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SAVE THE DATE!!! AAACIG (American Anthropological Association Child Interest Group) invites you to participate in the Second AAACIG Conference to be held jointly with SCCR (Society for Cross-Cultural Research) SASci (Society for Anthropological Sciences) February 16-20, 2011 in Charleston, South Carolina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Session Title: Ethnographies of Childhood in School: Implications for Policy in Early Childhood Education Ethnographies of children in school have long been an important trajectory of applied anthropology. With recent changes in the U.S. Department of Education's leadership and a renewed emphasis on both qualitative and quantitative research-based agendas, what could current ethnographic research of childhood in schools add to the Obama administration's focus on early childhood education policy and research? This session puts together current ethnographic studies dealing with childhood and school - focusing on parents, teachers and young children - in an effort to address current issues within early childhood education. This session looks not only at the education of young children in U.S. schools from multiple perspectives but also utilizes the strengths of ethnographic work including understanding the role of context, multi-sited and/or comparative research designs and emphasizing the perspectives of those least heard from and those closest to the educational experiences of young children. We believe that by recirculating the important contribution of ethnographic work in formulating policy and research agendas for early childhood education, we, as anthropologists, can contribute to the quickly changing world of early childhood within the U.S. educational system. This session grew from the Council of Anthropology and Education's Policy Engagement Working Group and is being organized by Jennifer Keys Adair and Fabienne Doucet. Session Preferences: Current or Recent ethnographic studies (from 2002 or later) on young children in school. The focus of the work can be on children, teachers, parents/communities and/or administrations. Each paper should be able to connect research findings with a current issue in early childhood education. Paper abstract should be turned into Fabienne Doucet (fd30@nyu.edu) by Feb 24, 2010 for consideration. Critical Disability Studies Conference: Call for Papers Child, Family and Disability Free conference hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University. Dates: Wednesday 28th April, 2010 ~ 10am-4pm day Venue: Lecture theatre 5, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University (http://www.mmu.ac.uk/travel/allsaints/) This conference brings together an international group of disability studies researchers. This call for papers seeks contributions around the following areas: Making sense of and challenging notions of children and childhood Making sense of normal and normalcy Making sense of and challenging ableism Questioning the push to make children hyper-normal Intersections of child, gender, class, ethnicity, ability Examining the ways in which normalcy and ableism function in the lives of disabled children and their families and allies Challenging policy conceptions of child and disability Bringing together ideas from the human and social sciences and humanities Keynote speakers will include Professor Patricia McKeever, Senior Scientist, Theme Leader and Bloorview Kids Foundation Chair in Childhood Disability Studies, Canada. Professor McKeever’s research interests include: social, philosophical and policy aspects of childhood disability/chronic illness, interdisciplinary scholarship, contemporary social theory, and qualitative research methods. Deadline for paper abstracts: 31st January 2010 Deadline for attendance: 31st March 2010 Abstract and attendance email Katherine Runswick-Cole: k.runswick-cole@mmu.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the first time AAACIG will hold a joint meeting with The Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR) An annual conference to be held February 17th- 20th, 2010 at the Albuquerque Marriott 2101 Louisiana Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 800-228-9290 505-881-6800 For a list of sessions, submission information, and dates and deadlines Contact David Lancy david.lancy@usu.edu Hotel Reservations: (conference rate) January 31, 2010 More Hotel information at: http://www.sccr.org/sccr2010/hotel.html Conference Registration: Please register through the SCCR website: http://www.sccr.org/sccr2010/registration.html You will need to pay the non-member amount Advance Registration Deadline: January 31, 2010 Organizer: David Lancy All Submissions Deadline: November 30, 2009 Questions? Contact David Lancy david.lancy@usu.edu | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Papers and Poster Presentations Children, Families, and the Migration Experience: Opportunities and Challenges Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, London May 21st 2010
Please send abstracts for papers or poster presentations of no more than 300 words to Magda Lopez Rodriguez at m.rodriguez@mdx.ac.uk by 16 December 2009. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Anthropology News In Focus Archive, 49(4) This AN issue features two In Focus commentary series on Children and Childhood. "Transforming the Anthropology of Childhood" examines new ways of thinking about childhood and children's roles and experiences that move beyond the traditional limits of our discipline, and between sub-disciplines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for papers: Center for the Study of Childhood and Youth 3rd International Conference 6th-8th of July 2010 Childhood and Youth in Transition Monthly Seminar at VU University Amsterdam Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Click here for more information This seminar brings together academics engaged in research with children. During monthly meetings, experts will deliver lectures and participants will discuss relevant literature. The seminar is designed to encourage child-centered approaches to children studies and to develop theory useful to cognitive and social sciences, with the accent on anthropology. The core aim of inspiring academic research with children will be stimulated through joint research projects, publications and conferences with national and international partners. Active dialogue is sought and facilitated with stakeholders and policy makers working on child centered programes. Specialists conducting research with adolescents are also cordially invited to participate in the seminar. |
