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Call for Papers Theme: New Horizons Subtitle: Sustainability and Justice Type: 2020 HDCA Conference Institution: Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA) College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University Location: Auckland (New Zealand) Date: 30.6.–2.7.2020 Deadline: 15.12.2019 __________________________________________________ We cordially invite scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, and other interested parties worldwide to the 2020 HDCA Conference, themed ‘New Horizons: Sustainability and Justice’, organised by Massey University, New Zealand. The event will be held in Auckland from 30 June to 2 July 2020. The HDCA summer school for graduate students will take place directly prior, 27-28 June 2020. Conference Theme While ideas about well-being, human development, and justice have always been progressed, now more than ever is the time for us to push ahead. Problems like radical climate change and the many effects it has on the ability of communities to flourish worldwide leave us with little other choice. The Capability Approach and Human Development Paradigm have been playing an important role in this progress. They provide a meeting point for diverse perspectives, in- and outside of academia; link the Global South and Global North; and place the lives that people are able to have at the heart of well-being, development, and justice. Sustainability and equity are two of the pillars of human development, and while much progress has been made in understanding these ideas, new challenges have emerged. The urgent need to face these new challenges requires even more inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural understanding and exchange. How do we meet the needs of the present generation without sacrificing those of future generations? Can capability concepts help to distinguish sustainable flourishing from damagingly excessive living standards? How might we reinvent our means of satisfying human needs, so that our planet’s population can still function well while reducing consumption? In the age of rising sea levels, what are the bases of community if territory and historical connections to places are no longer available? And in the face of worsening ideological conflicts, how might economic, social, and political frameworks be rethought? Indigenous philosophies are highly relevant to sustainable and equitable development. They have been playing an increasingly prominent role in advancing social, economic, environmental, and cultural development around the world. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori philosophies ground the naming of the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui river) and Te Urewera (previously a national park) as legal entities with rights. Similarly, Kaupapa Māori Theory has helped to pioneer a platform for indigenous knowledges globally, providing space to reimagine the role of communities in research and development. Beyond Aotearoa New Zealand, concepts such as aloha ‘āina (Hawai’i, ‘love of the land’), minobimaatisiiwin (Anishinaabe, ‘the good life’), and sumaq kawsay (Quechua, ‘good living’) are transforming environmental thinking. Within and beyond the Pacific region, calls for sustainability chart a renewed course for development, highlighting the urgency and centrality of environmental concerns for tackling poverty, the value of diverse knowledges, and the need for local and global solutions. We can use this momentum to prevent that governments worldwide continue to ignore indigenous people’s knowledge and values and refuse to give them effect in policy and law. Cross-disciplinary dialogue and conversation among people with very diverse experiences provide us with exciting opportunities for discovering creative solutions to old and new problems and harnessing the potential of creative and often unexpected synergies. In this regard we ask: What new conversations involving the Human Development Paradigm and Capability Approach are currently underway? In which discussions should the approach participate in the future? What can we learn from perspectives that remain at the margins of current mainstream conversations? How, within the human development and capability space, can different values speak to each other? And how can we prevent that the silencing of differences and the monopolisation of discourses squashes innovation? Under the theme New Horizons: Sustainability and Justice, the 2020 HDCA Conference aims to provide an enriching way to focus on fresh ideas, new directions, and different voices that take us into the future. Conference Aims and Topics To explore the role that the Human Development Paradigm and Capability Approach, in interaction with other perspectives, can play in navigating the opportunities and challenges ahead, we invite scholars, activists, policymakers, practitioners, and students working on the areas of human development and capabilities to Auckland, New Zealand. We especially welcome those who are new to the field introducing us to new ideas and perspectives. Recognising the need for diverse participants to engage in innovative conversations and explore the potential for new synergies, we look forward to seeing participants from a wide range of research themes, topics, methods, professions, and regions. Submissions that engage with the role of the humanities in partnership with other disciplines in advancing the core aims of the Human Development Paradigm and Capability Approach are encouraged. We would also like to expressly invite the participation from indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, and those from the global south. Contributions to our conference on New Horizons: Sustainability and Justice may explore, among others, the following topics: - Indigenous philosophies - Sustainability, sustainable development, and SDGs - Transgenerational capabilities and human development - Capabilities and the virtues - Consumption - Capabilities and the role of emotions - Migration - Climate change - Capabilities: individual vs collective - Culture and religion - Capabilities and living standards - Island nations: challenges and concerns - Pasifika communities - Hope in the face of daunting challenges - Past and future generations - Transitional justice and reconciliation - Restorative justice and capabilities - Capabilities at the margins In addition to papers on the conference theme, papers on all core HDCA topics are welcome, including, but not limited to: - Philosophical and ethical foundations and implications of the Capability Approach - Methodological issues in operationalizing the Capability Approach - Capability measurement and empirical analysis - Human rights and development - Policy analysis and evaluation related to capabilities and agency - Education: rights, equalities, and capabilities - Health inequalities, disability, and aging - Urban and rural capabilities - The capability approach and arts policy/practice - Democracy and deliberation - Equalities and inequalities for children and youth - Human capabilities and psychology research Conference Sessions In addition to keynote lectures and other plenaries, the conference will accommodate seven types of session: 1) Academic paper sessions 2) Activist/practitioner sessions 3) Thematic panel sessions 4) Author-meets-critics sessions 5) Roundtables 6) Poster presentation sessions 7) Young-scholar-meets-senior-scholar sessions Important Deadlines Submission of proposals: December 15, 2019 Announcement of acceptance/rejection: February 15, 2020 Deadline for scholarship applications: February 21, 2020 Deadline for conference registration at early-bird rates: April 15, 2020 Final deadline for conference registration at standard rates: May 31, 2020 Submission of full papers/posters: June 15, 2020 Summer school for doctoral students: June 27-28, 2020 Pre-conference events day: June 29, 2020 Main conference: June 30 - July 2, 2020 For questions, you can reach us at: [email protected] The full Call for Papers is available on our website: http://www.2020hdca.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
