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This proposal is for an exhibit of drapo lwa (spirit flags) created by Haitian artist Mireille Delice. These intricately embroidered banners are created with tens of thousands of glass seeds and depict the spirits and symbols of Haiti's often understood spiritual tradition, Vodou. Having conducted fieldwork in Haiti since the late 1990s, I became interested in Mireille Delice's work as she maintains relationships with family members, employees and clients in Haiti and abroad. This exhibit would highlight Mireille Delice's work working within the conference theme of "Confluences" and present the parameters of an artist-anthropologist collaboration. Mireille Delice would be on-site to present her work and demonstrate her technique (with possibilities of collaborations with First Nations artists who also work with glass seed beads). As an anthropologist, I would be available to translate and facilitate interactions between the artist and CASCA members, and if appropriate, provide ethnographic context for her work.

Présenté par Antonella Tassinari, Bianca Hammerschmidt, Diógenes Cariaga et Viviane Vasconcelos

Full title: Inquire, Critique, Resist, Adapt; Anthropology for Uncertain Student Futures / S'informer, critiquer, résister, s'adapter : L'anthropologie au service des étudiants à l’avenir incertain

Karl Schmidt (York University) Maggie Cummings (University of Toronto) Antonio Sorge (York University) Lena Mortensen (University of Toronto)

Presented by Josie Quigley (Chair), Philippe Blouin (Co-organizer), Leslie Sabiston (Co-organizer/Discussant), Kimberly Murray, Orisanmi Burton, Adrian Burke, Lloyd Benedict, and Kirsten Anker

50 years after the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement/50 ans après la Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord Québecois. Presented by Jasmin Habib (Chair), Émile Duchesne (Chair), Paul Wilkinson, Jedidat Matoush, Hélène Boivin, Paul Nadasdy, Norman Wapachee, and Colin Scott

Jean Michaud, Laval, Convenor This panel explores dynamic intersections in northwestern Vietnam, where the lives of upland ethnic minority communities are being reshaped by global economic trends, ecological challenges, and the pervasive influence of an authoritarian Communist government. Driven by a modernist vision and a neoliberal economic framework, the Vietnamese state is advancing political projects that profoundly affect the livelihoods of these marginal communities. Amid this fragile and evolving landscape, our panel seeks to highlight a source of hope by showcasing the resilience strategies many in these settings have developed. Individual papers will focus on: the complexities of making a livelihood while growing cinnamon (cassia) as a cash crop, and the actors involved; the mindful ways that ethnic minority communities work with new building materials while maintaining customary norms; the impacts of forest conservation policies on local livelihood options; and the positive and negative implications of state policies for upland livelihood opportunities over time. Paper 1: Negotiating Social and Economic Ties in the Cinnamon Commodity Chain of Northern Vietnam. Mélie Monnerat, McGill University, Graduate Student, PhD. Paper 2: A Pipe Dream Realised? Opium, Market Integration, and Territorialisation in Upland Northern Patrick Slack, McGill University, Graduate Student, PhD. Paper 3: Cultural Concretions: Hmong Creative Adaptations in Upland Vietnam. Jean Michaud, Université Laval, Full Professor and Sarah Turner, McGill University, Professor. Paper 4: Infrastructural impositions: Ethnic minority traders and their marketplace manoeuvres in upland Vietnam. Sarah Turner, Dept. of Geography, McGill University

Présenté par Clarissa Rocha de Melo, Oendu de Mendonça, Francine Rabelo et Robert Crépeau

Organizer: Blair Rutherford, Carleton University Discussant: Cati Coe, Carleton University

Presented by Dr. Katherine Lemons (Chair), Rehan Sayeed, Dr. Victor Muniz-Fraticelli, and Dr. Jean-Michel Landry

50 years after the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement/50 ans après la Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord Québecois. Presented by Jasmin Habib (Chair), Émile Duchesne (Chair), Paul Wilkinson, Harvey Feit, Stephen Langdon, and Constant Awashish

Lunch available for participants who will attend AGM. Please register on the CASCA registration page.

Présenté par Étienne Levac, Émile Duchesne, Sylvie Poirier, Camille Ouellet et Laurent Jérôme

Presented by Jack Sidnell (Chair/Organizer), Luke Fleming, Monica Heller, Danielle Labbé, Jie Yang, and Hy Van Luong

Presented by Agnieszka Pasieka (chair), Lindsay DuBois, Méadhbh McIvor, Robert Samet, Meg Stalcup and Samuel Shapiro,

Alors que nous avons tous été exposés à la pandémie de Covid-19, la question se pose de savoir comment exposer les relations entre les humains et les microbes dans un musée. En jouant sur les deux sens du mot « exposé », je voudrais suggérer une analogie dans la relation entre une population de microbes et un public humain. Les microbes mutent dans des réservoirs animaux et causent parfois des pandémies chez les humains qui doivent prendre soin de leur corps, de la même façon que les objets sont conservés dans des réserves où des curateurs les organisent en expositions. En tant qu’anthropologue, j’ai travaillé à la fois dans des territoires où les microbes sont suivis dans leurs mutations (ce que j’ai appelé des sentinelles des pandémies) et dans des musées où les objets sont rendus visibles et sensibles à un public. Je voudrais réfléchir ici à l’expérience que j’ai faite en participant à trois projets d'expositions sur les microbes dans des musées à Paris, Lyon et Singapour.

The ticket includes a drink and appetizers in the lovely atrium of the museum and free access to the Museum’s permanent exhibition: “Indigenous Voices of Today: Knowledge, Trauma, Resistance.” Indigenous Cultures Curator, Jonathan Lainey, will be available to guide visitors and answer questions. The exhibition bears witness to the still unrecognized knowledge of Indigenous peoples in Quebec and Canada as well as the deep wounds they carry and their incredible resilience. About one hundred carefully selected objects from the Museum’s Indigenous Cultures collection are combined with more than eighty powerful inspiring stories (texts and videos) from members of the 11 Indigenous nations in Quebec, shedding light on their knowledge and philosophies. They speak out about their suffering as well as their dreams and plans for a better future to help restore their health, which has been undermined by the process of assimilation. (Book by April 15 through the CASCA website)