Dear All,

please consider escaping the dreary half-winter in the Northern 
hemisphere (or just stay put in the South and come over). Join us in 
sunny Adelaide between 11-15 December for a fascinating conference 
"Shifting states", and contribute to the panel "Shifting the state: 
protest and perseverance for change" (see also below).

Please submit your entries by 24th of July, via "Propose paper" link at 
the bottom of the page 
http://nomadit.co.uk/shiftingstates/conferencesuite.php/panels/6150

With kind wishes

Aet Annist
Senior Researcher
Department of Ethnology
Institute of Cultural Research and Arts
University of Tartu

Shifting the state: protest and perseverance for change


        Short abstract

The panel invites ethnographic accounts on protests, groups in conflict 
with the society or ground level insights into large scale movements and 
shifts in states of mind leading to shifts in the states and societies.


        Long abstract

States change rarely without external impetus. It takes more, even if 
the global forces combine to aid in this process: it takes motivation, 
people, sometimes individuals, coming together or acting in ways that 
bring about a transformation. The last decades have demonstrated how 
such shifts can lead to momentous crises for states assumed to be 
stable, such as socialist regimes. The last years have seen 
transformations in a variety of aspects of statecraft in many countries 
across the globe, most recently in the US and the UK. Those shifts are 
expressed on the ground or grassroots level. These are open to 
ethnographic research, which seeks to explore the complex reasons for 
such changes and social dynamics.

This panel welcomes ethnographic accounts and/or theoretical discussions 
on the triggers of the shifts, either in the form of anger, 
disappointment, despondence or conflict with the state in the present, 
or the promises, expectations or hopes for the future. Further, the 
panel will focus on the groups or individuals triggering shifts, from 
protest movements, subcultural groups and charismatic individuals to 
silent and passive dissent or disapproval, or simply patient shifts away 
from the dominant ideologies, coming to light in crucial moments in the 
process of democracy. We also welcome attention to changes in both 
states as political entities and in states of mind with transformative 
potential.


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