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SUMMARY:2026 Spring Conference of the American Ethnological Society
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Spring Conference of the American Ethnological Society\, \nwill be held at the University of Victoria\, in British Columbia from May 1-3\, 2026 and is hosted by the Department of Anthropology and the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives.  \n\n\n\n\nThe 2026 conference will be hosted in person at the University of Victoria\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, Canada. The conference will take place May 1-3. An interactive map of campus can be found HERE. \n\n\n\n\n\nExperiment as test or as exploration: modes of agency in the face of subjection\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Chinese language distinguishes two types of experiment: 试验 (shìyàn) and 实验 (shíyàn). The first\, 试验\, is a controlled test that typically takes place in a laboratory. The second\, 实验\, refers to open-ended trial-and-error in the real world. The actor in 试 验 (experiment as test) has full control over the subject matter\, but the actor in 实验 (experiment as exploration) is part of the trial and is ready to be transformed. Socialism\, as the slogan goes\, is a great 实验 in the real world. The two types of experiment represent distinct modes of agency. While tests demand discipline\, vigilance and willpower\, exploration requires attentiveness to the multiple\, potential alternatives that already exist and an openness to adjust oneself to them. \nIndividual willingness to maximize economic benefits through hard work has been indispensable to China’s post-1980 economic development. However\, this developmental model appears to have reached its endpoint. This has precipitated a widespread sense of subjection\, especially among contemporary university students and young professionals (20- to 40-year-olds) who will shape China’s future. They are eager to free themselves from a life dominated by the single-minded pursuit of development yet find it difficult to imagine a meaningful life undefined by economic goals. They feel powerless because their desire for alternatives has yet to find an effective mode of agency that makes concrete changes. My ethnographic inquiry\, facilitated through public conversations and social art activities\, suggests that members of this cohort are embracing experiment-as-exploration in their lives. This may suggest an emerging counter movement to both neoliberal economy and authoritarian governance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker: Dr. Xiang Biao\n\n\n\n\nXiang Biao is the Director of the Department of the Anthropology of Economic Experimentation at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Previously\, he was a Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He has worked on migration and social change in China\, India\, and other parts of Asia. He is now exploring a “common concerns” approach in social research. His book Global Body Shopping was awarded the 2008 Anthony Leeds Prize by the Society for Urban\, National\, and Transnational Anthropology (SUNTA). Biao Xiang studied sociology at Beijing University and received his PhD in social anthropology from the University of Oxford\, UK.
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LOCATION:The University of Victoria\, 3800 Finnerty Rd\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, BC V8P 5C2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:AES 2026 Spring Conference Registration
DESCRIPTION:Register for the 2026 American Ethnological Spring Conference to take place May 1 – 3 at the University of Victoria\, British Columbia Canada.  \nSubmissions due January 15\, 2025. \nForty years ago\, George Marcus and Michael Fischer declared the 1980s an “experimental moment in the human sciences\,” urging anthropologists and other human scientists to rethink ethnography as a site not only of representation but of intervention\, invention\, and critique. Today\, in the context of ecological crisis\, political rupture\, technological transformation\, and epistemic reordering\, we ask: what does experiment mean today? \nThis conference invites scholars to reflect on experiment as both object and mode of anthropological inquiry. How do anthropologists collaborate\, compose\, and critique in experimental ways? What does it mean to “experiment” with form\, with method\, with theory\, or with the infrastructures of scholarly work? And how might experiment be situated—ethically\, politically\, historically—in relation to those whose lives and knowledge we engage? \nWe welcome proposals that explore (but are not limited to) the following themes: \n\nExperimental ethnography: form\, aesthetics\, genre\nCollaborative and co-creative fieldwork practices\nIndigenous experimentation\nSpeculative anthropology and future-oriented inquiry\nArchives\, objects\, and materiality as sites of experiment\nMultispecies and more-than-human experimentation\nInterdisciplinary knowledge creation and experiments across disciplinary boundaries\nExperimental publics: art\, activism\, and engaged scholarship\nTechnologies and infrastructures of knowledge production\nRisks\, failures\, and ethical entanglements of ethnographic practice\nExperiments in pedagogy and teaching anthropology\n\nWe encourage contributions in diverse formats\, including academic papers\, roundtables\, and workshops. \nJoin us as we ask: What does it mean to experiment in and with anthropology today? \nMore information \nRegistration & Submission Guidelines\nTo register and submit proposals for the conference\, the following steps need to be taken prior to the submission deadline: January 15\, 2025 \n\nRegister for the AES Spring 2026 Conference. You need to register for the conference before submitting your abstract.\nOnce you register\, you will receive a link to the submission form in your confirmation email. The submission form should only be completed by:\n\nan individual proposing a paper presentation\nthe organizer of a panel\, roundtable\, author-meets-critic\, or other organized panel structure. Panel participants do not need to fill out the submission form.\n\n\nInitial acceptance decisions will be communicated by February 1\, 2026\, and the program will be released closer to the conference date.\n\nFor inquiries\, contact AES.
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SUMMARY:American Ethnological Society Spring Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The American Ethnological Society spring conference\, to be held at MIT in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, from March 20–22\, 2025\, invites scholars to consider whether archipelagos and “archipelagic thinking” can aid us to analyze pressing global challenges across cultures\, geographies\, climates\, disciplines\, and methodologies. \nSUBMISSION PORTAL
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