Ethnohistory conference in Chile calls for papers

Plantación de Canelo (Planting cinnamon), Concepción Chile, May 2013

The History Department, the Centre of Cultural Latin American Studies (Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities) and the Anthropology Department (Faculty of Social Science) at Universidad de Chile are organising the First Conference of Ethnohistory, Indigenous History and Historical Anthropology: Constructing interdisciplinary knowledge about the history of native peoples.

The conference will comprise a variety of symposia. APC research fellow María Rock is coordinating the symposium 'De-construction of the document: Analysis method - the oral'. This symposium will be dedicated to analysing the different available modes for writing history and exploring different methodologies and points of view to recognise the fundamental role of the oral in shaping indigenous cultures' making of their own history. The idea is to review historiography and current approaches to indigenous history in Chile.

The conference is planned to take place from 23 to 25 October 2013.

Those interested in presenting papers should send a 200-word proposal (including name, title, institution and country) to etnohistoria.uch@gmail.com by 30 June 2013.

For more information, see: http://www.filosofia.uchile.cl/noticias/87483/convocatoria-a-jornadas-de-etnohistoria