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Comment by Detlev Krige on July 16, 2012 at 10:15pm

Some anthropology seminar schedules for 2012

UJ Sociology, Anthropology & Development Studies Seminars Secon...

Wits Anthropology Seminar Series Second Semester 2012

Comment by Detlev Krige on July 16, 2012 at 9:47pm

Anthropology Southern Africa 2012 Annual Conference

Call for Paper Proposals: The conference organisers call for paper proposals that address the broad theme of the conference and that take particular cognisance of the above series of questions. While there is no restriction on either conceptual/theoretical or ethnographic focus, proposals should explicitly address the issue of anthropology’s future in southern Africa. PAPER PROPOSALS: Deadline for submission of paper proposals is 16 July 2012 Paper proposals should comprise a title and an abstract (up to 100 words) and, if intended for a panel, they should indicate the panel title. Please send paper proposals to ASnA2012@uct.ac.za by 16 July 2012.   For the full call for papers visit http://www.asnahome.org/

Comment by Derick Fay on February 18, 2010 at 8:48pm

Now available in paperback:
The Rights and Wrongs of Land Restitution

Drawing on memories and histories of past dispossession, governments, NGOs, informal movements and individual claimants worldwide have attempted to restore and reclaim rights in land. Land restitution programs link the past and the present, and may allow former landholders to reclaim lands which provided the basis of earlier identities and livelihoods. Restitution also has a moral weight that holds broad appeal; it is represented as righting injustice and healing the injuries of colonialism. Restitution may have unofficial purposes, like establishing the legitimacy of a new regime, quelling popular discontent, or attracting donor funds. It may produce unintended consequences, transforming notions of property and ownership, entrenching local bureaucracies, or replicating segregated patterns of land use. It may also constitute new relations between states and their subjects. Land-claiming communities may make new claims on the state, but they may also find the state making unexpected claims on their land and livelihoods. Restitution may be a route to citizenship, but it may engender new or neo-traditional forms of subjection. This volume explores these possibilities and pitfalls by examining cases from the Americas, Eastern Europe, Australia and South Africa. Addressing the practical and theoretical questions that arise, The Rights and Wrongs of Land Restitution thereby offers a critical rethinking of the links between land restitution and property, social transition, injustice, citizenship, the state and the market.

Comment by Derick Fay on September 9, 2009 at 3:03pm

If you can make it to Vermont (USA) in April please consider submitting an abstract to the Northeast Workshop on Southern Africa, due Sept. 21:

http://openanthcoop.ning.com/events/northeast-workshop-on-southern

Comment by Paul Wren on June 12, 2009 at 11:37pm

What are the boundaries of what you refer to as Southern Africa?