Call for Papers/Convocatoria "Cultural Change in 16th Century Mexico"

[Juergen Stowasser]

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CONFERENCE  "Cultural Change in 16th Century Mexico"
(Goettweig -  June 7- 9, 2002)
http://www.univie.ac.at/meso/conference.htm
http://www.univie.ac.at/meso/simposio.htm

The University of Vienna (Institute for the Study of Religions and
Institute of History) and the Austrian Latin America Institute are
organizing a symposium on cultural change in Mesoamerica after the
Conquista of Central Mexico 1519-1521. Scholars from Mexico, the United
States and Europe will debate the various aspects of the cultural
(social, religious, political,...) change in colonial Mexico.
The conference´s emphasis lies on an interdisciplinary and comparative
perspective and on approaches from different disciplines such as
ethnohistory, cultural studies, semiotics, intercultural philosophy and
comparative religious studies. Cultural change is understood as dynamic
and heterogenous process in which the "aculturated ones" participate in
an active, creative and sometimes also subversive way. A special focus
of the meeting will be the analysis of colonial codices as documents of
cultural change (but papers basing on
other sources are welcome as well). In addition to the presentation of
studies of postconquest Mexico, the conference will also reflect on
models of cultural change in general and ask for a greater understanding
of intercultural encounter situations.

The symposium will be held at the Monastery of Goettweig (founded in
1083) near Vienna. Registration will be open to all interested persons
(Fee: $100/students $50).
The conference will include key note speeches and lectures from invited
speakers and mesas redondas (working seminars) with a limited number of
participants. A workshop on Nahua writing system will be held from June
9 - 12 in Vienna.

Registration: http://www.univie.ac.at/meso/conference/form.htm

CALL FOR PAPERS

The conference aims to discuss the impact of the Conquista in Central
Mexico and to take a critical look at models of cultural and social
transformation. We encourage an interdisciplinary approach and
contributions from different fields: ethnohistory, social and cultural
anthropology, gender studies, linguistics, semiotics, discourse analysis
etc. The symposium is further concerned to direct attention towards
colonial codices as important sources for the analysis of the
postconquest period. We invite papers focusing on

-    Understanding cultural change in its heterogeneity: religious
aspects, early mission, ecological dimensions, the role of epidemics,
economic changes,
gender concepts,...
-    Cultural change and literacy: Mesoamerican and European writing
traditions
-    Colonial codices: case studies
-    Between adaption and resistance: ruptures and continuities of
Mesoamerican traditions in the colonial period
-    Methodic questions of intercultural interpretation
-    Reflections on models  of cultural change, acculturation,
"sincretism",...

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
All paper sessions are limited to 10-15 minutes length and 5 minutes for
questions/discussion. Proposals for papers must include the registration
form and an abstract of max. 300 words (to be sent in e-mail body or as
rtf-file to abstracts at correoweb.com).
Deadline for submission is January 31, 2002. Confirmation of acceptance
will be no later than 20th February 2002. Accepted abstracts wil be
posted on http://www.univie.ac.at/meso/conference/abstracts.htm. All
papers given at the conference will be published in an anthology.

Proposals for mesas redondas:
Submitted papers wil be read in mesas redondas focusing on the topics
listed above. We accept also proposals of complete mesas on each topic
within the general theme of the conference.

For further questions please check our website
http://www.univie.ac.at/meso/conference.htm
Español: http://www.univie.ac.at/meso/simposio.htm


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Juergen Stowasser
Burggasse 114/2/8
A-1070 Wien - Vien(n)a
Austria
tel: 01/ 524 54 60  v  0676/ 398 66 79
http://www.univie.ac.at/meso