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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all, Below is a call for papers for a proposed panel for AAA 2006. Submission information and information on the panel organizers also appears below. ------------------------------------------------- Becoming Democratic: Politics, Citizenship and Representational Practice in Contemporary Latin America and Eastern Europe Recent anthropologies of the state, of social movements, and of citizenship have demonstrated the importance of representational practices in reconfiguring politics in 'post-transition' settings. Representational politics in such 'newly democratic states' have called into question former meanings of institutional politics, protest, and citizen identity. Claims to state legitimacy and authority increasingly hinge on the effective deployment of new definitions of rights and mechanisms for political participation. At the same time, contemporary post-socialist and post-authoritarian states, as well as 'pro-democracy' civic movements, frequently draw on longstanding notions of citizenship and political authority. Given the complex and intersecting forms of political practice and social meaning in these contexts, representation is a critical lens for understanding how democratic legitimacy is being forged in the current historical moment. This panel brings together ethnographic case studies from Latin America and Eastern Europe to explore how states and citizens are reconfiguring politics through multivalent discourses and practices of representation. Papers will show how struggles over the meaning of democratic representation simultaneously entail redefinitions of the legitimacy of citizen and state actions. They will also examine how ordinary citizens coming into contact with these representational practices recognize themselves as members of democratic societies. Our aim for this session is to bring scholarship from two world areas—Eastern Europe and Latin America—into critical intersection and productive dialogue with each other. In bringing together a range of ethnographic case studies, we hope to not only speak to regionally specific forms of political subjectivity and citizen action, but to examine how democracy is being defined and practiced across regions affected by similar processes such as neoliberalization and the global circulation of normative models of democracy. A comparative approach allows us to draw on the rich specificity of regional histories and practices in post-socialist and post-authoritarian states, and to speak to the possibilities for new spheres of democratic action and representation more broadly. Submissions should come in the form of a short abstract (maximum of 250 words) describing the research to be presented. Each presenter will have 15 minutes, with time bracketed for both paper-specific feedback as well as discussion of broader emergent themes. Please email your submission, along with your name, email and affiliation to Jessica Greenberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Benjamin Junge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) no later than March 17. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact either of us. About the Organizers: Jessica Greenberg is a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois. Her dissertation research is on transformations of political subjectivity and political practice among university student activists in post-socialist Serbia. Benjamin Junge is a graduate student in anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. His dissertation research considers experiences of Porto Alegre's leftist politics from the perspective of low-income women and men. -- ______________ EuroAtlantic Club monitoring Romania's journey towards the EU http://www.europe.org.ro/euroatlantic_club/ mail to: P.O.Box 13-166, Bucharest 70700 e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** sustineti [romania_eu_list] prin 2% din impozitul pe 2005 - detalii la http://www.doilasuta.ro *** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romania_eu_list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
