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CALL FOR PAPERS
21st Century Anthropology: Global Process and Power
Conference
28 – 29 June 2007
University of Oxford
NEW DATE for submission of abstracts: April 10, 2007
As an academic discipline, Anthropology is equipped for a thorough understanding
of the increasing frictions and problems in today’s shrinking world. Its
ethnographic approach and historical awareness provide for a thick
interpretation of the interweaving of causalities that spark clashes or power
abuses. And yet this perception and meticulousness does not inform the broader
‘ecology of ideas’ that influences both public opinion and governmental policy
makers. While many anthropologists are involved in agencies and foundations with
hands-on projects or policies, our discipline has not made the major
contributions its intellectual power calls for. It is still easy for
powerbrokers to ignore reports that few people are aware of.
This conference is a platform for a dialogue about ways in which anthropological
research on current global conflicts can engage a world of asymmetric power
relations. Mediating understandings may offer an opportunity for a rich dialogue
that could reduce tensions and apprehensions. It is not simply about writing
popular books, but rather about engaging in a comprehensible dialogue with other
disciplines and perspectives.
Keynote speaker: Thomas Hylland Eriksen (Oslo)
Confirmed speakers:
Akhil Gupta (UCLA)
Keith Hart (Goldsmiths)
Marc Edelman (CUNY)
Sam Beck (Cornell)
Stef Jansen (Manchester)
Mohammad Talib (Oxford)
David Gellner (Oxford)
Laura Rival (Oxford)
Papers should fall into any of the following panels:
1: Global Process. Representations and imaginations
Media, migration, value chains and communications technologies
2: World Institutions. Overpowering politics
Global policy-makers and issues of representation, accountability and effectiveness
3: Clashing Values. Moralities and animosities
Conflicts arising from differing perceptions of religiosity and everyday value
systems
4: Contested Power. Civil Society and resistance
Dissenting civic organizations offer alternatives to state and international
institutions
Please send an abstract of 250 words to [log in to unmask] by April 10, 2007.
We are interested in engaging with the following questions:
1. How can anthropology contribute to enhance the understanding of global
processes in the 21 century?
2. What is peculiar about anthropological methods and analysis that make it a
distinctive discipline among other social sciences? How can we use this
difference to contribute to public debates?
3. How can anthropologists engage in intellectual debates with other disciplines
and policy-makers communicating the theoretical depth our research achieves?
4. Is a more accessible narrative the key to achieve a public presence?
Conveners:
Raul Acosta, Ana Santos, Sadaf Rizvi
University of Oxford
With the support from:
Oxford University Anthropological Society
users.ox.ac.uk/~anthsoc
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
www.isca.ox.ac.uk
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