Apologies
for cross posting
Call
for Papers
“Masculinities
in times of uncertainty and change”
European
Association of Social Anthropologist (EASA) 2012 Conference
“Uncertainty
and disquiet”
Nanterre
University, France, 10/07/2012 –
13/07/2012
Convenors
Valerio Simoni (Centre for Research in Anthropology CRIA-IUL, Lisbon)
Lorenzo Bordonaro (CRIA, Lisbon)
Adriana Piscitelli (State University of Campinas/UNICAMP)
Short
Abstract
The
workshop sheds light on transformations of masculinities in situations of
radical change and/or crisis. The focus is on the models of masculinities on
which people draw to cope with such changes and uncertainties, their
transnational diffusion, local appropriations, and purposeful enactments.
Long
Abstract
This
workshop aims to shed light on transformations of masculinities in situations
of radical change and/or crisis. We are interested not only in how
masculinities are affected by change, but also, and mainly, in how
masculinities can be re-enacted or substantially reworked and reshaped to cope
with conditions of continuous crisis and rapid transformation. In situations of
economic and social turmoil, in the transnational connections of tourism and
migration, gender relationships tend to be volatile and unsteady, the power
balance constantly shifting or being altered. How these conditions actually
change men, and how instead men stick to their social persona through the
iteration of a public performance of masculinity that is reinforced by global
imaginaries of 'maleness'? Of particular interest here are the models/styles of
masculinities on which people draw to cope with such changes and uncertainties,
their transnational diffusion and local appropriations. Such analysis promises
to shed light on masculinities' (in)ability to incorporate new defining
elements, and to be reformulated following new ideals and normativities.
Uncovering people's proficiency as well as failure to enact different -
sometimes competing and contradictory - models of masculinities, the workshop
examines their situated and purposeful nature, highlighting what these models
enable, constrain, and achieve in various realms of their lives. Accordingly,
ethnographically grounded researches into masculinities and their
transformations may enable us to grasp and specify which features of change are
more profoundly impacting and shaping men's ability to live 'as men', calling
for a (re)actualization of their gendered selves, livelihoods and aspirations.
The deadline for
paper proposals is 28th November 2011.
For any queries,
please do not hesitate to contact the convenors through the above webpage.
Kind regards,
Valerio
Valerio Simoni, PhD.
- Post-Doctoral Researcher
Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA-IUL)
Lisbon, Portugal
- Visiting Research
Associate
Centre for Tourism & Cultural
Change
Leeds Metropolitan
University, UK
