List of Accepted Panels and Papers
Approved Panels and Papers
PANEL 1
Questioning Legitimacy: Informality, Illegality and Legislation
Chair: Davide Torsello
Discussant: Italo Pardo
Papers:
Networked Criminal Powers in the Naples Region in the International Market: The Need for Concerted Legal Action
Franco Roberti, Attorney General, Salerno
Apartheid, Customary Law, the Constitutional Court and Legitimacy in South Africa. Where do we stand today?
Henk Pauw, School of governmental and social sciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Access to credit and the rate of victimization in an entrepreneurial community
Giacomo Di Gennaro, University of Naples ‘Federico II and Riccardo Marselli University Parthenope, Naples
The Urban Informal Sector Development Agenda in Nigeria
Geoffrey I Nwaka, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
PANEL 2
Cross-Cultural Analysis and Cultural Sensitivity in Indian Cities
Convenors: H.M. Maralusiddaiah Patel, Anthropological Survey of India
Kumar Hanumanthappa Govindswamy, Department of Transport, Bangalore
Chair: H.M. Maralusiddaiah Patel
Papers:
Changing Soliga Tribes: A Socio Cultural Perspective
Krishna Prasad Siddappa and H. T. Chandrashekaraiah, KPSC UDOYGA SOUDHA, Bangalore
Cultural Sensitivity among Some Communities in Bangalore City
M. C. Ramesh, Department of Youth Services and Sports, Bangalore and V. N. Mahadevaiah, Department of Anthropology, Mysore
Cultural Survival of the Self-determined Mobile Minority Narikurawar of Tamil Nadu, South India.
M. S. Tangam, Sarah Tucker College, Tamilnadu, India.
Applying ‘Cultural Relativism’ in Understanding Current Social Dynamics
Aneela Sultana, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Cultural Changes among the Paraiyars of Tamil Nadu
V. Pragathi and G. Saraswathi, Pudhucherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, Lawspet
Tribal culture and Disease in Hilly Areas
B.K. Ravindranath, Department of Linguistics, Manasa Gangotry, Mysore; M. N. Padma, Tribal Research Centre, Kuvempu Nagara, Mysore
PANEL 3
Women Empowerment, Micro-credit and Socio-cultural and Economic Challenges of Development
Convenors: Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, Chair, Commission on Human Rights
Sumita Chaudhuri , University of Calcutta
Chair: Buddhadeb Chaudhuri
Papers:
Women Empowerment, Micro-credit and the Socio-cultural and Economic Challenges of Development
Sumita Chaudhuri, University of Calcutta; Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, Chair, IUAES Commission on Human Rights, Calcutta
Economic and Socio-Cultural Situation of Stateless Women in the Informal Sector: A Case Study
Samar Kumar Biswas, University of North Bengal, India
Poverty and Women Entrepreneurship: Emerging Issues and Challenges
Somenath Bhattacharjee, Assam University, India
The Empowerment of Tribal Women of Saral, Namkum, Jharkhand, India
Satya Narayan Munda, Ranchi University, India
Women Empowerment and Socio-cultural and Economic Challenges of Development: The Situation of Nepal
Tilottam Paudel, Tribhuvan University of Nepal andDebaki Acharya, Nil Barahi Higher School, Kalimati, Nepal
The Role of NGOs in the Empowerment of Tribal Women: A Study from Bangladesh
Suchismita Sen Chowdhury, Rajdanga Pragati Society, Calcutta, India
Organizational Sustainability: The Case of Handcrafts Micro-Business in Southern San Sebastian, Jalisco, México
José G. Vargas-Hernández, University of Guadalajara, México
Gender Disparity: Addressing Violence and Vulnerability among Poor Women in Orissa
Binodini Mishra, Orissa
Women Empowerment and Micro-Credit: Case Study from Nepal
Anuja Sapkota, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
PANEL 4
Ethnicity, Urban Change and Economic Practices
Chair: Christian Giordano
Papers:
Ethnic Entrepreneurs as Agents of Community: Visual Inclusion/Exclusion
Jerome Krase, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
The Construction of a New Periphery in Israeli Major Cities
Moshe Shokeid, Tel Aviv University
Specific Features of the Ethnic Economy in the Czech Urban Milieu
Zdenek Uherek andVeronika Beranská, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Urban Settings as Frameworks for the Study of Ethnic Processes: Identities of Montenegrins in Serbian Cities after World War II
Saša Nedeljković, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology Belgrade – Serbia
PANEL 5
Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Economic Success
Chair: Michel Rautenberg
Papers:
Hispanic Women in Leadership: Perceptions of Their Roads to Successful Careers
Natalia Campbell, Lincoln Memorial University, U. S.A.
The Careers of Women-Entrepreneurs in Multilevel Direct-Sales Organizations in Russia: Between Social Stigmatization and Recognition.
Natalia Savelyeva, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
The Informal Sector and the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability in Nigerian Cities
Emmanuella Uzoma-Onyenechere, Imo State University, Nigeria
Women entrepreneurs: between independent business development and household responsibilities
María Guadalupe Serna, Instituto de Investigaciones Mora, México
PANEL 6
Imagining Economic Strategies: Empowerment Paths in the Neoliberal Stage Rhetoric and Practices
Convenors: Cecilia Navarra, University of Turin, Italy
Alex Vailati, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Chair: Alex Vailati and Cecilia Navarra
Papers:
On the Need of Education: Youth Empowerment Strategy in a Southern Brazilian Coastal Community
Alex Vailati, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brasil
Market Integration of Peasants in ‘Developing Countries’: Rhetoric, Actual Constraints and (Un)intended Consequences.
Cecilia Navarra, University of Turin, Italy and DIAL, Paris, France
Asylum Seekers and the Welcoming System: The Ambiguous Construction of Identities and Needs
Giulia Borri andBrigida Orria, University of Turin, Italy
Using ‘Local knowledge’ in Development and Conservation: Notes for an Anthropological Critique
Cristiano Lanzano, University of Turin, Italy and University of Freiburg, Germany
Financial Crisis and Neoliberal Turns: The Role of Fear in Shaping Public Policies
Sandro Busso, University of Turin, Italy and Mario Cedrini, University of “Piemonte Orientale”, Italy
Women's Economic Empowerment: Views from Mozambique and South Africa
Roberta Pellizzoli, University of Bologna, Italy
PANEL 7
Ethnic Business and Cross-cultural Encounters
Chair: Zdenek Uherek
Papers:
Cross-cultural Agriculture Companies on the United States/Mexico Border
Margarita Calleja, Universidad de Guadalajara and Humberto González Chavez, CIESAS, Mexico, Occidente
Locational Distribution of Ethnic Businesses in the Early Stage of Immigrant Settlement
Eric Fong, University of Toronto
Ethnic Entrepreneurs and Neapolitan Society
Gianfranca Ranisio and Valentina Stile, University of Naples Federico II
Russification in the Bay of Kotor: Urbanization According to the Standards of Russian Immigration
Tamara Lepetić, University of Belgrade
PANEL 8
Corporate Moralities and Social Responsibility
Chair: Talbot Rogers
Papers:
Morality in Integrity Business Education: Negotiating Legitimacy
Davide Torsello, University of Bergamo, Italy and CEU Business School, Budapest
CSR: To be Ungoverned in a Space without Governance
Nicholas Harney, University of Western Australia
Where the Girls Are: Women, Education and Prison
Judy Arnold Rogers, Lincoln Memorial University
Promoting Volunteerism as Part of Corporate Social Responsibility: Contributing to Urban Development
Bhuvan Poudel, Volunteer Aid Nepal
Globalization and Commercialization: The Role of the Health System in a Thessaloniki Hospital
Maria C. Spandonidou, Specialist in Pathology Medicine, Greece and Eleftheria C. Spandonidou, Aegean University, Greece
PANEL 9
Sustainable Development in China: Urbanization, Industrialization and Ethnic Culture
Convenors: Huang Zhongcai, Secretary-General, CUAES
Zhang Jijiao, Chair, Commission on Enterprise Anthropology, IUAES
9a
Chair: Zhang Jijiao
Papers:
International Development and Cultural Adaptation of Chinese Enterprises in Zimbabwe
Lin Shi, Minzu University of China
Burden or Opportunity? African Migrants in Guangzhou and the Emergence of ‘Chocolate City’
Ching Lin Pang and Ding Yuan, IMMRC Social Sciences KU Leuven, Belgium
Urbanization and the Adaptation of Eco-migrants from the Three Rivers Region in Qinghai Province, China
Zhang Xiaomin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
CSR Development in China and Its Prospects An Analysis from the CSR Report
Yin Peng, Research Institute of Economics and Technology, China National Petroleum Corporation Beijing
Commercial Banks of Ethnic Regions, Cross-regional Capital Flows and Vulnerability: The Case of the Preparatory Work of the Guiyang Chongqing Branch
Tian Qian, Wang Mingyue and Yang Jingxian, Southwest University, BeiBei ChongQing
Economic Cooperation and Ethnic Development: A Study in Laifeng County and Longshan County of Wulin Mountains
Fan Cai-cheng, South-Central University for Nationalities, Hubei Province, China and Du Yu, Wuhan University, Hubei Province, China
9b
Chair: Huang Zhongcai
Papers:
Cross-cultural and Ethnic Business Strategies in the Process of Urbanization: A Case Study on Chinese Muslim Farmers
Liang Jingyu, Minzu University of China
Urbanization and the Development of Enterprises Making Special Commodities for Chinese Ethnic Minorities: A Case Study of Enterprises Making Products for the Korean Ethnic Group
Jin Bing Hao, Minzu University of China, Beijing
The Coordination and Development of Multi-ethnic Business in the Process of Urbanization
Ma Yingxue, University College Dublin, Ireland and Minzu University, Beijing
Rapid Urbanization and the Aspirations and Challenge of Second Generation Rural-urban Migrants
Han Jia-Ling, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences
9c
Chair: Zhang Xiaomin
Papers:
Whose Industrial District is this? Chinese Migrants and the Prato’s Industrial District
Antonella Ceccagno, University of Bologna
The Cultural Meaning of Minority Economy
Wu Chuke, Minzu University of China, Beijing
Industrial Transfer from the East to the Midwest, China: An Analysis of Multi-discipline
Huang Zhongcai, Secretary-General, CUAES; Zhang Jijiao, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Guo Xiaofei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
An Investigation of the Ethnic Tourism Commodity Market at Lugu Lake from the Perspectives of the Anthropology of Business
Chen Gang, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
Uyghur Survival and the Development of Enterprise in Guangdong
Xiao Rui, Minzu University of China, Beijing
9d
Chair: Zhang Jijiao
Papers:
The Chinese New Year in Paris: Make a Community and Build a Cultural Identity
Daniel Fabre, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Univeriity of Rome-Tor Vergata and Jing Wang, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Re-presentation of Cultural Identity and Urban Development: The Case Study of Cixi City of Eastern China
Ho Hon Leung, State University of New York College at Oneonta Schumacher NY
Diversity and Complexity of Migration in Urban China: Mobility in the Fastest-Growing Economy
Rumin Luo, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany
The Cultural Diversity and Symbiosis of Minorities in Yunnan, China
Yang Guocai, Yunnan University for Nationalities, Kunming, China
Field Research on Gesar Epic and Gesar Artists
Jianzan Cairang, North-west University for Nationalities, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
Countermeasure Research on the Cultural Heritage and Protection Status of Taiwan Minority
Li Anhui, South-Central University for Nationalities
9e
Chair: Huang Zhongcai
Papers:
The Reform and Opening-up: Thirty years of Research among the Chinese Xibe
Ge Feng-jiao, Ethnic Affairs Commission, Bureau of Religious Affairs in Xinjiang, Urumqi
The Transformation of the Yi Religion in Southwest China
Wu Da, Shanghai University and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Religion and Modernization in Southwest China: The Case of the Christian Movement in a Village of Shimenkan of Miao(Hmong) in the Guizhou Province, China
Tao Ye, Shandong University, China
Sustainable Development and Climate Change in China: The Reactions of Farmers and Entrepreneurs
Meine Pieter van Dijk, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water education, Netherlands
Will Sustaining the Chinese Urban-industrial Economy be at the Expense of Rural China’s Society and Environment?
Tony Fuller, COHD, China Agricultural University, Beijing
Halal Ramen: From an Ethnic Snack to a Local Economy. An Empirical Study of 30 Households in a Hui Autonomous County of China
Wang Yuan, College of Philosophy and Sociology, Beijing Normal University
PANEL 10
Entrepreneurial Ethics, Informality and Innovative Networks
Chair: Moshe Shokeid
Papers:
Legitimacy in International Innovative Networks
Alina Žvinklienė, Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Vilnius
Social Innovation Networks: Facilitating Social Entrepreneurship
Ingrida Gečienė, Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Vilnius
Urban Development, Innovation Culture and the Evolution of Entrepreneurship
Amedeo Lepore, Second University of Naples
The HUB Experience and Social Innovation in Sicily: The Third Sector and its Role in Democratizing the Economy
Maria Olivella Rizza, University of Catania, Italy
Delocalization, Precariousness and Informality: Two Case Studies from Italy
Valeria Siniscalchi, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France and Cristina Papa, University of Perugia, Italy
PANEL 11
Small and Micro Entrepreneurs: Between the Formal and the Informal
Convenor: Tanya Chavdarova, University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’
Chair: Tanya Chavdarova
Papers:
The Institutional Embeddedness of Small Businesses in Bulgaria
Tanya Chavdarova, University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’
Between Formality and Informality: Cross-border Trade among Small Entrepreneurs in Turkey and Northern Iraq
Z. Nurdan Atalay-Güneş , Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey and Sibel Kalaycıoğl, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
The Attraction of Informality as a Coping Strategy: The Case of Solid Waste Recycling Business in Ankara, Turkey.
Sibel Kalaycıoğlu, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Formal and Informal Relationships: The Case of Small and Micro Enterprises in Bulgaria
Ivanka Petrova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
Women in the Bulgarian Tourist Industry: Between Informal Work and Successful Entrepreneurship
Ana Luleva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
PANEL 12
New Challenges to Legitimacy and Women’s Entrepreneurship in Growing Metropolitan Areas
Convenor: Amlan Kanti Ray, Indian Institute of Medical Technology, Calcutta, India
Chair: Amlan Kanti Ray
Papers:
Women’s Engagement in the Informal Sector: Characteristics and Legitimacy in an Intergenerational Context
Roumi Deb, Amity University, Nodia, India; Divya Avasthy, Amity University, Nodia; P. R. Mondal, University of Delhi; and Amlan Kanti Ray, Indian Institute for Medical Technology, Calcutta
Women as Informal Health Providers: Emerging Issues of Legitimacy
P. R. Mondal, University of Delhi; Shraboni Ray, IVF & Infertility Research Centre, Calcutta; Samiran Bisai, Meghalaya, India; Madhumita Sarkar, IVF & Infertility Research Centre, Calcutta; and Amlan Kanti Ray IIMT, Calcutta
Fertility and Women’s Entrepreneurship in North-East India
Benrithung Murry University of Delhi; Achoubi Devi, University of Delhi; Luxmi Devi, University of Delhi; Md. Asghar, University of Delhi; and P. R. Mondal, University of Delhi
The Impact of Land Acquisition among Neighbouring Women: A Case from Semi-urban South Bengal
Bidhan Kanti Das, and Nabanita Guha, Institute of Development Studies, Calcutta
On the Autonomy of Himalayan Highlanders of India: The Case of Kinnaura, Himachal Pradesh
Rajesh K. Gautam, Gour Central University, Madhya Pradesh, India
The Legitimacy and Health of Traditional Lamani Society and the Effects of Acculturation
V. Jagadeesh, Karnatak University, Dharwad
PANEL 13
Global Neoliberalism and Local Trajectories: Ethnographies of the Reorganization of Capitalism in Italy
Convenor: Fulvia D’Aloisio, Second University of Naples
Chair: Fulvia D’Aloisio
Papers:
Working in Road Freight Transport in Italy: Practices and Representations
Francesco Bogani, University of Siena
Post-Fordist Job Organization and Local Contradictory Development: The case of FIAT-SATA in Melfi (Southern Italy)
Fulvia D’Aloisio, Second University of Naples
‘Weak Niche’: The Disappearance of the Local Know-how.
Simone Ghezzi, University of Milan Bicocca
The Immaterial in the Industrial: Affective Labour in Production Networks
Sylvia Yanagisako, Stanford University
From Social Capitalism to Pre- Post-modern Labour Organization: The Unexpected Destiny of an Industrial District in Central Italy
Francesco Zanotelli, University of Messina
PANEL 14
Territorial Governance: Public and Private Interests
Convenor: Paola De Vivo, University of Naples Federico II
14a
Chair: Paola De Vivo
Papers:
Urban Change in Naples: Policies and Actors
Paola De Vivo, University of Naples Federico II
Public Interest in Regional Policy Making: The Case of the Campania Region.
Claudia Avolio, IUAV, University of Venice, Italy
Development Strategies and Territorial Autonomy: The Case of the European Cohesion Policy
Enrico Sacco, University of Naples Federico II
Public Purposes and Private Interests in the Energy Co-Provision from Renewable Mini-Plants: The Case of the Basilicata Region
Ivano Scotti, University of Naples Federico II
14b
Chair: Paola De Vivo
Papers:
Social Movements, Citizens’ Participation and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Urban Transformation Processes in Post-Socialist Croatia
Ivana Venier, IUAV, University of Venice, Italy
Autonomy or Unanimity? Local Net Welfare and European Welfare: A Comparative Analysis Intra- and Cross-national.
Gabriella Punziano, University of Naples Federico II
The CDM Projects of Salta
Tommaso Napoli, IUAV, University of Venice, Italy
Multilevel Governance and Local Development in Sicily: Running the Erdf Regional Plan
Valentina Riegel, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’
Panel 15
Women Entrepreneurs in a Globalizing World
Convenor: Subhadra Channa, University of New Delhi
15a
Chair: Subhadra Channa
Papers:
Women’s Right to Livelihood: How is this Human Right Realized as Part of Women’s Rights Discourse.
Selvy Thiruchandran, University of Colombo, SriLanka
Tracing History and Power in women’s Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Tepoztlá
Sidney Perutz, Southern Methodist University, U.S.A.
Money in Her Hand: Does Microcredit Alleviate Poverty for Rural Women in India?
Patricia Antoniello, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Peripheral Women Entrepreneurs: Perspectives from Matriarchal Societies in North-East India
Valentina Pakyntein, North Eastern Hill University, India
15b
Chair: Subhadra Channa
Papers:
Women Entrepreneurs in North-East India: A Case study of Manipuri Women
N. Vjaylakshmi Brara, Manipur University, India
Wayfinding Women: The Generation of Landscapes and Society through Female Entrepreneurship
Cynthia Fowler, Wofford College, U.S.A.
Street Food: Women’s Microenterprises in a Modernizing World
Rogéria Campos de Almeida Dutra, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil
‘It is Brazilian Products that Clients Like Best’: Rabidantes Women and the Commercial Route Between Brazil and Cape Verde
Andréa Lobo, University of Brasília, Brazil
“I couldn’t just sit around at home!” North African women living in Imperia, Italy.
Jan Delacourt, Independent Anthropologist
PANEL 16
Neoliberal Policies and Urban Regeneration
Chair: Jerome Krase
Papers:
Pussies, Veggies and Booze: The Urban Level Entrepreneurialism and the Class Character of Gentrification
Marc Morell, University of Barcelona and University of the Illes Balears
City Planning as New Urban Entrepreneurialism. The case of Piraeus
Manos Spyridakis, University of Peloponnese
Environment, Development and Urban Change in the City of Oaxaca during the Twentieth Century
Miguel Hernández, Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, CIESAS Mexico
Local Heritage as an Alternative to Capitalism?
Michel Rautenberg, University of St Etienne, France
From the Ban on Enjoying to the Injunction of Enjoyment: The Case of the Michelin Company in Clermont-Ferrand.
Corine Vedrine, Centre Max Weber, University of Lyon
Social production of the Urban Space: Discourse and materiality of constructive processes in Mexico City
Margarita Pérez Negrete, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social – CIESAS, Mexico
PANEL 17
Labour Precariousness, Social Ties and Collective Action in the Urban Global Economy:
A Comparative Perspective on Italy and Mexico
Convenors: Angela Giglia, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico
Adelina Miranda, University of Naples Federico II
17a
Chair: Angela Giglia
Papers:
The Traps of Flexible Jobs
Mirella Giannini, University of Naples Federico II
Notes for the Construction of a Map of Labour Precariousness in Naples
Enrico Rebeggiani and Giustina Orientale Caputo, University of Naples Federico II
Labour Networks and Family Networks in a Migratory Situation
Adelina Miranda, University of Naples Federico II
Poor People’s Movements in Naples: The Case of the ‘Organized Unemployed’ of Vico Banchi Nuovi
Enrica Morlicchio and Stefano Boffo, University of Naples Federico II
17b
Chair: Adelina Miranda
Papers:
Poverty Networks in Small Cities
Lucía Bazán Levy, Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, CIESAS, Mexico
Women’s Forms of Saving and the Redefinition of Female Identity in Mexico City
Marìa Ana Portal Arosa, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico
Labour Precariousness and the Construction of Social Networks: Street Vendors in Mexico City
Norma Angélica Jaramillo, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, México D.F.
Community Canteens: An Alternative Way to Address Unemployment in Mexico City
Cristina Sanchez Mejorada, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Azcapozalco, Mexico
Flexible Jobs and Collective Organization: Gasoline Vendors in Mexico City
Angela Giglia, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa
Panel 18
Neoliberalism, Entrepreneurialism and New Cultural Values
Chair: Manos Spyridakis
Papers:
Making Bail for U.S. Universities: Can Education be Reclaimed from the Neo-Liberals?
Talbot Rogers, Lincoln Memorial University, USA
The Anthropologist as Entrepreneur: Neoliberal Reforms, Social Knowledge and Urban Research in a Post-socialist State
Stanislav Inchovski-Turnin, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia
‘Hard Times for all’: Economic Crisis and Millennial Nationalism in Contemporary Kosovo and Albania.
Nebi Bardhoshi and Olsi Lelaj, Albanian Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Arts Studies
The Modern Belgrade Residential Architecture as the Reflection of Disturbed Socio-Economic Conditions
Vladimira Ilic, University of Belgrade
Social, symbolic and natural construction of urban territory in Mesoamerica
Iván Azuara Monter, Universidad Autónoma de la Cidudad de México, Centro de Estudios de la Ciudad
PANEL 19
Immigrant Urban Entrepreneurs – ‘Rich’ Immigrants?: Gender and Ethnicity in a Comparative Perspective
Convenors: Carmen Rial, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Bela Feldman-Bianco, Brazilian Anthropological Association and UNICAMP
19a
Chair: Carmen Rial
Discussant: Eveline Dürr
Papers:
Immigration of the Italian elite in Rio Grande do Sul in the First Half of the 20th Century: An Overview
Miriam de Oliveira Santos and Maria Catarina C. Zanini, Federal University Rural of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Immigration and Socio-Economic Mobility in the Context of Foreign Colonization at Santa Catarina State Brazil
Giralda Seyferth, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
The Prostitute, Her Lover, Their Landlord and the Police Officer: Sex and Business in Downtown Lisbon.
Cristiana Bastos, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa
The Aftermath of a Rape Case: The Politics of Migrants’ Unequal Incorporation in Neo-liberal Times
Bela Feldman-Bianco, UNICAMP, Brazil
19b
Chair: Bela Feldman-Bianco
Discussant: Giralda Seyferth
Papers:
Managing Uncertainty in the Bidesh Crisis: Immigration and Entrepreneurship in Lisbon
José Mapril, CRIA-IUL and FCSH-UNL
Goods for the Gods: The Trade of Afro-Brazilian Magic in Northern Italy
Giovanna Capponi, University of Bologna, Italy and School of Oriental and African Studies, U.K.
The Entrepreneurial Immigrations in Place d´Italie, Paris
Carmen Rial and Miriam Grossi, PPGAS – CNPq Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
New Spaces, New Opportunities: North American Migrants in Mexico
Eveline Dürr, Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU Munich
The Brazilian Taste: Reflections on the Formation of Brazilian Restaurants in Greater Boston
Viviane Kraieski de Assunção, UFSC-Brazil
19c
Chair: Cristiana Bastos
Discussant: Giovanna Capponi
Papers:
Rising Stars: Transition, Mobility and Status in the Indian Community of Lisbon
Rosa Maria Perez, University of Lisbon and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar
Foz Cataratas Football Club: Career, Migration and Professionalization of Women Football Players.
Mariane da Silva Pisani, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
New Destinies in International Student Flows: The Case of Peruvian Students in Brazil
Camila Daniel, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Jainero
Educated to Set Off? Strategies of Incorporation among Uruguayan Migrants Urban Spain: Age, Ethnicity and Education
Mabel Luz Zeballos Videla, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Spain
PANEL 20
Narratives and Practices of Informality: Alternative Ways to Challenge Structural Inequality
Convenors: Abel Polese, Tallinn University
Marcello Mollica, University of Pisa, Italy and University of Fribourg, Switzerland
20a
Chair: Marcello Mollica
Papers:
From Social Networks to Practices of Power: Hierarchy and Domination to Explain the Social Order of Informality
Anna Danielson, Soderton College, Sweden
Between Town and Countryside: Social Networks and Personal Trust among Urban Agrarian Entrepreneurs
Christian Giordano, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Between Illegality and Informality: Post-Socialist Entrepreneurship in Ukraine
Abel Polese, University of Edinburgh
Entrepreneurial Culture and Morality: Redistribution as an Enrichment Strategy
Jeanne-Véronique Pache-Huber, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Understanding the Informal Sector as a Welfare State: The Case of Mahalla Institutions in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Lund University
20b
Chair: Abel Polese
Papers:
The End of Informality? New Gypsy Palaces and New Visibility in Romania
François Ruegg, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Individual and Collective Resistance in Post-Conflict South Lebanon: Empirical Insights
Marcello Mollica, University of Pisa and University of Fribourg
Informal Transitions? Impact and Benefit Agreements in Georgia and their Dynamics
David Jijelava, GeoWel Resarch
Trust, Networks and Small-business Culture
Idil Tuncer, Marmara University, Turkey
Informal Politics in Informal States: Evidence from the Former USSR
Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Dublin City University
Informal Political and Economic Practices in Post-conflict Kosovo
Gezim Visoka, Dublin City University
PANEL 21
Migration, Vulnerability and Rights in Latin American Cities
Convenors: María Victoria Chenaut, Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, CIESAS, Mexico
Soledad González Montes, El Colegio de México
Chair: Angela Giglia
Discussant: Martha Schteingart, El Colegio de México
Papers:
Cultural Diversity and Social Inequality: The Condition of Indigenous People in Mexico City
Pablo Yanes, Consejo de Evaluación del Desarrollo Sustentable del Distrito Federal
Territoriality, Identity and Public Policies: The Case of Indigenous Migrants in Delegación Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Consuelo Sánchez, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico and; Gisela González, FLACSO-México
Return Migration, Poverty and Social Vulnerability in Veracruz, México
Rosío Córdova-Plaza, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico and Hipólito Rodríguez, CIESAS, Mexico
Changing Perspectives in the Study of Rural-urban Migration to Mexican Cities, 1970-2010
María Victoria Chenaut, CIESAS, Golfo and Soledad González Montes, El Colegio de México
Brazil: The New ‘Eldorado’ for Immigrants?
Sidney Antonio da Silva, Universidad Federal de Amazonas, Brazil
PANEL 22
Urban Agriculture: Emerging Economic Opportunities for the Urban Poor
Convenors: Sumita Chaudhuri, University of Calcutta, India
Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, Chair, IUAES Commission on Human Rights
Chair: Sumita Chaudhuri
Papers:
Indigenous Knowledge and Women Entrepreneurs in the Urban Context: Two Case Studies
Samar Kumar Biswas and Ashok Das Gupta, University of North Bengal, India
Cross Cultural and Ethnic Business in Mixed Cities
Yadab Prakash Lamichane , Tribhuvan University of Nepal
Urban Agriculture: Emerging Economic Opportunities for the Urban Poor
Sumita Chaudhuri, University of Calcutta and Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, Chair, IUAES Commision on Human Rights
Poverty and Women’s Empowerment through Micro-finance: A Case Study of the Scheduled Caste Women in West Bengal
Sovan Chakraborty, University of Calcutta, India
Economic Opportunities for the Urban Poor in the Construction Industry in North Bengal: The Impact of Stone Crushing on Women’s Health
Chandreyee Roy, Guadalajara, Mexico
Collective Organization in the Mexican Ejido: An Alternative to Lack of Employment
Marco Aurelio Almazán Reyes, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social
PANEL 23
Corporate Social Responsibility and Development
Chair: Giuliana B. Prato
Papers:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Development Globally: The Case of an Indian Conglomerate
Soumyadeb Chaudhuri, TATA, Guadalajara
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Nepal: An opportunity for Sustainable Development?
Surendra Niroula, Universal Group Nepal
Economics and Politics: An Investigation of Cow Framing in Heishantou and the Development Nestlé
Huijun Qi, Minzu University of China
Neoliberal policies, entrepreneurial universities and social responsibility.
Petr Pabian, University of Pardubice