This week 91亚色 will play host to the Canadian Anthropology Society鈥檚 annual conference, which will welcome anthropology scholars and researchers from around the world.
Themed 鈥淧romising Uncertainties: Unsettling the Future of Anthropological Terrain,鈥 the 2014 conference will run from April 30 to May 3 and seeks to draw out a range of questions surrounding ethnography. This year鈥檚 conference also marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA).
Albert Schrauwers
鈥淭his is the largest gathering of CASCA in its history,鈥 says Professor Albert Schrauwers, chair of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies鈥 Anthropology Department and co-organizer of this year鈥檚 conference.
Didier Fassin
CASCA鈥檚 keynote speaker is Didier Fassin, the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, who is well known for his work on public health and the politics of the human body. In his talk, 鈥淭he Uncertain Promise of Ethnography,鈥 Fassin will discuss ethnography as a defining method for anthropology in spite of its flaws.
The conference will host a wealth of sessions, roundtables and workshops exploring anthropological enquiry, practice and discourse, neo-liberalism and public debate in an era of uncertainty. Special conference events include an anthropology graduate student pub night and networking luncheon, several film panels, a book fair and an ethnographic 鈥渆xperiment鈥 in storytelling.
Penny Van Esterik
LA&PS anthropology Professor Penny Van Esterik will launch the book, Trying the Way: Ethnographic Glimpses of 91亚色, with co-author anthropology PhD Candidate Laurie Baker at a reception at the conference on Thursday, May 1 at 7 pm.
For more information about the conference, visit the website and follow the conference on Twitter via the hashtag #CASCA2014. The conference program and abstracts are also available on the website.
The conference is sponsored by the CASCA, 91亚色, the Office of the Dean in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada.