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CFP
*"Moveo ergo sum": Towards an anthropology of embodied mobilities
<http://www.nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/suite/panels.php5?PanelID=5227>*
CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference ‘Mo(u)vement’, Ottawa, Canada (2-7 May 2017)
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*Convenors*
Noel B. Salazar (University of Leuven)
Linda McNenly (Wilfrid Laurier University)
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*Short Abstract*
What does ‘active’ movement (in contrast to being moved) do to our
bodies and minds? What do active movers hope to achieve (apart from the
obvious health benefits)? Which transformations are desired and which
ones obtained? This panel will address these and related questions.
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*Long Abstract*
The human species has been on the move since people were able to stand
upright, a human powered mobility that meets various needs. Historical
developments in transport technologies have radically altered both the
purpose and physical experience of travelling. For those who can afford
it and are allowed to, contemporary travels are commonly characterized
by increased comfort, speed, and distance. Interestingly, however,
highly industrialized societies are witnessing an increasing move (back)
towards so-called 'active' and human powered modes of transportation in
terms of daily home-work movements, recreational mobilities (walking,
cycling or running being the most popular ones), and travels (e.g.
walking tours, hiking and trails, and ‘pilgrimages’). What precisely is
at stake in this trend? How do these sought after bodily motions (and
the related emotions) compare to the forcibly 'slow' modes of mobility
by many refugees (e.g. those desperately trying to enter the EU) or to
the historical journeys of long-distance pilgrims? What does active
movement (in contrast to being moved) do to our bodies and minds? How
does ‘active’ movement affect the way we interact and think about our
environments or sense of place? What do active movers hope to achieve
(apart from the obvious health benefits)? Which transformations are
desired and which ones obtained? Based on ethnographic data and
innovative conceptual frameworks, this panel will address these and
related questions.
*Practical information*
Online proposal submission form:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/suite/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=5227
CFP deadline: */19 December 2016/*
Conference website: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/en/index
CASCAIUAES2017 student travel grants:
http://cas-sca.ca/conference/upcoming-conference/student-travel-grant
Please direct CASCA/IUAES2017 inquiries to [log in to unmask]
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Kind regards,
Noel Salazar
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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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