4-0225 TRACING PATHWAYS OF KINSHIP IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ARTS) AND ADOPTION

Friday, November 18, 2011: 08:00-11:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Organizers: Chantal Collard (CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY) and Françoise-Romaine Ouellette (Université INRS centre Urbanisation Culture Société)

Chairs: Shireen D Kashmeri (University of Toronto)

Discussants: Judith Schachter (Carnegie Mellon University)

08:00

Class Dynamics In U.S. Kinship: Substantiation Through the Lens of Adoption

Christine W Gailey (University of California, Riverside)

08:15

Kinship, Citizenship and Civil Status : Connections and Disjunctions in the Legal Redefinition of the Adopted Child's Identity

Françoise-Romaine Ouellette (Université INRS centre Urbanisation Culture Société)

08:30

Certified Copy: “As-if” Belongings and the Return to Origins

Barbara Yngvesson (Hampshire College)

08:45

From French Polynesia to France:the Legacy of Fa'a'amu Traditional Adoption In 'international' Adoption

Leblic Isabelle (CNRS)

09:00

Semiotics of a Talking Gift: Abandonment Politics, the Antimonies of Choice, and the Substance of Attachment In Cambodian-Australian Adoptions

Karen L Greene (Pannasastra University and Center for Khmer Studies)

09:15

Kinship and Becoming: Adoption and Fluid Relatedness In Ecuador

Esben Leifsen (The Norwegian University of Life Sciences )

09:30

Discussion

09:45

Break

10:00

From Assisted Procreation to Adoption: Infertile Couples’ Pathways to Becoming Adoptive Parents

Doris Chateauneuf (Université de Montréal)

10:15

The Question of Children’s Origin In Adoption and ART’s Practices In Spain

Diana Marre (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and AFIN Research Group )

10:30

When Filiation Is Re-Established by Adoption : The Legacy of Quebecois Legal Decisions In Cases of Surrogacy

Shireen D Kashmeri (University of Toronto)

10:45

From the Perspective of Birth Families: Has Cultural Theory In Kinship Studies Gone Too Far?

Andrea D Cardarello (Université de Montreal)

11:00

Discussant

Judith Schachter (Carnegie Mellon University)

11:15

Discussion

11:30

Discussion

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