CALL
FOR PAPERS: EUROSEAS CONFERENCE, 26-28 August 2010, Goth
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CALL
FOR PAPERS: EUROSEAS CONFERENCE, 26-28 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden
Managing
Social Relationships in Southeast Asia: Friendships,
Business Contacts, and Support Networks
Panel
convenors: Kirsten W. Endres, MPI for Social
Anthropology, Halle (Saale), and Eric Heuser, University of Freiburg
Social
relationships are an inherent part of human life and have multiple functions
and meanings across cultures. They may be based on kinship ties or intimate
friendship, on political alliances or economic transactions, on patron-client
obligations or mutual support. Not only are they essential for the continuation
of families and lineages and for coping with the challenges and vicissitudes of
everyday life, but they may also be employed to negotiate power and status
within a community, to provide safety nets and social security, and to lubricate
important business dealings. Rather than being clearly drawn, however, the
boundaries between these different types of social relations must be seen as
fluid and situational.
The objective of this panel is to explore the “art” of managing interpersonal
relationships in different parts of Southeast Asia, and analyze various social
practices by which complex webs of social relations, including family members,
business partners, friends, patrons, etc., are produced and maintained. In
particular, we would like to discuss the intersections and boundary-crossings
between various social spaces and types of interpersonal relations. We invite
contributions from a variety of disciplines dealing with (but not limited to)
the following questions:
How is “friendship”
conceptualized in different parts of Southeast Asia?
What are the rules and practices of friendship? What role do
informal relationships play in the business world? To which degree are
market activities embedded in local (and global) support networks? To which extent are
social relationships embedded in
and shaped by institutional and
political contexts? To which extent are they gender specific?How do different
types of social relationships relate to each other, and how and when do
they intersect? In which socio-cultural discourses are they embedded?What kind of social
relationships are thought to be important and useful in particular
situational contexts, and how are they employed?What are the major
areas of conflict in cross-cultural social relationships (business
contacts, intimate relationships, etc.)?
We
invite interested participants to send abstracts of their papers (250 words) and a short biographical note to the panel
convenors (endres[at]eth.mpg.de; EA.Heuser[at]web.de) by January 31, 2010.
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