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Call for Papers Theme: Displacement, Resistance, Representation Subtitle: Culture and Power in Contexts of Migrancy Type: International Conference Institution: Centre for the Study of Migration at Queen Mary, University of London Location: London (United Kingdom) Date: 28.–29.6.2012 Deadline: 2.5.2012 __________________________________________________ From Parvati Nair <[email protected]> The Centre for the Study of Migration at Queen Mary, University of London is pleased to announce a Call For Papers for a conference to be held on June 28th and 29th 2012. This conference takes its cue from the mobilization of popular modes of resistance witnessed in the course of 2011 both through the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. Its aim is to connect such mass resistance to wider existing contexts of collective displacement and migrancy. By focusing on cultural representation (understood in the widest sense to include the media and the arts), it seeks to address the role of culture in negotiating resistance and representation for those who have been displaced or cast into migrancy for a variety of reasons that range from the economic to the political to the ecological. Proposals for papers are invited on a range of topics of global and comparative focus relating to questions of representation for the displaced. The following themes are some examples of the questions and issues that will be addressed: - the role of culture in negotiating displacement - the role of culture in forging modes of resistance - the political relevance of cultural representation for the displaced - negotiation and empowerment in contexts of displacement Proposals are invited from academics, postgraduate research students, artists, cultural performers and those working in the area of culture and migration. Papers should last no more than 20 minutes. Abstracts and a brief bio-data of 250 words should be sent to Professor Parvati Nair ([email protected]) by no later than May 2nd 2012. Contact: Prof. Parvati Nair, Director Centre for the Study of Migration Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road London, E1 4NS United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/migration/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
