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CFP - Keywords of human mobility: A comparative cultural perspective
<http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2014/panels.php5?PanelID=2855>
IUAES Inter-Congress 2014 and JASCA 50th Anniversary Conference
Chiba City in Greater Tokyo (Japan), 15-18 May 2014
*Panel title:*
Keywords of human mobility: A comparative cultural perspective
(EASA/JASCA joint panel)
*Short description:*
Keywords, as concept-metaphors, play a crucial role in theorizing human
mobility. This panel critically disentangles the culturally distinct use
of words and discourse associated with the mobility of people.
*Abstract:*
Concept-metaphors of mobility, from 'flows' to 'nomads', function as
buzzwords in contemporary social theory. While such key concepts have
been used abundantly across the social sciences and humanities, as of
yet a working vocabulary of these has not been fully developed. Given
this context and inspired in part by Raymond Williams' /Keywords/
(1976), this panel presents ethnographically informed conceptual
contributions that critically analyse mobility-related keywords. Popular
English keywords related to mobility include transnationalism,
cosmopolitanism, motility and freedom. In this panel, we are interested
in comparing this with conceptualizations in other languages and
cultures. The Japanese concept of 'tabi' (travel, journey) or 'kanko'
('seeing light'), for example, may be different from English 'tour' and
'tourism'. The English term 'migration' does not find any satisfactory
Japanese counterpart. Or in recent Japanese urban tourism, emphasis is
on 'machiaruki' (town walking), a concept that may resemble Walter
Benjamin's 'flâneur'. In his formative work, Williams sought meanings to
formerly understood words through examination of general discussions and
separated disciplines, a process which "posed new questions and
suggested new kinds of connection" (1976:12). Focusing on keywords of
mobility in a comparative cultural perspective, this panel explores the
epistemology and ontology of human mobility in more enriched, general
terms beyond the currently dominant Western concepts. By design, the
focus of each presentation on a particular keyword will form the
foundation of an intellectual conversation about the complex
interrelationship between ethnography, these concepts, and their
analytical value for anthropological knowledge production.
*Convenors:*
Noel B. Salazar <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (University of
Leuven)
Shinji Yamashita <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (Teikyo Heisei
University)
*Submission of abstracts:*
Before submitting online, please send an e-mail to the panel organizers
with the following data: title, short abstract (<300 characters), long
abstract (<250 words), author(s), affiliation and full contact details
_Deadline_: 26 December 2013
*General information on the conference:*
http://www.iuaes.org/japan2014/
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Noel B. Salazar, PhD <http://kuleuven.academia.edu/NoelBSalazar>
President, EASA <http://www.easaonline.org/> (2013-2014)
Vice-President, IUAES <http://www.iuaes.org/> (2013-2018)
Board member, Young Academy of Belgium <http://www.jongeacademie.be/>
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Author of Envisioning Eden
<http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=SalazarEnvisioning>,
Editor of Tourism Imaginaries
<http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=SalazarTourism>
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Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMoRe) <http://soc.kuleuven.be/cumore/>
IMMRC, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven
Parkstraat 45, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Tel: +32 475 537313, Fax: +32 16 325902
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