CALL FOR PAPERS
22nd Annual Conference on Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
"Commodities, Old, New, and Natural: Producing People and 'Resources'in Southeast Asia"
February 4 - 5, 2005
UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA
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.
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:
Center for Southeast Asia Studies
UC Berkeley
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