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KASS-EU conference - short overview

at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology,
Advokatenweg 36, 06114 Halle/Saale, Germany

Wednesday, 31th October 2007

  Arrival of the participants 
  
20.00 Get together at 'Schad' (pub nearby 'Apart Hotel')

Thursday, 1st November 2007

08.45 - 09.15 Registration
  
09.15 - 10.45 Opening session - Aims and rationale of the KASS project
Chair and discussant: Theo Engelen
  
10.45 - 11.00Short break
  
11.00 - 12.30 Session 2 - theoretical approaches and research methods
Chair and discussant: Martin Kohli
  
12.30 - 14.00Lunch break
  
14.00 - 15.30 Session 3 - the quantitative aspect of KASS methodology
Chair and discussant: Andrew Cherlin
  
15.30 - 15.45Short break
  
15.45 - 17.15 Session 4 - the development of family policy
Chair and discussant: Andrew Cherlin
  
20.00Reception at the institute

Friday, 2nd November 2007

09.00 - 10.30 Session 1 - European kinship in time and space
Chair and discussant: David Sabean
  
10.30 - 10.45Short break
  
10.45 - 12.15 Session 2 - kinship and community: ethnographic accounts
Chair and discussant: Georg Fertig
  
12.15 - 14.00Lunch break
  
14.00 - 15.30 Session 3 - network ties: maintaining and breaking connections
Chair and discussant: Keebet von Benda-Beckmann
  
15.30 - 15.45Short break
  
15.45 - 17.15 Session 4 - Strategy, identity and care
Chair and discussant: Hannes Grandits
  
20.00Dinner at Steakhouse 'Matador'

Saturday, 3rd November 2007

09.00 - 10.30 Session 1 - Reciprocity, fertility and social support
Chair and discussant: Johan Surkyn
  
10.30 - 10.45Short break
  
10.45 - 12.15 Session 2 - Ethnographies of fertility and social support
Chair and discussant: Caroline Bledsoe
  
12.15 - 14.00Lunch break
  
14.00 - 15.30 Session 3 - Kinship, state and community
Chair and discussant: Stephen Gudeman
  
15.30 - 15.45Short break
  
15.45 - 17.15 Session 4 - Research implications - general discussion with short opening statements
Chair and discussant: Chris Hann
  
17.15End of conference
  
20.00 Get together at 'Hallesches Brauhaus' (pub in the middle of the city)


 
organised by Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany
funded by the European Community