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Hello everyone.<br><br>
The CFP below pertains to Africa and new African diasporas, so my
apologies to those on the list whose work is not in those
areas...<br><br>
Rachel <br>
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Call for Panel Participants, African Studies Association Annual Meeting,
Oct. 30-Nov. 2, Boston, 2003 <br>
Panel Title: The Noise in the Market: Visual and Verbal Meaning in
African Commerce <br><br>
"The desire to cheat and the refusal to be cheated are the cause of
the noise in the market." -- Yoruba Proverb <br>
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We invite abstracts that explore the social, material and meaningful
practices that underscore business in Africa and its New Diaspora. We
anticipate contributions that are theoretical, historical and/or data
driven. In particular, we ask what are the contemporary permutations of
visual and verbal meaning derived from African practices in commerce?
What metaphors and dominant discursive genres run through how business
practice is articulated and carried out? What are the subtle and elusive
ways in which matters such as mores, ethos and affect figure into
commercial, financial and political relationships? How are these matters
crafted and re-contextualized through visual and verbal means, and how
are they interpreted in cross-cultural contexts? What new social meanings
arise through the changing structures of the market and society in
African contexts? Contributions should examine the semiotic and/or
rhetorical (including visual, oral and aural) dimensions of business
conducted between or with Africans, on the continent and in diaspora.
Theoretical implications might involve examining accumulation and
circulation in the contemporary neoliberal moment, in order to better
understand how increasing globalization of African markets has led to a
transformation in <br>
how people express their relationship to goods, services and finance. We
seek scholars from diverse regional and disciplinary backgrounds to
contribute papers relating to the changing meaning of African business
exchange in historical, transnational and diasporic perspective. <br>
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Co-Organizers: <br>
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Beth Anne Buggenhagen <br>
University of Chicago <br>
babuggen@uchicago.edu <br>
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Rachel R. Reynolds <br>
Drexel University <br>
rrr28@drexel.edu<br><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Rachel R. Reynolds<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Culture and Communication<br>
Drexel University<br>
3141 Chestnut Street <br>
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875<br>
tel (215) 895-0498<br>
fax (215) 895-1333<br>
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