Calls and Scholarships

11/26/2008
Durham Antrhopologoy Journal - Call for papers

Beyond post-socialism?
Resistance, creativity and change in the corners of Eurasia

Extended submission deadline 31 December, 2008

The second decade since the collapse of communist regimes in Central, East and South-East Europe is slowly coming to a close and it is now time to look back to the socio-cultural changes within the region in both more depth and breadth. Durham Anthropology Journal (DAJ) invites submissions dealing with the concept of  'post-socialism' in a broad sense. The aim of this monothematic journal issue is to critically reassess disciplinary, spatial, as well as thematic boundaries of the anthropology of post-socialism. The guest editor of DAJ for the issue is David Henig.

Particularly, we welcome papers focused on:

1. New research perspectives and themes
   How to approach various practices and continuities (e.g. anthropology of consumption, rhetoric culture as a means of approaching post-socialism, closer dialogue between anthropologists and historians)
2. Spatiality of 'post-socialism'
   Does the concept of 'post-socialism' have any spatial boundaries? If so, what are the criteria for inclusion/exclusion ?
3. Reflexivity of research
   How is anthropological knowledge on 'post-socialism' produced? How should fieldwork in post-socialist Eurasia be carried out? 

Submissions and queries send to David Henig: david.henig@durham.ac.uk 

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