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RGS-IBG international Conference: 31 August - 2nd September 2011
Panel Session on 'Migration, forced and unfree labour: issues and
approaches'.
Convenors: Kendra Strauss, University of Glasgow
This panel session will explore the diversity of geographical work on the
linkages between historical and contemporary forms of forced and unfree
labour and migration. Geographical research, and interdisciplinary work
involving geographers, has been important in theorising, exploring and
analysing patterns of forced labour, new and existing articulations of
unfreedom, and the globalisation of labour markets. This session welcomes
contributions that focus on all aspects of these processes, including (but
not limited to):
. Economic migration and the racialisation of unfree labour
. Forms and conditions of forced labour
. Forced and unfree labour, unpaid work, and social reproduction
. Regulatory approaches, frameworks and institutions and policy
responses
. Case studies of particular sectors or industries
. The theorisation of unfree and forced labour in capitalist societies
This session is being run as a panel session, but I would encourage
innovative contributions including short film screenings, reflections on
policy-oriented research, etc. Ideas for non-standard interventions are very
welcome. I would like to think about a possible published output from the
sessions and ideas along those lines are also very welcome.
Please email potential abstracts of no more than 250 words to
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Dr. Kendra Strauss
Research Associate in Urban Political Economy
Department of Geographical & Earth Sciences
University of Glasgow
East Quadrangle, University Avenue
Glasgow G12 8QQ
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