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Final Call for Papers for ASnA Annual Conference

FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS: MAY 31, 2008

Anthropology Southern Africa

Annual Conference 2008

31 August – 3 September 2008

University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa

Anthropology in Southern Africa, and beyond:
Connections & Transformations

The 2008 annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa(ASnA) calls on scholars and graduate students of Anthropology to rethink the relationships between anthropological practices within the Southern African sub-region, the wider African context, and globally. We welcome paper proposals from local and international scholars and graduate students; the organizers are particularly interested in contributions that explore relations among and between anthropologists and “anthropologies of the South”, with reference to the 1997 debate in Critique of Anthropology, and more recently, to the World Anthropologies Network (WAN) (Ribeiro & Escobar 2006).

ASnA Statement Regarding Violent Attacks on Foreigners

Statement from Anthropology Southern Africa regarding violent attacks on "foreigners"
Issued by the Council of Anthropology Southern Africa

We are horrified by the violent attacks on fellow South African residents. In particular we are ashamed at the extreme violence against children, women and men, many of whom have settled in South Africa's cities to escape violence, persecution and the degradations of poverty elsewhere. We are shocked by the barbaric actions of those who have taken to brutal mob violence against their neighbours.

As anthropologists, we are deeply concerned, both professionally and as citizens, that these actions reflect a continuing emphasis in South African political discourse on cultural, racial and national differences.

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