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Latest ASA announcements...

> dear ASA members
> as usual, a selection of announcements that might be of interest.   
> if you wish to circulate such announcements, please email me.
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>
> BLOG
> Reminder: please visit the current ASA blog http://blog.theasa.org/  
> on IMMIGRATION and comment, participate..
>
> THERE IS ALSO A RSS FEED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WEBPAGE WHICH ASA  
> MEMBERS CAN SUBSCRIBE TO SO THAT YOU ARE INFORMED WHEN A NEW POST  
> OR COMMENT IS UPLOADED ON THE BLOG.
>
> Current blogs include contribution by:
>
> Dr. Imogen Tyler, Sociology, Lancaster University.
> `Meanwhile at the borders…..`
> A few thoughts on the immigration industry and the politics of  
> scholarship
>
> Prof. Nina Glick Schiller Research Institute for Cosmopolitan  
> Cultures (RICC), Manchester University and Max Planck Institute for  
> Social Anthropology.
> ‘Who belongs where? A Global Power Perspective on Migration’
>
> Barrister Kathryn Cronin, Garden Court Chambers.
> From the perspective of an immigration lawyer
>
> Dr. Katy Gardner, Anthropology, Sussex University.
> Some `migration moments´.....
>
> Other bloggers on Immigration include:
>  Prof. Didier Fassin, Anthropology, EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes  
> en Sciences Sociales), Paris.
>  Mr. Ruben Andersson [BA (Anthropology) SOAS, worked with Mexican  
> activist organisation - Sin Fronteras and Reuters AlertNet,  
> humanitarian news website, contributor to Race and Class on  
> Migration)].
>
> Nayanika Mookherjee
> Ethics Officer, ASA
>
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>
> LATEST NEWS
>
> Report from the field on problems caused by reality TV filming in  
> the Manu National Park, Peru
>
> Please visit the ASA website http://www.theasa.org/index.htm for a  
> report by Daniel Rodriguez  on the case of the November 2007  
> epidemics outbreak among the Matsiguenka in initial contact in Manu  
> National Park in Peru.  This was already reported in the Guardian  
> in March 2008 : http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/27/ 
> con Report on Manu incidentservation.realitytv . This report  
> highlights the role of the media and reality TV and its fascination  
> for 'extreme tourism'.  We would be discussing this issue in the  
> blog to start in autumn 2008.
>
> Nayanika Mookherjee
> Ethics Officer, ASA
>
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>
> Call for Papers
> Exploring and Expanding the Boundaries of Research Methods
> Friday 31 October & Saturday 1 November 2008
> School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
>
> Post-graduate courses on research methods in the social sciences  
> and humanities typically include qualitative and quantitative  
> methods such as participant observation, formal and informal  
> interviewing techniques, surveying and sampling, and archival  
> research. However, beyond the classroom or supervisory meetings,  
> there is seemingly a lack of dialogue regarding research methods  
> employed across the disciplines. In an effort to address this  
> issue, research students from the Department of Anthropology and  
> Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies are  
> organizing a conference that will explore a variety of traditional,  
> creative, and experimental research methods used to push and expand  
> the boundaries of knowledge about the human condition.
>
>
> This conference aims to bring together research students from  
> diverse disciplinary backgrounds, whose projects cover a range of  
> thematic and geographic foci. However, the primary focus is on the  
> methods used to research a topic, not merely the topic itself.
>
>
> We are calling for papers that make a contribution to the body of  
> knowledge on research methods. When submitting an abstract please  
> note that papers should address how a particular set of research  
> methods was used to explore a topic. Possible examples might  
> include, but are not limited to:
>
> 1. How displacement can be understood through research methods that  
> include poetry, art, and/or storytelling
>
> 2. How poverty can be understood through research methods that  
> explore children's perceptions of their experiences and lives
>
> 3. How the transmission of knowledge can be understood through  
> research methods including apprenticeship
>
> 4. How contemporary social issues can be analyzed through social
> network models
>
> 5. How urban spaces can be understood and studied through soundscapes
>
> Papers addressing ethical concerns with regard to the use of  
> particular research methods are also welcome.
>
> It is expected that some of the papers will be considered for  
> publication in a collected volume, and conference sessions will be  
> aimed at providing participants with useful feedback on their  
> papers. Additionally, this conference will provide an opportunity  
> for students at all levels of research to network with others in a  
> multi-disciplinary forum.
>
>
> Abstracts are welcome from research students of all disciplines and  
> should not exceed 300 words; talks should be limited to 20 minutes.
>
> Submissions should be sent electronically to  
> [log in to unmask]  by Monday 23 June 2008.
>
> The conference will be held in the Brunei Gallery, School of  
> Oriental and African Studies. There is no conference registration  
> fee. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be provided gratis.
>
>
> Limited funding may be available to offset the cost of travel for  
> some presenters travelling from outside of London but from within  
> England (by bus or train only). When submitting an abstract, please  
> indicate in your e-mail if you require travel funding.
>
> This conference is organized by:
> R.L. McKenzie
> Mira Mohsini
> Conference Website:
> http://www.soas.ac.uk/anthropology/events/exploring-and-expanding- 
> the-boundaries-of-research-methods/
>
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>
> RE-PRESENTING CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE
>
> 8th - 10th July, Sheffield.
>
> This conference is hosted by the Centre for the Sudy of Childhood  
> and Youth at Sheffield University.  It will explore the ways in  
> which childhood and youth are represented as life course categories  
> and how in changing cultural and historical contexts these  
> categories are beginning to be questioned and often re-presented.  
> This process of reflection and review can be seen taking place in a  
> variety of different ways, which are addressed by the conference  
> strands in relation to theory, methodology, discorses and  policy
>
> There are still a few places left for those wishing to attend this  
> conference.
> For full details please  go to our conference web page:
> http://www.cscy.group.shef.ac.uk/conferences/index.htm
>
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>
> Limited places available at this workshop.  Please contact Sheryl
> Coultas at: [log in to unmask] or view our webiste at:
> http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/ethicalresearch/ for a booking form
> to reserve your place now.
>
> Lancaster University Three Day Course on
> Research Ethics as Process II
> June 23rd - 25th 2008 (incl)
>
> This three day advanced training event is aimed at those  
> researchers who wish to increase their understanding of what  
> constitutes good ethical research. Training will focus around  
> seminars/workshops, with informal discussions facilitated outside  
> of the formal sessions to encourage the development of a broad  
> forum for exchange of ideas. The course will build on issues  
> covered in the course conducted in December 2006, discussing them  
> in greater depth and concentrating on areas that might cause  
> tension between researchers and approvals committees, such as  
> techniques to minimise participant attrition and novel methods of  
> recruitment. Each day will be applicable to both researchers and  
> members of RECs, enabling the perspectives of each group to be  
> presented to the other through a combination of interactive  
> lectures, group work and role play. In this way it is anticipated  
> that REC members will enhance their understanding of the needs of  
> researchers, particularly in relation to different methodologies,  
> and researchers making applications for REC approval will develop  
> clear knowledge about the role and operation of RECs and what a REC  
> looks for in an application.
>
> The event will be convened by Professor Hazel Biggs and chaired by  
> members of the training team from Lancaster University, with  
> additional input from other experienced staff from across Lancaster  
> University where appropriate. Each day will be devoted to a  
> specific theme and will build on the expertise and experiences of  
> participants within the group. An invited external expert,  
> Professor Martyn Hammersly (Open University) will speak and be  
> present on Day 1 of the workshop to address issues concerning  
> experiences of applying to Research Ethics Committees.
>
> The themes will include: *      Research ethics - a critical review  
> *   Research Ethics review: process and pitfalls *  Designing  
> ethical research *    Designing effective ethical review processes
>
> There will be additional opportunities to continue informal  
> discussions in a social setting during the evenings of the 23rd and  
> 24th June.
>
> For further information and a booking form please contact the  
> programme administrator Mrs Sheryl Coultas at: e-mail:  
> [log in to unmask] or access the website at:
> http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/ethicalresearch/
>
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