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Dear list members,
we would like to bring to your attention a workshop on the anthropology of
welfare at EASA 2006. The workshop's aim is to develop and discuss
anthropological perspectives on welfare and well-being in the context of a
globalised and changing world.
The panel abstract can be found below and further information on how to submit
proposals is available at:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa06/easa06_panels.php?PanelID=61
Many thanks,
Susanne Højlund (University of Aarhus) [log in to unmask]
Susanne Langer (Cardiff University) [log in to unmask]
Understanding welfare and well-being in a globalised world (W047)
This workshop asks what contributions anthropologists can make to the study of
welfare and well-being. Current debates are often premised on an economistic
understanding of welfare and well-being, presenting them as ideals that are
desirable but too costly to be realised. Such arguments often take as their
starting point changing demographics and increased mobility across borders. For
example, many European states are faced with ageing populations and falling
birth rates and are preparing for a future where a declining number of
contributors will be confronted with an increased demand for welfare provisions
and the associated costs. Issues such as immigration and the right to asylum
have provided justifications for the scaling back of existing welfare services.
In addition, traditional post-war welfare states have been accused of stifling
individual initiative, for instance leading, in the UK, to the role of the
state changing from provider to enabler. What is often missing in these debates
are arguments concerning welfare and well-being as social and cultural phenomena
rather than as financial entities. Anthropology has a long tradition in the
study of kinship and communities, obligation and reciprocity, health and
healing, and institutions, organisations and policy, making it ideally placed
to develop an understanding of welfare as the social distribution of well-being
that includes everyday life, local interactions and institutional practices. The
workshop invites papers based on empirical research and will provide a
stimulating environment in which to develop and discuss anthropological
perspectives on welfare and well-being in the context of a globalised and
changing world.
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