Dept. of events, zephyrin, May 15, 2003 at 12:48:54 PM CEST

Upcoming events in Germany

ethnOnet has send us via e-mail a collection of upcoming anthropolocigal events in Germany. Have a look at the list, inclusing links and such, here (in german). via ethnOnet

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Dept. of events, vernant, May 14, 2003 at 4:45:08 PM CEST

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Worldwide

Improving graduate education by allowing students to produce electronic documents, use digital libraries, and understand issues in publishing is one of the main objectives of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations movement that will held its sixth international conference next week in Berlin, Germany. Organised by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) ETD2003, to be held from 21 to 24 May 2003 at Humboldt University in Berlin is cosponsored by UNESCO within the framework of its efforts to internationalize methods and techniques for the electronic production and publication of doctoral theses and dissertations. More information about UNESCO, the conference and NDTL

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Dept. of events, kerleone, May 9, 2003 at 12:21:32 PM CEST

Conference on Buddhist Studies

The Centre for Buddhist Studies (CBS), Sri Lanka, will be holding its first national conference, reports this Newssite from Sri Lanka.

Take a look at the international involved scholars, if you are interested in this topic.

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Dept. of events, zephyrin, May 5, 2003 at 12:14:15 PM CEST

Ethnopharmacology -- 5th European Colloquium

On 8, 9, and 10 of May 2003 the "5th European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology: The cultural interbreeding in ethnopharmacology: from indigenous to scientific knowledges" will take place in Valencia, Spain: "Conceiving of science as a unique social and cultural product of Occidental civilisation is unfortunate. Many kinds of knowledge and practices related to health and disease have enjoyed currency across space and time in all human societies. Exchanges between the diverse visions of nature have advanced and continue to advance the wellbeing of humankind; medical exchanges can and should become advantageous and profitable for all. The International Congress, 5th European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology, has been organised in this light, thus titled The cultural interbreeding in ethnopharmacology: from indigenous to scientific knowledges. Since we do not understand the cultural exchange to be unidirectional, we expect “interbreeding” to become the protagonist during the scientific development of the meeting. One of our goals is to establish, from a critical point of view, a model for communication and exchange between developed and developing countries concerning uses of natural remedies for public health. With that purpose, we intend to map the current state of scientific studies about medicinal properties of plants used by indigenous populations, as well as European folk medicinal plants; to map the current state of cataloguing indigenous floras; to study the possibilities of exploitation of the natural healing products of each world region by NGOs, and to continue with the study of the legislative framework in each country of the EC regarding safety control, sale and consumption of phytodrugs. It is our aim for the different approaches and points of view in the colloquium to continue the spirit of diversity in which ethnopharmacology emerged. Consistent with the intellectual plurality of this field of study, we anticipate that work shall be presented in terms of the subject-matter constituting the diverse disciplines contributing to ethnopharmacology, notably botany, pharmacology, ethnology, history, chemistry, medicine, and pharmacy, avoiding reductionism in approaches from any single science." See the website for indepth information, map of Valencia, and the preliminary program, downloadable as .pdfs in English and Spanish.

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Dept. of events, zephyrin, April 29, 2003 at 7:43:04 PM CEST

Literature and oral literature in Africa

The romanic seminar and the "Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien" of the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany stages a presentation series on "Literature and oral literature in Africa". Most of the presentations are in german, but there are some in English and French, too. Read the program here.

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Dept. of events, zephyrin, April 29, 2003 at 7:36:26 PM CEST

Mobility and Identity in Africa

The regional group "Africa" of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (which equals to: "German Society for Social/Cultural Anthropology") has sent a CALL FOR PAPERS for their next conference, which will be held from 2. through 4. October 2003 in Hamburg, Germany. The topic of the call is: "Mobilität und kulturelle Identität. Methoden der Erforschung interethnischer Beziehungen in Afrika" ("Mobility and cultural identity: Methods for research on interethnical relationships in Africa"). Read the call (in german) here.

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Dept. of events, zephyrin, April 29, 2003 at 6:46:29 PM CEST

2004 Annual Meeting -- Society for Economic Anthropology

Society for Economic Anthropology, Atlanta, GA -- 2004 Annual Meeting, April 22-24, 2004. CALL FOR PAPERS: Fast Food -- Slow food: Social and Economic Contexts of Food and Food Systems. The Society for Economic Anthropology seeks proposals for papers and poster presentations for our 2004 annual meetings, which will be held in Atlanta. The topic of the meeting will be food and food systems, at scales ranging from the personal to the global, and over time from hominid origins to the future globalization of food systems. The SEA meetings provide a rare opportunity for a focused and coherent program of presentation, with time for critical discussion in a convivial intellectual setting. About 15 papers are selected from abstracts for a program that allows 20 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion in a single plenary session over two days. 20-30 additional abstracts will be selected for an afternoon poster session. The conference organizer then edits a conference volume which appears in the SEA book series, published by Altamira Press. We will have a food-oriented tour in Atlanta, an informal workshop on teaching and curriculum innovations, and of course, opportunities for fine dining. Fast food and slow food represent two visions of the future of food, two modes of analysis, two ways to connect food to other social and economic phenomena. Fast food is efficient, technological, homogenized; the product of an aggressively expanding global political economy. The slow food movement, on the contrary, is about aesthetics, conviviality, domesticity and local cultural knowledge. Both are equally modern. We seek papers that go beyond the traditional anthropologies of food that focus on the role of food in group identity and social integration, emphasizing the division between traditional and modern foodways. We encourage approaches that cross disciplinary boundaries, use innovative methods, and explore connections between food and the cultural economy. Possible topics for papers include (but are by no means limited to): " Food systems and the global division of labor " Food circulation and exchange as gifts and commodities " Food, domesticity, gender & household " The origins of complex food systems " Food market systems, localization & sustainability Send an abstract for paper or poster of 400-600 words to Richard Wilk, Anthropology Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405, or by e-mail. Deadline for Abstracts is October 1, 2003. via Anthro-L

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Dept. of events, vernant, April 28, 2003 at 10:12:08 AM CEST

Call for Applications - German-Polish Summer School

In August-September 2003 the Malakoffturm Migration (in Bottrop) is organizing in cooperation with the Network Migration in Europa e.V. (www.network-migration.org), Humboldt University Berlin and the Center for International Relations, Warsaw (www.csm.org.pl) a German-Polish summer school on the issue of “Migration and Integration in Modern Societies.“ Among others the Robert Bosch Foundation in Stuttgart and the Historical Society Bottrop will financially support the summer school.

The event is targeted at students in the humanities and social sciences (sociology, political sciences, geography, history, law, languages, cultural and social anthropol-ogy etc.), who have already successfully completed at least three semesters at a German or a Polish university, and who have a specific interest in the topic of the summer school.

Apart from engaging with the academic knowledge about migration and integration, students will be exposed to readings, lectures of experts and site visits of relevant institutions. At the end of the summer school session they will be expected to carry out independent field research in bi-national teams.

Further information in english and german, and polish

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Dept. of events, kerleone, April 14, 2003 at 5:31:49 PM CEST

Tourism & Photography

The Centre for Tourism & Cultural Change at Sheffield Hallam University is doing a conference on this subject, with topics like "Inventing and Re-inventing Landscapes for Tourism" or "Negotiating Cultural Identity". Read more here.

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Dept. of events, vernant, March 29, 2003 at 9:28:20 AM CET

A Review of the Anti-Globalization Movement

Is a fundamental critique of contemporary capitalism possible/necessary or can capitalism be tamed? Under the title "Spiel ohne Grenzen" ("play without borders") there will be a conference on this topic from 23 to 25 May in Ethno::log's hometown Munich. Among the sponsoring organizations are jungle world (leftist magazine), PDS Munich (post-communists), ASTA Munich, informationszentrum 3.Welt

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Dept. of events, vernant, March 21, 2003 at 11:41:35 AM CET

Call for Papers: Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture

The 1st Global Conference Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberpunk and Science Fiction will take place from 11 to 13 August 2003, in Prague, Czech Republic. Marking the launch of a new annual conference, research and publication series, this inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to explore what it is to be human and the nature of human community in cyberculture, cyberspace and science fiction. In particular, the project will explore the possibilities offered by these contexts for creative thinking about persons and the challenges posed to the nature and future of national, international, and global communities. Further imformation at Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction

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Dept. of events, aktourismus, March 15, 2003 at 4:30:48 PM CET

AK Ethnologie & Tourismus: Questionnaire

Do you remember your last trip to a foreign country? Were you travelling on your own? Or did hundreds of groups follow the same path? What kind of experiences did you have? We are curious and wonder, if students of cultural anthropology found other ways of being a tourist. In order to get to know the anthropological tourist, we have worked out some questions (sorry, only in German). Fragebogen AK Ethnologie Tourismus (application/msword, 38 KB)

It will only take a couple of minutes of your time to fill out the questionnaire and send it back to: AKEthnologie-Tourismus@gmx.net (save as WORD document and send as attachement) – so just try it! It’s anonymous and helps some curious students to find answers… The results will be published in one of the forthcoming editions of the student journal “Ethnologik” of our Institute. Thank you for your support !

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