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****************************************************** * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * ****************************************************** *FYI* *The First International Conference of the Society of Sociologists from Romania <http://cluj2010.wordpress.com> * *2-4 December 2010, Cluj-Napoca * The conference aims to bring together scholars from various research areas within the larger scope of sociology, who share an interest in the changes of the Romanian social context. The event is hosted by the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the “Babes-Bolyai” Cluj-Napoca. *THE CALL FOR PAPERS IS NOW OPEN!* *Remaking the Social. New Risks and Solidarities* *The First International Conference of the Society of Sociologists from Romania* *2-4 December, Cluj-Napoca* *http://cluj2010.wordpress.com* * * SESSION: Faces and Phases of the State: Ethnographies from the Global South Conveners: Jakob Rigi, associate professor, Central European University (CEU), [log in to unmask] Raluca Pernes, doctoral student, University College London (UCL), [log in to unmask] *Description* Since Abrams’ noted the ‘difficulties of studying the state’ (1988), a growing number of studies attempted to bring the state into the focus of the social sciences. At the same time, there has been an increased urgency to understand processes of state formation and functioning beyond the horizons of the western world, where the notion of the nation state has been crafted over the last two centuries. This new orientation has been seen as significant not only for the academic research, but also because “individuals and institutions and social movements need a reasonable picture of meta-change that they can use to orient themselves, which requires empirical investigation and conceptual hard work” (Beck 2004). This panel brings together a number of ethnographies from the Global South: a construction that designates the post-colonial space where democratization has been carried out in a top-down manner. We discuss various spatial incarnations and historical trajectories of states that do not live up to the definition with which western governments and international organizations have been operating. The papers present different - and often contrasting – narratives of the state as subjective experience of power ‘tracing its effects on territories, populations, and bodies’ (Aretxaga 2003). Our aim is to start a conversation about new visions and versions of the nation states outside the ‘self-colonializing’ discourses of ‘dysfunctional’ states brought up during the Eastern European transitions. Bringing to relevance cases and contexts that usually escape the social analysis conducted in and about the region, we hope to offer fresh perspectives for comparative studies. Abstracts of papers proposed for presentation at the panel are now welcome! *Deadline for abstract submission:* 15th of July 2010 * **Abstract submission form<http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=cluj2010.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcluj2010.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fabstract-submission-form.doc&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fcluj2010.wordpress.com%2Fsessions%2F> (.doc - fill in and send over to: [log in to unmask])* -- M. ************************************************************* * 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 * ***************************************************************