*Call for papers*
*Labor in the Global South: A Search for Solutions*
*A global, interdisciplinary graduate student research conference*
May 27-28, 2011
University of California Los Angeles
It is critical to reexamine the position of labor in the global South, in
the context of momentous changes underway in the global economic and
political order. Our goal in this conference is to take stock of the state
of work and workers in the global South, and to share best practices and
critiques of strategies to upgrade jobs and empower workers. *This
conference will bring together graduate students from the United States and
around the world to bring their own research to bear on these issues.* The
goal is not just to exchange information, but to advance discussions about
strategies and solutions. To this end, graduate student presentations,
which will make up the bulk of conference content, will be supplemented by
innovative labor-related practitioners from the South, in addition to senior
academics from the United States. Also, to this end, we ask that paper
submissions look toward solutions as well as analyzing current and
historical conditions. We welcome submissions that look at a full range of
issues involving labor, work, and employment, including formal employment,
informal employment, and household and other uncompensated work.
Submissions are welcome from graduate students in a variety of disciplines,
including but not limited to: sociology, political science, history,
geography, anthropology, economics, area studies, ethnic and gender studies,
public policy, social welfare, and urban planning.
*A limited number of travel scholarships* (airplane fare only) are available
to graduate students outside the United States. Participants from outside
Los Angeles will be housed with UCLA graduate students and faculty at no
cost.
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*Proposals (1 page) are due April 8, 2011.* Include your name,
institutional affiliation (including graduate program name), and country.
Please indicate whether you wish to be considered for a travel scholarship.
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Abigail Cooke
Graduate Student
Department of Geography
UCLA
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suffer and spill our suffering on other people."
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