Call for Papers - Edited Book
EVERYDAY MULTICULTURALISM
Amanda Wise & Selvaraj Velayutham (editors)
Following a successful conference on Everyday
Multiculturalism organised by the Centre for Research on
Social Inclusion at Macquarie University, Australia
[http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/news_and_events/everyday_multiculturalism.htm],
we have received expressions of interest from a number of
publishers keen on publishing a collection on this topic.
They have encouraged us to attract a good international
spread of papers.
While research on multiculturalism and racism is well
developed, qualitative research into everyday modes of lived
multiculturalism, remains fairly limited. We invite papers
that explore quotidian experiences of cultural difference
and diversity. Quotidian diversity has been variously
described as 'togetherness-in-difference' (Ang 2000), and
'inhabiting difference' (Hage 1998). We take the term to
mean those perspectives on cultural diversity which
recognize the embodied or inhabited nature of living with
cultural difference.
We welcome expressions of interest from scholars doing
grounded research on the topic of multiculturalism which
explores the ways in which people experience and (dis)engage
with cultural difference using case studies from around the
world but which also make broader theoretical points
relevant beyond the locality involved. Accessible
theoretical papers which engage with the concept of the
everyday are also welcome. We are interested in papers that
explore the intersections and relationships between cultural
groups, rather than research taking a single ethnic group as
a focus. Papers can also examine:
* Interconnections between the everyday and larger
discourses of multiculturalism and nation;
* Everyday affinities and solidarities
* Everyday disjunctures, discomforts, and racisms between
cultures;
*Modes of living with and across difference in cities,
suburbia or regional areas;
*Food, neighbouring, shopping, school, sport, etc. as sites
for multicultural encounters and negotiations at the
neighbourhood level;
*Multicultural place-sharing and battles over place identity
and belonging.
Perspectives from any discipline are welcome, especially
sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and human geography.
Please send a proposed title, a 500 word abstract and a
short bio by 16 February 2007 to Banu Senay -
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Accepted contributions (5-7,000) words will have to be
completed by 31 July 2007 with a view to publication in
early 2008.
For all enquiries please contact - Dr Selvaraj Velayutham
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