[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfP: Becoming Citizens of United Europe: Anthropological and Historical Aspects of the EU Enlargement in SEE, Graz, 20-23.2.2003

[Agron Alibali]

  Florian Bieber <fbieber at yahoo.com> wrote: From Florian Bieber Wed Apr 3 08:45:39 2002
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From: Florian Bieber 
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 18:45:39 +0200
Subject: [balkans] CfP: Becoming Citizens of United Europe: Anthropological and
Historical Aspects of the EU Enlargement in SEE, Graz, 20-23.2.2003

From: Ulf Brunnbauer <ulf at gewi.uni-graz.at>

Call for Papers

2nd Conference of the International Association for Southeast European 
Anthropology (InASEA)
"Becoming Citizens of United Europe: Anthropological and Historical Aspects 
of the EU Enlargement in Southeast Europe"

Graz, 20 to 23 February 2003

Aim of the conference
In the next years to come the process of the integration of Southeastern 
Europe into the European Union will expand and accelerate. Three countries 
are currently negotiating for membership (Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania) and 
others have signed association agreements with the EU. Generally, all 
governments in Southeastern Europe share the agenda of bringing their 
countries into the European Union. Far-reaching hopes are pinned on 
EU-membership because the EU is often viewed as the only solution to the 
protracted economic and social problems of the region. The process of EU 
accession, and the possible consequences of the lack thereof, are usually 
assessed from a political, economic or legal point of view that highlights 
important developments on the macro-level of social change. The impact of 
European integration on everyday life, popular perceptions and 
expectations, strategies of ordinary people and modes of 
self-identification are usually much less considered by European 
politicians and technocrats because decision making does not seem to be 
particularly informed by anthropology. In our view, an anthropological 
perspective must be included in order to understand the contingencies and 
possible consequences of the uneven process of integration into the 
European Union and the gradual transformation of Europe into a polity of a 
new order.

The organisers of this conference therefor invite paper proposals that will 
discuss, from anthropological as well as historical perspectives, the 
impact of the EU enlargement process on the societies in Southeastern 
Europe. Scholars from related disciplines are also encouraged to submit 
proposals.
Papers may wish to explore popular expectations, experiences as well as 
local strategies in view of the pending EU accession, and the political, 
economic and cultural aspects of these new processes and 
political-economical frameworks of inclusion or exclusion. Popular 
responses to official discourses or the impact of Europe on imaginary and 
perceived realities may be other important topics. Contributions on Greece 
could provide a comparative framework for studying the developments 
triggered by EU membership. In general, comparative accounts will be highly 
welcome. The underlying aim of the conference is to show what anthropology 
and related disciplines can contribute to a better understanding of the EU 
enlargement processes in respect to the Southeast European situation and 
its specificity. The conference wishes to include an applied perspective as 
well and to explore the consequences of the European perspective on the 
ways anthropology, ethnology and ethnography are framed and taught in 
Southeastern Europe.

Sub-topics of the conference include:
·    Identity, Images and Discourses:
image of Europe, discourses of Europeanisation/Westernisation ; history of 
perceptions of Europe ; EU accession as the end of Balkanism ?; 
appropriating the other ; mutual (mis-)representations; processes of 
homogenising identity; switching and shifting identities.
·    Civil versus Ethnic Identity:
European versus local identity; fears, hopes and expectations of change; 
end of nationalism?, citizenship versus ethnic belonging; contested 
categories of collectivism; local histories of civil identity and 
resistance; minority rights and minority protection local understandings, 
foreign impositions.
·    Power Relations:
the construction of centre and periphery within Europe and within the 
region; European hegemonies on Southeastern Europe; impact of EU policy on 
domestic and local decision making; concepts of devolution, 
regionalisation, decentralisation and their local effects; domestic 
discourses on subsidarity.
·    Diversity:
politics of differences and commonalties; histories of interethnic 
coexistence and conflict; the changing roles of religion; contested 
concepts of Civil Society ; the impact of EU policies on domestic 
homogeneity or heterogeneity; cultural exchange.
·    Practices and Decisions:
changing social and cultural practices in view of Europe; impact of 
enlargement perspectives on everyday life, popular strategies and local 
politics in Southeastern Europe; popular perceptions of the enlargement 
process;
·    Integration and Migration:
Europe and migration; inclusion and exclusion; diversity and assimilation; 
EU migration policies and their impact on the countries of Southeastern 
Europe; new migrant communities to Southeastern Europe
·    Modernisation and Transition :
Concepts and processes of modernisation and their critics; EU intervention 
and local effects; anthropological perspectives on economic restructuring 
and development ; contested issues of justice , civil society , democracy , 
market economy etc.
·    Regional Interactions:
changing balances of power within the Balkans; new borders, new alliances, 
new migration patterns; mutual perception in Southeastern Europe; 
redefining neighbours
·    Impacts on the Discipline:
Anthropology teaching between the local , national and the European ; 
concepts of national heritage and European legacy ; national, local and 
international debates about teaching of anthropology/ethnology/ethnography 
in view of Europe ; Europeanisation of local ethnographies; hegemonic power 
of the European discourse on local concepts


Abstracts:
Please send a 200-250 word abstract of your paper proposal to the program 
committee
* by e-mail to ulf at gewi.uni-graz.at
* or by fax to: +43.316.380 9735 (attn. Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer).

Deadline for paper proposals: 1 September 2002.


Provided sufficient funding, participants who are Southeast European 
nationals and are residents of Southeast European countries (except for 
Greece) will have their reasonable travelling costs reimbursed and will be 
provided pre-organised accommodation with half board free of charge.
Other participants will be asked to take care of their hotel reservations 
as soon as possible after their paper has been accepted because Graz will 
be European Cultural Capital of the year 2003 and therefor hotels might 
sell out soon.
A list with hotels in different price categories can be found at the Graz 
tourism homepage at http://www.graztourismus.at/graztourism/default.htm

The conference program will include sightseeing tours through the old town 
of Graz.

For further information please contact the convenor:
Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer
Center for the Study of Balkan Societies and Cultures
University of Graz
Mozartgasse 3
A8010 Graz
E-mail: ulf at gewi.uni-graz.at
Phone: +43.316.380 8107



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