Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Ethnography of Courts: PoLAR spillover -- Part One
A discussion at UC Irvine arising out of the PoLAR articles in:
CONTINUING CONVERSATION: STUDYING THE TRIAL
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 2
November 2008
CONTINUING CONVERSATION: STUDYING THE TRIAL
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 2
November 2008
David Pedersen, "The Value of Options" Part Two
Part Two of a talk presented as part of the Irvine Seminars in the Anthropology of Modernity
co-sponsored by: Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, Dept of History, and Center for Ethnography
at
University of California Irvine
Thursday, January 29, 2009
David Pedersen, Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego
This paper traces the multiplex process of abstraction that has transformed the 1980s war in El Salvador and its aftermath into a template for what the US military now calls “the Long War” on terror. I analyze how the resolution of the Salvadoran war has been turned into a replicable model of how to conduct counter-insurgency warfare and create a pro-US liberal democracy in Iraq. I also show how this model appears to guide US-led anti-narcotics efforts in the Americas. Finally, I examine how this model undergirds the consolidation of US counter-insurgency doctrine calling for increased “cultural knowledge,” especially the expertise offered by anthropologists.
co-sponsored by: Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, Dept of History, and Center for Ethnography
at
University of California Irvine
Thursday, January 29, 2009
David Pedersen, Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego
This paper traces the multiplex process of abstraction that has transformed the 1980s war in El Salvador and its aftermath into a template for what the US military now calls “the Long War” on terror. I analyze how the resolution of the Salvadoran war has been turned into a replicable model of how to conduct counter-insurgency warfare and create a pro-US liberal democracy in Iraq. I also show how this model appears to guide US-led anti-narcotics efforts in the Americas. Finally, I examine how this model undergirds the consolidation of US counter-insurgency doctrine calling for increased “cultural knowledge,” especially the expertise offered by anthropologists.
David Pedersen, "The Value of Options: Statistics, Historical Models and the Path from El Salvador to Iraq
A talk presented as part of the Irvine Seminars in the Anthropology of Modernity
co-sponsored by: Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, Dept of History, and Center for Ethnography
at
University of California Irvine
Thursday, January 29, 2009
David Pedersen, Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego
This paper traces the multiplex process of abstraction that has transformed the 1980s war in El Salvador and its aftermath into a template for what the US military now calls “the Long War” on terror. I analyze how the resolution of the Salvadoran war has been turned into a replicable model of how to conduct counter-insurgency warfare and create a pro-US liberal democracy in Iraq. I also show how this model appears to guide US-led anti-narcotics efforts in the Americas. Finally, I examine how this model undergirds the consolidation of US counter-insurgency doctrine calling for increased “cultural knowledge,” especially the expertise offered by anthropologists.
co-sponsored by: Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, Dept of History, and Center for Ethnography
at
University of California Irvine
Thursday, January 29, 2009
David Pedersen, Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego
This paper traces the multiplex process of abstraction that has transformed the 1980s war in El Salvador and its aftermath into a template for what the US military now calls “the Long War” on terror. I analyze how the resolution of the Salvadoran war has been turned into a replicable model of how to conduct counter-insurgency warfare and create a pro-US liberal democracy in Iraq. I also show how this model appears to guide US-led anti-narcotics efforts in the Americas. Finally, I examine how this model undergirds the consolidation of US counter-insurgency doctrine calling for increased “cultural knowledge,” especially the expertise offered by anthropologists.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Assessing the State of the Field: Cause Lawyering
"Assessing the State of the Field - Cause Lawyering"
Austin Sarat (Chair), Richard L. Abel (Participant), Laura Beth Nielsen (Participant), Howard Erlanger (Participant)
Roundtable - Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings May 30, 2008 Montreal Canada
This panel will take stock of the research on cause lawyering and to think about future directions. What progress has been made in thinking about cause lawyers? Do we have an analytically sound definition? Has the study of cause lawyers advanced our understanding of the complex boundaries between law and politics? What are the most significant unanswered questions and most promising directions for future research?
Austin Sarat (Chair), Richard L. Abel (Participant), Laura Beth Nielsen (Participant), Howard Erlanger (Participant)
Roundtable - Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings May 30, 2008 Montreal Canada
This panel will take stock of the research on cause lawyering and to think about future directions. What progress has been made in thinking about cause lawyers? Do we have an analytically sound definition? Has the study of cause lawyers advanced our understanding of the complex boundaries between law and politics? What are the most significant unanswered questions and most promising directions for future research?
Inaugural Podcast, The Insecurity of Human Rights, Alex Neve
"The Insecurity of Human Rights"
Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada (Speaker) Annie Bunting, York University (Introduction) Plenary - Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings May 29, 2008 Montreal Canada
Alex Neve has been Secretary General of Amnesty International since January, 2000. He was just recently awarded the Order of Canada (in December, 2007). Neve has been a member of Amnesty for over fifteen years and has worked for the organization nationally and internationally in a number of different roles, including, research missions to Tanazania, Guinea, Mexico, Burundi, and Ghana. Amnesty in Canada has been actively involved in the case of Maher Arar as well as Omar Khadr, violence against Aboriginal women, trade and human rights amongst other issues. He will draw on these examples in his presentation for the conference.
Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada (Speaker) Annie Bunting, York University (Introduction) Plenary - Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings May 29, 2008 Montreal Canada
Alex Neve has been Secretary General of Amnesty International since January, 2000. He was just recently awarded the Order of Canada (in December, 2007). Neve has been a member of Amnesty for over fifteen years and has worked for the organization nationally and internationally in a number of different roles, including, research missions to Tanazania, Guinea, Mexico, Burundi, and Ghana. Amnesty in Canada has been actively involved in the case of Maher Arar as well as Omar Khadr, violence against Aboriginal women, trade and human rights amongst other issues. He will draw on these examples in his presentation for the conference.
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