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Call for Papers

The conference theme

The conference will address all aspects of Mobilities research.

Mobilities research addresses not only the movement of people, objects, information, messages, risks and images through intersecting mobility-systems. It also explores the motivations, pleasures, pains and practices of stillness, of coordinating movement, blocking it, holding things in place, creating and maintaining social and material infrastructures.

Some likely past, present and future mobilities to be debated at the Conference include:

A key priority theme, reflecting current and urgent societal concerns, will be questions about limits to the expansion and sophistication of future Mobilities. Such questions mean considering if there are limits to mobility, what the limits are, and what consequences limits may have for people’s lives. It also means considering whether different mobilities might substitute for each other, whether this is likely or desirable, and how to design and bring about ‘good mobilities’ in a period of continued austerity?

We would like to invite a range of different kinds of contributions on the themes outlined above.

Please note: You may choose a no-fly attendance option, where you will have the opportunity to present and discuss your work without physically travelling to Lancaster.

Abstracts

Abstracts
Academic papers exploring the theory, practice, and implications of mobile living. Participants will be expected to deliver a (ca 20min) talk.

Please submit a 500-word abstract by 12 April 2013. Notification of acceptance: 10 May 2013.

For further information please contact Monika Buscher

Posters

Accepted posters will be presented in short ‘Pecha-Kucha’ sessions (a series of slides delivered in 6 minutes) in addition to being exhibited in the social spaces of the conference. Authors will also be expected to be available for discussion during specified poster sessions during breaks.

Please submit a poster by 19 April 2013.
Notification of acceptance 18 May 2013

For further information please contact Lisa Wood

Artworks

A physical and virtual exhibition of art relating to the conference themes (in the widest sense). Artists may be asked to deliver a short talk.

The Lancaster-based Catalyst project is offering a bursary of £2000 for new mobilities art work related to 'citizen-led digital innovation for social change'. (www.catalystproject.org.uk)

Please submit a 500-word abstract by 19 April 2013.
Notification of acceptance 18 May 2013.

For further details please contact Jennifer Southern

Open

If you have ideas for unusual conference contributions that do not fit any of the above formats, please contact Jennifer Southern.