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*CALL FOR PAPERS*
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*12^th EASA Biennial Conference*
10-13 July 2012
Nanterre University, France
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*Young Scholars Forum*
This plenary is a chance to show-case emerging young anthropological
talent.**
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*Contemporary ethnographic practice and the value of serendipity*
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*Convenors:*
Isabelle Rivoal, CNRS/Nanterre University (France)
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Noel B. Salazar, University of Leuven (Belgium)
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*Abstract:*
Ethnographic practice developed within anthropology as a fieldwork
method and methodology that values uncertainty and the necessary
reflexivity this triggers. In order to give this epistemological
challenge a chance, ethnographers were allowed sufficient time to soak
in 'Otherness'. Time was deemed indispensable to cope with the ambiguity
of what exactly to look for while 'being there', in the field. Long
periods of waiting were seen as a precondition for creativity and
serendipity. But how to guarantee these unpredictable scientific values
while various authorities and media demand from anthropologists, like
from other scholars in the social sciences, to shed light on what is
going on immediately. External contingencies that stress the
quantitative aspects of research output often prevent anthropologists
from indulging in 'slow science'. Instead, they have to write and
publish quickly to keep their ethnographic account relevant before it
becomes obsolete, hereby blurring the line between the anthropological
quest and journalistic accounts. How do up-and-coming anthropologists
think of the 'good old' long-term fieldwork? What do they consider to be
the most ideal forms of ethnographic practice to address present-day
research challenges and realities? Which characteristics of
anthropological knowledge gathering do they find most essential? What is
their ethnographic agenda for the future? This plenary offers promising
young scholars a unique opportunity to address these major questions.
*Application procedure:*
If you are interested in joining this plenary, please mail the convenors
your proposal as soon as possible.
All technical information (e.g. required information, format) is
available online:
http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2012/callforpapers.htm
*Deadline: *
28 November 2011
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Noel B. Salazar, PhD
Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMoRe)
Author of Envisioning Eden
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EASA Executive Committee (2011-2013)
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