BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2019//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2019 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T154500 UID:upland-pioneers-future-aspirations-moral-imaginaries-and-emerging-religiosities-in-southeast-asia-1 SUMMARY:Upland Pioneers: Future Aspirations, Moral Imaginaries and Emerging Religiosities in Southeast Asia (1) LOCATION:Room 1.401 DESCRIPTION:Ten years after the publication of James Scottʼs (2009) widely received “The Art of Not Being Governed”, the image of the “state evading” anarchic uplander, though subject to much debate, continues to shape our im aginations of the socio-political dynamics in upland Southeast Asia. In ord er to open up new conceptual terrains we propose to substitute this image b y the trope of the “upland pioneer” that encapsulates the idea that the peo ple of upland SEA maintain a “pioneering ethos” (Pierre Petit) and a future -orientation shaped by both hope and uncertainty. Instead of discussing res ponses, resistance, and other ‘re’-active positions towards external forces – from the developmental nation-state to global capitalism – we shift our focus more consequently to proactive attitudes and practices that shape the relationship between upland communities and the external forces. We wish t o illuminate the manifold practices of imagining worthwhile futures, initia ting and shaping socio-economic change, and gauging its cosmological and mo ral dimensions that are currently taking place in the uplands of mainland S outheast Asia.\n\nWe aim to explore two intersecting layers of future-makin g: Aspirations of economic development and emerging religiosities. The corr esponding dialectic between sociocultural change and an assumed moral order is of particular concern here: How do pioneers fathom and re-configure eco nomic and religious frontiers – and handle the moral ambiguities of breakin g new ground? The materiality of moral ambiguity and the transformation of spiritual landscapes provide hitherto under-researched fields of empirical investigation. This change of perspective, inspired by anthropological appr oaches to hope and the good, renders visible the diversity of forms of enga gements with “development” and “the state”, conflicting and plural value-re gimes, religious and cosmological transformations.\n\nWe aim to gather ethn ographically-based contributions that engage with processes and conundrums of future-making in upland Southeast Asia. In particular, we encourage fres h perspectives on exploring uplanders’ aspirations and imaginations as well as local narratives and practices that underlie (economic and religious) f uture-making strategies. URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/upland-pioneers-future-aspirations-moral-imaginaries-and-emerging-religiosities-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190913T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190913T103000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T154500 UID:upland-pioneers-future-aspirations-moral-imaginaries-and-emerging-religiosities-in-southeast-asia-2 SUMMARY:Upland Pioneers: Future Aspirations, Moral Imaginaries and Emerging Religiosities in Southeast Asia (2) LOCATION:Room 1.401 DESCRIPTION:Ten years after the publication of James Scottʼs (2009) widely received “The Art of Not Being Governed”, the image of the “state evading” anarchic uplander, though subject to much debate, continues to shape our im aginations of the socio-political dynamics in upland Southeast Asia. In ord er to open up new conceptual terrains we propose to substitute this image b y the trope of the “upland pioneer” that encapsulates the idea that the peo ple of upland SEA maintain a “pioneering ethos” (Pierre Petit) and a future -orientation shaped by both hope and uncertainty. Instead of discussing res ponses, resistance, and other ‘re’-active positions towards external forces – from the developmental nation-state to global capitalism – we shift our focus more consequently to proactive attitudes and practices that shape the relationship between upland communities and the external forces. We wish t o illuminate the manifold practices of imagining worthwhile futures, initia ting and shaping socio-economic change, and gauging its cosmological and mo ral dimensions that are currently taking place in the uplands of mainland S outheast Asia.\n\nWe aim to explore two intersecting layers of future-makin g: Aspirations of economic development and emerging religiosities. The corr esponding dialectic between sociocultural change and an assumed moral order is of particular concern here: How do pioneers fathom and re-configure eco nomic and religious frontiers – and handle the moral ambiguities of breakin g new ground? The materiality of moral ambiguity and the transformation of spiritual landscapes provide hitherto under-researched fields of empirical investigation. This change of perspective, inspired by anthropological appr oaches to hope and the good, renders visible the diversity of forms of enga gements with “development” and “the state”, conflicting and plural value-re gimes, religious and cosmological transformations.\n\nWe aim to gather ethn ographically-based contributions that engage with processes and conundrums of future-making in upland Southeast Asia. In particular, we encourage fres h perspectives on exploring uplanders’ aspirations and imaginations as well as local narratives and practices that underlie (economic and religious) f uture-making strategies. URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/upland-pioneers-future-aspirations-moral-imaginaries-and-emerging-religiosities-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190913T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190913T123000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR