Sessions Three and FourEthnic Separatism
AbstractWhy do some ethnic groups adopt a separatist political ideology, while others embrace integration in the host society, and others still choose "accommodation without assimilation"? Can separatism be linked to specific demographic, ecological, historical, or economic factors? What cultural characteristics precipitate or defuse separatist trends? Does regional particularism lead to ethnogenesis, and is this process a precursor to ethnic separatism? How do state ideologies and perceptions of separatism correlate? Is separatism a conflict-resolution strategy or a root-cause of social conflict? Can separatist aspirations be assuaged through federalism? This session focuses on the issue of ethnic separatism in all its various aspects. In particular, its aim is to gather perspectives derived from common anthropological premises but leading to conclusions different enough to constitute a comparative framework of analysis. Presenters will address separatism as the outcome of a complex dynamic process involving the different dimensions of ethnicity at group and individual levels.
Session Three Speakers
COLVARD, Jeffrey Thomas (SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA)
DASCALOPOULOS, Sofia, and VERNICOS, Nicolas (University of the Aegean, GR-81100, Mytilene, GREECE.)
KOMNENICH, Pauline, and EDDY, Ryan (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA) An additional presentation was also given in this session by: A. POSERN-ZIELINSKI.
Session Four Speakers
JASIEWICZ, Zbigniew (Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-809 Poznan, Poland)
USMANNOVA, Zoulaikho (Khujand State University, Leninabad, Tajikistan)
PUCHKOV, Pavel Ivanovich (Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology, Moscow 117334, RUSSIA)
SUPEK, Olga (University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75799, USA)
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