News Archive August 2009
12/8/2009
Call for papers : 'Scales of Belonging' theme issue of Emotion, Space and Society
Theme issue editors: Nichola Wood and Louise Waite (School of Geography,
University of Leeds)
We invite paper proposals for a theme issue that will explore the complexities
of belonging from a variety of disciplinary positions and a range of spatial
scales. Belonging is about emotional attachment: it is about feeling 'at
home'
and 'secure', but it is equally about being recognised and understood
(Ignatieff
1994). People can 'belong' in a variety of different ways and to many
different objects of attachment. Indeed, as Yuval-Davis (2006) argues,
belonging can be experienced as an emotional attachment to a particular
person, or the whole of humanity; it can take abstract or more concrete
forms; it can be a product of self-identification or identification by
others.
Belongings are complex and dynamic affiliations: they can be contested,
contradictory, transient and stable.
This theme issue will explore the complexities of belonging by thinking
about
what belonging is and how it 'works' at a range of spatial scales and
in a
variety of social contexts. Possible themes for papers might include (but
are
not limited to):
* Belonging and the boundaries of inclusion/exclusion
* Belonging and security
* Belonging and identity formation
* Belonging and home
* The relationship between belonging and experiences of wellbeing
* Diasporic belonging
* Non-belonging
The theme issue, which has been accepted by the journal, is currently
comprised of six papers, but we are looking for two or three additional
papers
to add to the collection.
If you are interested in potentially contributing a paper to this theme
issue
can you please send a title and abstract of no more than 250 words to
Nichola
Wood (n.x.wood@leeds.ac.uk) or Louise Waite (l.waite@leeds.ac.uk) by
Thursday 6th August 2009.
Authors who are invited to take part in this project will need to submit
their
paper to the theme issue editors by 15th October 2009. All papers will
have to
go through the journal's usual reviewing process before they are considered
for publication.
For further information on Emotion, Space and Society please see:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/713880/preface1
10/8/2009
CALL FOR PAPERS - Romani mobilities in Europe: multidisciplinary perspectives
International Conference
Oxford, 14-15 January 2010
Convened by Nando Sigona and Roger Zetter, Refugee Studies Centre,
University of Oxford
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at the University of Oxford is
organizing an international conference on the theme of /Romani
mobilities in Europe: multidisciplinary perspectives/. The conference
is
part of ‘Mapping Romani mobilities in Europe’, a two-year
research
project funded by the John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund.
The main aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and
students from across a variety of disciplines to discuss the multiple
dimensions and impacts of Romani mobilities in Europe.
We invite proposals for papers which investigate the variety and
directions of contemporary Romani mobilities into, out of and within the
EU and locate them in the broader political, social, historical and
cultural context. We welcome in particular proposals that focus on one
or more of the following areas:
- Provide historical perspectives on policy and practice aimed at
governing Romani mobilities;
- Interrogate, through the Roma case, the concept and practice of
freedom of movement in the EU;
- Investigate broader demographic trends or specific migratory movements
of Roma in the EU;
- Explore the relationship between different legal statuses and patterns
and directions of Romani mobility;
- Explore Romani politics in the enlarged EU and the process of
Europeanisation of the Roma issue, looking in particular at
international NGOs, Roma elite and grassroots activism;
- Investigate the relationship between indigenous and long-established
Romani communities and newly arrived Roma migrants;
- Discuss continuities and discontinuities in public discourses and
social policies for Roma, Gypsies and Travellers in the EU;
- Explore settlement and resettlement issues in the context of
widespread anti-Gypsyism;
- Analyse the impacts of migration on identity and cultural production.
The conference will take place on 14-15 January 2010 and will feature
a
range of plenary and panel sessions and a keynote lecture by Baroness
Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP.
Those wishing to present a paper are invited to submit an abstract (max
300 words) and a brief CV (max 150 words) to the conference organisers
by Friday 25th September 2009.
For full details see the Call for Papers (PDF file).
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/Call%20for%20Papers%20Romani%20mobilities%20in%20Europe.pdf
EMAIL: nando.sigona@qeh.ox.ac.uk
WEB: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/conf_conferences_140110.html
7/8/2009
Conference / Call for Papers - Postcolonialism & Islam
The Northern Association for Postcolonial Studies (NAPS) and Culture Team of the Faculty of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland are inviting abstracts and expressions of interest for a conference to be held at the University of Sunderland, UK, from the 16th to the 17th of April 2010.
Postcolonialism and Islam are two terms that frequently appear in tandem; however, the relationship between the two and the question of their compatibility has never been extensively investigated. The speed and intensity of changes characteristic of late modernity under the pressure of cultural and economic globalisation has traumatised Muslims and non- Muslims alike. Hybrid identity formations, very often provisional, are generated in the articulation of differences marked by imaginary relations to faith, nation, class, gender, sexuality and language. Postcolonialism might seem to provide a framework for approaching the experiences of not only formerly colonised subjects, but emigres, exiles and expatriates and their host societies. However, Muslim writers and intellectuals have both adopted and rejected postcolonial theory as an effective tool for analysing and accounting for the experience of Muslims in the modern world.
This multidisciplinary conference will be relevant to specialists in postcolonial theory and cultural, historical, political, sociological, literary and religious studies who seek to problematise the terms themselves and their juxtaposition. It will mainly focus on these six themes:
- Muslim identity and its connection to race, cultural politics, integration
- The experience of Muslim communities in Britain and elsewhere in the
West particularly as representative site(s) of settlement, networking,
and diasporic mobility
- Terms such as multculturalism, citizenship, secularism, ethnicity
- The way in which Muslim culture(s) become(s) embedded in and thematised
by Muslim and non-Muslim writers in English and other literatures in translation;
- The connection between Muslim women and the activities of western orientalism;
- The conditions of possibility for ‘Islamic’ feminism; its
response to the way in which Muslim women have often been represented
and theorised according to western, Christian and white feminist versions
of female experience.
Other related topic will also be considered. The intension is to publish an edited volume based on the theme of the conference to which a selection of participants will be invited to contribute. Speakers and non-speakers are all very welcome to participate.
Confirmed speakers so far include:
- Dr. Tahir Abbas, FRSA, currently principle analyst at Deen International
- Prof. Ceri Peach, Emeritus Professorand Research Associate at the Oxford School of Geography
- Prof. Patrick Williams, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Nottingham Trent
If you wish to contribute a paper please submit a proposal (300 words maximum) to one of the following no later than October 30th, 2009:
Dr. Geoffrey Nash (geoff.nash@sunderland.ac.uk)
Dr. Sarah Hackett (sarah.hackett-1@sunderland.ac.uk)
Faculty of Education and Society
University of Sunderland
Priestman Building
Green Terrace
Sunderland SR1 3PZ
United Kingdom
Conference URL: http://www.naps-online.org/?cat=17
6/8/2009
Nouvelles mobilités dans les suds / Espace populations sociétés
New mobilities in the South
La revue EPS propose un numéro sur les « nouvelles mobilités
dans les
Suds ». L’objectif est d’embrasser, a minima, la diversité
des
mobilités dans les Suds et de montrer les évolutions contemporaines
des sociétés du Sud, en s’attachant à décrire
et à comprendre qui
circule ou bouge, pourquoi et pour quoi faire, comment circule-t-on.
In fine, il s’agit de s’interroger sur ce qui, dans les mobilités,
définit le Sud, l’éloigne ou le rapproche du Nord,
bref participe de
la diversité d’un monde dont les catégories, en se
multipliant,
deviennent de plus en plus floues.
Annonce
La revue EPS a proposé en 2008 un numéro spécial
sur les « nouvelles
mobilités dans une Europe élargie ». En écho
au titre de cette
livraison, nous souhaitons ici réfléchir à un numéro
sur les «
nouvelles mobilités dans les Suds » et rappeler que celles-ci,
massives et variées, sont à la fois originales et partie
prenante (ou
parfois simples conséquences) de la mondialisation à l’œuvre.
Plusieurs entrées sont proposées :
- Les mobilités dans les Sud comme révélateurs d’évolutions
spatiales, économiques, politiques, sociodémographiques.
- Les façons de faire et les motifs qui président aux mobilités
(commerce et affaires, migration, tourisme, retraite, pèlerinage,
etc.).
- Les catégories sociales et les nouvelles formes d’inégalités
au
regard de la mobilité : jeunes, étudiants, nouveaux hommes
et femmes
d’affaires, « hypermobiles » métropolitains,
cadres de projets ONG ou
d’institutions internationales, commerçants migrants, trafiquants
en
tous genres, mais aussi gens vulnérables, pauvres.
L’objectif du numéro est d’embrasser, a minima, la
diversité des
mobilités dans les Suds. Les éditeurs souhaitent montrer
les
évolutions contemporaines des sociétés du Sud, en
s’attachant à
décrire et à comprendre qui circule ou bouge, pourquoi et
pour quoi
faire, comment circule-t-on. In fine, il s’agit de s’interroger
sur
ce qui, dans les mobilités, définit le Sud, l’éloigne
ou le rapproche
du Nord, bref participe de la diversité d’un monde dont les
catégories, en se multipliant, deviennent de plus en plus floues.
Démographes, économistes, sociologues et anthropologues,
historiens
et géographes sont les bienvenus pour alimenter ce numéro.
Calendrier
* Résumés attendus pour le 15 septembre 2009 (moins de
500 mots)
* Avis des éditeurs : 30 septembre 2009
* Réception des articles : 15 janvier 2010
Contacts des coordinateurs
* jerome.lombard@ird.fr
* michel.lesourd@univ-rouen.fr
* olivier.ninot@univ-paris1.fr
Mots-clés
* mobilité, migration, transport, inégalité, espace, Sud
Date limite
* mercredi 15 septembre 2010
Contact
* Nicole Thumerelle
courriel : nicole [point] thumerelle (at) univ-lille1 [point] fr
UFR de Géographie et Aménagement
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille Avenue Paul
Langevin
59655 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ CEDEX
FRANCE
tel: 33 (0)3 20 33 60 81
fax: 33 (0)3 20 33 60 74
Url de référence
* UFR de géographie de Lille I
Source de l'information
* Jérôme Lombard
courriel : jerome [point] lombard (at) ird [point] fr
Source : Saskia Cousin saskia.cousin@orange.fr | T.R.I.P. (tourisme-recherches-institutions-pratiques
4/8/2009
Petition of information : Urban Displacement
UNHCR is seeking additional sources of information for a scoping study
on urban displacement (i.e. refugees, IDPs and returnees) which is being
undertaken in conjunction with Cities Alliance, a global coalition of
cities and their development partners. The study will help inform the
UNHCR-Cities Alliance partnership and will be used as a background
document for the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges
in December 2009 in Geneva which will focus on people of concern to
UNHCR in urban settings.
The scoping study seeks to synthesise the available evidence on the
livelihoods strategies and coping mechanisms of those affected by urban
displacement, and analyse the response of governments, local
authorities, development and humanitarian agencies to this phenomenon.
UNHCR has contributed to the still relatively modest literature on urban
displacement and has recently published two papers on urban IDPs:
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/4a1d33252.pdf
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/487b4c6c2.pdf
UNHCR will shortly publish studies of Iraqi refugees in urban areas of
Jordan, Lebanon and Syria; the reintegration of urban returnees and the
livelihoods strategies of urban refugees. UNHCR is also finalising a new
policy on refugees and asylum seekers in urban areas.
We would be grateful for any information you may be able to provide.
Please contact Jeff Crisp, Policy Development and Evaluation Service
(crisp@unhcr.org) and Tim Morris, consultant (tim@timmorris.info).
2/8/2009
CALL FOR PAPERS - TRAVEL AS A FORCE OF HISTORICAL CHANGE
21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES
AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 22-28, 2010
Session organised by the
International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism
www.ichtt.org
Travel has been one of the major forces of historical change. Almost
in
every historical period a significant number of individuals (to whom,
in
most cases, a high social and cultural significance was attached), chose
to cross the borders between different countries/states/nations, as well
as the boundaries between different civilization areas. Their travels
established and mantained contact among different political entities and
civilizations, and contributed to the spreading of new products, ideas,
values, beliefs.
Through the centuries, travel has assumed *different forms and meaning*,
from exploration to pilgrimage, from cultural travel (Grand Tour) to
contemporary tourism, yet it has always remained recognizable as a
distinct historical force.
We believe that this topic is highly significant for historical studies
because:
- the contemporary, globalized world has been created and modelled by
generations of travellers (Eric J. Leed), and the experience of
mobility/travel/tourism (with all the related intercultural issues) is
becoming increasingly more widespread.
- The topic is higly interdisciplinary: many research projects about
travel have been developed in the field of sociology, psychology,
philosophy, history of art etc.
- The topic rears its head in all historical periods, from Ulysses to
Marco Polo, from Joseph Addison to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, without
mentioning the many, important contemporary travellers.
- The topic is present in all the different civilization areas. We
believe that a broad comparative dimension should play a central role
in
the Amsterdam panel. In the past this point of view has been
considerably neglected, following the assumption that the experience of
travel mainly belonged to the European, ?western? civilization. This
could be partially or entirely true, of course, but it should be
carefully verified, as it could be as well a view originated by lack of
information about important non-European experiences, such as that of
Ibn Battuta, sometimes known, in a representation that poses problems
of
its own, as ?the Arab Marco Polo?. What was the theoretical and pratical
importance of travel in ? say - the Chinese Empire, or in the Islamic
world?
The International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism
encourages new reflections on these themes in comparative perspective
and in various historical periods, from antiquity to the present.
*Practical information* -
We invite you to submit proposals for papers by e-mail to the
Commission's General Secretary, Prof. Claudio Visentin, University of
Lugano, Switzerland (ichtt@ichtt.org).
You are requested to supply a _title_ and a _short precis of your
proposal_ not later than *31 August 2009*, and the _final text_ by *31
March 2010*.
Papers will be allocated into different panels according to their
themes, and they will be disseminated prior to the Conference. At
Amsterdam speakers will briefly present their contributions; discussion
will follow.
*Organizer*
Prof. John Walton, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
j.k.walton@leedsmet.ac.uk
*Discussant*
Prof. Claudio Visentin, University of Lugano, Switzerland
clavis@lu.unisi.ch
*Co-Organizers*
Prof. Shelley Baranowski, University of Akron, USA
sbarano@uakron.edu
Prof. Bertram Gordon, Mills College, USA
bmgordon@mills.edu
Prof. Laurent Tissot, Université de Neuchatel, Switzerland
Laurent.Tissot@unine.ch
Prof. Richard White, University of Sydney, Australia
richard.white@arts.usyd.edu.au
ICHTT - International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism
www.ichtt.org
1/8/2009
Conference : PARIS, TOURISME et METROPOLISATION Echelles, acteurs et pratiques du tourisme d’une « destination capitale »
Lieu : le Jeudi 24 et le Vendredi 25 juin 2010, à la Sorbonne
Organisé par l'Equipe Interdisciplinaire de REcherche Sur le Tourisme
(EIREST) de
l'Institut de Recherche et d’Etudes Supérieures du Tourisme
(IREST)
Université PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE
Source : trip -- tourisme-recherches-institutions-pratiques | saskia.cousin
‘at’ orange.fr
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