[Mersenne subscribers may wish to submit abstracts for the
following interdisciplinary conference in Aberdeen -
hps/sts submissions are very welcome. Correspondence to the
organisers please]
SPACE, CULTURE, POWER
An Interdisciplinary Conference
Tuesday 10 April to Wednesday 11 April 2001
University of Aberdeen
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for abstracts: Friday 1 September 2000
Space, culture, power - these three terms have become
'keywords' in the liturgies of most interpretative
disciplines over recent decades. Space and power define
cultures; and yet they often remain embedded, hidden
elements of the cultural topographies of social groupings.
Spatial structures frequently reflect the political
dynamics of a social context while recursively shaping and
influencing those same political processes. Like the
much-contested notion of culture itself, space and power
are shifting categories, often inseparable and almost
impossibly broad, and yet perhaps undeniably relevant to
the interpretation of social contexts.
Anthropologists, historians, archaeologists, sociologists,
geographers, architects, and social and cultural critics
broadly defined are invited to contribute papers which
discuss, apply, or interrogate the terms above in
theoretically-informed ways. Topics might include (but are
by no means limited to):
Discipline and governance, resistance and subversion
Consumption and exchange
Production (economic, social, cultural, architectural and so on)
Body and mind
Gender relations
Race and ethnicity
Urban and rural landscapes
Language and representations
Sacred spaces
Change and mobility (social, physical)
Archaeologies and technologies
Communities, place, and identity
Submission Guidelines
We invite 300-400 word abstracts for the conference. Please
include a cover sheet providing your name, institutional
affiliation, address, phone number, and email address.
Submissions may be posted or emailed - email submissions
are preferred.
Email Submissions
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Postal Submissions
Dr. Phil Withington
Lecturer in Cultural History
Old Brewery
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3UB
Peter Kirby
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Cambridge
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RF
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Dr Ben Marsden
Cultural History Group
University of Aberdeen
Old Brewery
Aberdeen AB24 3UB
Scotland
United Kingdom
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