UGAT 35th Annual Conference Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below the Call for Papers for  upcoming 35th Annual Conference at the Ateneo de Davao University, Oct 24-26 2012, with the theme  “Rethinking and Remaking Forms of Knowledge: The Critical Work of Anthropology”.   We hope that you can share this information to any of your friends and colleagues who may be interested in participating.

The UGAT 2013 Conference Secretariat


CALL FOR PAPERS

UGNAYANG PANG-AGHAMTAO, INC. (UGAT)
Anthropological Association of the Philippines

35th Annual Conference
RETHINKING AND REMAKING FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE: THE CRITICAL WORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY
24-26 October 2013
Ateneo de Davao University
Davao City

What counts as "knowledge"? At once destabilizing the prevailing hegemony of "science" as the paramount legitimate knowledge, this question leads us to pay serious attention to other forms of knowledge, which, in the dominant scheme of knowledge production, have been "silenced." Other related issues come to the fore: For what purposes are forms of knowledge deployed? For whom? By whom? Against whom? And with what ramifications? These issues call our attention to the need to respond to myriad ways that different stakeholders advance forms of knowledge to achieve certain ends, and to their moral and ethical underpinnings. The task is to examine why such actions are often taken for granted, despite their far-reaching consequences for the well-being and sustainability of Planet Earth, including the diverse life forms (read biocultural diversity) that dwell in it.  

UGAT welcomes panel and paper submissions that are aligned with this year's conference theme.  It hopes to generate interdisciplinary submissions that follow the lead of the "critical practice" (read questioning and reflexive) of anthropologists in engaging issues that have profound effects on the diverse publics they serve, especially those that continue to grapple with the work of structural power (read political, economic, social, and cultural forces) that shape the development and course of (indivisible) culture-nature. 

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Anthropology as science
• Cultures of science 
• Anthropology as advocacy, activist research, cultural critique
• The production and deployment of “expert knowledge” in public policy: education, diplomacy, heritage and nation-building, law and order, health, population, food security, and communication, and so forth. 
• Religious Frameworks, Political Engagement, and Public Agendas
• Appropriations of Indigenous knowledge and practices (IKSPs), Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC), and Intellectual Property Rights
• Local knowledges and moral worlds
• The cultural politics of “evidence”
• Ethics in propriety research and corporate social responsibility
• Queering knowledge
• Knowledge and cyberethnography
• Communicating or transmitting knowledge: Proxies and Processess
• Replicas and reproduction of knowledge:  the role of the museum
• Issues in the ‘revival’ or revitalization of vanishing knowledge systems

GUIDELINES ON ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

1. Abstracts should be 250 words and should be written in a style that is accessible to non-academic audiences. The topical area into which the abstract falls may also be indicated.
2. Submissions should include the author’s name, institutional affiliation and complete contact information (e-mail address, telephone number, and mailing address).
3. Please send abstracts to ugat.conference@gmail.com by 15 July 2013.
4. Students intending to join the Student Paper Competition must indicate this in their submission. The winning entry will automatically be considered for publication in the Aghamtao, the official journal of UGAT.

For other inquiries, please contact the UGAT Conference Secretariat at +63 920 9823179 (Eizel Hilario) or + 63 0906 2285977 (Lauren Villarama) or ugat.conference@gmail.com.