Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Public Action in Pakistan, Islamabad, Nov. 27-28, 2011

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> H-ASIA
> May 10, 2011
>
> Call for papers: "Public Action in Pakistan: Vacillating between Apathy
> and Anger", Institute of Social and Policy Sciences Islamabad,
> November 27-28, 2011
>
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> Public Action in Pakistan: Vacillating between Apathy and Anger
> Institute of Social and Policy Sciences Islamabad, November 27-28, 2011
>
> Location: Pakistan
> Conference Date: 2011-11-27
> Date Submitted: 2011-05-04
> Announcement ID: 184988
>
> "Public Action in Pakistan: Vacillating between Apathy and Anger"
> November 27-28, 2011
>
> Institute of Social and Policy Sciences Islamabad invites papers for the
> first annual Colloquium on "Public Action in Pakistan: Vacillating between
> Apathy and Anger". The Colloquium is first in the series of annual
> multi-disciplinary colloquia which will allow different social sciences'
> perspectives leverage and enrich each other. Beyond its scholarly goals,
> we hope that the Colloquium would inform the debates on public policy and
> development agenda in Pakistan.
>
> I-SAPS is inviting scholars in local as well as international academia to
> discuss the difficulties in dealing with social change especially in
> developing and Muslim societies like Pakistan from multi-disciplinary
> aspects, with special reference to individual's personal behavior and its
> relation to societal changes. While noticing the non-presence of robust
> movements of social action in Pakistan, the academic wisdom identifies the
> supposedly widespread 'apathy' towards public action in Pakistani society
> as one of the major reasons. Dubbed at times as social malady, many
> observers claim that apathy is a commonly observed phenomenon in
> developing countries. Its symptoms include lack of participation and
> social responsibility resulting in meek public actions, allowing either
> the status quo or worsening of individual rights and civil liberties.
> While most continue with daily toil despite a perception of worsening
> social milieu, many are caught by raw anger which could vent out itself in
> self-destructive individual or group behavior. Before the recent upheavals
> in the Arab world, it was generally believed that apathy has become an
> epidemic in Muslim societies. The phenomenon also exists in the developed
> world where mass apathy towards political events and social movements has
> recently been getting a serious and closer academic attention.
>
> The Colloquium aims to study the dynamics of social change with special
> reference to Pakistan. I-SAPS would welcome theoretical and empirical
> contributions from historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political
> scientists, economists, psychologist, media specialists, development
> practitioners etc., elaborating the historical and cultural contexts of
> the phenomena of apathy and anger in Pakistan and proposing solutions to
> the social problems caused by them.
>
> We are accepting the Abstracts of proposed papers by 15th June, 2011. The
> Institute hopes to sponsor the participation of a limited number of
> scholars in the Colloquium in the beautiful city of Lahore. Finalized
> Papers shall be submitted by October 5, 2011 which will be sent out for a
> peer review. The accepted papers will be circulated to participants prior
> to the event. After the colloquium, developed versions of the papers
> presented in the colloquium will be eligible for publication by March
> 2012.
>
>
> W Hashmi
> I-SAPS
>
> P. O. Box 1379
> Islamabad- Pakistan
> UAN: 0092-51-111-739-739, Fax: 0092-51-2825336
> Email: info-colloquium@i-saps.org
>
>
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