– CALL FOR PAPERS –
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<br>*Towards an anthropology of un/making: affective encounters in abandonment,
<br>ruination, and creative destruction*
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<br>ASA18, 18-21 September 2018, University of Oxford
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<br>*Abstract deadline: 20 April 2018, 23:59 GMT *
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<br>All proposals must be made via the conference website before it closes.
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<br>Convenor: Arvid van Dam, University of Leeds, a.vandam@leeds.ac.uk
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<br>Discussant: Yael Navaro-Yashin, University of Cambridge.
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<br>*Short panel description*
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<br>This panel seeks to understand the processes of unmaking and ruination in
<br>terms of their affective and creative qualities. It sheds light on the
<br>intertwinements of affect and (derelict) materiality, asking what social
<br>forms and imaginations inspire and emerge from ruination.
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<br>*Full call for papers*
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<br>The goal of this panel is to stimulate debate on the processes of unmaking
<br>and ruination in terms of their affective and creative qualities. Departing
<br>from an understanding of ruination as an ongoing and active process, this
<br>panel engages ruins not through nostalgic contemplation, but interrogates
<br>the making of, and life among, ruins in the contemporary post-colonial and
<br>post-industrial world. In doing so, it sheds light on the intertwinements
<br>of affect and (derelict) materiality, asking what social forms and
<br>imaginations inspire and emerge from ruination and the creative-destructive
<br>processes of unmaking.
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<br>Ruination can take many forms. Across the globe, rural abandonment is
<br>depleting villages of its inhabitants; in mining regions, shifting towns
<br>respond to the growth of the mines they depend upon and leave behind their
<br>former walls; industrial and urban decay are often seen as dangerous voids
<br>in communities or as potential sites for regeneration; and forced
<br>displacement and violent conflict shatter ways of life and built
<br>environments. Recognising the multiplicity of forms of ruination, this
<br>panel seeks to bring together a variety of ethnographic studies in
<br>different contexts, including violent and non-violent, and rural and urban
<br>settings. The panel's discussant will be Dr Yael Navaro-Yashin (University
<br>of Cambridge), who will draw on her expertise in ruins, ruination and
<br>environmentally produced affect.
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<br>To submit your paper, please visit the panel page on the conference website
<br>here: http://bit.ly/anthropology-of-unmaking
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<br>You will find the link to submit a paper on the bottom of the page.
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<br>Arvid van Dam | Doctoral fellow
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<br>Disaster studies | Design Anthropology | Environmental Humanities
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<br>ENHANCE ITN
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<br>University of Leeds | Leeds Humanities Research Institute | Room 1.04 |
<br>29-31 Clarendon Place | LEEDS LS2 9JY
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<br>a.vandam@leeds.ac.uk | NL & WhatsApp: +31 6 15275313 | UK:
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<br>113 34 32025 | ES: +34 617 180703
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