Entitled “The Roots of Resistance: The Construction of Resistance to Western Hegemonic Modernity,” the conference will be held March 14-15 at various locations on campus. Everyone is welcome. There is no charge and no registration necessary. A full agenda is attached.
Since the September 11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, political rhetoric in Western Nations has either emphasized the marginality of terrorists and terrorist groups, associating them with fundamentalist religious movements, or the rhetoric has focused on conditions such as disparity of wealth that may have led to the development of terrorism.
“These popular explanations for the events of September 11 are made from a Western perspective and have become ‘truisms’ that do not take into account other socio-cultural contexts that can be at the roots of resistance. Through this conference, we hope to provide a broader understanding of non-Western thinking,” says one of the conference organizers Vernon Eichhorn of the Department of Anthropology.
Conference presentation titles include: “My Neighbor is a Fundamentalist: The Discourses of Communalism and ‘Otherness’ in an Indian City;” “Kill the Infidels! Rhetorics of Resistance and Obtrusion in Bin Laden and Bush;” “Semites at Odds: Virulent Rhetoric in a Volatile Land;” “Spin, Lies and Videotape;” and “Borders in Bollywood.” The keynote address is “Designing the Future of Western India: The Politics of Planning, Naming and Rebuilding Following the Earthquake of 2001.”
The conference is sponsored by the University of Regina, the University’s Social Justice Cluster, the Faculty of Arts, and the Departments of Religious Studies and Anthropology.
The Roots of Resistance: The Construction of Resistance to Western Hegemonic
Modernity
March 14-15, 2003
University of Regina
Friday, March 14
Administration-Humanities Building, 5th floor boardroom
8:30 Conference Introduction: Dr. Allan
Cahoon, Vice-President (Research and International, University of Regina)
Session I:
Moderator: Dr. Sheila Petty (Professor and Head of Media Production and Studies, University of Regina)
8:45-9:15 Borders in Bollywood Radika Desai (University of Victoria, Political Science)
9:15-9:45 Anti-Anti-Essentialism Daniel Rosenblatt (University of Regina, Anthropology)
9:45-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45 My Neighbor is a Fundamentalist: The Discourses of Communalism and “Otherness” in an Indian City Vernon Eichhorn (University of Regina, Anthropology)
10:45-11:15 Session I Moderated Discussion
11:15-12:15 Lunch
Session II:
Moderator: Dr. Sam Sankaran (Professor of Administration, University of Regina)
12:15-12:45 Kill the Infidels! Rhetorics of Resistance and Obtrusion in Bin Laden and Bush Volker Greifenhagen (Luther College, University of Regina, Religious Studies)
12:45-1:15 Semites at Odds: Virulent Rhetoric in a Volatile Land Jackie Kuikman (Campion College, University of Regina, Religious Studies)
1:15-1:45 Session II Moderated Discussion
3:00-5:00 Keynote Presentation: Education Auditorium 106.1
Chair: Dr. Larry Symes (Professor of Computer Science and Director, Information Services, University of Regina)
Designing the Future of Western India: The Politics of Planning, Naming and Rebuilding Following the Earthquake of 2001 Dr. Edward Simpson (Post-Doctoral Fellow, London School of Economics)
Saturday, March 15
Administration-Humanities Building, 5th floor boardroom
Session III:
Moderator: Dr. Darlene Juschka (Associate Professor and Coordinator of Women’s Studies)
9:00-9:30 The Connections and Discourses of Non-Governmental Organizations in Development Projects Peter Bisson (Campion College, University of Regina, Religious Studies)
9:30-10:00 Progress of the Ants: The Work of Yanagi Yukinori Gail Chin (University of Regina, Visual Arts)
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Muinane Images of Rootedness and Authenticity: Continuity, Coherence, Contradiction and Change in the Colombian Amazon Carlos Londono Sulkin (University of Regina, Anthropology)
11:00-11:30 Spin, Lies, and Videotape Bill Stahl (University of Regina, Sociology)
11:30-12:00 Session III Moderated Discussion
12:00-1:00 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Plenary Address: Education Auditorium 106.1
Chair: Dr. B. Hillis (Professor of Religious Studies and Dean, Luther College, University of Regina)
Global Modernity? Modernity in an Age of Global Capitalism Dr. Arif Dirlik, Knight Professor of History and Cultural Anthropology; Director, Center for Critical Theory and Transnational Studies, University of Oregon