EASA06 meetings

	EASA Biennial Conference 2006 European Association of Social Anthropologists

Conference homepage Theme Ethos Timetable Keynote Plenaries Workshops Meetings Events Login	Meetings Apart from the plenaries and workshops, EASA's conference is an opportunity for the many networks and other groups to get together and meet. Monday 18th September 2006, 9pm, Arch and Anth, M1 WCAA (World Council of Anthropological Associations) Business meeting, Business meeting of the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA). Members of the Executive Secretariat and the Advisory Board together with International Delegates will discuss the agenda of the WCAA. WCAA, the World Council of Anthropological Associations is a network of national and international associations that aims to promote worldwide communication and cooperation in anthropology. Presently it is composed of nineteen anthropological associations in the world, including sixteen national organizations from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania and three international organizations. EASA joined the WCAA from its foundation. The members of the Executive Secretariat and the Advisory Board of the WCAA, together with International Delegates of member associations, will discuss the agenda of the WCAA in this business meeting. Issues will include future collaboration and exchange among member associations and routine business of the Council for the promotion of the discipline of anthropology in an international context. Convenors: Profs Junji Koizumi and Joao de Pina Cabral Tuesday 19th September 2006, 1pm, Victoria Rooms Invited lecture by Leslie Aiello, the Director of the Wenner-Gren Foundation "The Wenner-Gren Foundation: Supporting International Research in Anthropology" Abstract: The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research was founded in 1941 to advance significant and innovative basic research about humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation and to foster the creation of an international community of research scholars in anthropology. We do this through a variety of programmes: Individual Research Grants for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars, International Collaborative Research Grants, Wadesworth International Fellowships, Conference and Workshop Grants, Historical Archive Grants, Current Anthropology and the Wenner-Gren/University of Pennsylvania Casting Programme. We have also introduced a new Institutional Development Programme to support university departments in countries where such support is crucial. Come and hear about the Foundation, about these programmes and about our plans for the future of the Foundation. I will also give pointers on writing a successful grant proposal and launch our search for a new Editor for Current Anthropology. Tuesday 19th September 2006 Tuesday 19th September 2006, 4pm Wills (room tba) Launch of the Social Anthropology Benchmarking Review The Economic and Social Research Council, in partnership with the ASA and RAI, has recently commissioned a review to benchmark the quality and impact of Social Anthropology research in the UK against international standards. The review, which was qualitatively based, was conducted by a panel of leading international scholars under the chairmanship of Don Brenneis, University of California at Santa Cruz. The purpose of the review is to provide an indication of where the UK discipline stands internationally, and to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for future development. The report will be formally launched at this session by Don Brenneis. NETWORK meetings: Tuesday 19th September, 8.30pm Foundation of medical anthropology network, Wills 3.30 The meeting will establish the network of medical anthropology within EASA, and elect the committee. Convenors: Dr Els van Dongen and Dr Hansjoerg Dilger. Media Anthropology network, Wills 3.32 Convenors: Dr John Postill and Dr Birgit Bräuchler Foundation of the Network for Contemporary Study of Muslims and Societies, Wills 3.23 The meeting will call on members of EASA to discuss the agenda for collaborative work on social scientific research focusing on Muslims in western and non-western societies, with particular emphasises on issues derived from the challenges of globalisation, the global village, and global movements. The new network will envisage becoming an active forum for the discussion of new ideas, fieldwork experiences, challenging views, and methodological and theoretical approaches to Muslim life. Convenors: Dr Gabriele Marranci and Dr Marjo Buitelaar EASA Mediterraneanist Network (MEdNeT), Wills 3.33 The EASA Mediterraneanist Network (MedNet) proposes to promote both contact with, and the exchange of information between, social anthropologists doing research in one or more of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Both existing members and newcomers are invited to join the meeting to discuss the following topics: 1.Presentation of the MedNetwebsite; 2.Discussion on future cooperation Convenors: Dr Jutta Lauth Bacas and Dr William Cavanagh Wednesday 20th September, 1pm, Reception Room AGM of the Royal Anthropological Institute, including guest lecture by Piers Vitebsky, Head of Anthropology and Russian Northern Studies, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge Loving and forgetting: a farewell to ancestors? The anthropology of forgetting usefully distinguishes intentional from unintentional aspects, but sometimes echoes a cognitive model of memory and downplays ideology and emotion. I shall emphasise these in my exploration of the aggressively intentional 'forgetting' of the dead among the Sora, an aboriginal jungle 'tribe' in India whose younger generations have converted from shamanism to Baptism (a shift which I failed to anticipate in my book Dialogues with the dead). ...read more here NETWORK Meetings: Wednesday 20th September, 8.45pm, locations now posted below Towards an anthropology of Europe. Setting the agenda for collaborative work and research over the following two years, Wills 3.32 This 'business meeting' would call on the present and likely new members of the Europeanists Network to meet and thoroughly discuss the setting of an agenda for collaborative work over the following two years. Convenor: The Steering Committee of EASA’s Europeanists Network Click here for more info. Meeting to explore establishment of Anthropology of Religion Network in EASA, Wills 3.33 This meeting is intended to provide an informal opportunity to explore the possibility of setting up an Anthropology of Religion Network within EASA. We invite those with an interest to come along with suggestions as to possible activities and resources that can be established. Convenors: Dr Simon Coleman and Dr Ramon Sarro Business meeting of EASA's Africanist Network, Wills 3.30 All Africanist anthropologists present at Bristol are welcome. After six years since inception of the network in Cracow we will have opportunity to exchange more formally our views concerning network's aims, plans, statutes, and elect our steering committee. Plans for an ESF Exploratory Workshop will also appear on the agenda. Convenors: Dr Dmitri Bondarenko and Dr Peter Skalník Visual Anthropology Network (VANEASA) Meeting, Wills 3.23 The Visual Anthropology Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (VANEASA) was established at a meeting attended by 15 EASA members at the 1996 Conference in Barcelona. The Network aims to cover all aspects of Visual Anthropology. The principle of networking will be fundamental to our activities. Therefore a mailing-list has been put up. The Network is making significant contributions to the EASA Conferences. This time the network is promoting the recently founded group of CAFFE (Coordinating Anthropological Film Festivals in Europe). At the meeting, the informal exchange of information is the most important aim. Further information on the network: http://www.iwf.de/easa/ Convenors: Dr Beate Engelbrecht and Susanne Hammacher Teaching and Learning Network meeting, Wills 3.31 Thursday 21st September EASA Business meeting, 4pm-6pm, Victoria Rooms The annual business meeting of the Association agenda was as follows: Minutes of previous meeting. Chair's Report. Treasurer's Report. Publications Report: Journal; Book Series' Secretarial Report. Any Other Business. Members should inform the Chair of any other business a day before the meeting.
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