CFP *Slow travelling: A precious heritage or a sustainable strategy for
future mobilities? [ANTHROMOB]*
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14th EASA Biennial Conference: Anthropological legacies and human futures
20-23 July 2016, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
*Slow travelling: A precious heritage or a sustainable strategy for
future mobilities?*
<http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=3961>
*Convenors*
Noel B. Salazar <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (University of Leuven)
Nelson Graburn <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (University of California,
Berkeley)
*Short Abstract*
The papers in this panel will shed light on the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats of slow travel. Anthropology, a prototypical
'slow science', offers an appropriate conceptual and methodological
framework to discuss this from multiple social and cultural angles from
across the globe.
*Long Abstract*
Since the 1980s, the value of slowness has been advocated for in fields
as diverse as gastronomy, economics, education, science, technology and
travel. The so-called 'slow movement' undoes the pejorative overtones
commonly associated with slowness by referring back to age-old
traditions and by proposing it as a sustainable scenario for the future
of this planet. Applied to mobility, slowness is about finding the
'right' speed with which to move, in a way that values quality over
quantity, long-term benefits over short-term gains, and well-being of
the many over the few. The various papers in this panel will shed light
on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of slow modes of
being 'on the move', not only as a fashionable contemporary way of
spending leisure time but, more importantly, as a mode of movement that
reinforces the traditional connection between travail (physical toil and
other, difficult 'labour') and (inner) transformation, as present in
age-old rites of passage and transition in many cultures. What kind of
value does slowness have for those forms of travel whereby the
destination is more important than the journey of 'getting there'? Think
of businesspeople, tourists and pilgrims but also of refugees and
migrants. Attention to slowness requires a consideration of time use and
the power dynamics and inequalities involved in people traveling,
voluntarily or forced, at different speeds. Anthropology, a prototypical
'slow science', offers an appropriate conceptual and methodological
framework to discuss these issues from multiple social and cultural
angles from across the globe.
*Propose paper*
<http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=3961>
http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=3961
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.
We encourage you to do this as early as possible.
Deadline: 15 February 2016
*General instructions and rules*
<http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/cfp.shtml>http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/cfp.shtml
*General information on the conference*
http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/
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Noel B. Salazar, PhD
Vice-President IUAES, Member Young Academy of Belgium
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Editor, Worlds in Motion (Berghahn)
Co-editor, Anthropology of Tourism (Lexington)
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Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMoRe)
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven
Parkstraat 45, bus 3615, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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