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Soyuz, The Research Network for Post-Communist Cultural Studies, and
The Harriman Institute of Columbia University invite abstracts for
our annual Symposium. Next Year's theme is:
Views from Within: Ethnographic Perspectives on Post-Communist
Culture and Society
February 11-12, 2000 Columbia University
By providing ground-level, close-up and long-term perspectives on
local communities, ethnographers have greatly expanded scholarly
understanding of social practices, cultural systems, rapid change,
and the power of tradition in post-communist states. This year's
annual symposium in post-communist cultural studies highlights the
value of ethnographic field research as a means of understanding
experiences of post-communist life from within the rich contexts of
local cosmologies and interpretive frameworks.
Presentations may be from any discipline (anthropology, sociology,
folklore, political science, history, media studies, etc.) and may
focus on any aspect of social life - religion, politics, economics
and exchange, kinship and the family, gender, the arts - but must be
based on extended field research, and should explore the particular
power of ethnography for post-communist studies.Limited housing and
travel subsidies for foreign presenters may be provided. The
publication of conference proceedings through the Anthropology of
East Europe Review will be encouraged.
Please send abstracts of 250 words or less, preferably by e-mail to contact or e-mail listed under this notice.
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 1, 1999.
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