AAG 2006 Chicago, 7-11th March, 2006: Call for Papers
Geographies of Citizenship and Movement
Organisers: Elizabeth Mavroudi (University of Durham) and Elaine Ho (University
College London)
Discussant: Professor Joe Painter
The essence of the nation-state, as we know it, is arguably the institution of
citizenship. The accelerated movement of people in the twenty-first century is,
however, bringing about a changing relationship between citizenship and the
nation-state that merits renewed academic consideration. This call for papers
invites contributions that will interrogate and re-think notions and theories
of citizenship (with regards to its political-legal, social-cultural and
economic dimensions) in the context of transnational migration and/or diasporas.
Submitted papers may consider
1. Migrant and/or diasporic perceptions, articulations, constructions,
negotiations and performances of identity, home and belonging in relation to
citizenship
2. Grounded (situated and material) and ungrounded (symbolic) realities of
transnational/diasporic/migrant existence and identities that contribute to the
production of citizenship (e.g. cross-border connections and transnational
networks and relationships; institutional and official opportunities or
hindrances to movement; ideas and practices of citizen rights and
responsibilities)
3. The changing nature, scale and spaces of citizenship, such as the
coupling and decoupling of citizenship and identity, particularly for those
with ambiguous or complex relations to the state (e.g. flexible and/or
cosmopolitan citizens, illegal migrants, refugees/asylum-seekers and other
racialised and/or gendered/sexualised groups)
4. Involvement or participation in homeland/host country politics,
activism or advocacy to address, for example, feelings of inclusion,
empowerment, exclusion, marginalisation and discrimination as a result of
citizenship (or non-citizenship) and residency status
Please send your abstracts (maximum 250 words) or expressions of interest to
both of the organisers at [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] by
30th September 2005.
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