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SANA 2004 Conference

Call for Papers

(Francaise)

The world continues to be polarized by race, class, nationalism, and other forms of social division, even as the processes of globalization make us all more interdependent through movements of people and flows of money and commodities across national boundaries. On one hand, the U.S. initiated war on and occupation of Iraq, the wars on terrorism and on drugs, and various efforts to stem the tide of so-called illegal immigrants have fueled fear, hatred, and mistrust among the peoples of North America and beyond. On the other hand, new information and transport technologies, and the political changes associated with NAFTA and "free trade" agreements have fueled global migrations of people and flows of money, technologies, and cultural forms (e.g., music, ideologies) into and out of North America. These movements have engendered new connections and interdependencies among otherwise different peoples, and have put people in intimate and daily contact with one another in new ways. Above all else, people have come to realize that the connections between North America and the rest of the world are increasingly close, unstable, and irreversible.

How can anthropologists explore the contradictions that have emerged between dominant institutions' use of the forces of globalization to increase the efficacy of markets, surveillance, and violence in containing everyday lives - and the daily practices of organizations and individuals who harness these forces for transgressing boundaries, borders, and behaviors?

How can a new critical study of North America emerge which sees it not as an autonomous continent of populations surrounded by oceans, but as the historical outcome of the dialectics of dynamic networks that connect it to the rest of the globe? Could one way to develop this new approach be to examine the contradictions between containment by these institutions and transgressions by organizations and individuals?


We invite the submission of proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, workshops, poster sessions, film and video screenings, and other forms of presentation on this Meeting Theme or on other topics:

For papers, please include the following: title, abstract of 100 words or less, name, e-mail address and mailing address. Be sure to specify media equipment needs if you have them.

Download Paper Submission Form (html)
Download Paper Submission form (Word)

For panel, roundtable and workshop sessions, please submit the following: title, nature of session (panel, roundtable or workshop), name of organizer, organizer's email and mailing address, list of participants, and abstract of 200 words or less.

Download Session Submission Form (html)
Download Session Submission Form (Word)

Submission Forms and abstracts should be emailed as attachments directly to Program Chair, Dana-Ain Davis at:
dana-ain.davis@purchase.edu

People submitting abstracts need to also register by March 15, 2004 with the AAA in order to be on the SANA 2004 program. Registration Fees are $50.00 for Ph.D. holders, $10.00 for graduate students.

Download form and guidelines for registration.

Final Date for Submissions: February 27, 2004

Please email all abstracts for sessions or individual papers by February 27, 2004 to:

Dana-Ain Davis, SANA Program Chair
Email: dana-ain.davis@purchase.edu
Phone: 914.251.6624
Address: Department of Anthropology, School of Natural and Social Sciences, Purchase College, SUNY, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577-1400

For Other Information:

Don Nonini, SANA 2004 Conference Chair
Email: Donald.Nonini@unc.edu
Phone: 919.962.8092
Address: Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3115

 

 

 

 

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