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Call for Papers Theme: Inclusion, Recognition, and Solidarity Type: Conference and Workshop Institution: Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture Ateneo de Manila University Location: Quezon City (Philippines) Date: 27.–28.8.2015 Deadline: 10.7.2015 __________________________________________________ Current talks regarding the formation of an ASEAN Community are centered on regional cooperation through economic integration. As with all current movements that continue to transform the global economic landscape (e.g., regional integration in Europe, global migration), the ASEAN integration raises parallel, and sometimes contradictory, socio-political discourses on inclusion, identity, recognition, and solidarity. Transnational alliances signal the eroding power of nation states, relaxing existing boundaries of inclusion and exclusion, thus altering discourses on identity on various levels. For example discourses have arisen regarding national identity and the liberation of ethnic identities from the former’s hegemony and about the emergence of a dominant transnational capitalist (cosmopolitan) class that has a strong hand in redrawing the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion. Along with issues on identity and inclusion comes the question of the limits of economic redistribution in bringing about recognition, as well as the question of how political structures mediate the symbolic dimension of justice, which is necessary in addressing the basic human need for recognition. Therefore, the ASEAN integration not only entails the formation of an economic community and the emergence of a new transnational organization, but also the questioning of identities as these have been determined by hegemonic structures, and the heightening of awareness of claims to recognition and inclusion from marginalized groups. Given this, the ASEAN integration has to contend not just with the technical issues of economic integration, but also with the questions of political solidarity in the face of a complexity of plural identities. This workshop seeks to explore *issues of identity, inclusion, recognition, and solidarity*, with a particular focus on the ASEAN integration. We are soliciting proposals for papers that address any of the following themes: 1. Contested identities and socio-political boundaries in the ASEAN integration 2. Politics of identity and recognition in the postnational and postcolonial context 3. Redistribution (economic justice) vs. recognition (symbolic justice) in the context of political integration (examples are the Bangsamoro question in the Philippines and the refugee crisis and the ASEAN integration) 4. Political solidarity within a plurality of collective Identities (e.g. rights of ethnic communities, religious vs. political affiliation) 5. Citizenship, participation, and inclusion in a multicultural society 6. Solidarity across geopolitical boundaries through the mediation of the internet 7. Gender and transnationalism 8. Rights of under-represented groups such as women, children, migrant domestic workers, urban poor, the elderly, persons with disabilities, etc. We are inviting applicants from philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, and other related fields, to present works in progress for discussion in a workshop session. Each workshop presentation should be 15 minutes long. Workshop participants are expected to revise their papers in light of the discussion and submit these papers for review and possible publication in Budhi within six months of the workshop. Please send 200 to 300-word abstracts by email to [email protected], with the subject “Inclusion, Recognition, and Solidarity Abstract.” Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 10 July 2015. Conference and Workshop Dates: 27-28 August 2015 Conference and Workshop Venue: Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines The confirmed plenary speakers for the conference are: Filomeno V. Aguilar, Jr. (Ateneo de Manila University), author of 'Migration Revolution: Philippine Nationhood and Class Relations in a Globalized Age' (UH Press and AdMU Press, 2014) Ranilo B. Hermida (Ateneo de Manila University), author of 'Imagining Modern Democracy: A Habermasian Assessment of the Philippine Experiment' (SUNY Press, 2014) Renante D. Pilapil (Ateneo de Davao University), author of 'Recognition: Examining Identity Struggles' (AdMU Press, 2015) About Budhi: 'Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture' is an interdisciplinary journal of philosophy that seeks to encourage creative and critical contemporary interpretations and appropriations of the history of ideas as well as theoretical constructions addressing contemporary culture and society. The journal is devoted to the practice of philosophy in its interdisciplinary engagements with art, culture, history, religion, technology, and the social sciences. It seeks to provide an arena for exchanges between mainstream traditions and work from the geopolitical margins, particularly from the local history and culture of the Philippines. Budhi therefore crosses geographical borders as well as intellectual boundaries within philosophy and within the humanities and the social sciences. Budhi would be of interest to readers working in philosophy, cultural studies, critical theory, postmodernity, aesthetics, applied ethics, gender studies, migration studies, society and technology, the intersection of ethics and the social sciences, and public policy. Contact: Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, Philippines Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
