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Conference Announcement "The Culture of Reconstruction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Aftermath of Crisis" International Conference Post-Conflict and Post-Crisis Group, Cambridge University Cambridge (UK) 25-27 June 2008 __________________________________________________ The conference will be inaugurated by Lord Paddy Ashdown who will be giving a lecture entitled "After Iraq - shall we ever intervene again?" on the evening of Wednesday, 25th of June. The conference is interdisciplinary in scope and designed to be 'solution oriented'. It brings together researchers, policy makers and professionals working on and in post-conflict and post-crisis scenarios, in order to exchange perspectives and experiences. Panels will be organised in such a way as to encourage discussion across disciplines and methodologies. They are complemented by the presentation of case studies, round tables, and the screening of creative media work from the field. In this manner, the conference aims to address the complexity and potential complementarities of theories, methods and case studies in post-crisis reconstruction work, in a stimulating, interdisciplinary and constructive format. Topics under discussion will include: - accountability and stakeholders; - the politics of space and security; - identity, religion and heritage; - mourning and memorialisation; - ownership and capacity building; - governing affect: truth, guilt and legitimacy - media Some indicative questions that the conference will address are: - How are new cartographies of power etched into a devastated landscape, and what implications do they have for security, inclusion and exclusion? - Who are the stakeholders intervening in post-conflict situations, how do their objectives conflict or complement each other, and how can, or should, they be held accountable? - How do mourning processes contribute to the closure, or the continuance of conflict, and what role do burials and bodies play in this respect? By what means can mourning be 'translated' into a memorial and what implications does this have for reconciliation, in the short-, medium-, and long-term? - How do timing, perceptions of temporality, and pivotal moments affect reconstruction practice? How do these factors influence notions of the 'post' in post-crisis? - How are identities distorted by crisis and what implications does this have for reconstruction? - What is the religion that we are dealing with in post-conflict situations? Are we assuming a particular vision of religion? - How is the nation reinvented in the aftermath of conflict and what are the implications for the rewriting of history, preservation of heritage, exclusionary policies? The conference will also include a creative element, screening a number of documentaries and featuring a visual arts exhibition that directly address post-conflict and post-crisis scenarios. Contact: Post-Conflict and Post-Crisis Group Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CRASSH) Cambridge University 17 Mill Lane Cambridge, CB2 1RX UK Fax: +44 1223 765276 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.postconflict.group.cam.ac.uk __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
