INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: ISSUES OF LEGITIMACY:
\nEntrepreneurial Culture, Corporate Responsibility and Urban Development
\nNaples,Italy, 4-8 September 2012<\/p>\n
Convened by: IUAES Commissions on Urban Anthropology and on Enterprise
\nAnthropology Withthe Collaboration of: University of Naples Federico II;
\nUniversity of Naples 2; Media Group Il Denaro; Brazilian Anthropological
\nAssociation; Centro de Investigationes y Estudios Superiores en
\nAntropologia Social, Mexico; China Union of Anthropological and
\nEthnological Sciences; China Commission on Urban Anthropology; Colegio
\nde Etn\u00f3logos y Antropologos Sociales, Mexico; Indian Anthropological
\nAssociation; International Association of Southeast European
\nAnthropology; IUAES Commission on Anthropology of Women<\/p>\n
General Outline
\nOver the last three decades, the crisis, and subsequent
\nde-legitimization, of polarized political ideologies which had
\ncharacterized international politics since the Second World War has
\napparently brought about the supremacy of economics over politics, and
\nan acceleration of economic globalization. While it has become gradually
\nclear that, cross-culturally, such supremacy and acceleration are not
\noverarching phenomena and their predominance cannot be taken for
\ngranted, it has also become clear that in such a climate national
\npolicies struggle to take on board individual and corporate
\ninterests,demands from local communities and, most problematically,
\ninternational regulations. To complicate matters further, all too often
\nsuch international regulations prove to be inspired by concepts that are
\nambiguous, elusive, badly defined or impossible to apply, thus
\ncompounding on the perceived weak legitimacy of governance and the law
\nin the broader society.<\/p>\n
In today’s increasingly competitive global economic scenario, urban
\nsettings are a dominant form of associated life that encapsulate the
\nsocio-economic impact of increasingly significant international
\nregulations and flows of capital and people. By and large, governance
\nand the law have generally failed to meet constructively the challenge
\nposed by the complexities and implications of this world-wide
\nphenomenon, thus raising a critical problematic of both legitimacy and
\nlegitimation. Anthropological analysis of diverse ethnographies has
\nbrought to light strong entrepreneurial cultures firmly rooted in the
\nmorality and ramifications, in practical life, of a strong continuous
\ninteraction between the material and the non material.<\/p>\n
A major task of this Conference will be to reflect on the significance,
\nramifications and impact, or potential impact, on the broader society of
\nsuch an empirical sine qua non. The key role that the varied forms of
\nindividual and collective entrepreneurialism, and the attendant culture
\nand social impact, have to play in such a scenario is much too often
\nfrustrated by the aforementioned perspectivism. Eschewing confusion
\nbetween individuality and individualism, anthropologists have
\nhighlighted key aspects of entrepreneurialism that point to the naivety
\nof the economic maximization view. They have demonstrated the moral and
\ncultural complexity of individual action, bringing out the social value
\nof entrepreneurialism. They have also demonstrated how misplaced or
\ninstrumentally selective moralities in policy and in the production and
\nenforcement of the law both play a critical role in such a failure,
\nencourage exclusion, and are key in the widening gap between governance
\nand the governed across the world. It is critical, however,to move further.<\/p>\n
Through empirically based analyses, this Conference will explore these
\ncomplex issues widely,in Western and non-Western settings, in relation
\nto five broad themes. They are:
\n1. Access to Credit, Entrepreneurialism and the Law: Problematic Issues
\nfor Enterprise;
\n2. Cross Cultural and Ethnic Business in Mixed Cities;
\n3. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Urban Development;
\n4. Entrepreneurialism, Neo-Liberalism and Socio-Economic Policy;
\n5. Women Entrepreneurs: BetweenSocio-Cultural Hindrance, Challenged
\nIntegration and Economic Success<\/p>\n
Proposals for panels and papers are hereby invited.
\nProposals for Panels should include Title and Abstract (300 words max)
\nof the Proposed Panel and, where applicable, papers including titles and
\nabstracts (200 words max). Proposals should be sent to Dr I. Pardo
\ni.pardo@kent.ac.uk by 30 October 2011.<\/p>\n
Proposals for individual Papers including title and abstract (200 words
\nmax) should be sent to Dr Giuliana B. Prato g.b.prato@kent.ac.uk by 30
\nOctober 2011.<\/p>\n
Jerome Krase, Ph.D.
\nEmeritus and Murray Koppelman Professor
\nBrooklyn College
\nThe City University of New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: ISSUES OF LEGITIMACY: Entrepreneurial Culture, Corporate Responsibility and Urban Development Naples,Italy, 4-8 September 2012 Convened by: IUAES Commissions on Urban Anthropology and on Enterprise Anthropology Withthe Collaboration of: University of Naples Federico II; University of Naples 2; Media Group Il Denaro; Brazilian Anthropological Association; Centro de Investigationes y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social, … <\/p>\n