Call for Papers to 39th IIS World Congress in Yerevan on June 11-14, 2009.

Session Title: Social Exclusion, Poverty and Development of Marginal Groups/Communities in South Asia in the Post-liberalisation Era

Social Exclusion, Poverty and Development of Marginal Groups/communities are the Fundamental Rights enshrined by the fathers of the Constitution. It is the duty of the leaders and academicians that they should respect their constitutions. However, the reality is different. Due to the onset of Liberalization and globalisation, the Development of marginal groups/communities is questionable. Hence, the State is slowly withdrawing from its duties and allowing the donor agencies to lead the show. In return, agencies are looking only at their benefits leaving aside the welfare of these sections in South Asia. We, as citizens of South Asian countries, must address the question of Social Exclusion, Poverty and Development of Marginal Groups/Communities in order to fulfil the Rights and Duties of the Constitution.

This session covers the theoretical and empirical understandings of inter-disciplinary works by the scholars of South Asia. Thus, it builds a link between empirical works with the existing theory and gives a new look in the developmental paradigms. The proposed session attempts to discuss and also theorize the pragmatic concepts and issues related to marginal groups in the Contemporary South Asian Society. It has following sub-themes:

• Conceptual and methodological issues relating to Social Exclusion, Poverty and Development
• Policies and programmes to address the issues of social exclusion and poverty
• Role of donor agencies in the amelioration of marginal groups

The scholars and researchers who have interest, and enthusiastic to contribute their academic exercise to this panel, are earnestly requested to email the required information and the title of paper, abstract of the paper, and full paper to the organizers of this panel. The language of this panel will be English.

Deadline of Submission of the Abstract: 25^th January 2009.

Full and final version of paper: 25th May 2009.

Contact Session Chair: Dr. ESWARAPPA KASI,

E-mail: kasieswar@gmail.com, kasieswar@yahoo.com

Website: www.iisoc.org/iis2009

Congress website: www.iisoc.org/iis2009/regular_sessions.html.

Call for Papers to 39th World Congress of IIS

Call for papers to participate in regular sessions at the 39^th IIS World Congress in Yerevan

As previously announced, the 39^th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) will take place at Yerevan State University in Yerevan on June 11-14, 2009. The theme of the congress is “Sociology at the Crossroads”.

Information concerning the event is posted and updated continuously on the congress website www.iisoc.org/iis2009.

During each afternoon of the congress, a large number of parallel regular sessions will take place. Each session is 90 minutes long and consists of an oral presentation of 4 to 6 papers. This far, we have received close to 100 regular sessions’ applications.

Starting on December 19, calls for papers to participate in regular sessions will begin being posted on the congress website. Interested participants should contact the session convener directly with an abstract. Please note that the deadline for submitting a paper proposal for the regular sessions is February 28, 2009. Notification of the acceptance will be given by March 15, 2009.

If you are interested in presenting a paper during a session, please contact the session convener directly with an abstract. You can find information regarding the regular sessions at the congress website www.iisoc.org/iis2009/regular_sessions.html.

You are welcome to contact the IIS Secretariat at iis2009@iisoc.org if you have further questions.

The IIS looks forward to seeing you in Yerevan in 2009!

Call for Papers to the special issue of MAN IN INDIA (December: 2008)

Call for Papers to the special issue of MAN IN INDIA (December: 2008)

Focal theme: MEDICAL PRACTICES OF TRIBALS IN INDIA

The need for special attention for the study of health and illness in tribal communities has been very much recognized. Scholars have studied these phenomena from a variety of perspectives. However, one would see a greater attention to the ethno-medical practices, more from the perspective of indigenous knowledge system, and to the acceptance or rejection of health innovations by the tribal communities, in the recent past in India. The study of ethnomedical practices deserves lot more in depth examination from the perspective of cognitive anthropology. Similarly, the intra-cultural variations in the ethnomedical knowledge, the question of legitimacy for the medical care by the ethnomedical practitioners merit the interest of those engaged in research in the field of medical anthropology. Such an effort will help understanding issues of processes involved in shared knowledge relating to the medical matters and the social distribution of ‘medical knowledge’ in the communities.

The health seeking and illness behaviour of members of tribal communities has so far been studied in general terms and with no or little reference to the specific illness. The health seeking has been examined through the behavioural science perspective, about which some are critical as it fulfils the Cartesian understanding of the body. The cultural perspective for the study of health seeking behaviour adds new dimensions and enriches our perceptive. This perspective leads one to think in terms of “how disease is made social in the overlap of medical and lay beliefs about health and illness” (Frankenerg, 1977).

In the special issue of the MAN IN INDIA, it is desired to invite papers on the subjects that were identified in the above write up as deserving a particular highlighting.

The length of the article should be between 3000-8000 words, but should not be more than 10000 words. Authors should send their articles by email attachment, accompanied by a brief note about the authors.

All articles submitted to this Special Issue should be original and it should not be corresponded to any other Journals or edited volumes in India or abroad. A note on the declaration will be appreciated. The last date for submission of the final article is 15th June 2008.

Articles should be sent to the following emails:

sharmabhallamudi@gmail.com, bvsss@hotmail.com, bvsss@uohyd.ernet.in

With best wishes

Dr. BV Sharma,

Guest Editor

38th World Congress of the IIS, Budapest-Call for Papers

Title of Session: Development of Marginal Groups/Communities in South Asia in the Post-liberalisation Era

Development of Marginal Groups/communities is one of the Fundamental Rights enshrined by the fathers of the Constitution. It is the duty on the part of the leaders that they should obey their respective constitutions. But, reality, what we are experiencing is different. Due to the onslaught of Liberalisation and globalisation, the question of Development of marginal groups/communities is in doubt. The reason behind this is that State is slowly withdrawing from their duties and allowing the Third Sector/ donor agencies to lead the show of Development. In return, agencies are looking after their benefits leaving aside the welfare of these sections in across South Asia. Thus, it is our duty as citizens of South Asian countries; we must address the question of Development of Marginal Groups/Communities in order to fulfil the Rights and Duties of the Constitution.

This session covers the theoretical and empirical understandings in the field of inter-disciplinary works from the scholars of South Asia. Thus, it makes a link between field level works with the existing theory and give a new look in the developmental paradigms. The proposed session attempts to discuss and also theorize the pragmatic concepts and issues related to marginal groups in Contemporary Asian Society. It has following sub-themes:

The sub-themes of the session are as follows:

• Conceptual and methodological issues relating to Development of Marginal Groups/ Communities in South Asia

• Policies and programmes of the State

• Role of NGOs/Donor agencies in the amelioration of these groups

Dates to Remember: January 15, 2008 - Deadline for submission of abstracts of papers for a regular session.

Link: www.iisoc.org/iis2008

ESWARAPPA KASI, Session Convener

E-mail address to which abstracts of papers should be sent:

kasieswar@gmail.com, kasieswar@yahoo.com

12th World Congress of Rural Sociology-Call for Papers

Rethinking Developmental Discourse in the Contemporary Societies of Asia

The 12th World Congress of Rural Sociology will be held 6-11^th July 2008 in Goyang, Korea. The central theme of the 12^th World Congress of Rural Sociology is Congress will be the exploration of the economic, socio-cultural, political, and environmental context, and challenges, facing rural communities throughout the world. Our independent Working Group titled as ‘Rethinking Developmental Discourse in the Contemporary Rural Societies of Asia’. Without participation from active rural sociologists like yourselves, it would not be possible to
have an exciting and fruitful Congress next year.

The developmental debates are progressively attempting to look at the grassroots systems of ideas, knowledge and discourses which alter the main body of knowledge. In order to understand the dynamics of development in the contemporary rural societies, we need to re-address or rethink certain themes which are very essential for further clarification and dissemination of the knowledge to local societies. Thus, there is a need to address different themes which include Poverty, Development, Vulnerability and its linkages with Civil Society agencies. It covers the range of theoretical and empirical understandings in the field of inter-disciplinary works of scholars from across the disciplines. It emphasizes on the need of relooking at the contemporary Rural Asian societies, in view of recent studies and debates on Poverty and vulnerability, as a way of rethinking development and to face the new problems in the 21^st Century Asia. Thus, it makes a link between field level works with the theory and becomes a full fledged analysis and give a new look in the developmental paradigms.

Each scholar shall explain both theoretical as well as empirical understanding of the phenomenon into their own experiences and analyse their thinking in their broad themes. All the themes are basically is a kind of empirical and theoretical, which allowed for considering to further debate and discussion. The proposed session attempts to discuss and also theorize the pragmatic concepts and issues related to marginal groups in contemporary Asian society. It has following sub-themes:

Sub-themes:

· Conceptual and Methodological Discourses of Poverty and Vulnerability

· How Poverty and Vulnerability have a bearing on the Lives of the Marginal Communities

· Role of Civil Society agencies in amelioration of the poverty and vulnerability

· Emerging trends in the analysis of poverty and vulnerability

I am writing you all to inform you that the IRSA web site (http://www.irsa-world.org/XII/program/index.html) is now open for individual abstract submissions. Anyone wishing to present an individual paper in this working group, must submit their abstract electronically via the IRSA web site, by clicking on “abstract submission.” If any queries, contact the Convener through his emails: kasieswar@yahoo.com, kasieswar@gmail.com

I would also like to bring to your attention the fact that the Organizing Committee is providing a limited number of scholarships for young and meritorious scholars from International Sociological Association (ISA) B & C countries. More information on these scholarships can be found by clicking on “scholarships” on the IRSA
web site. Please share this information with appropriate scholars whom you know.

Abstract Submission Deadline - January 18, 2008

With Best Wishes

ESWARAPPA KASI

Working Group Convener (12)