Thanks for your suggestions. I just realized that I said "the people who run the country" rather than "the people who run the conference" <who are Americans, though they have visited before for this same conference>. Sorry! Does anyone know if they have a shortage of electronic devices <e.g. handheld calculators, watches, etc.>? >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 11 10:56:42 1996 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niamh Moore) Subject: Re: Suggestions please! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 17:56:28 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" at May 10, 96 03:05:31 pm I don't have any suggestions re: appropriate gifts, but I am interested in knowing more about the content of your paper ... maybe you could summarise some of the points briefly for the list, and that might help start some discussion following the recent break? Niamh Moore, Research Centre in Women's Studies, University of Sussex, UK. >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 11 22:53:25 1996 11 May 1996 22:52:36 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 23:50:10 -0600 (CST) From: jivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Happy Mother's Day To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy Mother's Day to you all. Have a Great Day. Jivan >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 12 19:37:44 1996 Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 18:37:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Dorothy Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ECOFEM digest 422 This is a reply to Louisa Moon. When I visited Cuba two years ago people were very happy to receive soap and shampoo as there was a shortage then. The US embargo also meant that there was a shortage of electronic and computer equipment, so perhaps cassettes, diskettes, batteries and film might be useful to take. Is there any way you can find out directly from your hosts. I would also be interested to hear more about your paper and what you find out while you are there. Dorothy Kidd. >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 13 06:15:50 1996 13 May 1996 08:14:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 08:14:09 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Suggestions please! In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand your reservations about certain gifts, and you have gotten some great suggestions here. Why not mix all of these items together in a small basket, and then offer your hosts the opportunity to choose one or two items from this basket. You are then respecting them and providing them a choice which can only be seen as respectful and compassionate. We have done this with migrant workers by holding a fiesta and having these baskets around for people to choose their own items. Best of luck >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 13 19:45:12 1996 ; 14 May 96 13:30:49 +1200 Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 13:30:11 +1200 From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Seminar Announcement: Borderlands & Peripheries, Finland To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Lincoln University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- THE DIVIDING LINE. SEMINAR ON BORDERS AND NATIONAL PERIPHERIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, 22 - 23 NOVEMBER 1996 Organizers: Renvall Institute of Area and Cultural Studies & Finnish Landscape Network The two-day seminar will take place at the Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki. The seminar is arranged together by the Renvall institute and the Landscape Network in cooperation with the Finnish Network on Cultural Studies and the Institute of Geography at the University of Oulu. The seminar continues the series of international seminars started at the Institute in 1994 under the topic "Landscape and Northern National Identity". The programme will consist of a keynote lecture together with a plenary session. Further on the seminar will divide into workshops on specified topics. Contributions are invited from Nordic countries, Russia and Britain as well as from USA and Canada. The proceedings will be published in the publication series of the Renvall Institute. The seminar seeks to look at borders, frontiers and boundaries as historical phenomena, social institutions and spatial practices. The main objective is to find out how the national identity has been defined by the establishing of borders and peripheries. Different cases of borders and borderlands are discussed, with an emphasis on the Finnish-Russian border and the adjoining areas. The scope is not necessarily limited to national borders, but may also cover ethnic and regional borders, etc. The seminar is interdisciplinary and open for contributions from different fields of study, historic as well as geographic or social scientific. Working groups: I The Institutionalization of Border - What constitutes a border? - Historical practices of borders - Border in the physical landscape II The Formation of Borders - The establishment of national borders - Defining national identity through borders - The emergence of borders and boundaries as a spatial system III The Images of Border - Cartographical representations of borders - Borders in national imagery IV Borderlands and Frontiers - Disputed lands - Ethnic minorities - Manifest Destinies Those interested in contributing to the seminar with a paper are requested to send to the organizers until 15 August 1996 the following information: personal data, academic status and affiliation, the preferred working group as well as a description of the intended topic (in one or two sentences). Contact information: Dr Lars-Folke Landgren Renvall Institute University of Helsinki P.O.B. 4 FIN-00014 U. of Helsinki Tel. +358-0-191 22985 Fax: +358-0-191 23107 E-mail: Dr Maunu Ha"yrynen Finnish Landscape Network Unioninkatu 45 E 51 FIN-00170 HELSINKI Tel/fax +358-0-135 9213 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Centre for Resource Management/ Department of Resource Management Lincoln University Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (64) (03) 325-2811 x8377 Fax: (64) (03) 325-3841 ************************************
