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Simposio Interamericano de Investigación Etnográfica de la Educación XIII

Inter-American Symposium on Ethnography and Education XIII

GeneralInformation

The 13th Inter-American Symposium on Ethnography and Education (XIII SimposioInteramericano de Investigación Etnográfica de la Educación) will take place at UCLA in

Los Angeles, California, September 18-20, 2013. As it has done since1989, theSymposium will foster interaction between Latin American and North American scholars.

The format will include presentation and discussion of recent ethnographic studies, plus aday devoted to workshops among the participants to deepen discussion of themes and

common problems. This time the Symposium takes as a theme “Majorities, minorities

and migrations in comparative perspective.”

We incorporate comparison into the structure of the Symposium by requiring that every

session include multiple countries and presentations in more than one language. Thesymposium will also include two Keynote lectures, and two Invited Roundtables on the

themes of the symposium.

Deadline for proposals is March 15, 2013.

Contact/Comunicarse: [email protected]

Majorities,minoritiesandmigrationsincomparativeperspective

The theme of the symposium invites us to examine and question social categories andeducational practices that define populations as “majorities,” “minorities” or “migrants”

in different contexts across the hemisphere. It raises questions such as: What happenswhen a population that makes up the ‘majority’ in its land of origin gets converted into a

‘minority’ in another country? Or when so-called ‘minorities’ become in fact the majorityin their cities or regions, as is the case with many indigenous groups, with those called

‘Hispanics” in Southern California, or with Francophone Canadians in Quebec? Or whentensions arise over the access of ‘majority’ populations (rural or working-class) to

compulsory and universal schooling, or even to the university? What processes of inclusion, exclusion, distinction, discrimination, oppression or resistance, among others,

take place within the experiences and educational trajectories of populations like those?

How do the axes of inequality and diversity intersect in their academic journeys?

Moreover, how to compare the traditions of educational thinking and ethnographic

research across different countries of the Americas, given that they reflect very differentsociocultural realities? Presenting ethnographic studies carried out in very different

contexts, both inside and outside of schools, with very diverse populations, can contributeto this general discussion. See below for specific suggested sub-themes within this larger

theme.



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(A note to U.S. and Canadian scholars: This conference offers the opportunity to shareyour work with colleagues in Latin America, and to learn from their work. It is for all

ethnographic research addressing the theme, and is by no means limited to ethnographerswho work in Latin America or those who work with Latino populations in the United

States and Canada.)

Multilingualformat This Symposium, like its predecessors, will be truly multilingual. Official languages will

be Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French. We encourage all participants to speak intheir most fluent language, with handouts or PowerPoint outlines, one in English and one

in another language. One-page summaries, if possible in English and in Spanish,Portuguese or French, should be circulated before the meeting to facilitate deeper

discussion during the sessions.

GeneralProgramandItsStructure

Keynotespeakers

Juan Luís Sariego Dr. Sariego is a distinguished anthropologist at the Escuela Nacional

de Antropología e Historia, Chihuahua. http://eahnm.edu.mx/index.php/juan-luis-sariego-

rodriguez/

Sofía Villenas Dr. Villenas, anthropologist at Cornell University, is co-editor of the

Handbook of Latinos and Education and co-author of “Critical ethnographies of

education in the Latino/a diaspora.” http://anthropology.cornell.edu/faculty/Sofia-Villenas.cfm

InvitedRoundtables

In one or two panels, invited scholars will lead a discussion of the symposium themes.

ParallelSessions

The available time and space limits the Symposium to a maximum of 75 papers presented

in parallel sessions. To encourage greater communication during the small sessions, we

propose to provide ample time to facilitate the international exchange through translationor summaries offered by bilingual aides and session participants. Given this structure,

two-hour sessions will have a maximum of three speakers and an organizer/moderator.

Workshops

The final day will be devoted to workshops among the participants to deepen discussion

of themes and common problems



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Fundingandthefuture

As with early Symposios, this one will be organized by a group of volunteer scholars,with institutional support from the current institutional site, UCLA. We have applied for

grants to support simultaneous Spanish-English translation during the Keynotes and

Invited Roundtables and to pay travel expenses for guest/invited speakers. We havelikewise sought funding to cover the costs of coffee breaks and noontime meals, and tosubsidize the participation of some of the graduate students who are accepted to present.

As our funding applications are still pending, the registration fee will be determined oncewe have confirmed financial support—with the goal of making it as low as possible.

The conference structure, particularly the workshops, will facilitate planning for future

collaboration. In addition to promoting academic exchanges and potential comparative projects on specific topics, we propose the publication of an anthology that addresses the

challenges of comparison in ethnographic research.

Howtoproposeasessionorpaper All sessions and workshops will be multilingual and cross-national. Each two-hour

session will have a maximum of three speakers and an organizer/moderator with just three speakers to maximize time for multilingual discussion.

To help session organizers comply with this structure, the organizing committee is

available to help you locate researchers across the Americas working on similartopics. We need to hear from researchers who are considering organizing

sessions well before the deadline for receipt of proposals (March 15). Email us at

[email protected] to discuss your ideas.

You may also submit a proposal for a partial session, or a proposal for a single paper,

inviting the organizing committee to complete the three-person session.

To propose a session or a partial session, please fill in the form Propuesta deSesión/Session Proposal and email it to [email protected].

To propose a single paper, please fill in the form Propuesta de Ponencia/ Single PaperProposal and email it to [email protected].

Send your proposal as a Word attachment or PDF [email protected] by March 15, 2013.

Importantdates

December 7, 2012. Call for Participation



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December 7, 2012, to March 15, 2013. Period for consulting with organizers on possiblesessions and on proposals for individual papers that might be incorporated into

developing sessions.

March 15, 2013. Deadline for session proposals on themes specifically related to the

general theme of the Symposium. Session proposals will be sent to reviewers.

April 15, 2012. Notice of acceptance sent.

Possiblesessionthemesinclude:

1) Education and internal, seasonal or transnational migrant populations2) Education of indigenous children

3) Education of peoples of African descent4) Education in rural contexts

5) Education on the border or crossing borders, national or regional6) Comparative perspectives on teaching traditions and cultures of schooling

7) Inequity and diversity in school settings8) Discrimination and racism in school settings

9) Relations between schools, communities and families in the context of cultural andlinguistic diversity

10) Intercultural education or linguistic revitalization processes11) Education of learners with special needs

12) Experiences of majority population in compulsory secondary education (or inuniversities).

In all cases, “education” is defined broadly to include learning and teaching beyond schooling.

ScientificCommittee/Comitescientifico(pageindevelopment)

Email to / Escribir a: [email protected]

Kathryn Anderson-Levitt

[email protected]; copy/cc toRolf Straubhaar,

[email protected]

Graduate School of Education &Information Studies, Moore Hall2005A

UCLALos Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Tel. 310-825-2010

Elsie Rockwell

[email protected] de Investigaciones

Educativas

Centro de Investigación y de EstudiosAvanzados, Sede Sur.

Calz. Tenorios No. 235, Col. Granjas

Coapa, 14330, México, D.F.Tel/Fax 52 55 5483 2800, 5483 2806



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ScientificCommittee/ComiteScientifico

Patricia Baqueando-López, University of

California, Berkeley

Serafín Coronel-Molina, Indiana University

Edmund (Ted) Hamann, University of

Nebraska, Lincoln

Monica Heller, OISE, Université de

Toronto

Bradley Levinson, Indiana University

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, UCLA

Concepción Valadez, UCLA

Gabriela Czarny, Universidad

Pedagógica Nacional

Ana María Gomes, Universidade

Federal Minas Gerais

María Rosa Neufeld, Universidad de

Buenos Aires

Etelvina Sandoval, Universidad

Pedagógica Nacional

Lodging/Alojamiento(pageindevelopment)

Travel/Comollegar(pageindevelopment)

Fechasimportantes 7 de diciembre, 2012. Invitación

7 de diciembre a 15 de marzo 2013. Periodo de consulta sobre posibles sesiones, o

propuesta de ponencias individuales, para su posible colocación en sesiones quese estén organizando.

15 de marzo, 2013. Recepción de propuestas de sesión sobre temas específicos

relacionados con el tema general del Simposio. Las propuestas serán enviadas adictamen.

15 de abril, 2013. Comunicación de aceptación de las sesiones propuestas

Contact:[email protected]

Kathryn Anderson-Levitt

[email protected] copiar a Rolf Straubhaar, [email protected]

310-825-2010Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Moore Hall 2005A



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UCLALos Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Elsie Rockwell

[email protected]

Departmento de Investigaciones EducativasCentro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Sede Sur.Calz. Tenorios No. 235, Col. Granjas Coapa, 14330, México, D.F.

Tel/Fax 52 55 5483 2800, 5483 2806

Web page: http://conferences.gseis.ucla.edu/simposio

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