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Call for Papers "The Challenges of Anthropology in Central America: Identities, Cultural Diversity and Political Processes" VIII Central American Anthropology Congress Central American Anthropology Network Departamento de Antropología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán Tegucigalpa (Honduras) 21-25 February 2011 __________________________________________________ The Central American Anthropology Network and The Organizing Committee invite members of the academic community to participate in the VIII Central American Anthropology Congress to be held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in February 2011. The theme chosen for the VIII Congress is "The Challenges of Anthropology in Central America: Identities, Cultural Diversity and Political Processes." There have been seven Congresses by the Central American Anthropology Network. The themes of the different Congresses show how participation has intensified and how the subjects treated have been diversified. This Congress has the purpose of analyzing the main themes in Central American anthropology in the different areas of Anthropological research: biological, linguistic anthropology, socio-cultural, archaeology and ethnohistory. The Congress is dedicated to Dr. Anne Chapman, pioneer of ethnographic studies in Honduras. For this purpose, we ask scholars to submit proposals to one of the following thematic areas: 1. Central American Anthropology * The state of anthropology in Central America * Academic programs in anthropology * Anthropological Fieldwork * “Our friends, our colleagues” 2. Identity and its transformation * Multiculturalism * Interculturality * Citizenship and identity * Hibridity * Globalization * Migration and frontier societies 3. Social Anthropology * Memory, critic thought and decolonization * Spirituality, Religion and Symbolism * Transformation Processes of State Institutions * Governability, citizen security and social violence 4. Economic Anthropology and Sustainable Human Development * Economy and the evolution of society. * Industrialism and labor markets * Demography and rural poverty * Urban development, marginality, and migration * Resettlements, social displacements and infrastructure 5. Gender Studies * Gender violence and patriarchy * Gender and industrialism * Identity and the construction of gender * The feminization of poverty * Masculinity in the postmodern context 6. Archaeology * Archeology and the construction of identity * Time construction and Archeology * Archaeological research and conservation * Archaeology and Landscape 7. Anthropology and Human Rights * Public Policies * Political Processes, Participation and Democracy * Social, Cultural and Economic rights * Indigenous Peoples 8. Political Anthropology * Government and local development * Collective action and The State * Democracy and political processes * Urban imaginaries and social participation 9. Ecological Anthropology * Global warming and its effect in Central American Societies * Ethnography of natural disasters * Tourism, development and the environment * Indigenous Peoples and the environment 10. Anthropology and Cultural Heritage * Cultural heritage and tourism * Cultural heritage and cultural industries * Cultural heritage and education 11. Anthropology and education * Anthropology in academic plans * Education and culture * Information, technology and education * Identity construction through the national system of education * Education and gender 12. Linguistic Anthropology * Native languages * Intercultural education * Second language and acculturation * Linguistic differences between the Spanish of Central America 13. Anthropology of health * Health interculturality * Socio cultural context of illness * Applied anthropology and health * Forensic anthropology and human rights * Genetics, anthropology and historical research 14. Ethnohistory * New theories and methods in ethnohistory * Reconstruction of the past and ethnohistory * Micro-history and local history * Oral history. Within the framework of these thematic areas, we invite colleagues to submit their proposals according to the guidelines. Dates and Deadlines May 2010: Call for symposia opens August 30, 2010: Deadline for online symposia submissions October 15 2010: Deadline for online submission of papers November 15, 2010: Publication of official program February 21, 2011: Regular registration closes Deadline for participants’ registration Contact: Zulema Ewens (Coordinator): [email protected] Silvia González (Assistant): [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
