Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains

5. Workshop organized byLaurent Legrain : The Hiccups of Social Life. Emotional Crisis and Variations in the Tone of Daily Sociality

levequesand — 2013-05-17T08:08:48Z

Laurent Legrain, scientific collaborator of LAMC, and currently a researcher at Mongol and Inner Asian Studies Unit (MIASU) of Social Anthropology department of the University of Cambridge (Wiener Anspach Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology ), organizes a workshop on May 31 and on June 1, 2013. The programme below :

The workshop aims to deal with the “hiccups of social life”, by which we mean social interactions that lead to (sometimes severe) emotional crisis. These kinds of situation, which are not rare in Central Asia and Siberia, have recently begun to surface in the regional ethnography, challenging the image of the smooth tonality of social interactions structured by cultural conventions. However, historical documents show that we ought not consider this kind of emotional outpouring a direct consequence of the rapid and dramatic changes that have arisen in the region since the demise of the socialist state in 1991. Rather it seems that we touch here on one of the enduring ingredients of the emotional life of this part of the world. How can we address this within an anthropological framework ? Are those erratic outbursts functioning as safety valves, spaces of emotional discharge caused by a frustration created by the daily enactment of a “rigorous affective regime”, as the majority of common explanations would have it ? Do these variations of the intensity of social life relate to ritual ? Drawing on the results of recent ethnographic research by specialists of the region, we propose new ways of understanding such strong emotional responses. The workshop aims to articulate several analytical frameworks available in the field of the anthropology of emotions with very general anthropological understandings of sociality and interaction. The papers presented will aim to engage anthropological reflections that emerge from ethnographies of emotional crisis.

Programme

FRIDAY 31st MAY

14h30 – Introduction – Laurent Legrain (University of Cambridge & Wiener-Anspach foundation's fellow)

15h00 – 17h00 Panel 1 : Crafting Tones through Spirit-Human Relationships and Omens

Chair : David Sneath (University of Cambridge)

“Omens in Mongolia : Fright and Fear” Caroline Humphrey (University of Cambridge)

“Anger and Care in a Mongolian Shamanic Ritual” Grégory Delaplace (Université Paris-Ouest La Défense)

SATURDAY 1st JUNE

9h30-12h30 Panel 2 : Affective Engagment : Affect, Emotion & Personhood Chair : Heonik Kwon (University of Cambridge)

“Emotional Outbursts as Tableaux Vivants : a Theory of the Resonant Body-Person” Adam Chau (University of Cambridge)

10h25 – Tea break

“The Storehouse of Affect : on Emotional Insights and Saving Face in Southwest China” Katherine Swancutt (University of Oxford)

“'Educational Hiccups' in Huld (Dungobi) : the Pedagogical Merits of Parents' Unpredictable Outbursts of Anger” Aude Michelet (London School of Economics)

14h00-16h00 Panel 3 : Destruction, Alcohol and Roller-Coaster-Relationships Chair : Liana Chua (Brunel University)

“'Self Destruction' among Evenki People in East Siberia” Tatiana Safonova & Istvan Santha (University of Cambridge)

“Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell : Alcohol Consumption among Barga Mongols in Inner Mongolia” Paula Haas (University of Bonn)

16h00 – Tea break

16h30 – Concluding remarks

Where ?

The Mond Building Seminar Room

Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF


Poster

5. Workshop organisé par Laurent Legrain : The Hiccups of Social Life. Emotional Crisis and Variations in the Tone of Daily Sociality

levequesand — 2013-05-17T08:01:29Z

Laurent Legrain, collaborateur scientifique du LAMC, et actuellement chercheur au Mongol and Inner Asian Studies Unit (MIASU) du département d'anthropologie sociale de l'Université de Cambridge (Lauréat du concours des bourses postdoctorales de la Fondation Wiener-Anspach), organise un workshop le 31 mai et le 1er juin 2013. Le programme ci-dessous :

Programme

FRIDAY 31st MAY

14h30 – Introduction – Laurent Legrain (University of Cambridge & Wiener-Anspach foundation's fellow)

15h00 – 17h00 Panel 1 : Crafting Tones through Spirit-Human Relationships and Omens

Chair : David Sneath (University of Cambridge)

“Omens in Mongolia : Fright and Fear” Caroline Humphrey (University of Cambridge)

“Anger and Care in a Mongolian Shamanic Ritual” Grégory Delaplace (Université Paris-Ouest La Défense)

SATURDAY 1st JUNE

9h30-12h30 Panel 2 : Affective Engagment : Affect, Emotion & Personhood Chair : Heonik Kwon (University of Cambridge)

“Emotional Outbursts as Tableaux Vivants : a Theory of the Resonant Body-Person” Adam Chau (University of Cambridge)

10h25 – Tea break

“The Storehouse of Affect : on Emotional Insights and Saving Face in Southwest China” Katherine Swancutt (University of Oxford)

“'Educational Hiccups' in Huld (Dungobi) : the Pedagogical Merits of Parents' Unpredictable Outbursts of Anger” Aude Michelet (London School of Economics)

14h00-16h00 Panel 3 : Destruction, Alcohol and Roller-Coaster-Relationships Chair : Liana Chua (Brunel University)

“'Self Destruction' among Evenki People in East Siberia” Tatiana Safonova & Istvan Santha (University of Cambridge)

“Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell : Alcohol Consumption among Barga Mongols in Inner Mongolia” Paula Haas (University of Bonn)

16h00 – Tea break

16h30 – Concluding remarks

Where ?

The Mond Building Seminar Room

Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF


Poster

1. Workshop and lecture of Gayle Rubin - June 19, 2013

levequesand — 2013-05-13T14:35:15Z

In 1984, Gayle Rubin (University of Michigan) published her famous essay “Thinking Sex : Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality”. First presented at a conference on sexual politics organised in 1982 at Barnard College (New York City), it rapidly became one of the most influential pieces in sexuality studies. In this text, Gayle Rubin examines the relations between gender and sexuality, and posits, unlike her 1975 The “Traffic in Women : On The 'Political Economy' of Sex”, that although they are closely linked gender and sexuality must be studied separately. Rubin also explores the oppressive dimensions of sexuality. Through notions such as the “charmed circle” and the “outer limits”, she describes sexual hierarchies in our societies, and interrogates what defines “good sexualities”. This leads her to order sexual practices and cultures according to their legitimacy. Finally, Rubin défends the need of empirical and descriptive studies, in particular through ethnography.

In the last thirty years, sexuality has changed. This period is often described by a weakening of sexual hierarchies and unprecedented sexual freedom. This vision has however been criticised, and several authors have unveiled the persistence as well as a reconfiguration of sexual hierarchies. A first goal of this workshop will be to assess the validity of Rubin's Thinking Sex today. Rubin's essay was also strongly influenced by American sex wars. It depicted more broadly forms of sexual exclusion, which were mostly based on Western sexual expériences. Therefore, this workshop will also attempt to go beyond the narrow frame of the United States and the West to explore sexual hierarchies in other contexts.

This workshop will gather papers by Belgian scholars discussing Rubin's “Thinking sex” from various disciplines. All will be discussed by Gayle Rubin, who will give a closing lecture.

Program

Session 1 - “Thinking Sex” in Belgium

Chair : Cathy Herbrand (King's College London)

14:00 - 14:20 - Wannes Dupont (Universiteit Antwerpen) - Modern times. Some questions about the course of sexual history

14:20 - 14:40 - David Paternotte (FNRS/Université libre de Bruxelles) - Belgium : Sexual hierarchies after same-sex marriage

14:40 - 15:20 - Discussion

15:20 - 15:50 - Coffee and tea

Session 2 - “Thinking Sex” Beyond Western Sexualities ?

Chair : Rostom Mesli (University of Michigan)

15:50 - 16:10 - David Berliner (Université libre de Bruxelles) - Studying sexual subcultures in Laos, after Gayle Rubin

16:10 - 16:30 - Chia Longman (Universiteit Gent) - “Femme de la rue” : sexism, multiculturalism and moral panic

16:30 - 17:30 - Discussion

Lecture

Chair : Joël Noret (Université libre de Bruxelles)

18:00 - 20:00 - Gayle Rubin (University of Michigan) - Blood Under the Bridge. Reflections on Thinking Sex

Abstract

This talk reflects on the intellectual and political circumstances of the publication of Gayle Rubin's 1984 essay “Thinking Sex : Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality.” In particular, it considers the context of the feminist “sex wars” of the late 1970s and early 1980s, offering a detailed account of several of the period's key events, publications, and debates. It also reflects on the relation between this moment in the history of feminism and the history of GLBT and queer scholarship over the past several décades.

Biography

Gayle Rubin is an anthropologist, and a feminist, gay, and leather scholar and activist. Her work focuses on the history, theory, geographies, and social organization of sexuality ; urban sexual populations ; the history of sexological theory ; feminist theory and politics ; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies.

She was a visiting fellow at the Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University (1993), the Norman Freehling Visiting Professor of Humanities at the University of Michigan (2001) ; and has twice been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2007, 2012). She has taught at University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan.

She is the author of Surveiller et Jouir : Anthropologie Politique du Sexe(EPEL, 2010), and Déviations : A Gayle Rubin Reader (Duke University Press, 2011). She is revising a book manuscript based on her pioneering and sustained ethnographic research in the gay male leather community and the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco, and is doing research for a new project on the feminist sex wars.

When and where ?

Université libre de Bruxelles - Campus Solbosch

Institut de Sociologie (building S)

Room Henri Janne - 15th floor

44 avenue Jeanne - 1050 Brussels

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 from 14:00 until 20:00

FREE ENTRANCE

1. Workshop et conférence de Gayle Rubin - le 19 juin 2013

levequesand — 2013-05-13T14:33:43Z

This workshop will gather papers by Belgian scholars discussing Rubin's “Thinking sex” from various disciplines. All will be discussed by Gayle Rubin, who will give a closing lecture.

Program

Session 1 - “Thinking Sex” in Belgium

Chair : Cathy Herbrand (King's College London)

14:00 - 14:20 - Wannes Dupont (Universiteit Antwerpen) - Modern times. Some questions about the course of sexual history

14:20 - 14:40 - David Paternotte (FNRS/Université libre de Bruxelles) - Belgium : Sexual hierarchies after same-sex marriage

14:40 - 15:20 - Discussion

15:20 - 15:50 - Coffee and tea

Session 2 - “Thinking Sex” Beyond Western Sexualities ?

Chair : Rostom Mesli (University of Michigan)

15:50 - 16:10 - David Berliner (Université libre de Bruxelles) - Studying sexual subcultures in Laos, after Gayle Rubin

16:10 - 16:30 - Chia Longman (Universiteit Gent) - “Femme de la rue” : sexism, multiculturalism and moral panic

16:30 - 17:30 - Discussion

Lecture

Chair : Joël Noret (Université libre de Bruxelles)

18:00 - 20:00 - Gayle Rubin (University of Michigan) - Blood Under the Bridge. Reflections on Thinking Sex

Abstract

Biography

Où et quand ?

Université libre de Bruxelles - Campus du Solbosch

Institut de Sociologie (bâtiment S)

Salle Henri Janne - 15e niveau

44 avenue Jeanne - 1050 Bruxelles

Le mercredi 19 juin de 14h00 à 20h00

ENTREE LIBRE

1. Workshop and lecture of Gayle Rubin - June 19, 2013

levequesand — 2013-05-13T14:31:05Z

This workshop will gather papers by Belgian scholars discussing Rubin's “Thinking sex” from various disciplines. All will be discussed by Gayle Rubin, who will give a closing lecture.

Program

Session 1 - “Thinking Sex” in Belgium

Chair : Cathy Herbrand (King's College London)

14:00 - 14:20 - Wannes Dupont (Universiteit Antwerpen) - Modern times. Some questions about the course of sexual history

14:20 - 14:40 - David Paternotte (FNRS/Université libre de Bruxelles) - Belgium : Sexual hierarchies after same-sex marriage

14:40 - 15:20 - Discussion

15:20 - 15:50 - Coffee and tea

Session 2 - “Thinking Sex” Beyond Western Sexualities ?

Chair : Rostom Mesli (University of Michigan)

15:50 - 16:10 - David Berliner (Université libre de Bruxelles) - Studying sexual subcultures in Laos, after Gayle Rubin

16:10 - 16:30 - Chia Longman (Universiteit Gent) - “Femme de la rue” : sexism, multiculturalism and moral panic

16:30 - 17:30 - Discussion

Lecture

Chair : Joël Noret (Université libre de Bruxelles)

18:00 - 20:00 - Gayle Rubin (University of Michigan) - Blood Under the Bridge. Reflections on Thinking Sex

Abstract

Biography

When and where ?

Université libre de Bruxelles - Campus Solbosch

Institut de Sociologie (building S)

Room Henri Janne - 15th floor

44 avenue Jeanne - 1050 Brussels

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 from 14:00 until 20:00

FREE ENTRANCE

1. Workshop et conférence de Gayle Rubin - le 19 juin 2013

levequesand — 2013-05-13T14:28:43Z

This workshop will gather papers by Belgian scholars discussing Rubin's “Thinking sex” from various disciplines. All will be discussed by Gayle Rubin, who will give a closing lecture.

Program

Session 1 - “Thinking Sex” in Belgium

Chair : Cathy Herbrand (King's College London)

14:00 - 14:20 - Wannes Dupont (Universiteit Antwerpen) - Modern times. Some questions about the course of sexual history

14:20 - 14:40 - David Paternotte (FNRS/Université libre de Bruxelles) - Belgium : Sexual hierarchies after same-sex marriage

14:40 - 15:20 - Discussion

15:20 - 15:50 - Coffee and tea

Session 2 - “Thinking Sex” Beyond Western Sexualities ?

Chair : Rostom Mesli (University of Michigan)

15:50 - 16:10 - David Berliner (Université libre de Bruxelles) - Studying sexual subcultures in Laos, after Gayle Rubin

16:10 - 16:30 - Chia Longman (Universiteit Gent) - “Femme de la rue” : sexism, multiculturalism and moral panic

16:30 - 17:30 - Discussion

Lecture

Chair : Joël Noret (Université libre de Bruxelles)

18:00 - 20:00 - Gayle Rubin (University of Michigan) - Blood Under the Bridge. Reflections on Thinking Sex

Abstract

Biography

Où et quand ?

Université libre de Bruxelles - Campus du Solbosch

Institut de Sociologie (bâtiment S)

Salle Henri Janne - 15e niveau

44 avenue Jeanne - 1050 Bruxelles

Le mercredi 19 juin de 14h00 à 20h00

ENTREE LIBRE

10. Thesis successfully defended by Olivier Kahola Tabu

levequesand — 2013-03-15T13:43:17Z

On March 15, 2013, Mr. Olivier Tabu Kahola succesfully defended his thesis entitled « Ménages et pratiques de la solidarité à Lubumbashi. Transfert des parents, stratégies de cohésion et vie conjugale » as part of getting the academic position of Doctor of Social and Political Sciences. Under the direction of Pr. Pierre Petit (ULB). The jury being composed by Lady and Gentlemen the Professors Véronique Joiris (ULB), Jacky Bouju (Université de Provence), Mathieu Hilgers (ULB) et Benjamin Rubbers (ULB).

Congratulations !

10. Thèse défendue avec succès par Olivier Kahola Tabu

levequesand — 2013-03-15T13:43:09Z

Le 15 mars 2013, M. Olivier Tabu Kahola a défendu avec succès sa thèse intitulée « Ménages et pratiques de la solidarité à Lubumbashi. Transfert des parents, stratégies de cohésion et vie conjugale » dans le cadre de l'obtention du grade académique de Docteur en Sciences Sociale et Politique. Sous la direction du Pr. Pierre Petit (ULB). Le jury étant composé de Madame et Messieurs les Professeurs Véronique Joiris (ULB), Jacky Bouju (Université de Provence), Mathieu Hilgers (ULB) et Benjamin Rubbers (ULB).

Toutes nos félicitations à Olivier !

20. Project Annâdya : the results of the first year

levequesand — 2013-03-13T11:26:36Z

A year has passed since the birth of the project Annâdya on February 1st, 2012. As a reminder, Annick Schubert, Project Manager and researcher at LAMC, manages this project focused on the food security in Laos and in Cambodia (read the article)

During the Cooperation Day on March 13th, 2013, the ULB displays posters created for this occasion to present the activities of researchers of the South to the members of the university community. It is also a way to underline their work and put them in the spotlight.

Discover below the two posters designed for this event and resuming the activities, the financing and the stakeholders of the project Annâdya and especially the results obtained during the first year.


Poster of the activities, the financing and the stakeholders of Annâdya


Poster of the results

If you wish learn more about Annâdya, the EU has created two communication tools partly on the projet. You can read the leaflet and the brochure by clicking on the link.

20. Projet Annâdya : les résultats de la 1ere année

levequesand — 2013-03-13T09:22:03Z

Une année s'est écoulée depuis la naissance du projet Annâdya le 1er février 2012. Pour rappel, Annick Schubert, gestionnaire de projets et chercheuse au LAMC, dirige ce projet axé sur la sécurité alimentaire au Laos et au Cambodge (lire l'article).

Lors de la Journée de la Coopération du 13 mars 2013, l'ULB expose des posters créés pour l'occasion afin de présenter les activités des chercheurs du Sud aux membres de la communauté universitaire . C'est également une manière de souligner leur travail et de les mettre à l'honneur.

Découvrez ci-dessous les deux posters du projet Annâdya conçus pour cet évènement et reprenant les activités, le financement, les acteurs du projet mais surtout les résultats obtenus lors de cette première année.


Poster des activités, du financement et des acteurs du projet


Poster des résultats

Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur Annâdya, des outils de communication ont été créés par l'UE en partie sur le projet. Vous pouvez consulter le dépliant et la brochure en cliquant sur le lien.