Dear all,
Please see attached the latest call for Papers from Etnofoor on FREEDOM. Please check it out and circulate widely!
Thanks,
Etnofoor, Call for Papers:
FREEDOM
The study of freedom, or being free, is often characterised by a focus on its relative absence. That is, the emphasis is usually on what people strive to be free from, for example from oppression or persecution. Hence, studies about freedom often do not tell us much about the experience of freedom itself, but rather about the (imagined) absence of it. In this issue of Etnofoor we would like to challenge authors to submit work
that concerns freedom itself which can help us to understand its subjective meanings.
The concept of freedom has a multitude of interpretations, and whether it is a fully attainable state has been subject to longstanding philosophical and legal debates. These debates relate to, for example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and freedom of opinion, religion, movement and freedom from want and fear. Here we would like to go beyond the philosophical and judicial implications of these debates, and invite contributions that relate to freedom as an experience or, in cases where freedom is lacking, to freedom as hope, aspiration and imagination. That is, freedom, both as an experience and as an idea, is shaped and navigated in day-to-day life. For example, freedom of religion is constantly renegotiated, not only in legal terms, but also in its daily experience (for example the ‘burkini-gate’). Similarly, one may look at the freedom of speech: how is it practiced, and what are its implications?
On a different scale, freedom is often nationally celebrated, and linked to the commemoration of past wars and conflicts. How is freedom interpreted within such rituals, and how does its meaning change over time? What does celebrating freedom mean in the context of political realities, also in relation to the ‘non-freedom’ of others? What part do states play in securing freedom, and how does this relate to states as a threat to freedom? Moreover, what does freedom look like when we are ‘not free’, when people are stuck in wars, in prisons or live under oppressive regimes? How can we use the idea of ‘freedom’ to understand human experience in such circumstances?
Other issues that could be of interest are ideas relating to sexual freedom, freedom of movement, freedom from disease, freedom of authority (anarchism), individual freedom versus the state apparatus (for example, freedom of information in relation to national interests), internet freedom (for example, bits of freedom), freedom in relation to work-life balance, development as freedom, and issues relating to human versus animals (for example, the animal liberation front).
The editors of Etnofoor are interested in the wide array of subjects that potentially fall under ‘freedom’ and we welcome explorations within this field. In particular, we urge authors to consider freedom in its subjective and emic meanings and invite them to submit an abstract of no more than 200 words to [log in to unmask] before October 30th 2016. The deadline for authors of accepted abstracts to submit their full paper for consideration will be around February 2017.
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dr. Erella Grassiani
Dept. of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies
University of Amsterdam
PO Box 15629
1001 NC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Amsterdam
PO Box 15509
1001 NA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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