74 posts in 2021
December 20, 2021
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By Éric Gagnon Poulin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill What a year full of challenges, unforeseen events and uncertainties in virtually every sphere of social life! The pandemic has turned upside down our research, our methodologies and anthropological practice as a whole. Our results, too, have been influenced by the health context. In…
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Par Éric Gagnon Poulin, Univesrity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Quelle année remplie de défis, d’imprévus et d’incertitudes dans à peu près toutes les sphères de la vie sociale ! La pandémie est venue bousculer nos recherches, nos méthodologies et l’ensemble de la pratique anthropologique. Nos résultats ont également été influencés par le contexte sanitaire. Pour…
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By Alexis Black, PhD In June 2020, I was awarded a Post-Doctoral Research Grant by the Fyssen Foundation to examine “post-pandemic” comprehensions and imaginations in Paris, France. However, as the health crisis persisted, the research became about living in the ongoing COVID19 pandemic and the project design changed significantly. As a result of these changes,…
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In September 2018, more than six months after beginning a master's in anthropology at Laval University under the supervision of Natacha Gagné, I began the process of transferring my project into a tailor-made master's in anthropology and visual arts, co-supervised by Julie Faubert, a professor at the School of Art at Laval University. This "tailor-made" format...
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Open Spaces/Close Encounters Espaces ouverts/liens étroits https://casca2022.ca/ 11 au 15 mai 2022 | Saskatchewan, Regina « Espaces ouverts – Rencontres étroites » Appel à communications « Espaces ouverts » nous invite à réfléchir à de nouvelles possibilités de travail de réparation et de collaboration dans notre discipline – en tant que chercheurs, éducateurs et membres…
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Open Spaces/Close Encounters Espaces ouverts/liens étroits https://casca2022.ca/ May 11-15, 2022 | Regina, Saskatchewan “Open Spaces – Close Encounters” Call for papers “Open Spaces” invites us to reflect on new possibilities for restorative and collaborative work in our discipline — as researchers, educators, and community members. The 2022 conference theme was sparked by our treaty homelands…
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By Daniel Tubb, University of New Brunswick Prolific British Marxist Eric Hobsbawm was a consummate repackager of his own ideas, according to Historians Emile Chabal and Anne Perez (2021). They write his “student lectures became book chapters; newspaper op-eds became long essays; and key arguments found their way into a myriad of different formats.” His…
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@Anthropology4Homosapiens: A Reflection on Doing Public Anthropology through Social Media By Adrianna Wiley, MA, University of Guelph How do we make anthropology relevant in a world where people can represent themselves and where our subject is not often taught in the public-school classroom? It is a question my cohort has been tasked with answering since…
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By Nicolas Rasiulis (McGill University) It was the night of April 4, 2021. Or was it early on April 5? One thing is certain: my attention was drawn to Mongolia, to my doctoral fieldwork there (delayed because of the pandemic), and to questions of if and when I might return among Dukha people there. I…
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Walter Callaghan talk at a symposium hosted by the Centre of Excellence on PTSD PhD candidate Walter Callaghan was a speaker at a symposium hosted by the Centre of Excellence on PTSD on October 27th. The panel discussed the representation of Veterans in the media, and building understanding of the lives of Veterans, especially those…
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“More Than Human Anthropology” YouTube Channel Check out this new YouTube channel by Alex Oehler (University of Regina): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wFFUk2HgmJ4qFtl78RlYg/videos Alex Oehler is an environmental anthropologist with interests in animal-human relations, sentient ecologies, and verbal and non-verbal interspecies communication in the Circumpolar North.
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La version française suit Culture is CASCA’s bi-annual and bilingual electronic newsletter. Our next call for submissions of articles and discussion pieces, news items, event announcements, and book notes will be announced in early Spring 2022. Please send your inquiries to: Maggie Cummings, Anglophone Member at Large at cascaenmemberatlarge(a)gmail.com and/or Olivia Roy-Malo, Francophone Member at…
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Exploring Social Entrepreneurship Across Geographical Spaces: A Conversation with Dr. Walter Little & Dr. Lynne Milgram https://podcast.econanthro.org/posts-and-podcasts/ “Mergers & Acquisitions: Exchanges In and Beyond Economic Anthropology”, is a podcast series sponsored by the Society for Economic Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropology Association. In this episode, Ipshita talks to Professors Walter Little and Lynne…
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Bachelor’s Awards – Récipiendaires du premier cycle Aidan Wallace, St. Francis Xavier University Lauren Chang, University of Guelph Caitlin Craig, University of Victoria Anastasiya Staskevich, Simon Fraser University Selina Heidinger, University of Manitoba Logan Robertson, Saint Mary’s University Mysaëlle Lavoie-Lemieux, Université Laval Lincoln Shriner, University of Lethbridge Tyra Jade Davidson, University of Alberta Emma Sander,…
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“Hearing Palestine” is a new initiative at the University of Toronto (UofT) that provides a safe space for Palestinians and those interested in the history and future of Palestine to share their experience and research. This initiative facilitates discussion on cultural life, artistic creativity, social justice and current affairs in Canada and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from…
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The Centre of International Policy Studies (University of Ottawa) launched their second “Best Blow Award” competition. The article of Scott Simon, Lest We Forget: How the 1930 Musha Incident Reveals the Hidden Nature of the Canada-Taiwan Relationship, is nominated. The first round of the competition was judged by a panel of experts who have narrowed…
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Congratulations on your successful thesis defence!/Soutenance de thèse réussie – félicitations! Congratulations to Marley Duckett on the successful defence of her Master’s thesis, “Energy Consultations on Treaty 8 Lands: The Effects of Oil Extraction on Peerless Trout First Nation”. Congratulations also to her supervisor Dr. Clint Westman from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at…
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Congratulations to Leslie McCartney and Gwich’in Tribal Council whose book Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlihis is the 2021 winner of the Oral History Association Best Book Award!
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Congratulation to Kamari Clarke is the recent winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship and has been featured in the University of Toronto Arts & Science News highlighting her work toward new possibilities for justice and equity, particularly in the global South. To read the full article, here! Congratulations!
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Ressources en santé mentale / Mental Health Resources Please check out this helpful list of mental health resources for members of various university communities in Canada, generously shared with CASCA by The Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA-ACSP) AcadiaAlberta Athabasca Bishop’s BrockBurman CalgaryCape Breton Carleton Concordia Dalhousie Glendon GuelphKing’sLakehead Laurentian Laurier Laval Lethbridge Manitoba McGill McMaster Memorial Mount Allison Mount RoyalMount Saint Vincent OttawaQueen’s ReginaRMC CMR RyersonSaskatchewan SMU SFU Sherbrooke STFX Toronto Toronto Mississauga Toronto Scarborough Trent UBCUdeM UFV UNB UNBC UPEI UQAM UVIc WaterlooWesternWindsor Winnipeg York CMHA ACSM camimh acmmsm
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Are you an anthropology student looking for advice? Check out “Tips for Students”, a new University of Toronto Department of Anthropology Instagram campaign. https://www.instagram.com/uoftanthro/
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Par Natacha Gagné, professeure au Département d’anthropologie de l’Université Laval Le 16 septembre 2021 nous a quittés trop tôt Claude Bariteau, professeur retraité du Département d’anthropologie de l’Université Laval. Pour le qualifier s’imposent les mots qu’il avait utilisés à l’occasion du décès de son directeur de thèse, Richard F. Salisbury, qui demeura pour lui une…
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In Memoriam: Hugo de Burgos (1963-2021) Please see the following tribute to anthropologist Hugo de Burgos:
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Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Policy Gain or Confidence Game Edited by Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder, 2021, University of Toronto Press https://utpdistribution.com/9781487529048/transparency-power-and-influence-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/
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In Memoriam: Stanley Barrett (1938-2021) By Andrew Lyons, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo, and Harriet Lyons, University of Waterloo STANLEY BARRETT (1938-2021) taught for many years at the University of Guelph. He received his BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Acadia University and an MA in Anthropology from the University of Toronto.…
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Concepts and Persons By Michael Lambek, 2021, University of Toronto Press https://utorontopress.com/9781487509057/concepts-and-persons/ The Tanner Lectures are a collection of educational and scientific discussions relating to human values. Conducted by leaders in their fields, the lectures are presented at renowned institutions around the world, including the universities of Oxford, Harvard, and Yale. In January 2019, University…
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In Memoriam: Serge Bouchard (1947-2021) Please see the following in tributes in memory of anthropologist Serge Bouchard: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1792183/anthropologue-serge-bouchard-mort and https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/05/12/wave-of-love-emerges-after-death-of-quebec-writer-and-radio-personality-serge-bouchard.html
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Living with HIV in Post-Crisis Times: Beyond the Endgame Edited by David A.B. Murray, 2021, Lexington Books https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666901481/Living-with-HIV-in-Post-Crisis-Times-Beyond-the-Endgame Over the past decade, effective prevention and treatment policies have resulted in global health organizations claiming that the end of the HIV/AIDS crisis is near and that HIV/AIDS is now a chronic but manageable disease. These proclamations…
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Mothers, Sex, and Sexuality Edited by Holly Zwalf, Michelle Walks, and Joani Mortensen, 2020, Demeter Press https://demeterpress.org/books/mothers-sex-and-sexuality/ Mothers, Sex, and Sexuality talks about things not normally dared spoken out loud—the interconnectedness and conflict between our parental and sexual selves, the taboo of the sexual mother, and why it matters so much to shatter it. What is it…
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Cataloguing Culture: Legacies of Colonialism in Museum Documentation By Hannah Turner, 2020, UBC Press https://www.ubcpress.ca/cataloguing-culture How does material culture become data? Why does this matter, and for whom? As the cultures of Indigenous peoples in North America were mined for scientific knowledge, years of organizing, classifying, and cataloguing hardened into accepted categories, naming conventions, and…
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Emergent Axioms of Violence (Special Issue of Anthropological Forum; Volume 31, Issue 3, 2021) Guest Edited By Antonio Sorge and Stavroula Pipyrou https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/canf20/31/3?nav=tocList& This collection explores how violent rhetorics, metaphors, and prescriptive assumptions have come to be engrained in political speech and public debate, and indeed become normalized in day-to-day life in the 21st century.…
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Disability and COVID-19 (Special Issue of Disability Studies, Vol 41, No 3, 2021) Edited by Pamela Block, Éverton Luis Pereira, Anahí Guedes de Mello, and Dikaios Sakellariou https://dsq-sds.org/issue/view/258 This carefully curated selection of articles is global in scope and offers analyses that are incisive in their urgency amidst an ongoing pandemic.
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Digital Selves: Embodiment and Subjectivity in New Media Cultures in Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Special Issue of Digital Icons; Issue 21, 2021) Edited by Cassandra Hartblay and Tatiana Klepikova https://www.digitalicons.org/issue21 The issue asks what bodies have to do with the presentation of self online in new media cultures of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Extending the…
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By Amirpouyan Shiva, University of British Columbia, Winner of the 2021 CASCA Award for Teaching Excellence (Instructor) Interactive teaching has been all the rage for some time now. One of the first challenges posed by the transition to online instruction was the transformation of effective in-person interactive tasks into equally interesting online activities. Online instruction…
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By/par Maggie Cummings, Anglophone Member-at-Large & Marie Michèle Grenon, Membre actif Francophone (La version française suit) Welcome to the Spring 2021 Issue of Culture, the newsletter of the Canadian Anthropology Society. Despite the ongoing challenges of living in a global pandemic, spring remains a time to celebrate the new and to look forward to good…
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By Rhiannon Mosher, Ontario Public Service Anthropologists excel at taking into account the multiple perspectives of differently situated social actors and examining how broad social processes affect people’s everyday lives. We try to make sense of messy social worlds through rigorous research and thoughtful analysis. Through our enculturation into an anthropological sensibility, we frequently practice…
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(La version française suit) CASCA 2021 Annual Meeting at University of Guelph CASCA 2021 will be a virtual event held between May 12-15 and hosted by the University of Guelph, Ontario. The program and a Q&A document with information about the conference platform are now available. *** Le colloque de la CASCA 2021 à l’Université…
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By Louise de la Gorgendière, Carleton University, Winner of the 2021 CASCA Award for Teaching Excellence (Faculty) In what ways do we, as ‘anthropology teachers’, provide opportunities for our students to better understand the important anthropological insights they can bring to creative problem-solving and engagement in the real world? [1] There is widespread recognition that…
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By Abra Wenzel, Carleton University (Winner of the 2019 Salisbury Award) My interest in Indigenous women textile artists in the Great Slave Lake region of the Northwest Territories (NWT) began in 2015. At the time I was an M.A. student at the University of Victoria and my research focused on a collection of objects made…
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By Evan Koike, University of British Columbia (Winner of the 2016 Salisbury Award) In twenty-first-century Japan, mounting demographic pressures, the needs of heterosexual, married parents of young children, and nonprofit organizations’ outreach efforts are slowly changing the meaning of Japanese fatherhood. Collectively, these factors are spurring the development of hybrid masculinities, which blur the boundaries…
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Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed/Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih: Stories from the People of the Land A 22-Year Journey from Interviewing to Publication By Leslie McCartney, University of Alaska Fairbanks After over 20 years in the making, Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed/Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories…
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By Daniel Tubb, University of New Brunswick Shifting Livelihoods: Gold Mining and Subsistence in the Chocó, Colombia, University of Washington Press, 2020 Shifting Livelihoods emerged from the eighteen months I spent learning how to mine gold with hand tools in the Colombian Pacific department of the Chocó, between 2010 and 2012. It is my first…
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(English follows) We are privileged to announce that we will present Professor Francine Saillant of Laval University with the Weaver-Tremblay Prize at the 2021 CASCA conference in Guelph. This Canadian prize in applied anthropology was created in honour of two Canadian luminaries in applied anthropology, namely Sally Weaver and Marc-Adélard…
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(English follows) La CASCA est ravie de dévoiler les tout premiers récipiendaires du Prix d’excellence en enseignement de la CASCA (PEEC 2021). Toutes nos félicitations! PEEC – Personnel chargé de cours M. Shiva, docteur en anthropologie socioculturelle, est un chargé de cours à l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique où il enseigne divers cours de premier cycle…
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(La version française suit) The Salisbury Award, given in memory of Dr. Richard Frank Salisbury, recognizes an exceptional anthropology PhD candidate at a Canadian university. CASCA is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2021 Salisbury Award is Madelyn Prevost from Simon Fraser University. Madelyn is studying memory, nostalgia, and museums in Ontario addressing settler colonial studies. Congratulations !…
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Dr. Janice Graham, Dalhousie University, published “Principles and Practices for Vaccine Trust“, The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2021 Dr. Shayne A. P. Dahl, McMaster University, won a postdoctoral fellowship at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University for the 2021-22 academic year. Miriam Hird-Younger, PhD candidate, University of Toronto, was a Finalist of the…
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Congratulations – Wendy Wickwire awarded the CSN-RÉC Book Prize Congratulations to Wendy Wickwire whose book At the Bridge: James Teit and An Anthropology of Belonging is the 2020 winner of the Canadian Studies Network Best Book in Canadian Studies Prize! This prize is awarded to an outstanding scholarly book on a Canadian subject and that…
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(English follows) The Government of Canada pays tribute to Canada's leading humanities researchers The SSHRC's annual Impact Awards highlight the achievements of Canada's top humanities researchers OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 7, 2020 /CNW/ – Each year, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) pays tribute to the best…
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(English follows) Call for submissions: Labrecque‑Lee Prize The Canadian Society of Anthropology (CASCA) is seeking nominations for the Labrecque‑Lee Prize. Created in 2018, this prize aims to recognize an outstanding publication in anthropology written in French or English. CASCA is currently accepting nominations for this prize. The prize…
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Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student Awards This award, launched in 2017, aims to help Canadian university and college anthropology departments recognize their top graduating Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD students and to promote awareness of CASCA. Each spring, departments may select one top student at each level of study who has graduated or will be graduating in…
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Call for collaborators: Ecologies of Harm: Mapping Contexts of Vulnerability in the Time of Covid-19 Researchers at UBC Anthropology seek collaborators for an open access, mapping project: Ecologies of Harm: Mapping Contexts of Vulnerability in the Time of Covid-19. This work is intended as a public resource. Ecologies of Harm will generate a witness atlas…
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Submitted by Naomi M. McPherson, Assoc Prof Emerita, Anthropology, UBC (Header photo: David Reese Counts, 2002, courtesy of Rebecca Counts) Renowned for his kind and warm smile, it is in character that David would die peacefully in his sleep with a smile on his face. David lived a life full of love, laughter, optimism, adventure…
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David Paul Lumsden June 9th, 1943 – May 27th, 2020 Please see the following in memory of anthropologist David Lumsden: https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2020/06/14/passings-professor-emeritus-david-lumsden/ and https://www.wardfuneralhomes.com/memorials/david-lumsden/4227453/ In recognition of his long and dedicated service to York University, the David Lumsden Graduate Student Research Fund was established in his honour. The fund will support graduate student research in the Department of…
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Deep and Sheltered Waters: The History of Tod Inlet By David R. Gray, 2020, Royal BC Museum https://shop.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/product/deep-and-sheltered-waters/ This new book tells the fascinating story of the people and community of Tod Inlet, near Victoria, BC. The author draws from archaeological surveys, interviews with elders of the Tsartlip First Nation and descendants of the Chinese,…
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JILL M. Le CLAIR, PhD February 6, 1947 – October 24, 2020 Jill’s family and friends are saddened to announce her sudden death on Saturday, October 24, 2020 in Toronto. Jill was born in England and came to Canada with her mother, Lillian (Pip) after the loss of her stepfather Cam Le Clair. She attended…
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J. E. Michael Kew (1932-2020) Professor J. E. Michael Kew (Mike to those of us who knew him), was born in Quesnel, BC in 1932, and departed this life on November 22, 2020 in Vancouver, BC. He was one of the North West Coast anthropologists, along with Wilson Duff and Wayne Suttles, who were part of the…
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Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights, and Relationships Edited by Angela Cameron, Sari Graben, and Val Napoleon, University of Toronto Press, 2020 https://utorontopress.com/ca/creating-indigenous-property-2 While colonial imposition of the Canadian legal order has undermined Indigenous law, creating gaps and sometimes distortions, Indigenous peoples have taken up the challenge of rebuilding their laws, governance, and economies. Indigenous conceptions…
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The Social Life of Standards: Ethnographic Methods for Local Engagement Edited by Janice E. Graham, Christina Holmes, Fiona McDonald, and Regna Darnell, UBC Press, 2021 https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-social-life-of-standards Through twelve ethnographic case studies, The Social Life of Standards reveals how standards – political and technical tools for organizing society – are developed, applied, subverted, contested, and reassembled…
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Collective Care: Indigenous Motherhood, Family, and HIV/AIDS By Pamela J. Downe, University of Toronto Press, 2021 https://utorontopress.com/ca/collective-care-2 Collective Care provides an ethnographic account of urban Indigenous life and caregiving practices in the face of Saskatchewan’s HIV epidemic. Based on a five-year study conducted in partnership with AIDS Saskatoon, the book focuses on the contrast between…
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The Future Conditional: Building an English-Speaking Society in Northeast China By Eric S. Henry, Cornell University Press, 2021 cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501754906/the-future-conditional In The Future Conditional, Eric S. Henry brings twelve years of expertise and research to offer a nuanced discussion of the globalization of the English language and the widespread effects it has had on Shenyang, the capital…
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Reclaiming Sovereignty: Indigenous Movements in Latin America and Oceania Edited by Natacha Gagné, Laval University Press, 2020 https://www.pulaval.com/produit/a-la-reconquete-de-la-souverainete-mouvements-autochtones-en-amerique-latine-et-en-oceanie In the course of decolonization and self-determination processes, the "classic" definition of sovereignty, which rests on the supreme authority and territorial integrity of States as well as non-interference in…
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On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible ParadiseAffect, Tourism, Belize Kenneth Little, Berghahn Books, 2020 https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/LittleOn There are beastly forces in Belize. Forces that are actively involved in making paradise impossible. On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise is a collection of seven stories about local lives in the fictional village of Wallaceville. They…
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Centering the Margins of Anthropology’s History: Histories of Anthropology Annual, Volume 14 Edited by Regna Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach, University of Nebraska Press, 2021 https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496225535/ About the Book The series Histories of Anthropology Annual presents diverse perspectives on the discipline’s history within a global context, with a goal of increasing the awareness and use…
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Beyond Wild and Tame: Soiot Encounters in a Sentient Landscape By Alex C. Oehler, Berghahn Books, 2020 https://berghahnbooks.com/title/OehlerBeyond Responding to recent scholarship, this book examines animal domestication and offers a Soiot approach to animals and landscapes, which transcends the wild-tame dichotomy. Following herder-hunters of the Eastern Saian Mountains in southern Siberia, the author examines how…
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Sociocultural Anthropology: A Problem-based Approach (4th Canadian edition) By Richard H. Robbins, Rachel Dowty, Maggie Cummings, and Karen McGarry, Cengage, 2021 https://www.cengage.ca/c/sociocultural-anthropology-a-problem-based-approach-44-4th-edition-4e-robbins-dowty-cummings-mcgarry/9780176870997/ Taking a unique, problem-based approach, the fourth Canadian edition of this text encourages students to apply a critical mindset to the key concepts and methods outlined throughout the textbook. Each chapter is organized…
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Morality at the Margins: Youth, Language, and Islam in Coastal Kenya Sarah Hillewaert, Fordham University Press, 2019 https://fordham.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5422/fordham/9780823286515.001.0001/upso-9780823286515-miscMatter-100 This book considers the day-to-day lives of young Muslims on Kenya’s island of Lamu, who live simultaneously on the edge and in the center. At the margins of the national and international economy and of Western notions…
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Shamanism and Vulnerability on the North and South American Great Plains Kathleen Bolling Lowrey, University Press of Colorado, 2020 https://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/3887-shamanism-and-vulnerability-on-the-north-and-south-american-great-plains In Shamanism and Vulnerability on the North and South American Great Plains Kathleen Bolling Lowrey provides an innovative and expansive study of indigenous shamanism and the ways in which it has been misinterpreted and dismissed…
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Statements
The Canadian Anthropological Society (CASCA) condemns anti-Asian hatred in Canada and recognizes that it is interwoven with a context of white supremacy, xenophobia and, often, misogyny. We would particularly like to extend our condolences to the families and loved ones of the eight victims, six of whom were women of Asian origin, who lost their lives during an act…
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Statements
The Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) condemns anti-Asian hate in Canada and recognizes that it is embedded in white supremacy, xenophobia, and often misogyny. Specifically, we would like to extend our condolences to the families and loved ones of the eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent, who lost their lives in an…
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Resolutions
In May 2020, members of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution supporting the Wet’suwet’en and all Indigenous peoples political and territorial sovereignty. The resolution is as follows: The Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) expresses solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation, and all Indigenous nations, in their struggle for recognition and respect…
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Resolutions
In May 2020, members of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) voted by a very large majority in favor of issuing a resolution in support of the Wet’suwet’en people and of the political and territorial sovereignty of all Indigenous peoples. The Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) expresses its solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation, as well as with all...
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Policy
Sexual harassment in any form will not be tolerated at the CASCA Annual Meeting. Our culture is based on mutual respect and collaboration. CASCA will do what it takes to protect our members, staff, and other individuals from harassment, assault, and other misconduct while they are taking part in sponsored events and activities. Our objective…
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Policy
Sexual harassment in all its forms will not be tolerated at the annual conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA). Our culture is founded on mutual respect and collaboration. CASCA will do everything in its power to protect its members, staff, and any other person from harassment, assault, and any...
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