> > "Revisiting the Activist Impulse in Ethnic Studies"
> > http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cser/index2.html
> >
> >
> >
> >Spring 2003 Conference
> >
> >Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
> >
> >Columbia University
> >
> >
> >
> >The first Ethnic Studies programs emerged at U.S.
> universities in the =
> >late 1960s and early 1970s, during an unprecedented
> period of
> >widespread = social and political activism on
> college campuses and in
> >urban and rural communities across the nation. Key
> to the development
> >and operation of these early programs in
> African-American, Chicana/o,
> >Asian American, Native American, and Puerto Rican
> Studies was their
> >commitment to = radical change in both the academy
> and the community.
> >While theoretical developments in Ethnic Studies
> have proceeded apace,
> >as has been noted = in recent years the activist
> roots of Ethnic
> >Studies have atrophied significantly. There are
> numerous reasons for
> >this development: the devotion of faculty resources
> to the demands of
> >university tenure processes; decreased university
> resources
> >(particularly in public
> >
> >universities) for Ethnic Studies programs; a
> declining climate of =
> >radical and progressive politics; and so on. This
> conference seeks to
> >re-examine Ethnic Studies' connection to activism,
> bridging the growing
> >gap between theoretical and applied work, and
> between scholars and our
> >various "communities." We seek to include different
> dimensions of
> >knowledge production germane to Ethnic Studies, and
> to hear both
> >academic and activist voices. We invite papers and
> presentations
> >dealing with a range of concerns relevant both to
> Ethnic Studies
> >scholarship and to activism within communities of
> color. Given the
> >great variety of perspectives on the relationship
> between scholarship
> >and activism, we hope that = differing theories of
> power, politics, the
> >state, strategy, tactics, organization, etc. will
> be offered, in order
> >to contribute to the critical complexity = of the
> conference dialogue.
> >Some key questions that papers might consider
> >
> >include:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > How has the role of activism in ethnic studies
> changed over the last
> >thirty to forty years? Is there a continuing role
> for activism in
> >ethnic studies? Have communities benefited from
> ethnic studies
> >scholarship or activism? Are there particular
> kinds of activism that
> >university-based ethnic studies programs can be
> more or less
> >successful at? What can activists contribute to
> theoretical debates in
> >Ethnic Studies? How do student and faculty roles
> differ, complement,
> >and/or contradict each other within the ethnic
> studies/activism nexus?
> > What is the relationship of ethnic studies
> programs to the continuing
> >concerns of the ethnic communities
> >
> >
> >
> > they purport to represent?
> >
> > How can the university serve as a resource to
> activist organizations?
> >What are the institutional constraints on activism
> by ethnic studies
> >faculty members?
> >
> >
> >
> >Send paper abstracts or 1-page presentation ideas
> by December 15, 2002 =
> >
> >to:
> >
> >
> >
> >Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
> >
> >Columbia University
> >
> >420 Hamilton, MC 2880
> >
> >New York, NY 10027
> >
> >Attn: Spring Conference
>
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