Call for papers: CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference in Ottawa

CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference in Ottawa

International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA)

The Conference/InterCongress will be hosted at the University of Ottawa, on the unceded, traditional territory of the Algonquins of the Ottawa River Watershed. Canada’s capital city is built on the banks of the Kitchisippi, the Great River, the Ottawa River; the Sacred Chaudière Falls and Islands have served as a meeting place of great spiritual importance to the people of North America since time immemorial. In 2017, Canada celebrates its 150 birthday. Join us for our Conference/InterCongress May 2-7 2017, in the National Capital Region!

Call for papers
The call for papers is now open and closes at midnight on December 19th, 2016. Before you propose a paper, audiovisual media contribution or a poster, please read the theme of the congress below. For more details, please follow this link.

The accepted panels have been divided into thematic streams:

Worlds in motion: Worlds, Hopes and Futures
Worlds in motion: Cultural Heritage, Artefacts and Tourism
Worlds in motion: Human rights, Laws and Trafficking
Worlds in motion: Global Flows
Worlds in motion: Anthropology in movement
Living landscapes: Nomadic and Sedentary
Living landscapes: Affective Ecologies
Living landscapes: Food and Water Flows
Living landscapes: Anthropocene
Moving bodies: Sounds and Resonance
Moving bodies: Affects, Movement and Stillness
Moving bodies: Medical Travels
Moving bodies: Shamanism, Spiritualism and Reliogiosity
Relational movements: Migration, Refugees and Borders
Relational movements: Lively Languages
Relational movements: Kin and Gender
Relational movements: States, Politics and Knowledge
Relational movements: Crossroads, Places and Violences
There is also an Audiovisual stream for films and other contributions of AV media, and a poster stream. When browsing through the list of panels, you can alternate between the All panels view that shows all the panels in one list, regardless of the stream and the All streams view that shows the list of streams.

Important dates
Call for Panels: 22 Aug-26 Oct
Call for Papers: 16 Nov-19 Dec
Early-bird registration opens: 9 Feb
End of early-bird: 9 Mar