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Call for Publications Theme: Women, migration and processes of belonging Publication: Co-edited Volume by Parvati Nair and Annabelle Wilkins Date: 2016/17 Deadline: 15.10.2015 __________________________________________________ This is a Call for Abstracts of chapters for a co-edited volume on women, migration and processes of belonging in cities of relocation among immigrant women with temporary or permanent residence in the destination city. The proposed title is "Home from Home: Women, Migration and Urban Belonging." Contributions may be focused upon women who have obtained the legal right to remain or citizenship, international students, women with refugee status, women seeking asylum and/or those with irregular migration status. All abstracts must propose a rigorous theoretical framework and should work towards a more nuanced understanding of critical concepts in the analysis of gender, migration and relocation. Case studies and other data must be framed within clear conceptual parameters that further this field of study. This Call aims to build on contributions already offered by some participants at the recent conference held at the United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility (UNU-GCM) on Female Agency, Mobility and Sociocultural Change. In particular, it seeks to extend out more globally the conceptual arenas traced by the Women of the World project that formed part of this research programme (http://gcm.unu.edu/women-of-the-world#overview). Our aim is to explore and analyse the ways in which immigrant women engage in processes of relocation in urban clusters, so as to increase understanding of the processes, parameters and concepts involved. Of relevance here are the construction of a sense of belonging in cities of immigration via diverse acts, engagements, networks and imaginations. Conceptually, our focus is on the dynamics of home, work, gender (women), immigration and the city. Of particular interest are questions of remaking home, family networks and friendship groups, the material cultures and artefacts of home and identity, acts that foster citizenship, the construction of diasporic communities and networks, legal conditions and the role of labour in remaking a sense of home and belonging among immigrant women. We also welcome a specifically urban focus, with analyses of how certain city spaces may engender a sense of belonging (or not). Our focus is global and all proposals must demonstrate rigourously constructed conceptual frameworks that draw on theories of gender, home, place, identity, citizenship, the city and national, multi-national and/or transnational belonging. We welcome multi- and interdisciplinary approaches from the social sciences, humanities and other relevant disciplines, but insist on qualitative analyses only. As welcome topics for contributions, we suggest: - remaking home among urban immigrant women in literature, film photography or art - female agency and the enactment of citizenship in the everyday - city spaces as spaces of belonging - digital cultures and transnational belongings - class, education and access to belonging/citizenship in the everyday for immigrant women - the idea of home in a globalized context of migrancy, - precarious labour and impossible belongings for migrant women workers - south-south migration, women and home - women, gender and processes of identity in urban contexts Please submit abstracts of 250 words, clearly outlining the focus, theoretical framework and proposed methodology of your chapter, together with biodata of 150 words, by no later than October 15th 2015. We are in contact with Ashgate Press to publish this book in 2016/7. If selected, first drafts of finalized chapters will be needed by February 15th 2016. Editorial comments will be returned by April 30th 2016, with a view to full submission of the volume for publication by July 31st 2016. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed for selection by the editors. We are: Parvati Nair, Director of UNU-GCM and Professor of Hispanic, Migration and Cultural Studies at Queen Mary, University of London and Annabelle Wilkins, doctoral candidate at Queen Mary, University of London. Contact: Prof. Parvati Nair Institute for Globalization, Culture and Mobility United Nations University 167, Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret E-08025 Barcelona Spain Email: [email protected] Web: https://gcm.unu.edu __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
