[Discussion] CfP: "MEDITERRANEAN CITIES": SPACE, SOCIALITY, NATIONALISM AND CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS

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CALL FOR PAPERS
2005 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
November 30 - December 4, 2005
Washington, DC

"MEDITERRANEAN CITIES": SPACE, SOCIALITY, NATIONALISM AND CULTURAL =
ENCOUNTERS

Historian Fernand Braudel famously queries in the introduction to his =
"La M=E9diterran=E9e: L'espace et l'histoire" (1977): "What is the =
Mediterranean? A thousand things at one and the same time. It is not a =
landscape but uncountable landscapes. It is not a sea but a complex of =
seas. It is not a culture but many cultures piled upon each other. To =
explore the Mediterranean is to encounter ancient things, still living, =
residing alongside very modern things [...] In its physical landscape, =
as well as in its human landscape, the colorful Mediterranean crossroads =
appears in our memories as a coherent image, as a system in which =
everything blends and combines again in original unity. How can we =
explain this clear unity, this deep essence of the Mediterranean?"=20

This panel seeks to critically address this tension and problematize =
essentialist conceptualizations of the urban Mediterranean from =
anthropological, sociological and historical perspectives. Potential =
themes are: Mediterranean cities between Europe and the Middle East; =
Mediterranean urbanity and immigration; Mediterranean nostalgia; =
Mediterranean (post) colonialisms; power relations within the =
Mediterranean; gender in Mediterranean cities; and literary =
representations of Mediterranean cities.

For more information contact:
Dr. Daniel Monterescu
Department of Anthropology
The University of Chicago
dbmonter@uchicago.edu
(773) 288-6552

Abstracts of no more than 250 words are due by April 1, 2005.
See=20
http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0501General_Rules.htm#volunteered=20
for more details.

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color=3D#000000><STRONG>CALL FOR PAPERS<BR>2005 American Anthropological =

Association Annual Meeting<BR>November 30 - December 4, =
2005<BR>Washington,=20
DC<BR><BR>"MEDITERRANEAN CITIES": SPACE, SOCIALITY, NATIONALISM AND =
CULTURAL=20
ENCOUNTERS<BR></STRONG><BR>Historian Fernand Braudel famously queries in =
the=20
introduction to his "La M=E9diterran=E9e: L'espace et l'histoire" =
(1977): "What is=20
the Mediterranean? A thousand things at one and the same time. It is not =
a=20
landscape but uncountable landscapes. It is not a sea but a complex of =
seas. It=20
is not a culture but many cultures piled upon each other. To explore the =

Mediterranean is to encounter ancient things, still living, residing =
alongside=20
very modern things [...] In its physical landscape, as well as in its =
human=20
landscape, the colorful Mediterranean crossroads appears in our memories =
as a=20
coherent image, as a system in which everything blends and combines =
again in=20
original unity. How can we explain this clear unity, this deep essence =
of the=20
Mediterranean?" </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=3D#000000><BR>This panel seeks to critically address this tension =
and=20
problematize essentialist conceptualizations of the urban Mediterranean =
from=20
anthropological, sociological and historical perspectives. Potential =
themes are:=20
Mediterranean cities between Europe and the Middle East; Mediterranean =
urbanity=20
and immigration; Mediterranean nostalgia; Mediterranean (post) =
colonialisms;=20
power relations within the Mediterranean; gender in Mediterranean =
cities; and=20
literary representations of Mediterranean cities.<BR><BR>For more =
information=20
contact:<BR>Dr. Daniel Monterescu<BR>Department of Anthropology<BR>The=20
University of Chicago<BR></FONT><A =
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