[CollettivoAntropologico] [masnitalia] italian conference news

Lun 18 Feb 2008 11:14:36 CET

Hi Rashid!
I wrote you some mails with the informations I need for your invitation. Please answer me.
Serena

Rashid Jajah <rashid_jah a yahoo.com> ha scritto:                               Diego :

 how are you ? Thanks for your mail there is no problem
 with the change of date, but i wont't be able to be
 apart of the March project. As a matter of fact I
 woild like to , but I can't, and also trying to finish
 up my abstract. How soon can you make our invitations
 letter for the visa?

 thanks and bye to all masn italia
 --- Diego Regosa <sandiokan a hotmail.com> wrote:

 > 
 > hallo dear MASNers......
 > 
 > 
 > conference's working are in progress and we are
 > doing all our best for offer you another wonderfull
 > event....
 > I would inform you of some importants news, and send
 > again the call for paper, together with the
 > application form for apply to the conference.
 > 
 > first of all I wish to inform you about a change in
 > the program:
 > conference days are changed from 6-11 may to 4-9 may
 > we are very sorry for this because it can be a
 > problem from whom already started to search for
 > ticket, and also because we must change our
 > 'traditional' ending of the conference in weekend
 > days. so we aspect you on sunday the 4th and we will
 > leave the hostel on friday the 9th.
 > again, really sorry for this, but it's not our
 > fault: we had a fucking problem with the youth
 > hostel, because they accepted our reservation in
 > december, telling us to call them again after a
 > couple of months for start to organize. ok when we
 > phoned, we discover that the stupid man of the
 > reception didn't tell nothing to the chief, that of
 > course took  an other reservation for 30 people  on 
 > friday 8th  and saturday 9th.....damm them!
 > in the last two weeks we tryed to find any other
 > kind of solution, but  siena is a very turistic city
 > and every other place is fucking expensive....
 > so we've decided for this solution
 > 
 > second I rememeber you the deadline for application,
 > which is the 24th of february (next week). untill
 > now we received only two applications, one for a
 > paper and one for a workshop. please we really need
 > more, because we must to apply for money offered my
 > the ministry of culture and the deadline is the last
 > working day of february. this call is for
 > conferences and pubblications, but they ask a list
 > of authors and an abstract of the topics. of course
 > then we will change them according to those chosed
 > by the international masn commitee, but it's really
 > better to have at least something to present!
 > 
 > third, we want to propose you a little field work
 > before the conference:
 > during the speaking with different assesors of the
 > municipality of Siena (in search of  money), a
 > common idea has born, that one of using the
 > conference also as an important space of discussion
 > with the municipality, trapassing the borders of our
 > 'golden eden' for meet institutions and citizens in
 > a usefull roudtable discussion.
 > the idea is to open a discussion (on monday
 > afternoon after workshop and outside the conference)
 > on the 'global city' as a space of integration
 > between citizen and young students coming from other
 > cities as well with  foreigners.
 > siena is a real special city because the traditional
 > horses-run (the palio) that see different district
 > of the city (contrade) fighting for the supremacy in
 > it. today this fight is still really aggressive and
 > feeled. it's really a question of identity, also for
 > many youngsters. now many students from oher cities
 > live in siena, but they are really not accepeted by
 > most of the people of the contrade, 'cause they are
 > feeled as foreigners, strangers, not from siena. in
 > practice it is as if there are two cities in one.
 > morover there is also a problem, as everywhere in
 > italy and many other EU contries, of integration
 > with foreigner migrant.
 >  this roundtable will offer a space of discussion on
 > this topic and the idea is to open a dialogue
 > between  citizens, someone who works in the city
 > with migrant or other 'guests' (association, comitee
 > and so on), the institutions (university and
 > assessors) and anthropology. the role of MASN in
 > this, except of course to present the conference and
 > ourselves to the citizens, journalists and so on,
 > will be that to present a little field work in urban
 > anthropology.
 > the work will be done starting from some thesis of
 > graduated students who spoke around these topics,
 > also from other point of view: economical,
 > sociological, political and so on. then we will make
 > some interviews to student, citizens, foreigners and
 > maybe to create a short documentary (if we have
 > time), or just a paper.
 > we think that the best way for do it is to create a
 > little (6-10 people) mixed team of research with
 > masners from siena, masners from other italian
 > cities, and masners from europe..
 > the field work probably will be done in march,
 > during a week in which students from siena will
 > guest the other components of the group.
 > 
 > everything is still in the beginning, so the ideas
 > are not very clear, but we wish to hear your opinion
 > and if someone is interested to join the team
 > 
 > 
 > ok for the time it's all
 > I wish you a good weekend and wait your answers (and
 > critics)...
 > warm hugs
 > 
 > Diego,
 > in behalf of masn-italy
 > 
 >
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