Democracy, Disorder, and Discontent (SANA and AES Spring 2008 meeting)
The Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) and the American Ethnological Society (AES) announce a joint meeting for 2008:
SANA/AES Spring 2008 Meeting: Democracy, Disorder, and Discontent
April 3-5, 2008
Wrightsville Beach, NC, Holiday Inn Sun Spree Resort Hotel
April 3-5, 2008
Wrightsville Beach, NC, Holiday Inn Sun Spree Resort Hotel
Submission deadline for panel and paper proposals: January 15, 2008 (Instructions for submitting paper and session proposals are below the description).
The 2008 SANA/AES conference seeks panels and papers that creatively engage the discrepancies between the idea and the practice of democracy and that explore the forms of disorder and discontent engendered by these contradictions. What is democracy? Democracy is often understood as an expansion of individual freedoms, the spreading out of economic equality through participation in the market, and an alternative to excessive government regulation. Yet despite these optimistic claims, there remains an inherent tension between economic inequality and democratic politics. Emergent social and political orders in many parts of the world are characterized by growing inequality, and they are neither democratic nor secure. Furthermore, established rights, entitlements, and democratic principles in the United States itself have eroded, and wealth is increasingly redistributed upwards.
We seek participants who address the tensions inherent in democratic processes and the disorder and discontent that arise from these disjunctures. Key questions include, but are not limited to, the following: How do race, gender, class, citizenship, and sexual orientation shape the ways that different kinds of people understand democracy and democratic participation in the age of neoliberalism? Within emergent and long-standing democracies, how is citizenship linked to new forms of inclusion and exclusion? How and to what extent do democracies justify incarceration, police brutality, military and paramilitary activities and other forms of violence, even as they create political opportunities to critique them? What are the possibilities and pitfalls of new oppositional discourses that focus on individual, social, and human rights? What sorts of alternative political projects are currently imaginable and unimaginable?
Deadline for abstract and proposal submission: January 15, 2008
-- Panel and paper submissions should be sent to aes.sana08@gmail.com
-- Please contact Lesley Gill with any questions, Lgill@american.edu
-- Please visit: http://aesonline.org/AES_SANA08_Call_for_Papers
to download the appropriate form to include with your paper or session proposal:
We encourage you to think about creative as well as traditional formats for presenting your work. Guidelines are below.
1. Sessions will generally be scheduled for 1.5 hours (1 hour and 30 minutes), which allows time for 5 fifteen minute paper presentations and a discussant or discussion.
2. Paper presentations should be prepared with a fifteen minute time limit in mind.
3. Organized session submissions are encouraged, but individual papers are also welcome. Individually volunteered papers will be organized into sessions by the program committee according to theme. All paper proposals, whether submitted individually or as part of an organized session, will be evaluated individually.
4. Roundtable discussions can be a useful alternative to traditional sessions. Instead of formal paper presentations, these involve informal discussion of a theme. Participants would be encouraged to circulate papers prior to the conference and to make copies available either at the meetings or on-line for others to read. Roundtable discussions have the potential to include more participants than traditional sessions, although they would be limited to the same 1.5 hours.
5. Other types of sessions are also possible, including poster sessions and workshops. Contact conference organizers if you wish to submit proposals for these or other types of sessions.
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The 2008 SANA/AES conference seeks panels and papers that creatively engage the discrepancies between the idea and the practice of democracy and that explore the forms of disorder and discontent engendered by these contradictions. What is democracy? Democracy is often understood as an expansion of individual freedoms, the spreading out of economic equality through participation in the market, and an alternative to excessive government regulation. Yet despite these optimistic claims, there remains an inherent tension between economic inequality and democratic politics. Emergent social and political orders in many parts of the world are characterized by growing inequality, and they are neither democratic nor secure. Furthermore, established rights, entitlements, and democratic principles in the United States itself have eroded, and wealth is increasingly redistributed upwards.
We seek participants who address the tensions inherent in democratic processes and the disorder and discontent that arise from these disjunctures. Key questions include, but are not limited to, the following: How do race, gender, class, citizenship, and sexual orientation shape the ways that different kinds of people understand democracy and democratic participation in the age of neoliberalism? Within emergent and long-standing democracies, how is citizenship linked to new forms of inclusion and exclusion? How and to what extent do democracies justify incarceration, police brutality, military and paramilitary activities and other forms of violence, even as they create political opportunities to critique them? What are the possibilities and pitfalls of new oppositional discourses that focus on individual, social, and human rights? What sorts of alternative political projects are currently imaginable and unimaginable?
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Keynote Speakers
* AES Keynote: Ida Susser, AES President (2005-2007)
* SANA Keynote: Hilary Cunningham (University of Toronto)
Plenary Panel Sessions
* "War, Impunity, and Accountability"
* "Race and Justice"
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Keynote Speakers
* AES Keynote: Ida Susser, AES President (2005-2007)
* SANA Keynote: Hilary Cunningham (University of Toronto)
Plenary Panel Sessions
* "War, Impunity, and Accountability"
* "Race and Justice"
__________________________________________
Instructions for Paper and Panel Submissions
Deadline for abstract and proposal submission: January 15, 2008
-- Panel and paper submissions should be sent to aes.sana08@gmail.com
-- Please contact Lesley Gill with any questions, Lgill@american.edu
-- Please visit: http://aesonline.org/AES_SANA08_Call_for_Papers
to download the appropriate form to include with your paper or session proposal:
We encourage you to think about creative as well as traditional formats for presenting your work. Guidelines are below.
1. Sessions will generally be scheduled for 1.5 hours (1 hour and 30 minutes), which allows time for 5 fifteen minute paper presentations and a discussant or discussion.
2. Paper presentations should be prepared with a fifteen minute time limit in mind.
3. Organized session submissions are encouraged, but individual papers are also welcome. Individually volunteered papers will be organized into sessions by the program committee according to theme. All paper proposals, whether submitted individually or as part of an organized session, will be evaluated individually.
4. Roundtable discussions can be a useful alternative to traditional sessions. Instead of formal paper presentations, these involve informal discussion of a theme. Participants would be encouraged to circulate papers prior to the conference and to make copies available either at the meetings or on-line for others to read. Roundtable discussions have the potential to include more participants than traditional sessions, although they would be limited to the same 1.5 hours.
5. Other types of sessions are also possible, including poster sessions and workshops. Contact conference organizers if you wish to submit proposals for these or other types of sessions.
__________________________________
THE MOST RECENTLY UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT THE AES/SANA 2008 CONFERENCE WILL BE POSTED AT:
http://aesonline.org/AESSANA2008
http://aesonline.org/AESSANA2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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