Call For Papers - Beyond identity: new directions in the anthropology of Roma/Gypsy groups (W116)

Beyond identity: new directions in the anthropology of Roma/Gypsy groups (W116)
EASA Conference, Ljubljana (Slovenia), 26-30 August
2008

Abstract:
"Classical" anthropologies of various Roma/Gypsy groups show a remarkable resemblance in focusing on collective identity as a vehicle of the capacity of these groups to re-invent the world and as a source of resistance. The overwhelming framework of the ethnographic accounts is linked to questions of native conceptions of belonging and difference from the surrounding population. In this workshop we invite participants to look beyond the ethnospace as a paramount context for the anthropology of Roma/Gypsy groups and to investigate the empirical evidence of strategies for circumventing identity politics on the part of various actors habitually considered Roma/Gypsy.

To propose a paper please follow indications at the
link:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa08/panels.php5?PanelID=379

To contact the convenors:
Yasar Abu Ghosh (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University) iabughosh@fhs.cuni.cz
László Fosztó (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) foszto@eth.mpg.de
Jan Grill (St Andrews University) jg334@st-andrews.ac.uk

Deadline for paper proposals is March 31st
For conference details: www.easaonline.org