietzsche Have Been a Good Father?

Abstracts and the resulting essays should be written for an educated,
but non-technical audience interested in fatherhood. Care should be
taken to avoid discipline-specific jargon as this book is intended for
a general audience.

Guidelines for Contributions

· Abstract of paper (approximately 200 words) due by: Dec 15, 2008
· Accepted authors will receive notification by Jan 10, 2009
· The submission deadline for accepted papers will be August 31, 2009
· Final papers must be between 4000-5000 words and be aimed at
a general, educated audience

Abstracts should be submitted electronically to neaseln@email.uc.edu
and/or mike.austin@eku.edu. Other proposals for series titles are
also welcome; please direct those to Fritz Allhoff at
fritz.allhoff@wmich.edu.

11e Colloque pour étudiants et jeunes diplômés du CEETUM/11th Colloquium for Students and Recent Graduates organized by the CEETUM

ENGLISH FOLLOWS
Prière de diffuser dans vos réseaux / Please circulate widely

11e Colloque pour étudiants et jeunes diplômés
du CEETUM
2 et 3 avril 2009
Université de Montréal
Appel de communications
Aspirer à cerner le domaine des relations ethniques dans toute sa
complexité, c'est reconnaître la nécessaire diversité d'approches,
tant théoriques que méthodologiques. C'est pourquoi la relève de
jeunes chercheurs, grâce à son engagement dans la production de
connaissances portant sur cet enjeu, joue un rôle primordial à cet
égard, en contribuant notamment à renouveler les regards que l'on
porte sur les rapports ethniques. Dans le but de favoriser l'échange
de ces connaissances, le Centre d'études ethniques des universités
montréalaises (CEETUM) organise son 11e Colloque pour étudiants et
jeunes diplômés les jeudi 2 et vendredi 3 avril 2009, à l'Université
de Montréal (Québec, Canada).
Nous invitons toute personne étudiante aux cycles supérieurs, ou
récemment diplômée, et dont les recherches s'inscrivent dans le
domaine des relations ethniques, à participer à ce colloque
international maintenant bien établi. Les étudiants auront l'occasion
d'y présenter leurs travaux devant un auditoire composé de pairs et de
spécialistes issus de différents domaines, sous forme de communication
individuelle ou de session thématique dans laquelle s'inscriront
plusieurs (4 ou 5) présentations autour d'un même thème.
Les propositions de communications individuelles ou de sessions
thématiques devront s'inscrire dans le cadre des champs d'intérêt de
l'un ou de plusieurs des pôles de recherche du CEETUM, pour lesquels
vous trouverez une présentation des activités sur notre site internet :
1. Ethnicité, lieux et territoires
2. Religion et ethnicité
3. Intersectionnalité
4. Langue et diversité ethnique
5. Insertion et discrimination
Toutefois, notez que certaines propositions pourraient également
toucher les questions suivantes : éducation et pluralisme, théories de
l'ethnicité, relations intergroupes, citoyenneté et participation,
dynamiques identitaires, productions culturelles et artistiques.
Les propositions de communications individuelles et de sessions
thématiques devront nous parvenir avant le lundi 12 janvier 2009
(dernier délai), par le biais du formulaire en ligne disponible sur le
site du CEETUM (http://www.ceetum.umontreal.ca); vous y trouverez
également les consignes à suivre pour votre soumission.
Les auteurs ayant soumis une proposition de communication recevront
une réponse au plus tard le lundi 16 février.
Pour tout renseignement supplémentaire, veuillez contacter Alice
Martin à l'adresse suivante :
colloque-ceetum@umontreal.ca ou au (514) 343 6111 poste 3724.

11th Colloquium for Students and Recent Graduates
organized by the CEETUM
April 2 and 3, 2009
Université de Montréal
Call for papers
Grasping today's theoretical and methodological diversity in the field
of ethnic relations serves no better purpose than to improve one's
personal understanding of all its complexities. To this end, graduate
students and new researchers alike play a key role in both
apprehending and contributing to the field's growing body of
knowledge. To facilitate this process, the Centre d'études ethniques
des universités montréalaises (CEETUM) will hold its 11th Colloquium
for Students and Recent Graduates on Thursday and Friday, the 2nd and
3rd of April 2009, at Université de Montréal (Quebec, Canada).
We invite graduate students and recent graduates whose research
examines issues in ethnic relations to participate in this
international colloquium. This would be a perfect opportunity for them
to present their work in front of an audience composed of peers and
specialists from various disciplines. Students are invited to propose
an individual presentation or to set up a
thematic session composed of several (4 or 5) presentations around the
same theme.
Individual and thematic session propositions have to be related to one
or several of the five thematic poles that orient the CEETUM's
scientific activities and about which details can be found on the
CEETUM's website:
1. Ethnicity, Place and Territory
2. Religion and Ethnicity
3. Intersectionality
4. Language and Ethnicity
5. Insertion and Discrimination
Moreover, presentations may also address the following themes:
education and pluralism, theories of ethnicity; inter-group relations;
citizenship and participation; identity dynamics; social networks and
integration; cultural and artistic production.
Proposals for papers or thematic sessions must be submitted no later
than 12 January 2009 by filling out the online submission form on the
CEETUM website (http://www.ceetum.umontreal.ca), where you will also
find the guidelines for your submission.
Abstracts will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary scientific
committee. All authors who have submitted a proposal will be contacted
by 16 February 2009.
For further information, please contact Alice Martin
(colloque-ceetum@umontreal.ca) or call (514) 343 6111, extension 3724.

CASCA-AES 2009, call for papers/APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS

(la version française suit)
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CALL FOR PAPERS

CASCA/AES 2009 Canadian Anthropology
Society-Société Canadienne d'Anthropologie/
American Ethnological Society Joint Meeting.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 13-16 2009

Theme: "Transnational Anthropologies:
Convergences and Divergences in Globalized Disciplinary Networks"

The organizing committee seeks proposals for
panels and individual papers by January 31, 2009.
Early submissions and registration are welcome.

For information on how to: 1) register for the
conference, 2) submit panels and individual
papers, 3) buy tickets for the party at the UBC
Museum of Anthropology, and 4) book accommodation on the UBC campus, go to:
<http://www.casca-aes2009.ca/>www.casca-aes2009.ca

For further information, please contact us at:
<mailto:casca.aes2009@gmail.com>casca.aes2009@gmail.com

Theme:
Transnational Anthropologies: Convergences and
Divergences in Globalized Disciplinary Networks

In an era when anthropology is increasingly
attentive to transnational connections,
globalized geographies, and diasporic identities,
the discipline itself is subject to new and
challenging forms of deterritorialization and
re-territorialization. Anthropology has long been
constituted by tensions between the gravitational
force of its various national traditions and the
pull toward an international intellectual
cosmopolitanism. Yet the increasing presence of
scholars from the world "periphery" in
metropolitan universities, the rise to
international prominence of subaltern academic
centers, the deterritorialized concerns and
priorities of funding institutions, and the
growing transnational links between researchers,
research institutions, and research subjects
(among other factors) are further complicating
the spatiality of anthropological practice. These
shifts, in turn, are transforming the way
anthropologists examine the production of power
relations, inequalities, and identities in local
and global arenas. The 2009 CASCA-AES conference
to be held at the University of British Columbia
in Vancouver calls anthropologists and scholars
from across the social sciences and the
humanities to offer a fresh look at the
increasingly transnational nature of knowledge
production, at the resilience of regionalized
academic hierarchies, as well as at the different
ways in which the latter are being reconstituted
and subverted. Additionally, the conference
welcomes volunteered papers, panels, workshops,
and videos related to the internationalization of
social practice, power relations, and
subjectivities and to any other theme associated
with ongoing anthropological questions.

Deadlines and registration fees (in Canadian dollars)

Faculty registration costs:
Before the deadline of January 31, 2009: $150.00
Before March 15, 2009: $170.00
At the conference venue: $190.00

Students, Postdocs, Unwaged, Retired:
Before the deadline of January 31, 2009: $50.00
Before March 15, 2009: $60.00
At the conference venue: $70.00
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APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS

CASCA/AES 2009 Congrès conjoint de la Canadian
Anthropology Society-Société Canadienne
d'Anthropologie et de la American Ethnological Society.

Université de la Colombie-Britannique, Vancouver, 13 au 16 mai 2009

Thème: Anthropologies transnationales :
Convergences et divergences au sein de réseaux disciplinaires mondialisés

La date limite de soumission des propositions
pour les communications et les séances de groupe
est le 31 janvier 2009. Les propositions et
inscriptions reçues à une date antérieure sont bienvenues.

Pour 1) s'inscire au colloque, 2) soumettre une
proposition de communication ou de séance de
groupe, 3) achetez vos billets pour la soirée qui
aura lieu au Musée d'Anthropologie de UBC, et 4)
réserver hébergement sur le campus de UBC, voir le lien suivant :
<http://www.casca-aes2009.ca/>www.casca-aes2009.ca

Pour toutes questions liées au congrès veuillez communiquer avec:
<mailto:casca.aes2009@gmail.com>casca.aes2009@gmail.com

Thème:
Anthropologies transnationales : Convergences et
divergences au sein de réseaux disciplinaires mondialisés

À une époque où l'anthropologie est de plus en
plus attentive aux rapports transnationaux, aux
géographies mondialisées et aux identités
diasporiques, la discipline elle-même est aussi
confrontée à de nouvelles formes de
déterritorialisation et de reterritorialisation.
L'anthropologie s'est édifiée au fil de tensions
entre la force gravitationnelle de ses diverses
traditions nationales et sa tendance vers un
cosmopolitisme intellectuel international.
Aujourd'hui, la présence grandissante
d'intellectuels issus de la périphérie mondiale
dans les universités occidentales, la percée au
niveau international de centres académiques du
Sud global, les préoccupations et priorités
déterritorialisées des organismes
subventionnaires, de même que les relations
transnationales croissantes entre chercheurs,
institutions de recherche et sujets de recherches
(entre autres facteurs), compliquent encore
davantage la spatialité de la pratique
anthropologique. Ces changements transforment
aussi la façon dont les anthropologues examinent
la production de relations de pouvoir,
d'inégalités et d'identités sur les scènes
locales et mondiales. Le congrès CASCA-AES 2009,
qui aura lieu à l'Université de la
Colombie-Britannique à Vancouver, invite les
anthropologues et les chercheurs de toutes
disciplines des sciences sociales et humaines à
porter un regard nouveau sur la nature de plus en
plus transnationale de la production du savoir,
sur la résilience des hiérarchies académiques
régionalisées, de même que sur les différentes
façons par lesquelles ces dernières se voient
reconstituées et renversées. La conférence
sollicite également des propositions de
communications individuelles, de séances de
groupe, d'ateliers et de vidéos reliées à
l'internationalisation des pratiques sociales,
des relations de pouvoir et des subjectivités
ainsi qu'à tout autre thème associé aux enjeux anthropologiques contemporains.

Dates limites et frais d'inscription (en devise canadienne)

Tarifs d'inscription pour le corps professoral:
Avant la date limite du 31 janvier 2009: $150,00
Avant le 15 mars 2009: $170,00
Lors de la conférence: $190,00

Étudiants, stagiaires postdoctoraux, non-salariés, retraités:
Avant la date limite du 31 janvier 2009: $50,00
Avant le 15 mars 2009: $60,00
Lors de la conférence: $70,00