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Call for Papers "Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations" 8th International Conference Common Ground Montreal, QC (Canada) 17-20 June 2008 __________________________________________________ The conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. Main speakers will include some of the worlds leading thinkers in the field, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners. Participants are also welcome to submit a presentation proposal either for a 30-minute paper, 60-minute workshop, jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session or a virtual session. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues. Submission deadline for proposals is 17 April 2008. Themes Theme 1: Dimensions of Diversity - Defining the dimensions of difference - ethnicity, gender, race, socio-economic, indigenous, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability. - Locating diversity - individuals, groups, intersections, identity layers, notions of place. - Intersections of difference and points of intensity. - Identifying the dynamics of diversity exclusion or inclusion,assimilation or pluralism. - Localism, nationalism and globalism. - Inequalities: causes, effects and remedies. - Social Justice: economics, education and providing access to all. - Diversity and homogeneity in theory and practice. - The limits of diversity. - 'Political correctness' and its critics. - Marginalisation: its causes, processes and consequences. - Moving beyond the '-isms': racism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, ableism, nationalism, capitalism, socialism and communism. - Cultural history, oral history and cultural 'renaissance': challenges and dilemmas. - Democracy and diversity: questions of representation and voice. - Between faith and state: religious freedom, intolerance or suppression. - Marriage: civil right or religious institution? - Globalising medicine: education, research, knowledge, socioeconomic factors, genetics, environmental factors, bio-ethics. Theme 2: Governing Diversity - Community in a Globalising World - Responding to global human movement and its consequences - immigration, asylum seekers, refugees, diasporic communities and settlement. - Defining and assuring access to basic human rights: housing, medicine, immigration, food, water. - Responding to racism - its representation, causes, effects and remedies. - 'The Struggle': civil rights movements and human rights abuses. - Developing a public service for a diverse community - towards a civic pluralism. - 'Mainstreaming' versus services based on unique cultural identities. - First nations and indigenous peoples - strategies for community development. - The politics of community leadership - challenges for local government. - Truth and reconciliation - examining the past for the sake of the future. - The globalisation of human rights and local sovereignty. - Environmental justice. Theme 3: Representing Diversity - The Influences of Global Tourism and the Global Media - The 'other country': tourism, culture and difference. - Cultural tourism and its consequences. - Levels of intervention: the nature of ecotourism. - Media representations of diversity and globalisation. - Representing the terror wars. - Non-English media: from Al Jazeera to Zee TV. - The media monoliths: from Hollywood to Bollywood. - Local media, community media, national media, transnational media. - Indigenous (and non-indigenous) representations of the Indigenous. Theme 4: Learning Diversity - Education in a World of Difference - The civil right to education. - Multicultural, cross-cultural, international and global education. - Identity, belonging and the cultural conditions of learning. - Diversities in the classroom: cultural, gender, (dis)ability. - Education for first nations or indigenous peoples. - Education across cultural worldviews. - 'Mainstream' and 'minority' learning: redefining the terms. - Languages learning: 'foreign', ESL, bilingual, multilingual, global. - Civil Rights and education. - Education of women. Theme 5: Working Diversity - Managing the Culture of Diversity - Managing diversity - what does it mean to talk about 'productive diversity'? - Managing and developing a diverse human-resource base. - Diversity measures - the future of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. - Beyond legislative and regulatory compliance - disability, harassment,discrimination. - Mediation - cultural assumptions and practical outcomes. - Developing multicultural policies and practices. - Who manages culture? Celebrating differences while maintaining identity. - Levelling the playing field: global economics, fair trade,outsourcing, equal opportunity, and coping with global markets. Conference website: http://www.Diversity-Conference.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
