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CfP ECAS 2019: Continuities and disruptions in 'doing fatherhood' in Africa Kristen McLean (Yale University) and Carole Ammann (University of Bern) https://www.nomadit.co.uk/ecas/ecas2019/conferencesuite.php/panels/7424 Deadline for abstracts: 21 January Within recent decades, research on men and masculinities in Africa has increased. However, the stereotypical image of the African man focuses on the disruptive side of masculinities, presuming that men are violent and irresponsible as husbands and fathers. Research on parenting in Africa has typically depicted caring mothers and disregarded the role of fathers, despite evidence that fathers—and men more generally—are important for healthy child development. In contrast, we focus on how African men are doing 'responsible' fatherhood in light of the continuities and disruptions in their lives. For example, while changing economic forces drive men away from their families in search of work, new communication technologies allow men to remain connected to home. In this panel, we ask how various forms of fatherhood (biological and social) are experienced, lived, and negotiated, both across and beyond Africa. We welcome contributions that address the following issues, as well as those that attend to masculinities in Africa more broadly: • How is becoming a father (or a grandfather) a pivotal moment in men's lives? • How does migration and mobility influence values and practices of fatherhood? • How does fatherhood change (or remain the same) over time? • What are men's reasons and strategies for denying or seeking out fatherhood? • How are people of various sexual orientations 'doing fatherhood'? • How do different marriage norms and family formations influence fatherhood? • How do researchers' own experiences of fatherhood influence fieldwork? --------------------------------------------------------- Dr. des. Carole Ammann Social Anthropologist University of Bern Institute of Geography Hallenstrasse 12 CH-3012 Bern Please use my new email: [log in to unmask] Out now: Ammann, Carole: Political Parties and Participation: Guinea. In: Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures (EWIC). Brill online. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-women-and-islamic-cultures/political-parties-and-participation-guinea-COM_002159?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopedia-of-women-and-islamic-cultures&s.q=guinea ________________________________ Von: The Anthropology-Matters forum mailing list <[log in to unmask]> im Auftrag von Berg, Mette Louise <[log in to unmask]> Gesendet: Montag, 7. Januar 2019 16:12 An: [log in to unmask] Betreff: Cfp -- Recentering the South in studies of migration Dear list subscribers, Call for contributions: Recentering the South in Studies of Migration Issue 3 of Migration and Society<https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/migration-and-society/migration-and-society-overview.xml> (to be published in early 2020) will be dedicated to critical explorations of migration from and through the vantage point of Southern, decolonial, anticolonial and postcolonial theories and methodologies. It will include a particular focus on theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of historical and contemporary processes of migration within, across, and between what can be conceptualised as 'the Global South'. While the issue will focus on different forms of 'South-South migration,' and will include contributions exploring dynamics in and from South and Central America and the Caribbean; Sub-Saharan Africa; North Africa and the Middle East; South and Central Asia; East Asia and the Pacific, the issue will also go beyond this focus by interrogating how, why, and with what effect notions such as 'South-South migration' and regional markers have been constructed, mobilised, and critiqued in the interdisciplinary field of migration studies. We invite theoretically informed and empirically grounded submissions that seek to redress the long-standing Northern bias in migration studies, and which: 1) Trace the nature and implications of studying diverse forms and processes of migration taking place across, within, and between spaces and places in/of 'the South'; 2) Examine how a focus on migration (and responses to migration) can lead to more critical forms of knowledge about the contours and definitions of 'the South' and 'souths' (in the plural); 3) Critically engage with contemporary interest in studying and developing policy initiatives in relation to 'South-South migration'; 4) Develop analyses of migration that are attentive to complex relationalities and unequal power relations across different parts of the world, and, equally, that trace diverse forms of resistance to structural inequalities; 5) Reflect on migrant- and refugee-led responses to teaching and researching 'South-South migration'. Submissions are welcome for consideration in one of the five journal sections: * Research Articles (max. 8,000 words); * People & Places (2,000-4,000 words) includes notes from the field, 'migrant voices', and interviews with scholars, practitioners, and policymakers; * Reflections section (max. 5,000 words) includes critical reflections on migration research and teaching; * The Creative Encounters section invites poetry, shorter prose pieces, photo essays, and other engagements with migration; * Book Reviews: 800 words for single book reviews, 1,300-1,400 words for reviews of two books, 1,500-1,600 words for three books. The deadline for submissions is 15 May 2019; all submissions will go through double-blind peer-review. Migration and Societ<https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/migration-and-society/migration-and-society-overview.xml>y is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal advancing debate about emergent trends in all types of migration. We publish work that situates migration in a wider historical and societal context, including attention to experiences and representations of migration, critical theoretical perspectives on migration, and the social, cultural, and legal embeddedness of migration. Global in its scope, we particularly encourage scholarship from and about the global South as well as the North. For more information on our submissions process, please see: http://ojs.berghahnjournals.com/index.php/air-ms/about/submissions Migration and Society editors: Mette Louise Berg ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) Johanna Waters ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) Dr Mette Louise Berg | Associate Professor and Programme Director, BSc Social Sciences | Department of Social Science | Thomas Coram Research Unit | UCL | 27-28 Woburn Square | London WC1H 0AA | Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | Tel.: 020 7612 6949 Co-editor of Migration and Society<https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/migration-and-society/migration-and-society-overview.xml> - Issue 1 on 'Hospitality and hostility towards migrants: global perspectives' now live New article: Super-diversity, austerity, and the production of precarity: Latin Americans in London<http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0261018318790744> ************************************************************* * 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: * * https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters * * 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? 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