Useful information for delegates

Formats: panels, roundtables, laboratories

This conference had panels in various formats:

• Panels are structured in the traditional manner of four papers per 90-minute session. Panels with more than four papers accepted were allocated additional sessions depending on the number of proposals received.
• Roundtables in which a group of scholars (no more than 5) discuss particular themes/issues in front of (and subsequently with) an audience. While a roundtable can include short (5-10 min) provocations/presentations, the main idea is to create a lively debate, not to focus on any one presenter. Roundtables are limited to one 90-minute session.
• Laboratories are characterised by experimentation, collaboration, interaction or improvisation, bringing the focus to research methods, the ethnographic process and the mode of expression in presenting results. Rather than exhibiting already finished work, the aim of laboratories is to organise collective research activities that are open-ended and cultivate possibilities for surprise, novelty and learning. Laboratories are designed as interactive, reflexive sessions that prioritise exploration, rather than the discussion of already established research results. They can be used to tackle practical problems, to re-evaluate concepts, to find new theoretical and political directions, or to understand emergent cultural dynamics. Whether concerned with possibilities and limitations in current anthropological practice, or with cultural and political problematics in an unequal world, labs can provide space for addressing any themes in creative, interactive, and open-ended fashion.

Rules

The following rules applied during the conference:

• All panels/roundtables must have at least two convenors, so as to avoid session cancellations if one convenor cannot attend the events
• Delegates (those attending the conference) may only make one presentation each (please note that a roundtable contribution counts as being a discussant, not a presenter). You may be a co-author on multiple papers if you are not the one presenting them. In addition, a delegate may also convene once (be that a plenary, panel, lab or roundtable) and be a discussant or a chair in one plenary session, panel, or roundtable.*
• You do not have to be an ASA member to present or convene content. However, conference registration prices for members are notably lower than for non-members, so there may be a financial incentive to join the Society.
• All those attending the conference, including discussants and chairs, will need to register and pay to attend.

*Multiple roles in the conference
Each participant is permitted to present a paper once, convene once (either a lab or a panel), be a discussant once (in a panel, lab or roundtable), be a chair once (in a panel, lab, or roundtable). Please note that roundtable participants are considered discussants.

Communication between authors/convenors

While convenor/author email addresses are not displayed on the panel pages for privacy reasons, the in-built secure email messaging system allows site visitors to email convenors with queries.

How to share your panel page with others

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