Dear All,
The Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) is pleased to announce its call for papers for its biannual conference YUTE X. Yute X 2010 Conference will be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, Jamaica on November 24-26, 2010.
We invite you to submit papers or encourage young people to do so. Please assist us to get the word out through your various networks and youth groups.
Cheers,Jaevion
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Jaevion Nelson
Director of Policy, Advocacy & International AffairsJamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN)Ministry of Health & Environment2-4 King Street, KingstonT: (876) 922 9477jaevion@j-yan.org www.j-yan.org
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Caribbean Mothering
We are seeking submissions for an edited collection on Caribbean Mothering, Editors : Dorsía Smith Silva and Simone A. James AlexanderPublication Date : Fall 2012
This anthology will examine the diverse and complex experiences of motherhood and mothering from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. We welcome submissions that explore the major cultural, political, historical, and economic factors such as migration and transnationalism that influence the lives of Caribbean mothers.
Further, we encourage writings that represent the relationships between Caribbean mothers and their children, perspectives of single Caribbean mothers, relationships of extended motherhood in Caribbean communities ; and colonial, post-colonial, and modern representations of Caribbean motherhood from literary, historical, biological, sociological, political, socioeconomic, ethnic, and media perspectives.
This incorporation of a variety of disciplines and methodologies will give insight to the issues on mothering within the Caribbean context and provide a space that recognizes the significance of Caribbean mothering.
The aim of this volume is to foster work on mothering that integrates the disciplines of feminist ideologies, literary criticism, and cultural analysis as well as represent the diversity of the Caribbean islands and Caribbean diaspora. We hope to include a range of academic writing and some narrative essays.
Topics can include (but are not limited to) :gender, transgender, cultural, family, communication, and Diasporic studies ; sociology ; Caribbean Studies ; Postcolonial Studies ; feminist theories ; personal and reflective essays ; ethnographies ; mothering done by nannies, siblings, aunts, grandparents, co-parents, fathers, non-biological parents, stepmothering ; surrogate mothering ; literary representation ; mother activists and activism ; constructions of identity ; queer mothering ; childcare ; Caribbean/mothering in global and transnational contexts-i.e. migration, diaspora, citizenship, national identity, embodiment theories ; feminist philosophies of mothers and mothering ; film and media representations ; mothering issues, especially as related to gender, family, economics, sexuality, race, nation, employment, community, education, law, activism, and politics and public policy ; ideological and social debates and tensions ; mothering critiques ; health, health care, reproduction/reproductive rights ; the role of web communities and technology ; spiritual, cultural, emotional, communal, or social influences ; support services and institutions for Caribbean mothers ; ideologies in Caribbean communities Submission guidelines:
Papers of 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages) (includes notes and sources) will be due by September 15, 2010 and should conform to the ModernLanguage Association style.
Please also include a 50-word biography.Please send the documents to Dorsía Smith Silva and Simone A. James Alexander at caribbeanmothering@yahoo.com
This anthology will examine the diverse and complex experiences of motherhood and mothering from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. We welcome submissions that explore the major cultural, political, historical, and economic factors such as migration and transnationalism that influence the lives of Caribbean mothers.
Further, we encourage writings that represent the relationships between Caribbean mothers and their children, perspectives of single Caribbean mothers, relationships of extended motherhood in Caribbean communities ; and colonial, post-colonial, and modern representations of Caribbean motherhood from literary, historical, biological, sociological, political, socioeconomic, ethnic, and media perspectives.
This incorporation of a variety of disciplines and methodologies will give insight to the issues on mothering within the Caribbean context and provide a space that recognizes the significance of Caribbean mothering.
The aim of this volume is to foster work on mothering that integrates the disciplines of feminist ideologies, literary criticism, and cultural analysis as well as represent the diversity of the Caribbean islands and Caribbean diaspora. We hope to include a range of academic writing and some narrative essays.
Topics can include (but are not limited to) :gender, transgender, cultural, family, communication, and Diasporic studies ; sociology ; Caribbean Studies ; Postcolonial Studies ; feminist theories ; personal and reflective essays ; ethnographies ; mothering done by nannies, siblings, aunts, grandparents, co-parents, fathers, non-biological parents, stepmothering ; surrogate mothering ; literary representation ; mother activists and activism ; constructions of identity ; queer mothering ; childcare ; Caribbean/mothering in global and transnational contexts-i.e. migration, diaspora, citizenship, national identity, embodiment theories ; feminist philosophies of mothers and mothering ; film and media representations ; mothering issues, especially as related to gender, family, economics, sexuality, race, nation, employment, community, education, law, activism, and politics and public policy ; ideological and social debates and tensions ; mothering critiques ; health, health care, reproduction/reproductive rights ; the role of web communities and technology ; spiritual, cultural, emotional, communal, or social influences ; support services and institutions for Caribbean mothers ; ideologies in Caribbean communities Submission guidelines:
Papers of 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages) (includes notes and sources) will be due by September 15, 2010 and should conform to the ModernLanguage Association style.
Please also include a 50-word biography.Please send the documents to Dorsía Smith Silva and Simone A. James Alexander at caribbeanmothering@yahoo.com
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Caribbean Child Research Conference 2010
The theme of the Conference is “Five years before 2015: The MDGs and child rights in the Caribbean.”.
The deadline for the submission of papers has been extended to August 16, 2010
Information on the conference may be obtained by emailing childconference10@gmail.com
http://www.mona.uwi.edu/notices/2010/CCRC10finalcallforpapers21.pdf
The deadline for the submission of papers has been extended to August 16, 2010
Information on the conference may be obtained by emailing childconference10@gmail.com
http://www.mona.uwi.edu/notices/2010/CCRC10finalcallforpapers21.pdf
JUNE 2-4, 2011
GLOBAL SUMMIT ON ENDING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND PROMOTING POSITIVE DISCIPLINE
The Global Summit will bring together, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (anthropology, criminology, history, medicine, psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children. The goals of the conference are: a) to raise public awareness about the problems associated with corporal punishment, b) to bring together individuals from different walks of life and professionals who are committed to ending corporal punishment of children, and c) to develop strategies for advancing the worldwide movement to end all corporal punishment of children from all venues in all parts of the world.
Location: The Fairmont Hotel Dallas, Texas
For more information, contact:
George W. Holden, Ph.D.Professor of PsychologySouthern Methodist University
gholden@smu.edu
214-768-4696
The Global Summit will bring together, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (anthropology, criminology, history, medicine, psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children. The goals of the conference are: a) to raise public awareness about the problems associated with corporal punishment, b) to bring together individuals from different walks of life and professionals who are committed to ending corporal punishment of children, and c) to develop strategies for advancing the worldwide movement to end all corporal punishment of children from all venues in all parts of the world.
Location: The Fairmont Hotel Dallas, Texas
For more information, contact:
George W. Holden, Ph.D.Professor of PsychologySouthern Methodist University
gholden@smu.edu
214-768-4696
Friday, May 21, 2010
Children and Youth in Changing Societies
There is an extension in the deadlines for the conference "Children and Youth in Changing Societies".
If you need further information please check the conference website:
http://www.psy.auth.gr/childrenandyouth2010/
If you need further information please check the conference website:
http://www.psy.auth.gr/childrenandyouth2010/
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