Call for Papers Territory, Politics, and Economies in East Asia
East Asia is now in crisis with the burst of unprecedently intense territorial conflicts among neighboring countries. These territorial conflicts are not merely a political or diplomatic issue, but structurally conditioned by recent geo-political and geo-economic changes and political economic transformations in this region. As nicely evidenced by this crisis, political economic activities and processes cannot be fully understood without proper understandings of the territorialities of human life. For example, political economic activities may cause, or be influenced by, territorial conflicts at various geographical scales. Geo-political and geo-economic processes are deeply conditioned by territorial configurations of power relations. At the same time, the geo-political and geo-economic discourses and imaginaries may significantly affect the political economic activities of firms, the states, and other social forces. Furthermore, the territorialities of the state and the associated political processes are integral parts of capitalist political economies. This session aims to collect papers that address the ways in which political economies of East Asia have been engaged with the territorialities of human activities. More specifically, we are interested in the following questions. 1. What are the impacts of the China’s emergence on the geo-political and geo-economic situations in East Asia 2. How have the political economic processes been engaged with territorial conflicts or negotiations at various geographical scales in East Asia? 3. How have the territorialities of the East Asian states been recently changed under the influences of various political economic changes, such as globalization, neoliberalization, the rise of China, and so on? 4. In the rise of Asian regionalism, particularly in the realm of economic integration, what will the geo-political conflict draw impacts on the development? What role will be played by the US in East Asian Regionalism after the “end of cold war”? The above questions are just for illustration, not limitation. We strongly encourage the participants to bring your own creative questions on the interactions among territory, politics and economies beyond these questions. If you are interested in this session, please send abstracts of no more than 250 words along with the affiliation details of all contributing authors by 15 October to: Bae-Gyoon Park (geo...@snu.ac.kr<mailto:geo...@snu.ac.kr>) Or Jinn-yuh Hsu (jinn...@ntu.edu.tw<mailto:jinn...@ntu.edu.tw>) Accepted submissions will be contacted by 20th October 2012 and will be expected to register and submit their abstracts online at the AAG website by October 24th 2012. Please note that a range of registration fees apply and must be paid before the submission of abstracts.
