Editor: Marsha R. Robinson, PhD

In 1914, British journalist C. Gascoigne Hartley published the following statements in „The Age of Mother-Power: the Position of Woman in Primitive Society“: “The patriarchal theory stated in its simplest form is this: Primeval man lived in small family groups, composed of an adult male and of his wife, or, if he were powerful, several wives, whom he jealously guarded from sexual advances of all other males… the family is held together by their common subjection to him. As for the children, the daughters, as soon as they grow up, are added to his wives while the sons are driven out from the home at the time they reach an age to be dangerous as sexual rivals to their father.”

“The male attention and energy were fixed chiefly on the destructive activities of warfare… males were chiefly concerned with the absorbing duties of sex and fighting rivals Continue reading →

12. Meeting of the international, biennial conference Feminist Theory and Music

Venue: Hamilton College in Clinton, New York
Time: July 31-August 4, 2013
Extended Deadline: April 1, 2013

The organizers welcome proposals for scholarly papers from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective addressing music in relation to feminism, gender, or sexuality. The organizers especially encourage proposals addressing questions related to African American, Latin American, and Native American music. The committee also invites proposals related to gender, feminism, and ethnographic research; music and the body of the Other; music and prisons; poetry/spoken word, gender, and music; and immigration, transnationalism and musical diasporas. Proposals focusing on current social issues and any area of music and gender are also encouraged. Proposals for panels of three or four papers are also welcome. Continue reading →

Aachener Kompetenzzentrum für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Institut für Geschichte, RWTH Aachen University (Web)

Zeit: 15.11.2013
Ort: Aachen
Deadline: 15.06.2013

Hochentwickelte Prothesen, Gentechnik und Transplantationsmedizin, aber auch Lifestyle-Produkte wie Smartphones, Schönheitschirurgie und leistungssteigernde Substanzen haben eines gemeinsam: Sie stellen auf verschiedene Weise die biologisch determinierte Körperlichkeit in Frage. Ob es um die Wiederherstellung einer Körperfunktion, die Verbesserung der körperlichen und geistigen Konstitution, oder das enge Zusammenspiel zwischen Mensch und Technik geht – die Grenze zwischen Körper und Technik scheint zunehmend zu verwischen.

Versuche, den Menschen künstlich zu verbessern, finden sich in jeder Epoche auf. Prothesen, die Gliedmaßen ersetzen und so die Normalität des Körpers wiederherstellen, sind schon seit der Antike bekannt. Das Gleiche gilt für Rüstungen, die… weiterelsen und Quelle

JEP – Journal für Entwicklungspolitik / Austrian Journal of Development Studies, Special Issue Editor: Clemens Pfeffer, Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Austria (Web)

Deadline: 01.04.2013

Over the last decades, a wide range of literature on resistance and its articulations such as rebellion, protest, opposition, or denial has been generated within different disciplines. In public space and the media, the phenomenon of “resistance” enjoys an increasing popularity, going along with an even broader use of the term. Generally accepted perceptions of resistance offer a welcome pattern for the self-construction and representation of scholars and activists, who define themselves as “political involved”, “progressive”, “radical” and “in opposition to the state”. In this respect the term resistance is not only frequently used by left-wing protagonists, but also appears in right-wing, neo-fascist and neo-colonial contexts. Read more (PDF)