Indigenous Studies Network Related Group Call for Papers

Deadline:  The deadline has been extended to January 21, 2008.

The Indigenous Studies Network is seeking paper proposals and volunteers to serve as panel chairs and paper discussants for the 2008 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, August 28 to September 31, 2008. The theme for the upcoming annual meeting of APSA is “Categories and the Politics of Global Inequalities.”

Papers on any aspect of Indigenous politics are always welcome but we are particularly interested in those that speak to this year’s theme regarding the construction, interpretation, and maintenance of categorical boundaries. Questions that speak to this theme include, but are not limited to, the following:

What are the political roots, processes, and consequences of differentiation, stratification, and marginalization based on status and identity? How do systems or patterns of inequality operate in national, transnational, and international political, policy, institutional, and academic frameworks? How do local, national, international, and transnational institutions and social movements address these issues and to what effect? How can those most negatively affected assert their voices and take action to change their circumstances? Is social justice possible? How can new paradigms that address the intersection of categories be utilized to capture the implications of these processes?

Paper proposals should include paper title, abstract (less than 500 words), name, address, phone, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation.  The deadline is January 21, 2008.

Send all proposals and questions to both ISN related group chairs:

Darlene Williams
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Email:  williamsd018@hawaii.rr.com

Stephanie Di Alto
University of California, Irvine
Email:  stephanie.dialto@gmail.com