The
Société des Américanistes de Belgique is holding
its second conference on the theme of rivalry, a universal phenomenon
that has attracted little research attention. Our intention is to
approach this theme from an interdisciplinary point of view, as
it pertains to New World cultures and societies. The conference
proposes to clarify the experiences and the specific attitudes shown
by New World inhabitants to this phenomenon. The word "rivalry"
should be understood in its widest sense as encompassing the myths
and traditions that give birth to it and the actions and institutions
that uphold it. Equally well one must take into account the ambiguity
underlying indigenous peoples' understanding of the concept, in
terms of both balance and confrontation, cooperation and competition,
alliances and conflicts. It may include their relationship to their
natural resources or their territory, the boundaries that identify
different groups, and the ways in which they show antagonism to,
or solidarity with, one another. Rivalry may cause or bring about
any of the above in all kinds of ways, e.g. in material terms (objects,
images, emblems…); in behavioural terms (rituals, historical
events…); and in ideological terms (world view, discourse on
otherness, statements of identity...).
The purpose of the congress is to encourage the sharing of data,
thoughts, and unpublished work, that could stimulate participants'
research. A further goal is to establish a diachronic intercultural
map of the ways such rivalry manifests itself in the Americas.
The conference shall begin with 4 plenary lectures by reknowned
European scholars :
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Dr
Warwick BRAY (Pr Emeritus, Institute of Archaeology, London) : "
Precolumbian Conflicts and the Archaeological Record "
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Dr
Pierre DUVIOLS (Pr Emeritus, Université d'Aix-en-Provence)
: " Conflicts and Alliances through the Andean Ethnohistoric
Record " (to be confirmed)
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Dr
Nikolai GRUBE (Pr at the Rheinische Friedrich-Whilelms-Universität,
Bonn, and at the University of Texas at Austin ) : " Maya Rhetorics
of War"
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Dr
Philippe JACQUIN ( Pr à l'Université de Lyon II) :
" Anthropology of Warfare in North America, XVII-XIX c. : the
Indian Example "
Papers
will be organized into four symposia, one of which will be co-organized
with Wayeb, European Association of Mayanists and devoted to the Maya.
The others will focus on North American societies, plus those of Lowland
and Highland South America. We are calling for contributions from
researchers and specialists in the fields of anthropology, archaeology,
ethnohistory, history, art history, sociology, and from other colleagues
who specialize in the Americas and are interested in the theme. Papers
can be given in English, French or Spanish. Titles and abstracts (100-200
words) should reach the address of the organizing committee before
the 15th of March 2002. The final programme will be drawn up at the
end of March 2002, by which date all those who have offered papers
will be informed whether they have been accepted or not. We do hope
to see as many of you as possible in Brussels in November 2002 and
should be grateful if you would ensure this call for papers is relayed
to your colleagues and within your institution.
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Organizing
Committee :
Peter Eeckhout (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Geneviève Le Fort (Wayeb, Association Européenne de
Mayanistes)
Serge Lemaître (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Jacques Malengreau (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université
Libre de Bruxelles)
Anne-Françoise Martin (Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire,
Bruxelles)
Marcel New (Société des Américanistes de Belgique)
Sergio Purin (Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles)
Olivier Servais (Université Catholique de Louvain)
Registration
form - IInd SBA Congress, Brussels 2002
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