Dear All,
Just in case this is of interest,
Best, Sharon
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Subject: Diaspora: Northern Darkness: Engaging Blackness in Scandinavia
From: "Tuomas Martikainen" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, October 16, 2008 12:46 pm
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Call for Abstracts:
Northern Darkness: Engaging Blackness in Scandinavia
What is the history of Black Scandinavia? What are the experiences,
negotiations, and community building strategies of peoples of
Scandinavians of African descent living in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and
Finland? In what ways have specific national, as well as our own
gendered, sexual generational and/or migrational, histories presented us
with specific ways of understanding and negotiating the meaning of
blackness on regional, national and/or everyday personal levels? This
anthology aims to begin the process of writing this heretofore almost
invisible history - to mark our specific presence and strategies of
survival in what is globally often called "The North".
We, the editors, are seeking abstracts for an English anthology on
Afro-Scandinavians. The abstract, written in English, should be less
than 500 words, and include a preliminary title, your professional
affiliation and contact information. Email it to
[log in to unmask] no later than November 15, 2008. By the
30th of November 2008, we will have chosen about 15 abstracts to include
in the anthology.
Northern Darkness will be geared towards an academic audience, aiming to
address some of the specific contexts and experiences of
Afro-Scandinavians. We are mainly looking for essays with some
theoretical import, but also want to include references to personal
experiences and current social issues from various contexts.
Furthermore, we welcome different forms of creative writing, such as
short stories and poems. We are currently looking for a university press
interested in publishing the anthology. If you have any questions, or
would like to discuss ideas, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Suggested topics:
* African Diaspora in Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Finland.
* "Race" and "Race" relations in Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Finland.
* Afro-phobic discourses in Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Finland.
* Questions of identity and belonging.
* The Color of Gender in Swedish/Norwegian/Danish/Finnish gender research.
* Black masculinity/femininity and social space.
* Race and Sexuality in Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Finland.
* African Diasporic links and cultural production.
* Diasporic hegemonies.
These keywords and topics are of course not exhaustive, but are offered
as suggestions.
Editors:
Ylva Habel, Department of Film Studies, Stockholm University.
Victoria Kawesa, Department of Gender Studies, Linköping University.
Michael McEachrane, Department of Philosophy, University of
Massachusetts - Amherst, USA.
Lena Sawyer, Department of Social Work, Mid Sweden University.
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Diaspora.fi
http://www.diaspora.fi/
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Sharon Smith
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