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Finnish Anthropology Conference 2011 - University of Helsinki
Dynamic Anthropology: Tensions between Theory and Practice.
October 5th (Ethnographic Films, Westermarck Memorial Lecture – Joel Robbins)
October 6th – 7th Keynote Speakers and Workshops
Call for Workshop Proposals. Deadline 29.4.2011
One of the many legacies of the intellectual revolution of the 60s and
70s was the acknowledgment that anthropological theorization up until
that time had principally addressed the concerns of people in Western
societies: industrialized, capitalist, bureaucratic. For theory to
have ‘value’ depended on how it could be harnessed to promote key
societal projects. The projects have changed but it is a legacy that
still generates numerous tensions: the proliferation of frequently
short-lived anthropological theory after the 60s (Ortner’s ‘shreds and
patches’); the postmodern critique of metanarratives and a retreat
into ethnography and phenomenology; the pendulum swing back to a
demand for stronger anthropological theory in the 21st century, in
concert with the notion of ‘concept metaphors’; the bilateral career
paths of applied anthropology – in the service of state and military
organizations, corporations and NGOs – or scholarly anthropology with
its emphasis on the importance of indigenous perspectives and the
cultural specificity of Western projects. These – mostly productive –
tensions are what make anthropology what it is today.
This conference invites participants to look beyond conventional
divides and to explore and engage with theoretical, methodological,
political and ethical questions from every perspective. Some suggested
(but by no means limiting) topics include the discussion of new
research fields (e.g. ‘affect’, computer culture, communication
technology, globalities) or new approaches in anthropology's
traditional areas of concern; methodologies (e.g. participatory action
research, visual anthropology, discourse-centred); exploration of
concept metaphors such as nature, space, body and scale; or productive
pathways to syncretizing anthropological theory and empirical data in
specific research fields.
Please send proposals for workshops – with a list of potential
participants if this is already known – to
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Conference languages: English, Finnish, Swedish (all papers in each
session to be delivered in the same language).
See further information as it becomes available on the webpage of the
Finnish Anthropological Society:
http://www.antropologinenseura.fi/en/events/
Marie-Louise Karttunen Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
P.O. Box 59 (Unioninkatu 38 D)
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland.
office tel. +358 9 19123846
fax. +358 9 19123006
http://www.antropologinenseura.fi/en/journal/
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