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Invitation for abstracts for an ACSS and EASA panel 

The deadline for abstract submissions is 20 January 2020.

Anthropological method(ologies) 30 years on: challenges and prospects in the age of 'safety' and 'big data’.  organised with the  Arab Council for Social Sciences, at the 16th EASA Biennial Conference, between 21-24 July 2020 in Lisbon.

This call for papers is co-convened by the ACSS Ethnography working group.

In tune with the celebration of EASA's 30th anniversary, this panel seeks to reflect on the current state-of-the-art, and future directions of anthropological methods and methodologies in the light of new institutional, epistemological, material and political sensibilities.

The current atmosphere of increasing political and institutional constraints exerted upon ethnographic research under the rubric of 'safety', 'ethics' and 'data protection' has revitalised anthropology's attention on research methods. Taking stock of the paramount significance of these debates, and in tune with the celebration of EASA's 30th anniversary, this panel seeks to reflect on the current state-of-the-art, and future directions of anthropological methods and methodologies in the light of new institutional and epistemological shifts and challenges. Situating anthropological methods and practices in the context of emerging forms of knowledge production, use and dissemination, we reflect on changes in the 'doing' of anthropology in the past and present, from implications of technological change and data processing, to new forms of collaboration, and to the development of anthropological thinking and writing under ever-changing material, institutional and political sensibilities. Focusing on methodological practices, the panel seeks to develop critical insights on current and future directions of anthropology and its methods through contributions that contemplate but are not limited to: Conceptualisations, implementations, limitations and innovations associated with core anthropological method(ologies) in an era of 'big-data' Roles, potentialities and shortcomings of ethnography and anthropological insight in the context of competing appraisals of 'multi-scalable', 'impactful' forms of 'knowledge' Insights and potential concerns regarding the use of anthropological method(ologies) in the context of other disciplines and fields of practice. Impacts of the changing material, political and institutional sensibilities on anthropological method(ologies).

For paper submissions, please follow the link: https://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2020/conferencesuite.php/paperproposal/8665

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