Please find below an announcement about the pre-IGU conference
being held in Durham.
Contact Eleonore Kofman at the address below, or Parvati
Raghuram at [log in to unmask] for more details.
Globalisation and Development Perspectives: towards a feminist dialogue
The IGU Gender and Geography Commission is holding a pre-conference Workshop Globalisation and development perspectives: towards a feminist dialogue 12-15 August 2004 at Durham University organised by Eleonore Kofman and Parvati Raghuram (Nottingham Trent University) and Janet Townsend (Durham
University). Globalisation and development have been two approaches to the analysis of international inequalities and changing power relations, which have not really engaged in dialogue with each other. The discourse of globalisation has generally emanated from the North and reflected its
interests in spatio-temporal, socio-economic and political interdependencies. There is also generally little research by feminist geographers within this paradigm (much more in disciplines such as international relations), unlike the more substantial body of work by feminists within development
perspectives. In addition, there are a number of concepts, such as transnationalism, or fields of study such as geopolitics, which intersect with each of these approaches. It would seem timely to explore what the different paradigms, including their critiques, can offer each other.
We welcome papers on any aspects which seek to explore possible relationships between globalisation and development. We shall be recommending several texts as starting points for discussion
The Political Geography Study Group is also holding their pre-conference Workshop in Durham and we shall be jointly organising two sessions.
The conference will start on the afternoon of 12 August and end the evening of 14th August For those going onto the main IGU conference in Glasgow, or just wishing to go for the ride, we shall be making our way leisurely by bus from Durham to Glasgow on 15th August. The total cost of
accommodation and conference fee (excluding the trip to Glasgow) is £180 for a room without en-suite bathroom and £220 with en-suite bathroom in St. Aidan's. The day cost is £35.
There are airports at Newcastle (nearest to Durham), Edinburgh and Glasgow. If you are going on to Glasgow, you may want to consider the airport which requires the least amount of overall movement. Train travel in the UK is cheapest if booked in advance. We shall include websites on travel
information but cannot act as travel agents.
.For those interested in presenting a paper, please send an abstract of about 150 words by 31 January to [log in to unmask] If you have already sent in an abstract to the previous call, you do not need to send it again.
Eleonore Kofman
Parvati Raghuram
Janet Townsend
Professor Eleonore Kofman
Department of International Studies
Nottingham Trent University
Clifton Lane
Nottingham NG11 8NS
tel. 0115 848 6303
fax 0115 848 6385
Dr Fiona M. Smith
Lecturer in Geography
Department of Geography
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
U.K.
Tel: (+44) (0)1382 344424
Fax: (+44) (0)1382 344434
E-mail: [log in to unmask] (also [log in to unmask])
Website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/geography/
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