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****************************************************** * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * ****************************************************** On 2 June (yesterday), the European Science Foundation (ESF) launched a call for outline proposals for research projects on "Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context (CNCC)". I would be grateful if you could assist us in promoting this call to researchers in your school. I believe it will be highly relevant for academics in CCNI, but probably also for researchers in social anthropology. With the above call, the ESF seeks to fund interdisciplinary and multinational research projects which approach the phenomon of consciousness from different angles. It aims to bring together psychologists, neuroscientists and biomedical researchers on the one hand and anthropologists, historians, researchers in literary, religious and cultural studies on the other to achieve a significant contribution to the understing of consciousness. Each proposal must involve at least three partners from three different countries. Support will be available for a project of three to four years, starting in autumn 2006. Closing date for outline proposals is 15 September. Successful applicants will be invited on 1 November 2005 to submit full proposals. Please go to www.esf.org/cncc, where you will find the text of the Call, practical information, and national and international contact details and where you can subscribe to the CNCC mailing list and Forum. For all queries and further information, write to [log in to unmask] Each proposed project should help to address questions such as the following: 1. Conceptual and methodological challenges How do empirical and conceptual elements interact in the study of consciousness? If one of the truly characteristic features is its subjective nature, how can it be opened to intersubjective validation?... 2. Metaphysics and phenomenology of consciousness What are the most general features of consciousness and how do we describe them? To what extent is the selection of such features culturally invariant? ... 3. The sense of self What do words like "I" or "you" refer to? What is a self? Is it a social and cultural construct? ... 4. Consciousness and emotion What are the characteristic marks of moods and emotional experience? To what extent do they have an evolutionary explanation? ... 5. Norms and abnormalities in the study of the consciousness How can the study of pathological and other non-standard cases of conscious experience enrich our insight into the nature and functioning of the consciousness? ... 6. The phylogenetic, ontogenetic and historical development of consciousness Does consciousness have an evolutionaly relevance? What are the evolutionary percursors to human consciousness? ... 7. Consciousness and language What is the relation between consciousness and language? Does the use of language essentially involve consciousness?... Should you or colleagues have any questions in relation to the call, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards Claudia ________________________________ Dr Claudia Whittle Research Development Manager EU & international funding programmes Research Support & Development Office Direct line: 01895 266207 Extension: 66207 ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * ***************************************************************