[Call for Papers!] The 13th Annual CUHK Anthropology Postgraduate Student Forum: “Happiness and Wellbeing in Times of Crises “

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This year’s Postgraduate Student Forum invites a collective conversation between these novel imaginations and experiments for better futures. The forum accepts theoretical reflections, methodological deliberations, and personal contemplations from a wide variety of fields. We welcome anthropological—and related works, on the varied and provocative ways people act in “pursuits of happiness” (Mathews and Izquierdo 2009).

Encouraged topics and themes include but are not limited to:

Values, meanings, and measures of happiness and wellbeing
Improving happiness and wellbeing through public policy
Consuming happiness and the happiness industry
Languages and expressions of happiness and wellbeing
Disembodied intimacies and social connections
Community festivals, collective rituals, and social celebrations
Happiness and wellbeing across diverse socio-cultural categories, i.e., children, aged, sick, disabled, displaced, etc.
Happiness and wellbeing during fieldwork
Wellbeing and material conditions of ancient societies
Biocultural and evolutionary perspectives on happiness and wellbeing
Cross-border mobility and immobility
States of desires and aspirations
Marginality, oppression, and finding satisfaction in political expressions
Equity and social justice movements
Human rights, justice, and freedom
Ecological sustainability and resilience

Abstract Submission

Proposal Submission Type: Individual Paper Proposal
Language for Submission and Presentation: English only
Submission Method: Please submit your application and abstract (300 words max) through the online form
Proposal Submission Deadline: 12 Nov (Fri)
Announcement of Acceptance: 3 Dec (Fri)
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 31 Dec (Fri) (Word limit for the full papers: 2750-3000 words)
Conference Date: 11-12 February 2022

Forum Webpage: https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/pgforum/

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