Dear colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to the following CfP. Contributions from Anthropologists are highly welcomed.
Conference: ECAS 2015, 6th European Conference on African Studies, Paris 8-10 July 2015
Panel Title: Urbanization and expatriate life-worlds
Abstract: African cities are hubs for expatriates employed by embassies, national development organizations, NGOs and transnational companies. These transnational migrants not only pursue their careers, but also rent houses, shop, travel, send their children to international schools, join sport clubs, visit restaurants and employ domestic staff. More often than not they are deployed with their spouses and children, who engage with their temporary home in their own different ways. While individual expats and their families have a temporary stay, the infrastructure that caters to them may alter cities and towns in a profound and enduring way. There are longstanding debates about the implications, legitimization and effects of transnational actors such as development aid or issues of land grabbing by foreign companies. However, individual foreigners working in these fields have not yet been systematically addressed in African Studies. This panel therefore seeks to call attention to the manifold activities of expats beyond their work life. We invite contributions which look at the life-worlds of expats in African cities and issues related to urbanization and inequality. How does this diverse group of temporary foreigners shape the local places they live and work in? In what ways do urban spaces, especially in fast growing cities, become the subject of contestation? How are certain places framed as “expat places”? And what constitutes “expat communities”?
Link: ecas2015.fr/urbanization-and-expatriate-life-worlds/
With many thanks and best regards,
Julia Büchele
Zentrum für Afrika Studien
Julia Büchele, Assistentin
Petersgraben 11
CH-4051 Basel
Tel.: +41 (0)61 267 34 82
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www.zasb.unibas.ch
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