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*Call for papers*
Tourism and Seductions of Difference Conference, September 10th-12th
2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
*Borders, unfamiliarity and (im)mobilities *
Session convenors: Bas Spierings (Utrecht University) and Martin van der
Velde (Radboud University Nijmegen)
The concept of ‘unfamiliarity’ can be used to explain whether
differences between countries and within cities encourage or discourage
interaction across international and intraurban borders (Bauman, 1995;
Timothy, 1995; Spierings & Van der Velde, 2008; Valentine, 2008).
However, no detailed and comprehensive analysis of the concept has been
undertaken so far within an internationally comparative framework. This
session, therefore, aims to bring together international scholars
working in the field of borders, unfamiliarity and (im)mobilities. In so
doing, our goal is to achieve better grounded and richer explanations of
feelings of (un)familiarity and resulting mobilities as well as
immobilities across international and intraurban borders.
We invite papers that explore, from a variety of angles – both
theoretical and empirical –, experiences, translations and effects of
unfamiliarity across intraurban and international borders.
Please submit abstracts (of no more than 200 words) to both Bas
Spierings ([log in to unmask]) and Martin van der Velde
([log in to unmask]) by Wednesday March 17th, 2010.
Please also check
http://sites.google.com/site/tourismcontactculture/project-definition
for more information about the conference.
Many thanks and kind regards,
Bas Spierings
Martin van der Velde
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Dr. Bas Spierings
Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht
Faculty of Geosciences
Utrecht University
P.O. Box 80115
3508 TC Utrecht
The Netherlands
T +31 30 253 1370
F +31 30 253 2037
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