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Call for papers*
The call for papers is now closed.
*Please note that 'papers' here also refers to and includes visual submissions. The ASA welcomes input from Visual Anthropologists and feels that it is feasible to integrate these both into the panel structure and outside of it. Visual media may be proposed into a panel, however the itme structure may only allow showing of an excerpt or a short film. We are also hoping to have a film programme which will allow viewing of full films. More info on that programme will appear here soon.
Key dates
- now: accepted panels and papers are visible online
- 19th May 2008: final decisions to be made over acceptance/rejection of papers from the UK and the Commonwealth, and from Europe
- 30th May 2008: final decisions to be made over acceptance/rejection of all papers
NOTE: many funding applications (especially the British Council) need to be submitted early. So panel convenors are asked to make decisions on proposals as early as posisble, to assist with this.
Convenor role
Paper proposals to your panel will be emailed to
you. However we would ask that you and your co-convenors use the login link
on the site (together with your/their name and date of birth) to view your
panel online and control it. This facility allows you to:
- alter your panel abstracts
- to accept or reject proposed papers
- to edit titles and abstracts of proposed papers
- to order the accepted papers
- make requests for additional AV not requested already by paper-givers
- make timing requests for your panel
As convenors it is very much your responsibility to control your emerging panel in this way, and we would ask that you inform paper proposers of your decision regarding their proposal as early as possible. However a decision must be made and emailed by 1st August 2008.
If there are papers you feel unable to accept in your panel but which you think might either fit well in another panel, or which are interesting but do not quite fit the panel structure, please can you email the conference administrator (conference(AT)theasa.org) with the author name. The paper can then be moved to a 'holding bay' while the organisers discuss with the authors as to ways of accepting their paper - be it in another panel, a poster session, or perhaps for online posting and discussion. The ASA is keen to facilitate the participation of a wide range of colleagues, however we must find creative ways to do so - not all papers can be accepted for presentation within a panel.
