[colombiamigra] Fw: [SUNTA] CFP: New School Anthropology Conference, "Rethinking Inheritance"

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Inheritance"
 

Call for Participants

The New School for Social 
Research

2012 Anthropology Conference: “Rethinking 
Inheritance”

April 28th, 2012

http://inheritanceconference.wordpress.com



Keynote Speaker: Gil Anidjar (Religion/MESAAS, 
Columbia)

Closing Remarks: Miguel Robles-Duran (Urban Design, Parsons The 
New 
School for Design)


The Theme: Inheritance has typically been 
conceived as a passive 
process of reception. Yet, inheritance also implies 
claims to 
something. Claiming inheritance and claiming selves, communities, 
nations and other units as heirs is an active practice. How can we 
better conceptualize the labor involved in establishing inheritance? 
How 
are inheritances rejected, resisted, renewed, reformed, or 
renegotiated? How 
are identity and belonging implicated in inheritance?

As we begin to 
think of inheritance in multiple registers, we hope to 
challenge its 
supposed passivity and expand its conceptualization. 
What does it mean to 
inherit a citizenship, a nationality, a legal 
framework, or an ethnicity, 
and what are the modes for these 
inheritances? How can inheritance be 
employed to think through 
temporal relationships of historical 
consciousness, collective memory, 
and their narration? We also hope to think 
together about how active 
inheritance relates to materialities and 
economies, financial 
institutions, and the act of making claims on 
properties, whether 
virtual or physical. Similarly, we can consider 
inheritance in terms 
of spaces and boundaries, wondering how territories are 
passed down 
and how borders are maintained.

Seeking: Participants who 
are engaged in creative and critical 
rethinking of inheritance in ways that 
may include, but certainly are 
not limited to the ideas above. As part of 
this process, we are 
reimagining the conference format that we have 
inherited as scholars. 
Rather than curating panels in which participants 
read papers, we seek 
an active, dialogue-driven event featuring multiple 
conversations 
through which attendees can move, beginning with a keynote 
address 
from Gil Anidjar and closing with a second address by Miguel Robles- 
Duran that reflects on what we have thought and experienced in the 
course of the day. To prompt discussion and encourage an expansion of 
the mediums with and through which we think inheritance, we encourage 
submissions of “objects” (including, but not limited to, physical 
objects, artifacts, short film clips, photographs, texts, games, 
artwork, music/sound, and performance) alongside a brief 300-500 word 
statement explaining your choice of “object” and how it relates to our 
theme. When selecting participants, we will primarily be looking for 
innovative ideas that identify a "site" of inquiry that attendees will 
engage with during the event. We are NOT looking for finished papers 
or 
solidified arguments. Rather, your submitted “object” and/or 
critical 
engagement will inspire new questions and interventions 
targeting 
inheritance. Selected participants will attend the event, 
informally present 
their “object” or ideas as they relate to 
Rethinking Inheritance, and take 
part in workshop conversations.

How to Submit: Email submissions, 300-500 
word statement, and, if you 
are including an object or prompt, a picture or 
description to inheritanceconference@xxxxxxxxx
by February 20th, 2012. Please also include your 
full name, academic 
affiliation, and a current CV in the 
email.

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