5-0865 A DELUGE OF ONTOLOGIES: VESTIGES, TRACES AND ENTANGLEMENT

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 16:00-17:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Students, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Francoise Dussart (University of Connecticut) and Sylvie Poirier (Université Laval)

Chairs: Florence Brunois (CNRS)

Discussants: Mario Blaser (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Marisol de la Cadena (UC-Davis)

16:00

NEITHER CARTESIAN NOR RELATIONAL: MULTIPLE ONTOLOGIES IN SOUTHEAST SOLOMON ISLANDS

Michael W Scott (London School of Economics & Political Science)

16:15

SHRINKING AWAY VERSUS GLOBALIZATION: THE CASE OF THE KASUA PEOPLE (PNG)

Florence Brunois (CNRS)

16:30

ACCOMMODATING ONTOLOGIES: MODERNIST AND RELATIONAL RECONFIGURATIONS IN A HOUSING PROJECT FOR FOREST PEOPLE IN SOUTH INDIA

Nurit H Bird-David (University of Haifa) and Noa Lavi (University of Haifa)

16:45

PERSONHOOD AND THE MODERNIZATION OF INDIGENOUS MORAL ECONOMY IN AUSTRALIA

Nicolas Peterson (Australian National University)

17:00

MATERIAL TRACES, EMBODIED ONTOLOGIES, AMBIGUOUS COSMOLOGIES

Terence S Turner (University of Chicago and CORNELL University)

17:15

Discussant

Mario Blaser (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

17:30

Discussant

Marisol de la Cadena (UC-Davis)

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