[Linganth] [SAR-List] AAA and/or ASA Call for Panel "Examining Hospitality in Politics and Religion"

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Isra El-beshir


On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Emily Riley <emilyon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am looking to form a panel for both the AAA and ASA annual meetings
> regarding the topic of hospitality as a concept and performance important
> to particularly political and religious practices.  The panel would serve
> as an examination of how hospitality can be theorized within questions of
> gender, nationhood, and new ideas on exchange and value.  My research
> focuses on an ethnography of the Wolof concept of *teranga, *a nuanced
> translation of hospitality, and how it is embedded in political, social,
> and religious practices in Senegal.  Engaging with definitions and
> ethnographic snapshots of hospitality in its many forms, can create
> fruitful discussions on changing social landscapes, identity, and alterity,
> among others.  I am certainly open to many suggestions on similar and yet
> coherent topics/papers.
>
> Many thanks,
> Emily Riley
>
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> Emily Riley
> Fulbright-Hays
> Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology
> Michigan State University
>
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