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CALL FOR PAPERS
FP Coetzee (COETZFP@ALPHA.UNISA.AC.ZA)
Tue, 2 Apr 1996 10:15:53 +0200
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ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF AFRICA
Please visit our WWW page:http://www.unisa.ac.za/dept/vir/acmain.html
(for further details)
INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS
We cordially invite you to attend the 1996 joint conference of the Pan
African Anthropological Association and
the Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa.
DATE AND VENUE
September 9-13, 1996
University of South Africa
Pretoria
Republic of South Africa
THEME
Anthropology and the Social Transformation of Africa
ISSUES FOR DEBATE
Since the theme focuses on how anthropology interfaces with some of
the social issues facing the African continent, the conference calls for
papers, amongst others in the following areas: health, population
processes and reproductive health; development and its environmental
impact; ethnic pluralism and urban integration; gender and the
empowerment of women, and issues in the emergence of a new South
Africa. These themes will be considered from both theoretical and
applied perspectives.
Accordingly the following subthemes have been identified for the
conference:
1.Anthropology and major Health Problems
2.Population Processes and Reproductive Health
3.Ethnic Pluralism and Urban Integration
4.Development and its Social and Environmental Implications
5.Gender and the Empowerment of Women: Post-Beijing Challenges
Persons wishing to organise an independent session around a theme
other than those listed above, must please contact the Conference
Committee. Such sessions should however, relate to the general
conference theme.
OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
The aim of the conference is to define more clearly problems facing the
African continent and to assess the role of anthropology in contributing
towards their solutions. The conference offers anthropologists the
opportunity to exchange ideas, build networks and demonstrate ways in
which some of the problems can be approached from a practical angle.
The conference intends to achieve the following objectives: To
* permit other African scholars to discover anthropological research in a
* South Africa that was previously isolated by apartheid
* establish new research networks around some of the major issues
confronting the discipline in Africa
* exchange views on the teaching and practice of anthropology, and
ways of improving these activities
* discuss ways of applying anthropology in addressing the problems
encountered by African countries.
CONFERENCE FEE
All participants are required to pay a conference fee, which is as
follows:
Before June 30, 1996
PAAA/AASA Members $50 (R190,00)
Non-PAAA/AASA Members $60 (R225,00)
Students $25 (R95,00)
After June 30, 1996
PAAA/AASA Members $70 (R260,00)
Non-PAAA/AASA Members $80 (R300,00)
Students $35 (R130,00)
If you pay by cheque in ZAR (South African Rand), your cheque must be
made out to PAAA/ASSA 1996 - Conference. Payment can also be made
electronically (nationally and internationally) to:
PAAA/ASSA 1996-Conference
Standard Bank of South Africa Sunnyside Branch
Esselen Street
Sunnyside 0132
South Africa
Account number: 011521279
Branch code: 01064502
SWIFT address SBZAZAJJ
Please note that in the case of cancellation the following applies:
* Cancellation before July 31, 1996: 50% of fee will be refunded
* Cancellation after July 31, 1996: No fees will be refunded.
The registration fee includes the conference folder containing the
program, copies of abstracts and papers, and other documentation,
lunches, teas as well as the costs of the cocktail party and conference
dinner.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The Conference Committee has extremely limited funds to assist
participants who do not have funding or access to funding, but has in
principle decided to endeavour to cover the travel and per diem costs for
a few exceptional and deserving individuals. Persons requiring
assistance must apply before May 15, 1996. Considerations for
assistance will be done on the basis of merit and will only be provided on
submission, BEFORE JULY 31, 1996, of the complete paper to be
presented at the conference.
DEADLINES
* Submission of titles and abstracts of papers: May 15, 1996
* Submission of final papers and diskettes: July 31, 1996
* Applications and submission of final papers for
participants wishing to apply for assistance: July 31, 1996
The Conference Organisers will present all participants with a copy of
each paper presented during the conference. To do so the following
stipulations apply:
If you submit your final paper before July 31, you need only send us a
single copy and the Conference Organisers will make copies of your
paper. If you do not send a single copy before July 31, that is, you submit
your final paper after 31 July, you are required to send us 50 (fifty)
copies.
GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS
Length of abstracts and papers
The length of abstracts is restricted to 300 words.
Presenters will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation of their papers.
The length of papers is therefore, limited to
approximately 4000 words.
Format of papers
One printed copy of your paper is required as well as a copy on a
diskette. Place your document on the diskette
in Wordperfect 5.1, Wordperfect for Windows or as an ASCII file.
The following information must appear on a separate title page:
* Title of paper
* Your name
* Affiliation (University or other Institution)
Papers may also be sent to the Conference Organisers by EMail.
(DJONGM@alpha.unisa.ac.za)
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
* Cocktail party on September 9
* Conference dinner on September 11
* Lunches and teas
We could EMail further information if you do not have access to the
WWW.
ENQUIRIES
Prof Michael de Jongh
PAAA/AASA Conference Committee
Department of Anthropology
University of South Africa
Box 392
PRETORIA 0001
Republic of South Africa
Tel: +27+12 429 6418
FAX: +27+12 429 3221
EMail: DJONGM@alpha.unisa.ac.za
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