{"id":484,"date":"2011-08-03T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2011-08-04T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T16:35:00","slug":"call-for-papers-canadian-association-of-african-studies-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR PAPERS: Canadian Association of African Studies 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(French follows)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Africa in transformation: Africa of individuals, Africa of generations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Laval University, <\/strong>Quebec, Canada<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2-4 May 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) extends a special invitation to all scholars and professionals working on all aspects of African Studies for its next annual conference to be held on May 2-4, 2012, at Universit\u00e9 Laval in Qu\u00e9bec City, Canada. The meeting will be hosted by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences with support from Laval University, the two Faculties, the Groupe Interuniversitaire d\u2019\u00c9tudes et de Recherches sur les Soci\u00e9t\u00e9s Africaines (GIERSA), the Observatoire D\u00e9mographique et Statistique de l\u2019Espace Francophone (ODSEF), and the Chaire de recherche du Canada en litt\u00e9ratures africaines et Francophonie. Our aim is to attract an international group of specialists at all stages in their careers for discussion and dialogue in both of Canada\u2019s official languages, across disciplines, and between scholars and professionals based in both the North and South.<\/p>\n

In recent times African societies have experienced tremendous changes, whether the dimension be social, economic, demographic, political, media-related, cultural, or religious. This conference aims to explore, in both French and English, the many facets of these mutations at the level of individuals as well as at the level of social groups such as generations, and in the varied contexts of self-affirmation, the restructuring or erosion of political arrangements, economic crisis, social tension, affirmation of religious identities, and cultural pluralism. In the tradition of CAAS, the conference hopes to inspire interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary inquiry as well as perspectives over the longue dur\u00e9e<\/em>.<\/p>\n

To be sure, the conference will welcome papers on all topics, but three major themes may serve to guide reflection about the dramatic changes in Africa raised in the preceding paragraph:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Theme 1<\/strong>: Observation of the relationships between younger and older people, men and women, social classes, and generations in order to analyze the origins of tensions, negotiations as well as the often complex strategies that lead to cooperation. This theme privileges consideration of the internal dynamics of African societies and encourages the reexamination of other classic themes\u2014the power of gerontocracy, the role of youth as either dependents of their elders or fomenters of violence, or the situation of women as prisoners of social inferiority.<\/p>\n

Theme 2:<\/strong>Analysis of how African societies, as illustrated through the lives of famous people as well as the not-so-famous and family dynamics both within and between generations, arrived at ways of responding to or even resisting the numerous challenges posed by slave trades, diverse imperialisms, decolonizations, political autocracies, democratic transitions and their diverse evolutions, and changes in the face of globalization;<\/p>\n

Theme 3:<\/strong> Review considerations of the different forms of participation in social and public life, and the variety of forms of civic mobilization\u2014of individuals, social groups, and generations in times of severe political and socioeconomic crisis. Such an approach encourages reflection about the varied ways that people and groups position themselves regarding individualization or community or the two taken together. It also promotes analysis of the emergence of various forms of socialization and sociability which may give rise to solidarity. Finally, it allows study of how these forms of participation are expressed\u2014in the mass media, popular culture, and arts and literature.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Association of African Studies and its journal, the Canadian Journal of African Studies,<\/em> have long served as important platforms for scholarship on Africa. As such, and in addition to the more focused themes elaborated above, the conference welcomes papers on a broad range of topics and themes related to the continent, both disciplinary and interdisciplinary.<\/strong> Hence the meeting will be an occasion to share, in both French and English, research on topics such as the state in Africa, civil society, migrations, the slave trades, Africa in the international arena, conflicts within the continent, linguistic practice, religious dynamics, and so on. In keeping with the bilingual nature of CAAS, paper and panel proposals in French are particularly welcomed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The deadline for submitting paper proposals and panel proposals is November 30, 2011<\/strong>. For information on submitting paper and panel abstracts, conference registration payment (on-line or by cheque), requests for funding for graduate students in Canada, as well as information regarding accommodations please go to CAAS site in English which will be updated regularly: www.arts.ualberta.ca\/`caas\/en\/about.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The organizing committee, the Executive Committee of the association, and all of its members look forward to welcoming you at Laval University in Quebec City in May 2012.<\/p>\n

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L\u2019Afrique en mutations\u00a0: <\/em><\/strong>l\u2019Afrique des individus, l\u2019Afrique des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Association canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines\/ <\/strong>Canadian Association of African Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Universit\u00e9 Laval, <\/strong>Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Du 2 au 4 mai 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019Association canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines (AC\u00c9A) lance une invitation toute sp\u00e9ciale aux chercheurs et professionnels travaillant sur les diff\u00e9rents aspects des \u00e9tudes africaines pour sa prochaine conf\u00e9rence annuelle. Celle-ci se tiendra du 2 au 4 mai 2012, \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada et sera accueillie par la Facult\u00e9 des Lettres et la Facult\u00e9 des Sciences sociales avec le soutien notamment de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, de ces deux Facult\u00e9s, du Groupe Interuniversitaire d\u2019\u00c9tudes et de Recherches sur les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s africaines (GIERSA), de l\u2019Observatoire d\u00e9mographique et statistique de l\u2019espace francophone (ODSEF) et de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en litt\u00e9ratures africaines et Francophonie. Notre but est de faire aussi se rencontrer les chercheurs et les \u00e9tudiants du Sud comme du Nord, afin de favoriser, par del\u00e0 les fronti\u00e8res disciplinaires les d\u00e9bats dans les deux langues officielles du Canada.<\/p>\n

En Afrique, les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s ont connu jusqu\u2019\u00e0 aujourd\u2019hui des mutations majeures, tant aux plans social, \u00e9conomique, d\u00e9mographique, politique, m\u00e9diatique, culturel que religieux. \u00c0 cette conf\u00e9rence, seront explor\u00e9es, en fran\u00e7ais et en anglais, les multiples facettes de ces mutations en confrontant des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s sociales tant \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle de l\u2019individu, des groupes sociaux que des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations et ce, \u00e0 travers des contextes d\u2019affirmation, de restructuration ou d\u2019\u00e9rosion du Politique, de crises \u00e9conomiques, de tensions sociales, d\u2019affirmation du religieux ou de foisonnement culturel. La conf\u00e9rence s\u2019inscrit r\u00e9solument dans une perspective pluridisciplinaire voire interdisciplinaire et sur la longue dur\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Trois axes principaux, mais non exclusifs, pourront guider les r\u00e9flexions\u00a0: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Axe 1\u00a0:<\/strong>observer les rapports entres jeunes et a\u00een\u00e9s, entre femmes et hommes, entre classes sociales et entre g\u00e9n\u00e9rations afin d\u2019analyser la mise en \u0153uvre de tensions, de n\u00e9gociations voire des strat\u00e9gies complexes de coop\u00e9ration. Ceci permettra notamment de rendre compte des dynamiques internes des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s africaines, de revisiter les sch\u00e9mas classiques de la g\u00e9rontocratie, de l\u2019image d\u2019une jeunesse sacrifi\u00e9e ou violente, de l\u2019image de la femme enferm\u00e9e dans des situations d\u2019inf\u00e9riorit\u00e9 sociale;<\/p>\n

Axe 2\u00a0:<\/strong>analyser comment les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s africaines, \u00e0 travers des itin\u00e9raires individuels de personnes illustres ou non, des dynamiques familiales, intra et interg\u00e9n\u00e9rationnelles, ont su r\u00e9pondre, r\u00e9sister voire s\u2019adapter aux d\u00e9fis de la traite, des imp\u00e9rialismes, des d\u00e9colonisations, des autoritarismes politiques, des transitions d\u00e9mocratiques et de ses \u00e9volutions contrast\u00e9es et de la mondialisation ;<\/p>\n

Axe 3\u00a0:<\/strong>rendre compte des diff\u00e9rentes formes de participation \u00e0 la vie sociale et publique, de mobilisation citoyenne des individus, des groupes sociaux et des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations dans des moments de crises politiques et socio\u00e9conomiques aig\u00fces. Ceci permettra, d\u2019une part, de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir sur des postures en lien avec l\u2019individualisation, celles en lien avec la communaut\u00e9 et celles \u00e0 la jonction des deux d\u2019autre part, d\u2019analyser les formes de socialisation, de sociabilit\u00e9 voire de solidarit\u00e9 qui peuvent en \u00e9merger et enfin, d\u2019\u00e9tudier les diff\u00e9rentes fa\u00e7ons dont ces participations s\u2019expriment \u00e0 travers les m\u00e9dias de masse, la culture populaire, les arts et la litt\u00e9rature.<\/p>\n

L\u2019AC\u00c9A et sa revue Revue canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines, <\/em>ont depuis toujours constitu\u00e9 des plateformes importantes pour les travaux sur le continent africain. Dans l\u2019objectif de regrouper toutes les recherches sur les questions africaines, cette conf\u00e9rence accueillera ainsi des communications sur un large \u00e9ventail de sujets, avec des approches disciplinaires ou interdisciplinaires. <\/strong>C\u2019est ainsi que la conf\u00e9rence sera l\u2019occasion de partager, en fran\u00e7ais et en anglais, des recherches sur divers sujets tels que sur l\u2019\u00c9tat en Afrique, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, les migrations, les traites, l\u2019Afrique dans les relations internationales, les conflits en Afrique, les dynamiques religieuses, les pratiques langagi\u00e8res etc.Refl\u00e9tant la nature bilingue de l’AC\u00c9A, les propositions de communications et d’ateliers en fran\u00e7ais sont particuli\u00e8rement les bienvenues. <\/strong><\/p>\n

La date limite d\u2019envoi des r\u00e9sum\u00e9s des communications et des panels<\/strong>est le 30 novembre 2011<\/strong>. Pour les informations relatives \u00e0 l\u2019envoi des r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, \u00e0 l’organisation des panels, \u00e0 l’inscription (en ligne ou par ch\u00e8que), aux demandes d’aide financi\u00e8re pour les \u00e9tudiants inscrits dans une universit\u00e9 canadienne et \u00e0 l’h\u00e9bergement, consultez le site en fran\u00e7ais: www.arts.ualberta.ca\/~caas\/fr\/about-fr.htm<\/a>qui sera r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement mis \u00e0 jour.<\/p>\n

Le comit\u00e9 d\u2019organisation, le comit\u00e9 ex\u00e9cutif de l\u2019association et tous ses membres se font\u00a0 d\u2019ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0 une joie de vous recevoir \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, \u00e0 Qu\u00e9bec, en mai 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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