S. Ben Rempel (University of Manitoba)

Submitted: Thu, 25 May 1995 22:38:35 -0500 (CDT)

S. BEN REMPEL
GRADUATE STUDENT, INTERDISCIPLINARY (ANTHROPOLOGY, CITY
PLANNING, GEOGRAPHY)
C/O DISASTER RESEARCH UNIT
SINNOTT BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
CANADA, R3N 2N2
                           

Phones:  (204) 775 5077 
FAX:     (204) 786 4658 
Email:   brempel@CC.UManitoba.CA
 

REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT / INVOLUNTARY MIGRATION 
	I  am interested in issues of cultural and social change among 
refugee communities from a variety of origins. I  have written papers on 
cultural dynamics and social organization among communities resettled not 
only as the result of war but also due to infrastructural development 
projects, particularly hydro-electiric projects. 

ETHNIC IDENTITY
	I am researching the relationship between exile and ethnic 
identtity particularly in the context of ethnic community organization 
and the brokerage of issues of cultural reproduction and political 
struggle. I also interested in how such issues are represented through 
popular media such as newspapers, television, radio, and particularly 
music (Keyword: ETHNOMUSICOLOGY)

KURDISH ISSUES
	My  current research involves collaborative work with a local 
Kurdish community to understand the dynamics of ethnic community 
formation and the representation, articulation, and brokerage of their 
cultural and political concerns in the context of resettlement. I am also 
more generally interested in the cultural history of the Kurdish people.