Dear all,
here's a last-minute CfP for a panel on property at 4S in Boston this
year. I would welcome contributions from anthropology. Feel free to
circulate or ask me about it. Details below, extended abstract attached.
Best,
Veit
*Property Matters
*4S Meeting, Boston, August 30 - September 2, 2017
*Organized by:*Veit Braun, LMU Munich
*Deadline*: March 1, 2017
Despite its recent interest in markets and economics as well as its
longstanding focus on things, STS has so far largely neglected property
as an object of its research. When property is brought up, it is usually
in the form of property rights which, in turn, are mostly understood as
intellectual property. But what about the property matters itself? Are
they, like John Locke's acorn, just patiently waiting to be
appropriated, leaving everything to lawyers, courts, and legislatures?
Or do they also get a say in if, how, and under what conditions they
will enter into a property relationship? This panel invites
contributions that closely engage with the nature of property objects
and the societies, economies, and institutions they summon.
Understanding property in a broad sense — from locked bikes to research
papers to kidneys — it asks what it takes for these things to work as
property. Apart from laws and rules, which technologies demarcate,
identify, move, and hold property in place? How much work does
appropriation and, conversely, alienation of property take? And how does
the division of labor between owners and property bring both into being?
Extended abstract at:https://www.academia.edu/30664954/Property_matters
See http://www.4sonline.org/meeting for submission details. Please send
any inquiries to [log in to unmask]
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Veit Braun, MA
Institut für Soziologie
LMU München
Konradstr. 6
80801 München
+49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 72365
www.biofakte.de
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