Call for Papers: CASCA 2014 Conference Theme Promising Uncertainties: Unsettling the Future of Anthropological Terrain What can uncertainty promise? Documenting indeterminacy, diversity, disunity and contingency is both a political commitment as well an empirical claim. The 2014 CASCA conference theme seeks to draw out a range of questions including but not limited to: what forms of social and cultural engagements are possible when ambiguity rather than certainty is the central concern of anthropological enquiry and/or ethnographic practice? In what manner and to what extent does uncertainty unsettle neo-liberal processes of classification, transparency and accountability? Does a revolutionizing capitalism’s search for new markets foster promise and ambiguity? How does the measurement and management of uncertainty under the monikers of ‘risk’, ‘choice’ and ‘rights’ affect political, social and ethical debates about domains as diverse as immigration, identity politics, technology, art, media, security, health, environment, and the economy? What are the paradoxes that underpin or might emerge out of an anthropological engagement with uncertainty? What might be the intended and unintended outcomes of drawing on this paradigm for anthropology’s interlocutors? What forms of ethnographic practice might uncertainty give rise to and/or destablise? While CASCA 2014 aims to stimulate discussions and critical reflections on the theme of uncertainty, presentations that fall outside of the proposed theme will also be considered. Keynote Speaker The Keynote speaker is Dr. Didier Fassin, the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Originally trained as a physician, his early research in medical anthropology focused on the AIDS epidemic, mortality disparities, and global health. More recently, his research has focused on critical moral anthropology which explores the influence of moral forms on everyday judgment and action, and on international humanitarianism or asylum granting. He is the author of several books including When Bodies Remember: Experiences of AIDS in South Africa (UC Press, 2007) and Humanitarian Reason. A Moral History of the Present (UC Press, 2011). More recently his work has focused on the police, the prison, and the National Court of Asylum in France. His most recent book is Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing (Polity Press, 2013). Proposal Submissions CASCA 2014 invites different types of proposals and strongly encourages panels and symposia that will bring together presenters from a variety of academic and non-academic backgrounds. Graduate students (MA and PhD) returning from the field and/or having collected first-hand research material are invited to apply to the annual CASCA meeting. We also welcome in-depth and advanced analytical works by PhD students. Please note that conference papers should not be limited to a course-based project. 15-minute papers Individual proposals accepted by the CASCA 2014 program committee will be organized into thematic sessions. The submission for a paper must include the presentation title, abstract (of no more than 150 words), keywords, and co-authors (if applicable). If you are part of an organised panel or symposium, you will also provide the name of the organiser and title of the panel. If you are a panel or symposium organiser, please provide an abstract describing the proposed panel or symposia and list the participants. Poster presentation Proposals for posters must include the presentation title, abstract (of no more than 150 words), keywords, and co-authors (if applicable). Suggestions for designing an effective poster are available at:aaanet.org/meetings/upload/how-to-create-anthropology-posters.pdf 90-minute panels Panels will be composed of 4 to 5 presentations, followed by a discussion. Please do not include more than 4 presentations should a formal discussant be invited. The panel organiser should provide a 150-word abstract describing the theme of the proposed panel or symposia and include a list of the participants (including, the chair and the discussant). Symposia Symposia will be composed of at least 2 panels of 90 minutes each, back to back in the same location (as scheduling permits). The symposium organiser should provide a 150-word abstract describing the theme of the proposed panel or symposia and include a list of the participants (including, the chair and the discussant). Round-tables Round-tables: Round-tables will be 90 minutes in length, addressing a specific theme or issue to be submitted by the organizer of the round-table, but not including formal presentations. The roundtable organizer should include a 250-word abstract describing the theme and include a list of participants (including the chair and the participants). Roundtable participants do NOT submit individual abstracts but do need to go through the regular CASCA 2014 registration process, filling in the appropriate fields of the round-table participation form. All Round-tables will be scheduled for Saturday morning, 3 May, 2014.” Organisers of panels, symposia, or roundtables may wish to advertise their session and find presenters through the CASCA listserv (email your call for papers to [email protected] or through the Conference Classifieds section on the CASCA website cas-sca.ca/ KEY DATES Abstract Submission deadline: 14 February, 2014 Paper acceptance notification date: 21 March, 2014 *In order to submit a paper or propose a panel, symposium, or round-table, you must be a current member of CASCA and register for the 2014 conference (conference registration takes place at the same time as submission). Please check the registration link for further details.
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