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The dates for the 2010 Annual Meeting have been set by the program committee. The meetings will take place April 22-25, 2010, on the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the conference is "Representation: Who is Heard and Who Needs to be Heard?" Call for Papers Central to the history of Anthropology is representing “the other.” At its best, ethnographic representation leads to greater cultural awareness and beneficial engagement for the communities involved. At its worst, ethnographic representation fosters colonial mindsets, exploitation, uncompensated appropriation, and misguided efforts. In the global 21st century, it is more important than ever for communities to have control over their own representation. Today, issues such as ethnic and gender subjugation, poverty and homelessness, natural resource management, tourism, education and economic development are all affected by representation issues. Throughout the world representation both perpetuates and problematizes issues like domestic violence, female circumcision, and slavery. Our conference this year will focus on the opportunities and challenges of representation in ethnography, film making, visual anthropology, politics, and other areas. The ethics of representation will be the common thread throughout our program. Ultimately, anthropologists are responsible for understanding, protecting and advocating for voices heard, voices silenced, voices revised, voices appropriated. Please complete the forms in the Newsletter or on the HPSfAA website (to be posted shortly) for a paper or a panel, including an abstract of no more than 250 words, and send them to Kathleen Pickering by mail (Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1787) or email (Kathleen.Pickering "at" colostate.edu), no later than Friday, February 26, 2010. For more information, contact Kathleen Pickering by email or phone (605) 441-0271. |
