CALL FOR PAPERS | 46th Annual UGAT International Conference

The Ugnayang Pang-Aghamtao (UGAT) will hold its 46th Annual International Conference on 27-29 November 2024 in Central Luzon State University with the theme, “Anthropology in a Divergent World: Promoting Diversity, Justice, and Inclusivity.”

This year’s UGAT Conference invites anthropologists, social scientists, development workers, researchers, and scholars to reflect deeply on the multifaceted concept of divergence and its implications in our interactions with individuals, groups, and societies of diverse cultural, political, religious, economic, and social backgrounds. Through this interdisciplinary dialogue, participants can explore how anthropology can contribute to dismantling social boundaries and mitigating inequalities, ultimately promoting principles of diversity, justice, and inclusivity and offer problem-solving approaches.

In today’s increasingly divergent world, Anthropology assumes a pivotal role in addressing global issues that polarize and divide communities. The upcoming UGAT conference aims to provide a platform for reflexive and critical discussions, fostering rich dialogue among anthropologists and practitioners across various domains—academia, development and cultural sectors, media, art, advocacy, policy-making, community engagement, and social action. Through this interdisciplinary dialogue, participants can explore how anthropology can contribute to dismantling social boundaries and mitigating inequalities, ultimately promoting principles of diversity, justice, and inclusivity and offer problem-solving approaches.

By examining different diverse perspectives and experiences, the conference aims to identify and illuminate pathways towards a more equitable and inclusive world. Anthropologists, practitioners, and scholars are encouraged to submit papers and panel proposals that engage with these themes, offering innovative approaches, empirical studies, theoretical insights, and practical and ethical reflections, and strategies for addressing and attenuating social divisions and fostering social cohesion. The Conference contributes to the goal of envisioning and working towards a world where differences are celebrated, injustices are confronted, and inclusivity prevails as a guiding principle in shaping our shared future.

Abstract submission may include the following themes:

• Election and electoral processes
• Forms of governance
• Theoretical/conceptual and practical reflection on justice
• Indigenous justice systems
• Indigenous resistance and resurgence
• Issues of intersectionality
• LGBTQIA++ Inclusivity
• Gender issues
• People’s Organizations Issues (farmers, fisherfolk, urban poor, differently abled, women, children and other marginalized groups)
• Non-government/non-state organizations issues
• Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable communities, cities, and futures
• LGU politics, vote-buying/selling, palakasan, reciprocity, wealth, business, social movements
• Religion and politics
• Ontologies, “worlding”/world-making
• Populism
• Hacktivism, faketivism, and other forms of manipulation or disinformation in/on social media
• Geopolitics and warfare
• Corruption and resource scarcity
• Green politics and 30×30 and Earth 2050
• Social inclusion and differently-abled persons
• Cross-boundary issues
• Climate change and environmental justice
• Urban and rural poverty
• Health and distributive justice
• Human ecology/ical issues
• Violence of all forms
• Transitional justice
• Digital citizenship
• Digital divide
• Artificial intelligence

The deadline of submissions is until 30 August 2024.

For any inquiries, message ugat.conference@gmail.com or through UGAT’s Facebook Page (fb.com/ugataghamtao)