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17th world congress iuaes, 2013
17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, August 5 to Saturday, August 10, 2013, Manchester, UK
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The 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, which has the overall theme "Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds" will be held in the city of Manchester, United Kingdom, from Monday, August 5 to Saturday, August 10, 2013, hosted by the University of Manchester with the support of Manchester City Council.
This is the first world congress to be held in Britain since the first meeting of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences was held in London in 1934.
The Congress Agenda is being planned by a UK Organizing Committee which includes anthropologists working in all sub-fields of the discipline. We are proud to have the privilege of organizing what we hope will be a truly memorable event.
Call for Panels - deadline 1st November 2011
The Congress will be built around a series of thematic tracks. We imagine that most panels will fit into one or other of these tracks, but we do not seek to exclude panels that fall outside these themes and sub-themes. We are simply aiming to give what will be a large event some structure. All panels must have a minimum of four speakers. All proposals must be made via the online form. The final deadline for panel proposals is November 1st, 2011.
Paper proposals
Individuals who wish to give papers at the congress have three options. The first is to be included in a panel proposal by the organizer(s). The second is to be added to a panel that has been accepted and been listed on the conference website. In this case it will be necessary to contact the panel organizer(s) to seek inclusion in the panel as an additional speaker. The deadline for submission of individual paper proposals for inclusion in existing panels will be January 30, 2012. The third option is to submit an individual paper proposal directly to the congress organizers through the online system. We will either assign the paper to an existing panel which still has space or place it in a new panel created to accomodate individual papers. The final deadline for papers not included in existing panels will be 1st June 2012. Delegates should bear in mind the time that may be required to obtain visas as well as to secure funding.
EASA e da WCAA protestam contra subalternização da antropologia na UE
As principais associações de antropologia europeia e mundial tomaram uma posição de protesto relativamente ao enquadramento das ciências sociais e humanas, e em particular a antropologia, no âmbito do 8º Programa Quadro da União Europeia.
A WCAA - World Council of Anthropological Associations tornou pública a seguinte declaração:
We would like to draw your attention to some alarming developments in the preparations for the 8th Framework Programme. These include:
1. The downgrading of socio-economic and humanities research in DG Research from a department to one single office (taking effect January 1, 2011).
2. The plan to abolish broader, long-term integrated projects and the like in social sciences and humanities in the 8th Framework Programme. Instead, a focus on "grand challenges" with topics that are more applied than basic research and are supposed to foster European competitiveness on global markets (social science as an 'auxiliary' discipline to be mainstreamed into the other sciences).
3. The downsizing of funding for socio-economic and humanities research projects in the 8th Framework Programme.
There is nothing we can do against the structural decision of DG Research to downgrade social science and humanities. There is still time to mobilize against its thematic and financial downsizing. Given the decentralized structure of social sciences, concerted action is difficult to organize.
Please use the connections and networks you have to disseminate the following demands, both to EU and national policy-makers:
1. No downsizing of socio-economic and humanities research;
2. Continuation of integrated projects and networks on both smaller scale (1-3 Mio Euro) and larger scale (5-12 Mio Euro);
3. Strengthening of social sciences in the Marie Curie Programme;
4. If grand challenges, they should focus on "social and cultural cohesion" of Europe instead only on innovation;
5. Less focus on partnering with industry, rather focusing on public sector and civil society.
In particular, we would encourage you to mobilize your professional associations. Moreover, it would be useful if all the protest was directed towards two persons in the Commission and the EP, respectively:
* Commission: DG Research General Director: robert-jan.smits(AT)ec.europa.eu
* EP ITRE Committee Chair: herbert.reul(AT)europarl.europa.eu
A carta enviada pela EASA - European Association of Social Anthropologists ao Parlamento Europeu pode ser consultada aqui.
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