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Call for Papers
In the 21st Century, who are the displaced? At a time of mass
mobility and global change can we still speak of place-bound
identities; given current instabilities, can we still find meaning
in “the community”?
Displacement turns our attention to issues of justice, citizenship
and authority in relation to mobility but displacement also implies a
connection to the place left behind. Maintaining cultural traditions
and remembering identities emerge from a desire to connect with this
other place. The displaced often live through hope of an eventual
return.
We think of displacement as a consequence of forced mobility. At the
same time we are surrounded by the immobile displaced – those
stranded by the economic and political changes of recent decades and
for whom familiar places exist in an unrecognisable form – as a
historical context for disadvantage – antithetical to the place in
memory. Is there any common ground, a communitas, to be shared
between the immobile and the mobile displaced? Must different
memories destabilise any new community?
How ought we respond to these matters? What are the research methods
enabling us to understand such transitions at local, national and
global scales? What obligation do institutions owe to the
communities, the displaced and the place-bound, whom we make the
subjects of our research? What responsibilities do we have for
bearing witness (making an archive) of the changes in our era and our
locality?
This conference aims to unite students and academics focusing on
research related to notions of place and displacement and other
stakeholders. It will also serve as platform to promote collaboration
on topics of interest between academics and foster relationships
between academics and the wider community. Most importantly, more
light will be shed on the relevance of such research areas and their
importance for local, as well as global communities.
Thematic Priorities
* Communities
- New ways of thinking about community, identity and locality
- Public space, community and authority in 21st century Melbourne
- Community theory; local and global communities
- Creating a community archive
- The challenge in building new communities for the western suburbs
* Identities
- Memory, nostalgia and cultural critique
- Post-industrial inequalities in Melbourne’s West
- Theories of place, belonging, exclusion
- The politics and histories of identity
- Identities: hybridity and renewal
- Identities, tradition and new places
* The Displaced
- Citizenship, legal rights and the displaced
- Narratives of displacement: local and global
- Displacement and marginality: issues of social justice
- Displacement and recovered places
- Displacement, dispossession, disadvantage: tensions in social
justice
- Beyond displacement: pluralism; common ground and differences
Keynote Speakers
- Ms Paola Balla, Artist, Educator and Arts Worker, Museum Victoria &
Victoria University
- Dr Tony Birch, University of Melbourne
- Dr Ray Madden, La Trobe University
- Professor Kevin MacDonald, Victoria University
Submissions
We are inviting those who are interested in the areas community,
identity and displacement to promptly submit their abstracts for this
conference.
Abstracts of up to 150 words are due 20 June 2012. Please send
abstracts to <[log in to unmask]> and put the following
details in the email subject line: (your surname) PLACEDISP-ABST.
Include the contact details for all authors after the abstract (name,
address, email and institutional affiliation). For the corresponding
author include a mobile phone number. Please attach the abstract in a
MS word document.
Key Dates
Call for papers opens: 27 February 2012
Submissions of abstracts deadline: 20 June 2012
Early Bird registration close: 30 June 2012
Authors notified of submission status: 17 August 2012
Registration
Early registration $250 until 18 June 2012
Full registration $285 after 18 June 2012
Student registration $150
Details of payment will be available soon.
Contact:
Community, Identity and Displacement Research Network
School of Social Sciences and Psychology
Victoria University
PO Box 14428
Melbourne, VIC 8001
Australia
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://communityidentity.com.au/?page_id=655
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