A possible Fifth UN World Conference on Women in 2015.
If you would like more information or would like to take part in this
discussion, contact AWID at:
Email: stolmay@awid.org
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
CASCA SESSION PROPOSAL - Anthropology and Aboriginal Activism: A Conversation across Canada and Australia
CASCA Session Proposal
Anthropology and Aboriginal Activism: a conversation across Canada and
Australia
Convenors:
Professor Naomi Adelson, York University, Toronto
nadelson@yorku.ca
Dr Gaynor Macdonald, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
gaynor.macdonald@sydney.edu.au
In light of the 'Idle No More' movement which has taken off in Canada as a
peaceful, social-media inspired mode of engagement with government and the
broader Canadian and international community, it seems timely for
anthropologists to enter into conversation with Aboriginal activists. We
invite papers that re-examine tired debates over objectivity vs involved
anthropology, and address whether anthropology has, or should have, a role
in Aboriginal activism. We will be inviting Aboriginal activists from
Canada and Australia to participate as provocateurs/discussants.
Debates about objectivity, science, involved/consultant anthropologists
are familiar in both Canada and Australia, although the criticism of
involvement beyond the academy is expressed differently in these two
settler-nations. Is ?applied? anthropology a vital engagement or is it a
diminishment of the value/possibility of anthropological insight? How is
this expressed in Canada and in Australia? In a conference devoted to the
role of anthropology in unsettling times, how does advocacy in
anthropology unsettle an academic discipline which is part of the system
against which power activists rail.
We would like to encourage lively debate: the final format will be
confirmed once presenters and guests are known. Papers may be kept short
and relatively informal to encourage a range of views from academics,
non-academics, activists and students.
Some possible themes:
Do activists think anthropologists are irrelevant? Are they? Should they
be?
Are there lines to be drawn between applied anthropology, activism, and
academically-valued ethnography, or between who anthropologists work
for/with ? Aboriginal peoples, mining companies, the state?
Is activism reflected in theoretical orientations?
How do we understand, for example, the relationship between identity and
activism, on-line activism, what constitutes bias, who anthropologists do
and do not talk to in the politics of production in neo-liberal
universities and states. What is the anthropology of the 21st century?
What moral, ethical and theoretical frameworks are available to
anthropologists to work out how lines can and should be drawn? Are they
apologists for the people they work with? Should they be?
To submit an abstract for this session please contact Naomi Adelson
(nadelson@yorku.ca) by 8 March, 2013.
Anthropology and Aboriginal Activism: a conversation across Canada and
Australia
Convenors:
Professor Naomi Adelson, York University, Toronto
nadelson@yorku.ca
Dr Gaynor Macdonald, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
gaynor.macdonald@sydney.edu.au
In light of the 'Idle No More' movement which has taken off in Canada as a
peaceful, social-media inspired mode of engagement with government and the
broader Canadian and international community, it seems timely for
anthropologists to enter into conversation with Aboriginal activists. We
invite papers that re-examine tired debates over objectivity vs involved
anthropology, and address whether anthropology has, or should have, a role
in Aboriginal activism. We will be inviting Aboriginal activists from
Canada and Australia to participate as provocateurs/discussants.
Debates about objectivity, science, involved/consultant anthropologists
are familiar in both Canada and Australia, although the criticism of
involvement beyond the academy is expressed differently in these two
settler-nations. Is ?applied? anthropology a vital engagement or is it a
diminishment of the value/possibility of anthropological insight? How is
this expressed in Canada and in Australia? In a conference devoted to the
role of anthropology in unsettling times, how does advocacy in
anthropology unsettle an academic discipline which is part of the system
against which power activists rail.
We would like to encourage lively debate: the final format will be
confirmed once presenters and guests are known. Papers may be kept short
and relatively informal to encourage a range of views from academics,
non-academics, activists and students.
Some possible themes:
Do activists think anthropologists are irrelevant? Are they? Should they
be?
Are there lines to be drawn between applied anthropology, activism, and
academically-valued ethnography, or between who anthropologists work
for/with ? Aboriginal peoples, mining companies, the state?
Is activism reflected in theoretical orientations?
How do we understand, for example, the relationship between identity and
activism, on-line activism, what constitutes bias, who anthropologists do
and do not talk to in the politics of production in neo-liberal
universities and states. What is the anthropology of the 21st century?
What moral, ethical and theoretical frameworks are available to
anthropologists to work out how lines can and should be drawn? Are they
apologists for the people they work with? Should they be?
To submit an abstract for this session please contact Naomi Adelson
(nadelson@yorku.ca) by 8 March, 2013.
Friday, March 1, 2013
CASCA: Job postings/Offres d'emploi
(English follows)
Les offres d'emploi suivantes viennent d'être ajoutées à notre banque.
-Anthropology, Sociology, Science & Technology Studies - Postdoctoral
Research Fellow
Dalhousie University
-Anthropology - Assistant Professor
Mount Allison University
-DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ST. GEORGE SUMMER 2013 COURSE INSTRUCTOR JOB
POSTINGS
University of Toronto
-First Nations and Inuit Education Position in the Department of
Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
-Director - Indigenous, Government and Community Relations
St. Paul's University College
-Interdisciplinary Studies - Assistant/Associate Professor
University College of the North
Consultez-les ou voyez toute la liste en visitant notre site Web:
www.cas-sca.ca
Merci
**********
The following job postings have just been added to our job page:
-Anthropology, Sociology, Science & Technology Studies - Postdoctoral
Research Fellow
Dalhousie University
-Anthropology - Assistant Professor
Mount Allison University
-DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ST. GEORGE SUMMER 2013 COURSE INSTRUCTOR JOB
POSTINGS
University of Toronto
-First Nations and Inuit Education Position in the Department of
Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
-Director - Indigenous, Government and Community Relations
St. Paul's University College
-Interdisciplinary Studies - Assistant/Associate Professor
University College of the North
See them and others on our website:
www.cas-sca.ca
Thank you
Les offres d'emploi suivantes viennent d'être ajoutées à notre banque.
-Anthropology, Sociology, Science & Technology Studies - Postdoctoral
Research Fellow
Dalhousie University
-Anthropology - Assistant Professor
Mount Allison University
-DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ST. GEORGE SUMMER 2013 COURSE INSTRUCTOR JOB
POSTINGS
University of Toronto
-First Nations and Inuit Education Position in the Department of
Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
-Director - Indigenous, Government and Community Relations
St. Paul's University College
-Interdisciplinary Studies - Assistant/Associate Professor
University College of the North
Consultez-les ou voyez toute la liste en visitant notre site Web:
www.cas-sca.ca
Merci
**********
The following job postings have just been added to our job page:
-Anthropology, Sociology, Science & Technology Studies - Postdoctoral
Research Fellow
Dalhousie University
-Anthropology - Assistant Professor
Mount Allison University
-DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ST. GEORGE SUMMER 2013 COURSE INSTRUCTOR JOB
POSTINGS
University of Toronto
-First Nations and Inuit Education Position in the Department of
Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
-Director - Indigenous, Government and Community Relations
St. Paul's University College
-Interdisciplinary Studies - Assistant/Associate Professor
University College of the North
See them and others on our website:
www.cas-sca.ca
Thank you
Reminder/Rappel: Le bulletin Culture : appel pour soumissions d'articles et nouvelles d'=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C3=A9v=C3=A9nements/Call?= for Submissions, Culture Newsletter
(English follows)
Le bulletin Culture : appel pour soumissions d'articles et nouvelles
d'évènements.
Numéro spécial sur l'état de la recherche au Canada et Idle No More.
Le bulletin Culture est l'info-lettre électronique bi-annuelle et
bilingue des membres de la CASCA. Nous acceptons dès maintenant les
articles, nouvelles, annonces d'évènements et de publications pour
l'édition de mai 2013.
Nous invitons tout particulièrement les membres de la CASCA à partager
leurs expériences, leurs recherches en cours et leurs idées quant à
deux thématiques d'actualités :
1) L'état de la recherche au Canada (financement difficile,
réorientation des sujets de recherche, réorganisation des organismes
de financement, perte de partenaires communautaires, etc.)
2) Le mouvement Idle No More.
Les soumissions (entre 500 et 1000 mots, photos bienvenues) doivent
être reçues avant le 15 mars 2013. Prière de les faire parvenir, ainsi
que toutes demandes de renseignements, à Nathalie Boucher, membre
francophone d'office à Nathalie.boucher@UCS.INRS.Ca et/ou à Robin
Whitaker, membre anglophone d'office à robinw@mun.ca. Pour plus
d'informations à propos de Culture, veuillez visiter le site web de
CASCA :
http://www.cas-sca.ca/fr/publications-fr/culture-bulletin
___________________________________________________________________
Culture Newsletter: call for submission of articles and events.
Special issue on the state of research in Canada and Idle No More
Culture is CASCA's bi-annual and bilingual electronic newsletter. We
are currently accepting articles, news items, event announcements and
book notes for the May 2013 issue.
We especially encourage CASCA members to share their experiences,
ongoing research and analyses regarding two current issues:
1) The research climate in Canada (financial challenges, shifting
research priorities, changes to funding organizations, loss of
community partners, etc.)
2) The Idle No More movement.
Submissions (500 to 1000, photos welcome) should be made by 15 March
2013. Please send your submissions and inquiries to: Robin Whitaker,
Anglophone Member-at-Large at robinw@mun.ca and/or Nathalie Boucher,
Francophone Member-at-Large at Nathalie.boucher@UCS.INRS.Ca. For more
information about Culture, see the CASCA website:
http://www.cas-sca.ca/publications/culture-newsletter
Le bulletin Culture : appel pour soumissions d'articles et nouvelles
d'évènements.
Numéro spécial sur l'état de la recherche au Canada et Idle No More.
Le bulletin Culture est l'info-lettre électronique bi-annuelle et
bilingue des membres de la CASCA. Nous acceptons dès maintenant les
articles, nouvelles, annonces d'évènements et de publications pour
l'édition de mai 2013.
Nous invitons tout particulièrement les membres de la CASCA à partager
leurs expériences, leurs recherches en cours et leurs idées quant à
deux thématiques d'actualités :
1) L'état de la recherche au Canada (financement difficile,
réorientation des sujets de recherche, réorganisation des organismes
de financement, perte de partenaires communautaires, etc.)
2) Le mouvement Idle No More.
Les soumissions (entre 500 et 1000 mots, photos bienvenues) doivent
être reçues avant le 15 mars 2013. Prière de les faire parvenir, ainsi
que toutes demandes de renseignements, à Nathalie Boucher, membre
francophone d'office à Nathalie.boucher@UCS.INRS.Ca et/ou à Robin
Whitaker, membre anglophone d'office à robinw@mun.ca. Pour plus
d'informations à propos de Culture, veuillez visiter le site web de
CASCA :
http://www.cas-sca.ca/fr/publications-fr/culture-bulletin
___________________________________________________________________
Culture Newsletter: call for submission of articles and events.
Special issue on the state of research in Canada and Idle No More
Culture is CASCA's bi-annual and bilingual electronic newsletter. We
are currently accepting articles, news items, event announcements and
book notes for the May 2013 issue.
We especially encourage CASCA members to share their experiences,
ongoing research and analyses regarding two current issues:
1) The research climate in Canada (financial challenges, shifting
research priorities, changes to funding organizations, loss of
community partners, etc.)
2) The Idle No More movement.
Submissions (500 to 1000, photos welcome) should be made by 15 March
2013. Please send your submissions and inquiries to: Robin Whitaker,
Anglophone Member-at-Large at robinw@mun.ca and/or Nathalie Boucher,
Francophone Member-at-Large at Nathalie.boucher@UCS.INRS.Ca. For more
information about Culture, see the CASCA website:
http://www.cas-sca.ca/publications/culture-newsletter
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Upcoming Talk: Critical Hip-Hop Ill-Literacies, U Ottawa
Excellence in Education Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
Critical Hip-Hop Ill-Literacies: Remixing Culture, Language, and the
Politics of
Boundaries in Education
By Awad Ibrahim, PhD
It is high time we re-thought our notion of literacy! At a time when
education is
becoming highly standardized and test-oriented, and language is becoming
normative
and prescriptively grammatical, I argue that the hip hop generation is
"grammaticalizing" both language and culture. They are flipping the script
and
standardizing their own language, where ill and sick become "sensational" and
"skillful" and where "Damn, that cat is ill!" means "That poet is incredibly
skilled." I argue that if a language teacher does not know this, he or she
needs to
become literate—not the other way around. Using DJ-ing as a metaphor and
re-mixing
as an analytic vehicle, I attempt to rethink the concept of literacy through
"ill-literacy" and the boundaries of education through hip hop culture and
language.
Welcome to the poetics of critical hip hop ill-literacies!
Alumni Auditorium, University Centre
85 University Street, Ottawa
The University of Ottawa's Faculty of Education, Ontario's first bilingual
teacher
training institution, remains committed to promoting excellence in
teaching and
research, now and forever. Launched in 2011-2012 to mark its 45th
anniversary, the
Faculty of Education continues the Excellence in Education lecture Series.
These
lectures aim to share the Faculty professors' exceptional research
expertise and to
provide a better understanding of issues that affect us all.
Lectures presented throughout the year are free and open to the public.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
Critical Hip-Hop Ill-Literacies: Remixing Culture, Language, and the
Politics of
Boundaries in Education
By Awad Ibrahim, PhD
It is high time we re-thought our notion of literacy! At a time when
education is
becoming highly standardized and test-oriented, and language is becoming
normative
and prescriptively grammatical, I argue that the hip hop generation is
"grammaticalizing" both language and culture. They are flipping the script
and
standardizing their own language, where ill and sick become "sensational" and
"skillful" and where "Damn, that cat is ill!" means "That poet is incredibly
skilled." I argue that if a language teacher does not know this, he or she
needs to
become literate—not the other way around. Using DJ-ing as a metaphor and
re-mixing
as an analytic vehicle, I attempt to rethink the concept of literacy through
"ill-literacy" and the boundaries of education through hip hop culture and
language.
Welcome to the poetics of critical hip hop ill-literacies!
Alumni Auditorium, University Centre
85 University Street, Ottawa
The University of Ottawa's Faculty of Education, Ontario's first bilingual
teacher
training institution, remains committed to promoting excellence in
teaching and
research, now and forever. Launched in 2011-2012 to mark its 45th
anniversary, the
Faculty of Education continues the Excellence in Education lecture Series.
These
lectures aim to share the Faculty professors' exceptional research
expertise and to
provide a better understanding of issues that affect us all.
Lectures presented throughout the year are free and open to the public.
CASCA 2013: CFP - Anthropology and the Environment - *deadline extended to the 8th of March*
**deadline extended to the 8th of March**
Collectively, humanity will face severe environmental challenges over the
coming decades that will tax our capacity to adapt and respond. In the
context of climate change and environmental degradation, the insights
provided by environmental anthropology will take on added importance in
the policy discourse. CASCA may play a valuable role by providing a forum
for anthropologists who concern themselves with the relations between
humans and their environment and with politicizing the study of
environmental issues. We wish to invite papers that are concerned with the
problem of environmental activism, the politics of climate change and the
capacity for obscuring or promoting local discourses and perspectives. The
goal of this session is to bring together scholarship from a range of
field sites in order to discover the common issues that underpin
environmental anthropology in a modern policy context, with the goal of
encouraging on-going discourse within CASCA.
Please submit 250 word abstracts and contact information to Lorne
Holyoak at lorne.holyoak@swc-cfc.gc.ca by 8 March 2013.
Collectively, humanity will face severe environmental challenges over the
coming decades that will tax our capacity to adapt and respond. In the
context of climate change and environmental degradation, the insights
provided by environmental anthropology will take on added importance in
the policy discourse. CASCA may play a valuable role by providing a forum
for anthropologists who concern themselves with the relations between
humans and their environment and with politicizing the study of
environmental issues. We wish to invite papers that are concerned with the
problem of environmental activism, the politics of climate change and the
capacity for obscuring or promoting local discourses and perspectives. The
goal of this session is to bring together scholarship from a range of
field sites in order to discover the common issues that underpin
environmental anthropology in a modern policy context, with the goal of
encouraging on-going discourse within CASCA.
Please submit 250 word abstracts and contact information to Lorne
Holyoak at lorne.holyoak@swc-cfc.gc.ca by 8 March 2013.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
CASCA 2013 - CFP - Extension to March 8th - Citizen Participation and Democratization in a Time of Turbulence
Citizen Participation and Democratization in a Time of Turbulence: New
Social Actors for a Changing World ?
Organized by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc (UQAM) and
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier (University of Victoria)
Deadline extended to March 8th 2013
We still have room in this session for papers. If you are interested,
please forward your
abstracts and contact information to leblanc.marie-nathalie@uqam.ca.
Complete details about the panel are posted on the Classifieds page
of the CASCA website:http://cas-sca.ca/conference-classifieds-483
Marie Nathalie LeBlanc
Présidente sortante/Past president
Société canadienne d'anthropologie/CASCA
Professeure
Département de sociologie
Université du Québec à Montréal
Social Actors for a Changing World ?
Organized by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc (UQAM) and
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier (University of Victoria)
Deadline extended to March 8th 2013
We still have room in this session for papers. If you are interested,
please forward your
abstracts and contact information to leblanc.marie-nathalie@uqam.ca.
Complete details about the panel are posted on the Classifieds page
of the CASCA website:http://cas-sca.ca/conference-classifieds-483
Marie Nathalie LeBlanc
Présidente sortante/Past president
Société canadienne d'anthropologie/CASCA
Professeure
Département de sociologie
Université du Québec à Montréal
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