28th Scientific
Workshop on African American Social and Cultural Anthropology
January 6 – 9, 2024
ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ON
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
The Africa House Museum of the Office of the Historian of Havana, in coordination with the Castillo de San Severino Museum, Matanzas, the Quisicuaba Community Sociocultural Project, and the Cuban Institute of Anthropology (ICAN), invites you to participate in the Scientific Workshop of Afro-American Social and Cultural Anthropology in its XXVIII edition, to be held from January 6 to 9, 2024. This edition will dedicate special interest to the challenges of the Safeguarding of African Intangible and Material Cultural Heritage in Cuba and the Caribbean.
The Workshop is in-person participation although the On-Line option will be maintained on the platform that the Organizing Committee establishes and authorizes its accreditation.
There will be keynote conferences, round tables, panels and exhibition openings, as well as research projects from institutions or researchers related to this topic, thematic visits will be made to places of interest related to the topics of the event, inside and outside of La Havana.
- Resistance and Marronage Processes. Slavery, illegal slave trade in Cuba and Africa, marronage, uprisings, and other actions of rebellion
- Culture, Identity, and Otherness. (arginality, Ethnic periphery in the urban profile, African linguistic remnants, symbolic refluxes as strategies of globalization, historical processes of transculturation, historical and contemporary processes of migration, relations of interethnic affiliation that restructure the social sphere.
- Proverbs, traditional songs, legends, patakíes, poems, tongue twisters, riddles, proclamations, oral narration.
- Sources of Popular Religiosity, and Confraternities of African Origin.
- The Role of the Museum in the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage.
- Visual Anthropology.
- Plenary Speaker (By Invitation Only)
- Panel Discussion
- Commission Presentation
- Audiovisual
- Documentary
- Exhibitor
- Poster
Papers and presentations will be published in the digital bulletin, Diálogo del Museo (Museum Dialogue). Participants will take home digital copies of all the works presented including documentaries and audiovisuals.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Registration Deadline – December 8, 2023
- Final Payment Deadline – December 8, 2023
- Deadline for Presentations – December 10, 2023
- Flight Departs Miami to Havana – January 5, 2024
- Flight Departs Havana to Miami – January 10, 2024
This Workshop will be presented in English and in Spanish with English Translation
As a delegate, you will fly into the capital city of Havana. Declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site, Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean’s main centres for ship-building. Although it is today a sprawling metropolis of 2 million inhabitants, its old centre retains an interesting mix of Baroque and neoclassical monuments, and a homogeneous ensemble of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought-iron gates and internal courtyards. For more on the City of Havana click on this link to visit the UNESCO site.
This workshop brings together educational leadership, researchers, and even diplomats to share experiences strengthening bonds and partnerships. International Cuba partnerships are built and grown here. This is your chance to learn from counterparts in your field. You’ll also do it in some of the planet’s most unique settings.
Experience your week while living with a host family in their private residence. Your hosts will prepare breakfast for you each morning. Living in a home as a guest of the family will anchor you within the community.
The lessons you learn will extend far beyond the conference room. Our cultural exchanges will plug you into the community. You’ll learn from NGO’s trying to make a difference in daily life. Our full time schedule of activities are designed to make you feel like you’ve lived 6 months in 6 days.
REGISTER NOW
Get your proposal in before the deadline! The proposal deadline is December 8, 2023.
We have made registration and submission of your presentation proposal easy. Complete the registration form below and you’ll start the process.
When you begin to register be sure to have available:
- Copy of Your Passport
- Your Presentation Proposal, if applicable in Word or Adobe PDF format
All proposals can be submitted and presented in Spanish or in English.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words plus 5 keywords. Your thematic area can be related to any of the Workshop Themes. The first page of your proposal should include the following data:
- Title of Presentation
- Modality
- Paper to Be Published, If Any
- Thematic Area
- Full Names of All Authors including academic degree and institution
- Full Name of Main Contact
- Main Contact Telephone
- Main Contact Phone Number
- Main Contact Country
The abstract should include a justification for the work, the general objective, theoretical approach, methodology, and research results (if applicable).
Plenary lecture proposals should be submitted as soon as possible. They will be evaluated by the scientific committee on a rolling basis. Proposals selected by the committee will receive an official invitation to be a plenary speaker. Proposals must be sent in digital format to CubaPrograms@CivitasGES.com. The first page of the abstract should include: Title of the paper, Authors’ data: Names and surnames, affiliation(s), (when different, indicate with consecutive numerical superscripts), address, country of origin, and e-mail.
Commission presentations should be at least 10 minutes long with a maximum of 15 minutes.
There will be live summary interpretation during your presentation.
Presentation slides should be submitted in either PowerPoint or PDF format. We request that you use the provided PowerPoint template or image overlay for your presentation. Slides can be written in English, Spanish, or both. Any accompanying handouts should be submitted in a PDF format and should be in both English and Spanish.
Click here to download a zip file of the Convention template. PowerPoint format, PDF or both.
Each presentation is limited to 20 minutes, but 5-10 minutes of that time will be taken up by the interpreter.
Posters should have dimensions of no more than 90 centimeters (36 inches) vertical x 60 centimeters (24 inches) horizonal.
Posters must contain:
Title of the research, authors’ data (names and surnames, institutional affiliation, e-mail, country), an abstract, justification, general objective, theoretical approach, methodology and results of the research.
Posters can be in English, Spanish, or both.
Files should be in an mp4 format no more than 15 minutes in length. They must contain: Title of the research, Author’s data (names and surnames, institutional affiliation, e-mail, country). Complete audiovisual work must be submitted by the deadline for proposals.
REGISTRATION FORM
PROGRAM COST
The travel program for all US travelers is handled by Civitas Global Educational Services, Co-Founder of Cuba TIES. Civitas GES has been building Cuba-US partnerships and facilitating programs for US institutions since 2014. A portion of the proceeds from the travel program will be used to provide logistical support for Cubans from other provinces to attend in-person. All delegates will have the support of our resident coordinators and the Workshop Organizing Committee.
- Roundtrip Airfare from Miami to Cuba
- Cuba Entry Visa
- Workshop Registration Fee
- Access to All Program Events and Activities
- Access to Pre-Conference Sessions
- Ground Transportation to and From Cuban Airports
- Welcome Dinner for International Delegates
- 5-Nights Stay in Private Accommodations
- Breakfast Included Each Morning
- Lunch on Each Day of the Conference
- Cuba Health and Repatriation Insurance
- English Speaking Guides
Logistical services for US travelers are provided solely by Civitas Global Educational Services in full compliance with the United States Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Click here to see the full OFAC Regulations related to travel to Cuba.
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