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Draft: Business Meeting 2022 Report
by Renate Bartl 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

Dear AIW Committee members, I have compiled a text for the Business Meeting 2022 Report from your feedback emails. Please check, whether I got everything right. If you have corrections or additions, please add them to the text below in a different color and send the text back to me asap. If I do not get response from you until June 16, 2022, I assume my text is ok for you. Best, Renate *** Dear all, this year the AIW met in Luxembourg from July 1-4, 2022. After two years of virtual workshops, we were happy to meet in-person again this year. The organizers Carlo Krieger and Tania Giberyen were even able to offer the AIW 2022 in hybrid form, for all those who could not travel to Luxembourg. We want to thank the organizers and their team for the perfect organization of this workshop and for the extra work and energy they had invested in the online format. The workshop was attended by ?? persons (?? In-person and ?? virtually). [Carlo, please add numbers] Carlo, Tania, and team, thank you for all your efforts and help! The AIW Committee Meeting and AIW Business Meeting took place on June 2, 2022, and here is the report of the AIW Business Meeting: Future AIWs 1. The next AIW 2023 will be in Budapest/Hungary. Judit Kádár invited the AIW members to Budapest and announced the topic: ANCESTRAL SHADOWS: Ethnocultural encounters carried in body and mind. The timeframe is the last week in May or first week in June. Judit Kádár is also open to accept sessions and panels on current research, including one on LGTBQI*. She asked for volunteers to review the paper submissions. The call for papers will be sent out soon through the AIW mailing list. An open discussion followed regarding concerns of some AIW members about organizing an event in countries where the overarching political situation regarding LGTBQI* equality can be described as at least unfriendly. For more information, please see Miscellaneous. 2. The AIW 2024 will take place in Pardubice/Czech Republic. More information will be revealed by the organizer Livia Savelkova at the Business Meeting 2024 in Budapest. 3. Candidate for the AIW 2025 is Nijmegen/Netherlands. Matilde Roza, the potential organizer from Radboud University, told the participants that she will inform the AIW members at the next AIW Business Meeting 2023 latest, whether she will be able to organize the AIW 2025 or not. 4. Candidates for organizing an AIW in future years are welcome and requested to inform the AIW Committee by sending an email to: bartl(a)american-indian-workshop.org <mailto:bartl@american-indian-workshop.org> . Accounting The European University, Nicosia/Cyprus, refunded 155.00 EUR to the AIW for services provided in connection with the AIW 2021, organized by James Mackay. An additional donation of 50.00 EUR was mad by James Mackay to the AIW, which in all enables us to operate the AIW virtual server and mailing service for several more years. The accounting 2021 can be checked on our webpage: https://www.american-indian-workshop.org/about.html (scroll to bottom of page). Balance per 31.12.2021: 950,53 EUR Balance per 31.05.2022: 897,58 EUR Restructuring the AIW Basically, the implementation of all the proposals for restructuring the AIW are voluntarily, not mandatory, and the final decision is left to the organizers: 1. It is strongly recommended to include Currents Research Sessions into the program of future AIWs. 2. The implementation of poster sessions and exhibitions is voluntarily and left to the decision of the organizers. 3. There are plans to include a Young Scholars Forum, which will be discussed further. 4. The organization of future AIWs in form of hybrid meetings (in-person and online) are "strongly recommended, but depends on the financial affordability and technical manageability of the organizing institutions and is left to the decision of the organizers. AIW Talkshop During the last AIW Committee Meeting, our AIW Online Meeting Manager James Mackay had suggested to have an additional online format, complementary to the American Indian Workshop (AIW, to be held in-person annually as far as hygienic rules allow in-person conferences). Thomas Jacobs suggested to call it AIW Talkshop. The plan is to have a one-day online event with an open format, where conveners can decide how to design it. As James Mackay was not attending the AIW Business Meeting, the project could not be discussed further. With the intent to test different formats of this AIW Talkshop, Markus Lindner (University of Frankfurt/Germany) has organized 2 AIW Talkshops (in consultation with James Mackay) on May 19 and June 30, 2022 (see: https://www.american-indian-workshop.org/events.html). James Mackay has also volunteered to support further Talkshops with his online meeting expertise. Contact email: james.mackay(a)cytanet.com.cy <mailto:james.mackay@cytanet.com.cy> Financing AIW Journal The proposals and plannings for an AIW Journal have been discussed in AIW Committee Meetings in 2021 and the AIW Business Meeting 2021. In the Business Meeting 2022 the following requirements were suggested: 1. File storage for draft/preliminary/comment pieces (as-is) with comment area for reviews within a defined timeframe, legitimation process, and defined user roles according to the specifications/requirements. There is a need to use a suitable tool and to organize the process. 2. In order to handle financing requirements and provide funding, the proposal is to launch a non-profit association with membership fees that will pay for the expenses. As there is no legal framework for an EU non-profit organization yet, the non-profit association has to be organized on a national level. The proposal was accepted by the participants of the Business Meeting to start with a German based non-profit organization (gemeinnütziger Verein) under the initiative of Sonja Ross, Renate Bartl, and further interested persons. AIW Bibliography (Thomas Jacobs) 1. There is a problem with entering certain letters - typically accented, capital letters in French - which will be resolved soon. In the meantime, those entries are being cached for future addition. There is no need to re-enter them. 2. Members are kindly reminded to enter their information directly into the databank rather than sending them to me. The link is on the webpage and can be found by hovering the mouse over the name of the databank. 3. Members are kindly reminded not to copy-paste text into the fields because punctuation marks do not transfer. Miscellaneous 1. Referring to the Business Meeting 2021, some AIW members expressed their concerns about not having been heard appropriately regarding LGBTQI* fears related to the next AIW venues. To address these fears to the community the participants decided to attach an open letter of these AIW members to the report of the Business Meeting (see letter attached). The group also accepted Thomas Jacobs' proposal for "strongly recommending" to future AIW hosts to allow for a hybrid conference. Regarding the AIW 2023 in Budapest, the organizer Judit Kadar will work together with the local LGTBQI* community and is open to a session on LGTBQI* topics. 2. Nina Reuter, the co-organizer of the "INDIANER INUIT: THE NORTH AMERICA FILMFESTIVAL in Stuttgart/Germany (https://www.facebook.com/INDIANERINUIT), informed the participants that the festival wants to change its name and is asking for suggestions. Please send ideas for a new name to info(a)nordamerika-filmfestival.com <mailto:info@nordamerika-filmfestival.com> by August 31, 2022. The winning name idea will be rewarded with a film festival pass for the upcoming festival in 2023! Best, AIW Committee

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AIW Business Meeting Report
by Renate Bartl 08 Jun '22

08 Jun '22

Dear all, Sonja has sent me a very good summary of the AIW Business Meeting. I only could watch topics 1 and 2, before I was cut off. Therefore, I need your help for the report. I will put together a draft version of the report during next weekend and send it to the Committee for discussion. Can anybody sum up what Nina Reuter said? Thomas, can I have the text I shall attach in PDF format, and can you add the information that people should contact you, if they have feedback? Can you send me information on what you said about the bibliography databank during the Business Meeting? Thank you! Best, Renate

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WG: General Business Meeting Item: Hybrid Conferences
by AIW - Bartl 02 Jun '22

02 Jun '22

Dear Committee Members, the email below was sent to the AIW mail server today. Fact is, that I cannot send it in this form to the whole AIW mailing list. The AIW mail server cannot function as a platform for discussion, especially not for Business Meeting discussions. I thought I had made this clear when we discuss about platforms for the discussion of the AIW Journal. I can send out max. 2 emails per day through the mail server and I am sure there will be some responses to this email. If we calculate that only 5 % of the 850 members on the mailing list will responding to this email, there will be more that 40 emails sent to the mail server. We cannot handle this through the mail server, because it will be blocked for 20 days then. Moreover, it is a discussion for AIW Business Meeting, not to the whole group. I suggest to discuss this tomorrow during the Committee Meeting. Maybe the people who undersigned it, can suggest another solution for discussing this topic without using the AIW mail server? Best, Renate Von: Thomas Donald Jacobs <thomasdonald.jacobs(a)ugent.be> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. Juni 2022 08:17 An: members(a)list.american-indian-workshop.org Betreff: General Business Meeting Item: Hybrid Conferences Dear colleagues, During the last general business meeting of the 42nd American Indian Workshop in Nicosia, concerns were voiced by several people regarding the safety and well-being of LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit scholars at future conferences. This was in relation to forthcoming AIW's set to be held in countries whose governments have enacted oppressive laws and/or promoted negative attitudes towards their own LGBTQIA+ communities. Unfortunately, these concerns were downplayed, invalidated, and ultimately dismissed by some AIW members. This reflected especially poorly on the AIW considering that the call for papers last year had resulted in a particularly large number of LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit attendees and presenters. Not only do such microagressions have an accumulative, harmful psychological effect on minority groups (Johnson et al., 2021), but it gave the impression that LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit people are merely objects of study, rather than respected colleagues with particular expertise and lived experiences. Nevertheless, the link between the rise of reactionary political movements and an increase in hate crimes - whether verbal or physical - against sexual and gender minorities is observable. ILGA-Europe has tracked developments in human rights relating to the LGBTQIA+ community for over a decade, and its most recent annual report highlights this connection (ILGA- Europe, 2021). While ILGA-Europe points out that reactionary movements are inspiring hate crimes across Europe, countries whose governments have enacted anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation are an especial point of concern for members of that community, even when such policies are not widely supported among the general population. Such laws are a form of institutionalized hate speech that not only contribute to the erosion of anti-discriminatory norms (Bilewicz and Soral, 2020), but which also have a negative impact on the mental and physical well-being of their targets via increased minority stress. It is unreasonable to demand that LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit academics - many of whom already combat discrimination on a regular basis in their country of origin - deal with it abroad when they are simply trying to further their careers like other scholars. Indeed, we do not want to see anyone - whether as an organizer or as an attendee - prevented from participating in the AIW because of political developments beyond their control. Therefore, we propose that all future conferences be planned as fully hybrid gatherings. Since the first experiment with webcasting at the 35th AIW in Leiden in 2014, the necessary communications technology has become both easier to use and more reliable. Moreover, people have become much more familiar with it as a consequence of the pandemic. Indeed, online conferencing rate favourably against in-person events on many fronts - the exceptions being networking and social interaction (Raby and Madden, 2021). And these would not be entirely lost with a fully hybrid conference. Thus far, two AIW's have been held entirely online. The experiences of those organizers can be compiled into a basic manual for future hosts in order to provide advice on the software, hardware, and personnel necessary for hybrid conferencing. Not only is this entirely feasible, but it would have additional benefits for the AIW and its membership. Increasing budget cuts are having a negative impact on international mobility among humanities scholars. Eliminating travel costs would allow greater participation, and encourage academics from further afield to attend the AIW. Finally, videoconferencing - while not carbon neutral - is undeniably greener and can be made more so (Ong, Moors and Sivaraman, 2014; Faber, 2021). Thank you for your consideration, The undersigned: Thomas Donald Jacobs Padraig Kirwan James Mackay Amy Ruckes David Stirrup Simone van Eik Dymfke van Lanen

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AIW Committee Meeting
by Renate Bartl 25 May '22

25 May '22

Dear all, attached is the revised schedule for the AIW Committee Meeting. Unfortunately, I will not be able to come to Luxembourg due to health reasons. I am very sorry for that. I don't know whether it will be possible to take part in the Committee and Business Meeting online. In case not, someone of you taking part should write up what was decided in the meetings for distribution of the information to our members. Nina Reuter and Kerstin Knopf told me that they want to ask the AIW Business Meeting for support of one of their projects, but they did not react to my emails, therefore I don't know what exactly they want. Best, Renate

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AIW Committee Meeting, June 02, 2022
by Renate Bartl 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear all, the AIW Committee Meeting is scheduled for June 02, 2022, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM CEST. Attached is a draft for the points we have to discuss according to the feedback I got. If you have further points, please let me know. Best, Renate

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WG: ELTE Letter of acceptance for AIW
by AIW - Bartl 28 Apr '22

28 Apr '22

Dear all, attached is a letter from Dr. Szabo inviting the AIW 2023 to her university in Budapest. Many thanks to Judith for organizing all this! Best, Renate Von: Dr. Szabó Éva Eszter <szabo.eva.eszter(a)btk.elte.hu> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. April 2022 00:00 An: bartl(a)american-indian-workshop.org; Judit Kádár dr <drkadarjudit(a)gmail.com> Betreff: ELTE Letter of acceptance for AIW Dear Dr. Bartl and Dr. Kádár, Please find attached the letter of acceptance from ELTE to host the AIW in 2023. Best regards, Eva Eszer Szabo ---------- Dr. Éva Eszter Szabó, PhD Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head Department of American Studies School of English and American Studies Eötvös Loránd University H-1088, Budapest, Rákóczi út 5., R311 Email: szabo.eva.eszter(a)btk.elte.hu <mailto:szabo.eva.eszter@btk.elte.hu>

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AIW Committee
by AIW - Bartl 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Dear all, attached is a list of the arrivals and departures of the AIW Committee members in Luxembourg. We still need feedback from Judit and James. Best, Renate

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AIW Committee Meeting & Business Meeting
by Renate Bartl 25 Mar '22

25 Mar '22

Dear all, for planning the Committee Meeting & Business Meeting during the AIW in Luxembourg, the organizers and I need to know, whether you come, when you plan to arrive, and when you will depart. Please respond to this email and let us know asap. Thank you! Best Renate ----- Dr. phil. Renate Bartl Schopenhauerstr. 83 80807 Munich/Germany Fon ++49-89-35 99 531 Fax ++49-89-35 65 32 77 Cell ++49-151 4128 2632 Email: <mailto:renate.bartl@t-online.de> renate.bartl(a)t-online.de

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AIW Committee Meeting, September 17, 2021
by AIW - Bartl 03 Oct '21

03 Oct '21

Dear all, I have summed up our AIW Committee Meeting of September 17, 2021: AIW Online Talkshop: James Mackay has suggested to have an additional online format, complementary to the American Indian Workshop (AIW), which will be held in-person annually, as far as hygienic rules allow in-person conferences. On suggestion of Thomas Jacobs, we decided calling it "AIW Online Talkshop." The plan is to have a one-day online event with an open format, where conveners can decide how to design it. The first Talkshop is planned for December 2022 by James Mackay. James Mackay, as the AIW Online Meeting Manager, has volunteered to support further Talkshops with his online meeting expertise. AIW Journal: Sonja Ross presented her plans for an AIW Journal to the Committee. The first step will be to put papers read at AIWs, on a closed platform for a peer-reviewed discussions. The platform should be accessible for AIW members only. It was suggested to call this platform "AIW Repository." Authors are free to publish their papers in scientific journals. The next step would be to develop an AIW Online Journal out of this. Markus Lindner suggested to ask Christian Feest, whether the "European Review of Native American Studies (ERNAS)" could be reactivated in this online form. Finances: It was discussed how to finance the journal and other AIW projects. The best solution would be to create a non-profit organization, which could plan and control financing these projects and financially supporting the AIW. A non-profit organization would have no effect on the personal income tax of the persons involved, while all other options would do so. Moreover, an organization, with a permanent membership and fixed membership fees, would make financial planning better calculable and more secure (e.g payment of rental fees for the AIW server). As there exist no EU regulations for a European (EU) non-profit organization yet, such an association has to be organized on a national level (e.g. as "Verein" in Germany). The AIW Committee will prepare a suggestion for such a non-profit organization for the next AIW Business Meeting. AIW Committee Meetings: Further online AIW Committee Meetings can be organized upon request from committee members by our AIW Online Meeting Manager James Mackay. *** I want to thank James Mackay for the perfect organization of this online AIW Committee Meeting! If you have any changes or additions to this text, please let me know. Stay well! Best Renate ----- American Indian Workshop (AIW) c/o Dr. Renate Bartl Schopenhauerstr. 83 80807 Munich/Germany Fon ++49 89 35 99 531 Fax ++49 89 35 65 32 77 Cell ++49 151 4128 2632 <mailto:bartl@american-indian-workshop.org> bartl(a)american-indian-workshop.org

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Link for today's meeting
by James Mackay 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Dear colleagues - Looking forward to seeing you all later today at 2pm Central European time. Here's the meeting link. Topic: AIW committee meeting Time: Sep 17, 2021 02:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87160125602?pwd=YW0rajZNZXkwOXE1NVRLS0xyZDdkUT09 Meeting ID: 871 6012 5602 Passcode: 700390 Kind regards James Dr James Mackay (he/him) Assistant Professor of British and American Literatures European University Cyprus [t] +357 22713257 [e] J.Mackay(a)euc.ac.cy<mailto:J.Mackay@euc.ac.cy> [w] www.euc.ac.cy<http://www.euc.ac.cy/> [cid:image001.png@01D7ABB7.00957A40] ORCID: 0000-0002-7143-846X<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7143-846X> Editor Transmotion<https://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/transmotion/issue/view/43> P Please consider the environment before printing this email Follow European University Cyprus today: [euc_icon_1]<https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanUniversityCyprus> [euc_icon_2] <https://twitter.com/europeanunicy> [euc_icon_3] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-university-cyprus> [euc_icon_4] <https://www.youtube.com/user/EUCyprus> [euc_icon_5] <https://plus.google.com/+EucAcCy/> ________________________________ The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. European University Cyprus & Cyprus College is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt. If based on the relationship with EUC or Cyprus College, received personal data of students or employees, these data can be kept for as long as the relationship exists or according to the contract signed. All personal data shared must be deleted as soon as the relationship is terminated.

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