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> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005
> From: "Enid Schildkrout" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> A SYMPOSIUM ON
> Africans in New York/2006!
> APRIL 21, 2006 PLACE: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
>
> A one-day symposium, open to the public, and co-sponsored by the Museum
> for
> African Art, the Museum of the City of New York and the Institute of
> African
> Studies at Columbia University, will bring together scholars and community
> members to explore the social and cultural parameters of recent African
> migration to the New York metropolitan area, the constraints and
> opportunities that shape the lives of Africans in New York, and the
> relationships between African immigrants and host populations. Speakers
> will
> address issues of identity including class, race, nationality, religion,
> and
> ethnicity. The symposium will be structured so that it is a dialogue
> between
> scholars, who may or may not be members of these communities, and
> community leaders and members who will comment on the papers, thereby
> providing feedback on the theoretical assumptions and empirical
> observations in the presentations.
>
> The metropolitan New York area now hosts the second largest concentration
> of
> people born in sub-Saharan Africa who reside in the United States. More
> than half of the African-born immigrants counted in the 2000 census,
> entered
> the country between 1990 and 2000. These immigrants come from many
> different countries, cultures, and language groups. They are Muslims and
> Christians, men and women, old and young, rich and poor, educated and
> non-literate. They bring with them a wide range of skills and work as
> doctors, nurses, diplomats, teachers, artists, traders, hair dressers,
> taxi drivers, child care workers, chefs, and fashion designers. They use
> their skills to support themselves as well as relatives in their countries
> of origin. They both
> adapt to their new circumstances and continue many unique cultural
> traditions in fashion, food, language, music, religious observance and
> political activism. They contribute in a myriad of ways to the economic
> and
> cultural life of New York and also to their home communities in Africa.
> Using modern technology for travel and communication, many people live in
> trans-local communities.
>
> The papers at the symposium will touch upon these and other issues.
> Selected
> papers will then be published in a book that will accompany a 2007
> exhibition on the same topic organized by the Museum for African Art and
> presented at the Museum of the City of New York. Those interested in
> presenting a paper should send a one-page abstract and a resume via e-mail
> to the organizers listed below by January 30, 2005.
>
> Enid Schildkrout, Ph. D.
> Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
> Chief Curator, Museum for African Art, New York
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Linda Beck, Ph. D.
> Acting Director, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University
> Assistant Professor, Barnard College
> [log in to unmask]
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