UCLA Asia Institute ----- calls for papers


COMMODITIES, OLD, NEW, AND NATURAL:
PRODUCING PEOPLE AND 'RESOURCES' IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

(22nd Annual Conference on Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley)

Abstract Deadline:  8/31/2004

Event:
22nd Annual Conference on Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley

Event Date & Location:
February 4 - 5, 2005; UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA

Website:
http://ias.berkeley.edu/cseas

Information:
The conference is organized around the theme of the commodification of people, resources, and the environment in the making of modern Southeast Asia. The question that animates this conference theme is: "What are the difference and similarities between production regimes of 'old' and 'new' commodities in the region?" Papers may address any of the various dimensions of the political-economy or cultural politics of "natural" commodities including commodified bodies, agricultural or environmental resources, and land, such as the evolving spatial relations of production, changes in labor regimes/processes, issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and citizenship as they relate to the commodification process, violence (broadly defined) and resource production, or the reemergence of land reform in regional and national politics.

Established scholars and graduate students in agrarian studies, environmental studies, geography, history, sociology, anthropology, and political science are especially encouraged to apply. The conference organizers hope to select a subset of the papers for inclusion in an edited volume or an appropriate guest-edited journal. Some funds may be available for travel.

Submission Guidelines / Information:
Abstracts of no more than 250 words for proposed papers are due by August 31, 2004. Proposals should include institutional affiliation and full contact information. All applications and requests for information should be directed to address below.

Contact: 
UC Berkeley Center for Southeast Asia Studies
2223 Fulton St., No. 617
Berkeley CA 94720-2318
Tel. (510) 642-3609
Fax (510) 643-7062
E-mail: cseas@berkeley.edu
http://ias.berkeley.edu/cseas

Posted: 5/3/2004


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