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Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. ***REMINDER Call for Papers due 8th January 2018*** We are pleased to invite papers for our panel ‘Mutable Materialities of Indigenous Ways of Life’, at the upcoming Art, Materiality and Representation conference hosted by the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) at BRITISH MUSEUM/SOAS 1st-3rd JUNE 2018. Please submit paper proposals (consisting of a paper title, an abstract of 250 words, and a short abstract of less than 300 characters) via the online form at https://nomadit.co.uk/rai/events/rai2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6078 by 8th January 2018 ----- *P028: Mutable Materialities of Indigenous Ways of Life * Convened by Mia Browne (University of St. Andrews), Elliott Oakley (University of Edinburgh), and Inna Yaneva-Toraman (The University of Edinburgh) With Antje Denner (National Museum of Scotland) as discussant *Short abstract* This panel starts from the position that imaginations and moral expectations about identity and indigeneity are often informed and contested through material culture. We ask: how do changing materialities relate to processes of self-making, self-presentation and representation? *Long abstract* Numerous ethnographic studies have underlined the significance of 'objects' in indigenous strategies to materialise and mediate their social relations, desires, and values, whether through the object's innate subjectivities, agency, or material qualities (e.g. Strathern 1988, Gell 1993, Santos-Granero 2009, Basu 2017). However, amidst large-scale environmental change and global extractive industries, historically-used materials are sometimes considered 'threatened', 'unsustainable,' or more difficult to obtain. Further, globalised trade and colonial processes have rendered particular manufactured goods more desirable or accessible, subverting assumptions about 'traditional' forms of material culture (Thomas 1991, Foster 2002). If material culture inculcates ways of thinking about identities, including indigeneity, this panel asks how changing materialities relate to processes of self-making, self-presentation and representation? Imaginations and moral expectations of the ways that people should be living are often informed, enacted and contested through the objects. We further ask: In what ways do materialities shape - or become shaped by - these expectations and evaluations across different domains, from local events to museum collections to anthropological studies? For whom does the mutability (or immutability) of materiality matter? How might we make sense of these perceived transformations such that they meaningfully inform disciplinary theory and practice? We invite contributions that question how anthropological, archaeological and museum renditions of objects are challenged by the mutability of the 'material' and the fluidity with which 'identity' is expressed within transforming national and global configurations. More info https://nomadit.co.uk/rai/events/rai2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6078 or get in touch via [log in to unmask] We look forward to hearing from you! Best wishes, Inna Yaneva-Toraman, Mia Browne, and Elliott Oakley ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * 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 * * To unsubscribe: please log on to jiscmail.ac.uk, and * * go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page. * * ***************************************************************