Call for Papers
Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Psychological Anthropology, in conjunction
with the Anthropology of Children & Youth Interest
Group
April 4-7, 2013
Hyatt Regency
Mission Bay, San Diego, CA
For the first time the Society for
Psychological Anthropology biennial meeting
will be held jointly with the Anthropology of
Children and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG).
Psychological anthropology examines the
relation among social processes, cultural
meanings and human subjectivities.
Psychological anthropologists study topics
such as narrative, identity, experience,
emotion, memory, discourse, belief,
motivation, conceptualization, gender,
sexuality, trauma, mental illness,
stigmatization and psychological development
in social and cultural contexts.
The anthropology of children and youth is the
cross-cultural and ethnographic examination of
infants, children, youth and adolescents. It
examines such topics as child development
across time and space (physical, cognitive,
emotional, social); parenting, childcare and
child-rearing around the world; the evolution
of childhood; the impact of globalization on
children and their families and communities;
child health; child education and learning;
children’s participation in their cultures;
the socio-historical construction of
childhood; child agency and vulnerability;
children’s rights; the political lives of
children; and critical studies of childhood.
For this biennial we welcome
proposals for panels and papers representing
innovative work in either field. Historical,
applied and methodological topics are
welcome as well.
In addition to panels and discussion groups,
we will also schedule plenary sessions, coffee
breaks and receptions that will bring our
group together and facilitate informal
conversation and networking. Saturday
afternoon the ACYIG will hold a business
meeting. There will be a banquet on Saturday
night, highlighted by presentation of the SPA
Lifetime Achievement Awards to Anthony Wallace
and Jean Lave.
Panel, Discussion Group and Paper
Submissions
The deadline for submitting panel and paper
proposals is
December 18, 2012, but earlier
submissions are encouraged. Proposals for panels, groups, and papers should be
SUBMITTED HERE.
Both individual
papers (15 minutes) and full panels (1 hour
and 45 minutes) are welcome. Younger scholars
are particularly encouraged to suggest panel,
paper or discussion group topics. Abstracts
are required for individually submitted
papers, for panels and for each paper on a
panel (panel abstract and abstracts for the
papers on the panel should be submitted
together) and no abstract should be longer
than 250 words.
Each participant is allowed to have two
formal roles: to give a paper, and to be a
discussant. However, we encourage the
submission of less formal sessions as well. In
these less formal sessions, participation does
not count against the two-role rule. A
discussion session can be formed by listing
people who will speak for no more than five
minutes, and then opening up the floor to
general discussion. In this case, the session
requires a session abstract but no abstracts
from participants. A workshop is a focused
discussion around a practical theme: for
example, publication venues, team ethnography,
specific methods, etc. Again, the workshop
format presumes that papers are not given and
the primary focus is discussion. A workshop
requires a workshop abstract, but no abstracts
from participants. Film and poster proposals
are also welcome.
Registration
Information on the registration process is
forthcoming.
The Conference Hotel and Venue
The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency
Mission Bay in San Diego, CA. The Hyatt
Regency Mission Bay and Marina is a resort
near Sea World. It features waterfront rooms,
a health club, spa, fire pits, water slides
and a marina with kayaks and whale excursions.
Workers at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay are
represented by UNITE-HERE. This hotel is on
the approved list of the AAA Committee on
Labor Relations.
For more information, contact Claudia Strauss
(SPA President):
claudia_strauss@pitzer.edu
