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CALL FOR PAPERS
'Scales of Belonging' theme issue of Emotion, Space and Society
Theme issue editors: Nichola Wood and Louise Waite (School of Geography,
University of Leeds)
We invite paper proposals for a theme issue that will explore the complexities
of belonging from a variety of disciplinary positions and a range of spatial
scales. Belonging is about emotional attachment: it is about feeling 'at home'
and 'secure', but it is equally about being recognised and understood (Ignatieff
1994). People can 'belong' in a variety of different ways and to many
different objects of attachment. Indeed, as Yuval-Davis (2006) argues,
belonging can be experienced as an emotional attachment to a particular
person, or the whole of humanity; it can take abstract or more concrete
forms; it can be a product of self-identification or identification by others.
Belongings are complex and dynamic affiliations: they can be contested,
contradictory, transient and stable.
This theme issue will explore the complexities of belonging by thinking about
what belonging is and how it 'works' at a range of spatial scales and in a
variety of social contexts. Possible themes for papers might include (but are
not limited to):
* Belonging and the boundaries of inclusion/exclusion
* Belonging and security
* Belonging and identity formation
* Belonging and home
* The relationship between belonging and experiences of wellbeing
* Diasporic belonging
* Non-belonging
The theme issue, which has been accepted by the journal, is currently
comprised of six papers, but we are looking for two or three additional papers
to add to the collection.
If you are interested in potentially contributing a paper to this theme issue
can you please send a title and abstract of no more than 250 words to Nichola
Wood ([log in to unmask]) or Louise Waite ([log in to unmask]) by
Thursday 6th August 2009.
Authors who are invited to take part in this project will need to submit their
paper to the theme issue editors by 15th October 2009. All papers will have to
go through the journal's usual reviewing process before they are considered
for publication.
For further information on Emotion, Space and Society please see:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/713880/prefac
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