CASA 2013 - The 2nd Conference on Anthropology and Sustainability in Asia

The 2013 Conference on Anthropology & Sustainability in Asia invites scholarly interactions among academics, researchers, doctoral students, and representatives from industry, as well as think tanks, non-profit / non-governmental organization professionals to submit proposals.
As the fields of anthropology and sustainability cross over into multiple areas and disciplines, authors are welcome to submit from a range of topics, perspectives, and disciplines. The range of research submissions may include conceptual, empirical, experimental, and case studies.
Under the theme of Anthropological Perspectives on Holistic Sustainability, CASA 2013 welcomes submissions from the following areas:
Culture, Language and Society
Politics and Economy
Medicine and Healthcare
Ecology and the Environment
Archaeology and History
Sustainability is a term of recent origin with widespread contemporary saliency. In its popular use, sustainability tends to focus mostly on issues of natural environment. The lens of environmental sustainability raises questions such as:
Can the natural world recover from damage caused by human activity at a rate faster than the damage is done?
Is the use of natural resources at a rate that is compatible with their regeneration?
What changes in human practice can lead to long-term availability of necessary natural resources?
Anthropological Perspectives on Holistic Sustainability will explore these and related questions, but in a way that considers sustainability beyond its ecological dimensions. Trends toward broader consideration of sustainability are in place. The World Bank and other governmental and non-governmental organizations have incorporated the concept of social sustainability into their approaches to development. The notion of a “triple bottom line” that considers profit, people and planet has entered the private sector discourse on sustainability. This conference considers the contributions that anthropology can make to expanding the horizons of sustainability.
As is the case with any field of study, application of anthropology brings certain approaches and worldviews to bear on the issue of sustainability. As sustainability finds its way into business practices, development plans, and government policy, the holistic approach is the most important contribution that anthropology has to offer. Holism applied to sustainability demands that we ask not only about environmental impacts but also social, cultural, linguistic, economic, political, medical, ecological, historical, and archaeological ones. Additionally, holism demands that we examine how components of socio-cultural eco-systems relate to one another systematically.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Abstracts must be a maximum of 300 words and include the following items, (1) Title of abstract/research paper; and (2) Full names, academic rank or job title, contact information and email addresses, names of institution or firm for all authors and co-authors.
Abstracts must focus on scientific results or their application and the broader impacts of the research findings. The Review Committee may decline to consider abstracts that do not meet both of these items.
Submitted papers or posters may be placed in a different, more appropriate session than the one to which it was submitted.
The preferred type of presentation, platform or poster should be made clear with the abstract submission. Every effort to accommodate authors preference will be made; however the Review Committee has final control over the program.
Payment of the registration fee is required for inclusion in the schedule and proceedings.
Co-authors also wishing to attend and present must register separately in order to attend sessions and receive a Certificate of Presentation.
Submission of an abstract carries with it the obligation to give a presentation in the designated manner assigned by the Review Committee. Permission to publish in the conference program is implied.
An individual cannot present another person’s paper, if their name is not listed as an author on the abstract.
Submissions derived from plagiarized or copyrighted research will automatically be rejected.
If the submitted research paper or results have been previously published in another journal, it will not be accepted.
ORAL PRESENTATION FORMAT
Oral presenters will be allotted 30 minutes to present, including comments and questions. If two or more co-authors will present together, the allotted time is still only 30 minutes. The session chair will field questions after all panel members have presented.
The session chair is expected to handle three tasks, (1) briefly introduce each panelist; (2) serve as a time moderator to ensure equal presentation times; and (3) to field questions and stimulate discussion after the final presentation.
Seating arrangement for oral presentations will be theater style with a table at the front.
Each room will be equipped with a projector and a screen. If you are using an Apple computer, please be sure to bring the proper adapter for connecting to the projector.
Computers will not be provided for presenters. We kindly ask that you bring your own computer, or to bring a flash memory USB drive with your presentation on it.
POSTER PRESENTATION FORMAT
Poster presenters will be scheduled at times chosen maximum audience exposure.
The duration of each poster session will be approximately two hours.
Poster boards mounted on stands will be provided. Also, masking tape will be provided.
Posters must be set up 15 minutes before the start of the session and taken down within 30 minutes after the session ends. Display materials not removed following conclusion of the session will be discarded.
Poster materials should include the title of the presentation and the list of authors. Bring all illustrations needed ? figures, tables, color photographs, charts.
Common dimensions for posters are 107cm x 107cm; 107cm x 122cm; or 107cm x 132cm.
Poster material should be well labeled and easy to read from a distance of one meter. Lettering should be bold. If you will be posting typed material, use a large font size (24 to 30 pt) on white, pale yellow or cream-colored non-glossy paper. Avoid use of non-standard fonts. Use 1-inch margins. Use upper and lower case letters.
No audiovisual equipment is permitted for poster presentations.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE PROCEEDINGS
Oral presenters are not required to submit a full paper to be included in the Conference Proceedings.
All submissions to the Conference will undergo a blind review process. The Proceedings will be published in electronic format only.
PROCEEDINGS GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
Authors wishing to have their full paper included in the Conference Proceedings must submit their paper electronically to the Submissions Coordinator by January 31, 2014. Unfortunately, hard copy submissions cannot be accepted.
On the basis of quality and as deemed by the reviewers, authors of selected papers will be published in an edited book to be printed following the Conference on Anthropology & Sustainability in Asia 2013.
CASA 2013 FULL PAPER GUIDELINES
In an effort to assist the author in preparing and formatting the paper, these instructions present the specifications for formatting the elements of the paper. All papers must follow these guidelines. All artwork, tables, and graphs must be correctly inserted into the final paper.
The Full Paper will not exceed 2500 word-equivalents (i.e. inclusive of tables, figures, bibliographic citations and supplemental material and shall be submitted in PDF format with all artwork, tables and graphs correctly inserted into the final paper.
A Full Paper Template is available on request. Please send your request to the CASA Secretariat. The E-mail address is at the bottom of this page.