Dear Colleagues
We would like to invite submissions for *PANEL 010 *at the EASA 2016
conference
at the University of Milano-Bicocca, 20-23 July, 2016.
Panel Title:
*Patronage-Clientelism 2.0: The Legacy of Mediterraneanist Anthropology in
Contemporary Corruption/Anti-Corruption Studies*
AbstractStudies of clientelism, patronage and corruption have been relevant
in the anthropology of the Mediterranean since the 1960s and 70s,
describing practices that tend to persist even today in the region and
informing studies elsewhere. Renewing these earlier lines of study,
contemporary anthropological research focuses on current transformations in
patron-client relationships in the light of the significant changes that
Mediterranean societies have undergone since the 1980s. As various global
scandals have recently highlighted (Volkswagen, FIFA, Olympic doping),
however, the legacy of Mediterreanist patronage-clientelism studies also
has implications well beyond the regional area.
Alongside phenomena of persistence and change in practices of patronage and
corruption, we perceive growing opposition and protest articulated by local
communities or by new social movements, even transnationally and
internationally. These movements develop new practices of collective
protest such as on-line activism and digital networking, and in many
locations, they see and define themselves in distinct opposition to the
often clientelistic party structures of their countries. Contributors to
the panel are invited to reflect on practices pertaining to patronage and
corruption on one hand, and on resistance and political change within new
political protest groups, solidarity initiatives and cultural projects
which, on the other hand, have been rising in context of the economic
crisis since 2008. Proposals may draw on anthropological work in
Mediterranean settings or offer a comparative view from outside the area,
engaging the literature on the Mediterranean, while reflecting on the
global relations of power that configure discourses of patronage,
corruption and transparency.The call for submission of papers is open and
closes on 15th February 2016.
Submission details and link for general information on the conference
follow this abstracts.
EASA requires all paper presenters to be members of EASA*.*
All best,
Jutta Lauth Bacas and Dorothy Luise Zinn
Panel Convenors
Jutta Lauth Bacas, Coordinator of the EASA MedNet Network
Dorothy Louise Zinn (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
- Online information on Panel 010: Patronage-Clientelism 2.0
http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4119
- Instructions for online submission of papers through the conference
website:
http://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/cfp.shtml
- EASA Mediterraneanist Network (MedNet):
http://www.easaonline.org/networks/mednet/index.shtml
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