Third International Conference of Critical Geography
Bekescsaba, Hungary, 25th-30th June 2002
!!!! This is a call for particiaption for one of the eight conference
themes !!!!
Borders, Migrations and Displacement
Co-ordinators: Anke Struever ([log in to unmask]) and Uli Best
([log in to unmask])
This theme will focus on borders, migration and displacement, including the
place of minorities and majorities in Europe, as well as questions of
control, images and practices.
We would like to invite contributions related to the theme. Some might be
inspired by the following topics, but the call is open for any suggestion.
Regional constellations of border regimes and migration
European Union and its borders
Migration to and within the European Union
Border controls and practices (e.g., channel tunnel, extended eastern
borders, Mediterranean borders, internal borders?.)
The (im)possible ways for refugees to move into and within the EU
Technological and discursive efforts to control borders and people
Sites and practices of resistance
New right-wing governments in Europe, immigration policies and the
"security" debate
Discriminatory regimes, practices and imagery at the national, regional and
urban scale
The role of the attacks on the WTC/pentagon in the legitimisation of these
politics
Critical positions towards these processes
Migration, control, empire and ngos
The significance of migration and borders on a global scale and at a
conceptual level
The role of (humanitarian) ngos in the control of migration movements
The linkages between local, national and global modulations of control,
discrimination and racism
Resistant politics and 'critical' academic research
Researching movement from a fixed point
The role of free-floating academic practice in a world that is strictly
segmented and bordered
The relation of the fixed researcher to the mobile subjects of research
The involvement of research in techniques of control
Following the conference's general format.......
? Most sessions will be panel debates, roundtable discussions, workshops
and other 'participatory' activities.
? If written papers are presented they should be short (no more than
four-five pages), written in plain, clear English or French, and circulated
in advance.
? Formal spoken presentations will be limited to 5-10 minutes.
? It will also be possible to table a paper (that is, to present a paper in
written form only, without a spoken presentation). The organisers will also
be able to provide written confirmation of participation if required.
Please consult the ICGG web page for more information, deadlines and useful
links at:
http://econgeog.misc.hit-u.ac.jp/icgg;
For this session, please contact Anke Struever ([log in to unmask]) and
Uli Best ([log in to unmask])
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Anke Struever
Nijmegen Centre for Border Research
Department of Human Geography
University of Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9108
NL- 6500 HK Nijmegen
Tel: +31-(0)24-361 57 94
Fax: +31-(0)24-361 18 41
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