2a. Sesión Especial sobre Acústica de Instrumentos Sonoros Antiguos / 2nd Special Session on Acoustics of Ancient Sound Instruments

Acoustical Society of America

November 15 - 19, 2010

Cancún, MEXICO

Información detallada en: / Detailed information at:

http://www.tlapitzalli.com/curinguri/cancun/2o_Aviso_Cancun.pdf

Call for Papers:

Conferencias

Fecha límite para envio de abstracts es 1 Junio.
Abstracts deben enviarse online a http://asa.aip.org (En "submit abstract" bajo Cancun meeting). Password es Cancun.

La fecha límite para envio de trabajos completos (optional), para incluir en el CD es 10 Agosto.

Solicitar información a sberista@gmail.com




Call for papers

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 June.
Abstracts must be submitted online at http://asa.aip.org (follow the "submit abstract" link below Cancun meeting heading). The password is Cancun.

The deadline for submission of full (optional) papers is 10 August.

For information about submission of optional full papers to include in the CD, contact sberista@gmail.com

Information on Registration and Fees:

Inscripciones:

Antes del 4 Octubre

Miembros ASA, FIA, IMA: $ 395
1 día: $ 200
No-Miembros: $ 445
Estudiantes miembros: gratis
Estudiantes no-miembros: $ 50
Acompañantes: $ 60


En Cancún

Miembros ASA, FIA, IMA: $ 455
1 día: $ 260
No-Miembros: $ 505
Estudiantes miembros: $ 25
Estudiantes no-miembros: $ 60
Acompañantes: $ 95


Registration Fees:

Before Oct. 4

Members ASA, FIA, IMA: $ 395
1 day: $ 200
Non-Members: $ 445
Student members: free
Students non-members: $ 50
Accompaining persons: $ 60

Registration on site

Members ASA, FIA, IMA: $ 455
1 day: $ 260
Non-Members: $ 505
Student members: $ 25
Students non-members: $ 60
Accompaining persons: $ 95

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.tlapitzalli.com/curinguri/cancun/e2010.html (español) ; http://www.tlapitzalli.com/curinguri/cancun/2010.html (english)

For further inquiries, please contact:
Roberto Velázquez - rvelaz.geo@yahoo.com (español)
David Lubman - dlubman@dlacoustics.com (english)

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2010 AAA Annual Meeting

American Anthropological Association (AAA)

November 17 - 21, 2010

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

In 2010, the AAA will meet in New Orleans, where the river meets the sea. New Orleans channels flows into the heart of a continent, and out across oceans, around the globe. The boundary between river and sea, between water and earth, is shifting and unclear. The circulation of people and other living organisms, of material things, and of ideas in such zones of passage constitutes some of the central social and physical processes of concern to all kinds of anthropologists, historically and in the present. New Orleans has inspired the theme of the 2010 AAA Annual Meeting: “Circulation.” This theme is meant to encourage us to think about what happens when movement is the organizing trope of our questions, methodologies, analyses and accounts. We can think in terms of circulation across time as well as space, through different organizing principles, and in a variety of shapes and forms. The idea of circulation invites us to consider what triggers, facilitates, constrains, disrupts or stops flows; what is at stake in these processes, and for whom; and what their consequences might be for humans and for the environment. It opens up questions about what exactly circulates: signs, objects or bodies. Do different things circulate in different ways? Do they change or remain constant? What new phenomena, arrangements and inequalities does circulation produce? How are resources and ways of understanding them identified, made sense of, produced and distributed in the process? How and why do rates and types of circulation vary across time and space? What crystallizes and what continues to flow and reshape? “Circulation” also invites us to think across boundaries, whether those are boundaries organizing phenomena we seek to describe and explain, boundaries within and across disciplines,
or boundaries among anthropologists or other social groups. It asks us to turn our attention to zones of encounter, conjunctions and liminal passages. It also requires us to ask whether “circulation” is a helpful trope for the production of anthropological knowledge.

What light does it shed on the (increasingly widely circulating) concept of “culture”—arguably the central organizing construct of anthropology— and on anthropology itself?We are interested in bringing together papers reflecting the perspectives of all subfields and forms of anthropological practice, or across them, investigating this theme with data, method and theory oriented to all temporal and spatial horizons. Come and participate in the circulation of ideas.
(Source: http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/upload/2010-Annual-Meeting-CFP.pdf)

Further information for download at:
http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/upload/2010-Annual-Meeting-CFP.pdf

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/

For further inquiries, please contact:
Carla Fernandez
- AAA & Sections Meeting Department -
cfernandez@aaanet.org
Tel: +1-703-528-1902.

Monica Heller
- 2010 Executive Program Chair -
Tel: +1-703-528-1902
E-mail: aaaprogramchair@gmail.com

American Anthropological Association
2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: +1-703-528-1902
Fax: +1-703-528-3546

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MERCHANTS, TRADE AND EXCHANGE IN THE PRE-COLUMBIAN WORLD

Dumbarton Oaks, Pre-Columbian Studies

October 8 - 9, 2010

Washington, DC , USA

Dumbarton Oaks is pleased to announce the annual Pre-Columbian Symposium, to be held in the Music Room of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., on Friday, October 8th and Saturday, October 9th, 2010. Please note that the symposium will be two full days this year; sessions will begin at 9 am on Friday, and conclude Saturday evening.

Comparison of economic systems in the Pre-Hispanic world provides a number of startling contrasts. In Mesoamerica, the rise of civilization and state level society is characterized by thriving interregional trade and the development of one of the world’s most complex market systems. In the Andes, the situation appears markedly different, with the political economy more important than the commercial economy in organizing both production and distribution systems. This symposium will examine the structure, scale, and complexity of economic systems in the Pre-Hispanic world, with a particular focus on the central highlands of Mexico, the Maya lowlands, and the central Andes.

Presenters will examine dimensions of ancient economy, including artisans who produced goods as part of their livelihood, merchants (and other individuals) who exchanged and moved a wide range of goods over space, and the trade and distribution networks through which goods were exchanged, bought, and sold. Symposium speakers include Richard Blanton (Purdue University), Richard Burger (Yale University), David Carballo (Boston University), Tom Dillehay (Vanderbilt University), David Freidel (Washington University), Paul Goldstein (University of California, San Diego), Kenneth Hirth (Penn State University), Brigitte Kovacevich (Southern Methodist University), Marilyn Masson (University of Albany, SUNY), Enrique Mayer (Yale University), Patricia McAnany (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Deborah Nichols (Dartmouth College), Axel Nielsen (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba), Charles Stanish (University of California, Los Angeles), Alexandre Tokovinine (Harvard University), and John Topic (Trent University). Barry Isaac (University of Cincinnati) will provide concluding remarks.

Information on Registration and Fees:

REGISTRATION:

Space for this event is limited, and registration will be handled on a first come, first served basis.

Regular $35.00
Student $25.00

For further information, including preliminary abstracts, please contact the Pre-Columbian Studies Program at Dumbarton Oaks.

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.doaks.org/research/pre_columbian/doaks_pco_symposium_2010_10_08.html

For further inquiries, please contact:
Pre-Columbian Studies
Dumbarton Oaks
1703 32nd St., NW
Washington, DC 20007

Tel.: +1 (202) 339-6440 or
E-mail: pre-columbian@doaks.org.

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I. Encuentro de Arqueomusicología de las Américas / I. Meeting on the Music Archaeology of the Americas

Área de Etnomusicología, Centro de Estudios Folklóricos, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

March 1 - 3, 2011

Guatemala

El primer encuentro de investigadores dedicados a las antiguas culturas musicales Americanas y las culturas viventes se llevará a cabo en Guatemala (si será en la ciudad capital o en Antigua Guatemala todavía está por decidir) entre martes, 1 de marzo y jueves, 3 de marzo de 2011, con la opción de prolongarlo por un día hasta viernes, 4 de marzo. El encuentro se propone fortalecer el intercambio de conocimientos, teorías y métodos en nuestro campo investigativo, y sea la anacrusa de una serie de
encuentros anuales o bianuales, que nos ayudará en la fundación de un grupo de estudios acerca del tema.

El organizador del evento es Matthias Stöckli (Área de Etnomusicología, Centro de Estudios Folklóricos, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala); los co-organizadores son José Pérez de Arce (Museo Precolombino de Santiago de Chile) y Arnd Adje Both (ICTM Study Group for Music Archaeology). El encuentro es bilingüe (español y inglés).


The first meeting of researchers dedicated to the ancient music cultures of the Americas and the living traditions is held in Guatemala (Guatemala City or Antigua Guatemala, not decided yet), in March 1-3, 2011, with the option of a prolongation until March 4, 2011. The meeting is dedicated to vitalize the interchange of knowledge, theories and methods of our
research field, and will be the anacrusis of a series of annual or
biannual meetings, which would help us in founding a study group on the topic.

The organizer of the event is Matthias Stöckli (Área de Etnomusicología, Centro de Estudios Folklóricos, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala); co-organizers are José Pérez de Arce (Museo Precolombino de Santiago de Chile) and Arnd Adje Both (ICTM Study Group for Music Archaeology). The meeting is bilingual (Spanish and English).

Call for Papers:

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

La fecha límite para el envío de los resúmenes de sus ponencias es el 15 de septiembre de 2010. Por favor, envíen sus abstracts a la dirección electrónica del organizador con copia a los dos co-organizadores.

The deadline for abstracts is September 15, 2010. Please, send your abstract to the electronic address of the organizer with copy to the co-organizers.

For further inquiries, please contact:
Matthias Stöckli (mwmstoeckli@gmx.ch)
José Perez de Arce (jperezdearce@museoprecolombino.cl)
Arnd Adje Both (adje@zedat.fu-berlin.de)

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4th Annual Maya at the Playa Conference

American Foreign Academic Research / Archaeological Institute of America

September 30 - October 3, 2010

Palm Coast, Florida, USA

This year the FourthMaya at the Playa Conference, to be held from September 30 to October 3, 2010, in Palm Coast, Florida, is providing an opportunity for graduate student scholars currently doing research in the field of Maya archaeology a chance to share their research with colleagues and enthusiasts. Selected presenters participating in this breakout session will be allotted 25 minutes to present their research in a formal lecture environment. All presentation technology will be provided by the conference and its use is encouraged. All abstracts will be published in the Maya at the Playa Program and selected papers may be published in the Maya at the Playa Conference Journal.

Call for Papers:

American Foreign Academic Research and the Archaeological Institute of America invite the submission of papers for presentation at the Fourth Annual Maya at the Playa Conference.

Submissions will be peer-reviewed and should take the form of an abstract approximately 100-300 words in length, using MS Word, Pages, or pdf format.

After formatting they should be sent with a cover letter including the contributor's name, institutional affiliation and status / job description to:
jmat.saunders@gmail.com.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 12 am, Sunday, May 1, 2010.

If selected, presenters will be required to submit a brief biography and a high resolution photograph for publishing on the website. If your paper is selected to be published in the Maya at the Playa Conference Journal, further instructions will be relayed through email.

Information on Registration and Fees:

Four Day All-Access: $105.00
AIA Member - 4 Day All-Access: $90.00
Institute of Maya Studies Member 4 Day All Access: $90.00
Sister Cities of Volusia Four Day All-Access: $90.00
Graduate Presenter : $30.00

Please, visit the official website:
http://mayaattheplaya.com/M%40P_2009/Home.html

For further inquiries, please contact:
Tel.: +1-270-855-9780
E-mail: mat.saunders@gmail.com

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Under Cover of Darkness: The Meaning of Night in Ancient Mesoamerica

Pre-Columbian Society of Washington

September 25, 2010

Washington DC , USA

Speakers:

- Linda A. Brown, The George Washington University
"Objects by Day/Spirits by Night: Divination Tools, Sacra and the Night among Contemporary Tz’utujil Maya Ritual Practitioners"

- Cecelia F. Klein, University of California, Los Angeles
"The Eyes Have It: Aztec Ways of Seeing in the Dark"

- John Pohl, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
"Beneath the Eyes of Heaven: The Significance of the Representation of Night and Darkness in the Ancient Mexican Codices"

- Kent Reilly, Southwest Texas State University, Austin
"Visions of the Dawn of Creation: The Liminal Space Between Night and Day"

- Keith M. Prufer, University of New Mexico
"The Politics of Darkness: Elite Transformations of Space as Costly Signals of Power and Authority"

- Marc Zender, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
"Ahk'ab: Darkness and the Night in Maya Writing and Art"


Venue:

U.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Downtown Washington, D.C.,

(between 7th and 9th Streets , next to the Archives/Navy Memorial Station on Metro’s Green and Yellow lines)

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.pcswdc.org

For further inquiries, please contact:
Symposium Coordinator: rdlyon@verizon.net

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