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clah logoHacemos una coordial invitación a presentar libros publicados en el 2017 para el premio Elinor Melville que otorga el Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) al mejor libro de historia ambiental latinoamericana publicada el año anterior al que se entrega el premio.

 

- Se reciben libros en español, portugués e inglés y como premio se dan U$500.

- Los interesados deben enviar una copia del libro a cada uno de los tres jurados.

- Solo se tendrán en cuenta libros recibidos antes del 1 de junio y el jurado tomará su decisión a más tardar el 15 de octubre, fecha en la que debe enviar el nombre del ganador a las directivas de CLAH.

 

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¡No queremos que haya libros que se queden sin participar!

 
 

 
Contact – Conquest – Colonization
 
Practices of Comparing between Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, from Antiquity to Present
 
October 11-13, 2018, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) Bielefeld, Germany
 
Organizers: Dr. Christina Brauner, Prof. Dr. Angelika Epple,Prof. Dr. Antje Flüchter, Prof. Dr. Kirsten Kramer, Prof. Dr. Eleonora Rohland
 
Bielefeld University was recently awarded a major national grant for a collaborative research center (Sonderforschungsbereich) on “Practices of Comparing,” which brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from five different faculties (history, literature, philosophy, law, and political sciences). With projects ranging historically from antiquity to the twenty-first century and spatially from Europe to Southern India, West Africa, the Philippines and the Americas, our overarching aim is to uncover the dynamic force of practices of comparing for macro-scale historical transformation processes. We are hence shedding light on contexts within which comparison occurs, and on their role in processes of historical change, rather than looking at comparison as a method – a nuance that makes an important difference.
 
Within the context of this interdisciplinary research program, several groups work on instances of European, American, and Asian cultural contact, conquest, and/ or colonization, which seem to be particularly pertinent contexts to research practices of comparing. In getting to terms with the astounding and novel “realities” of Asian, African, and American cultures, Europeans drew on the ancient canon of knowledge and topoi that had emerged in the context of contact and conquest of Greek antiquity in order to describe cultural phenomena. 
 
In the fields of history and literature, scholars such as Ann Laura Stoler, Anthony Pagden, Stephen Greenblatt, Anthony Grafton, Ottmar Ette, Frank Lestringant, Alexander Honold, and Antonello Gerbi have shed light on different aspects of European perceptions and comparisons in the New World. Edward Said’s seminal Orientalism (1978) as well as other postcolonial studies stressed the importance of ‘othering’ and put the category of difference
in the center of historical analysis. We believe that it is time to go a step further. That is, when focusing on the ‘doing of comparisons,’ not only do we ask for the making of differences but for the negotiation of similarities and differences.
Until now, research on practices of comparing in the context of cultural contact, conquest, and colonization has remained fractured, not least because of disciplinary restraints such as the separation of epochs, geographical foci, and language barriers. It needs to be asked, for example, whether and how discourses such as the Querelle des anciens et des modernes and the “Dispute of the New World” (Gerbi) of the eighteenth century are related and whether and in what way elements of those earlier instances reappear in the civilizational discourse of nineteenth-century imperialism.
 
With this conference, we would therefore like to bring together scholars studying practices of
comparing in situations of cultural contact, conquest, and colonization in different parts of the world, throughout all historical epochs – antiquity to present – and across disciplines. In this context, we are primarily (but not exclusively) interested in themes such as
 
Anthropological and ethnographic discourses
Christian missions
Legal practice and discourses
Literary genres and cultural narratives
War reports
Diplomacy
Discourses about natural environments/ climate/ geography
Discourses of barbarianism and civilization
Discourses of good governance vs. despotism
The emergence of scientific fields
Perceptions of bodies and emotions
Medical knowledge and practice
Medial and artefactual representations
 
With this international conference, we aim to create a conversation between historical epochs as well as between different disciplines studying cultural contact, conquest, and colonization under the overarching theme of practices of comparing, which may otherwise not get to speak to each other or even know of each other.
 
If you are interested in participating, please send an abstract of no more than one page to Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. until April 30, 2018, detailing the role of practices of comparison for your research focus. Elected participants will be notified by May 15, 2018. We will cover your travel and accommodation expenses to and in Bielefeld.
 
We are looking forward to your applications!
 
For more information on the collaborative research center go to:
 
For more information on the organizers go to:
Christina Brauner
Angelika Epple
Antje Flüchter
Kirsten Kramer
Eleonora Rohland

 


 

agua evento

Cinara realizará su evento AGUA 2016 el próximo mes de noviembreAnte lo dinámico del contexto, el crecimiento demográfico y las implicaciones de la globalización, la sociedad requiere de herramientas conceptuales, metodológicas y tecnológicas que contribuyan a orientar la toma de decisiones a diferente nivel y relacionadas con la sustentabilidad. AGUA, el máximo evento organizado de manera bienal por el Instituto Cinara de la Universidad del Valle, en su décima versión, ha sido diseñado para contribuir a fortalecer capacidades y gestionar conocimiento, abordando como tema central de su Conferencia principal: Equidad, Agua y Sustentabilidad. Seguidamente, se ofrecerán tres seminarios internacionales simultáneos: El primero, elriesgo en la salud humana y en los ecosistemas por presencia de micro-contaminantes; impactos y estrategias para mitigar sus efectos. El segundo, la gestión comunitaria del agua en microcuencas y bosques, abastecimiento de agua y saneamiento, restauración ecológica para conservación de cuencas, sistemas agrosilvopastoriles y uso de ecotecnologías. El tercero aborda la gestión del uso eficiente y ahorro de agua para la sostenibilidad del recurso. Además se compartirán experiencias de aprendizaje en gestión colectiva, soberanía alimentaria, economía campesina y resolución de conflictos y apropiación del agua y la tierra. También se incluyen visitas de campo buscando familiarizar al participante con los contextos reales, sus problemas y soluciones. El evento se realizará en Santiago de Cali, Colombia, entre el 8 y el 11 de noviembre de 2016. AGUA 2016 es un espacio académico, científico y social que brinda la oportunidad para discutir avances y desarrollos alrededor de sus objetos temáticos, con participación de conferencistas nacionales e internacionales, organizaciones comunitarias, grupos ambientalistas, académicos y actores gubernamentales y territoriales.

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"Este livro dá continuidade a um primeiro volume, por nós organizado e publicado em 2012, intitulado História Ambiental: Fronteiras, Recursos Naturais e Conservação da Natureza (Rio de Janeiro: Garamond, 2012). O objetivo de discutir temáticas inter-relacionadas e constitutivas do ainda jovem campo de estudos da história ambiental permanece. Neste volume, novos autores e artigos foram distribuídos em três partes, constantes do subtítulo da obra: territórios, fronteiras e biodiversidade. Estes temas coincidem, grosso modo, com os do volume anterior." José Augusto Pádua.

Organizadores: José Luiz de Andrade Franco, Sandro Dutra e Silva, José Augusto Drummond e Giovana Galvão Tavares

 

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Workshop

Destruction and conservation in debate:
Brazil's environmental history in a global perspective

October 13th- 14th 2016 – Workshop at Centre Alexandre Koyré (EHESS), Paris

English   Francais  Portuguese

Communication proposals of approximately 300 characters must be written in French or English and sent no later than the 29 May, along with a brief biography of the author, to Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. . Please send your proposal in Word format

Further information:

This event will result in a collective publication. After the workshop, participants will be given a new deadline to submit a written contribution, which will be reviewed by two anonymous readers. We are currently exploring new funding possibilities to finance the participation of researchers living outside Paris, and invite applicants to inform us in case their home institution cannot fund their participation. Unfortunately, we will not be able to pay for intercontinental flights.

For any specific question, please contact:

Antoine Acker – International Research Group Environmental Humanities – University of Turin – Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla.
Nathalia Capellini – Centre d’Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines – University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla.

This workshop received the support of:

European Society for Environmental History
Centre d’Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
Centre de Recherches sur le Brésil Contemporain (EHESS)
Agence Nationale de la Recherche through the CAT-NAT project
Association pour la Recherche sur le Brésil en Europe
Centre Alexandre Koyré (EHESS)

Kontakt
ANTOINE ACKER

Università degli Studi di Torino Via Verdi, 8 - 10124 Torino

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