I do agree that the first priority is with persecuted colleagues, but am concerned a boycott is a myopic response. Especially with a regime who would likely consider any hinderance to the advancement of knowledge preferable, if not exactly normal. A more significant stand, I feel, would be using the opportunity for those who can collectively gather (in person or via satellite, which it appears the upcoming SCMS conference is suggesting) to discuss active responses for a clear and public show of their colleagues unable to attend. This would also include Muslim colleagues who have gained entry to the US before the ban. Wouldn't it be significant to stand with them? Who feel persecuted in a hostile land?
That said, I have no idea what my Muslim colleagues in the US feel about this, so I hesitate to speak for them. So I'm not positing my solution as definitive.
> On 30 Jan 2017, at 17:56, Bayman L.D. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I think that our first priority has to be with our persecuted colleagues in what is proving to be a perhaps pivotal moment for global humanity. Therefore I would urge people to support this boycott call, and whatever other action will impede the normal functioning of what is quickly looking to be a regime trying to operate on the basis of arbitrary, widespread repression.
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> Louis Bayman
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> Dear Clayton,
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> Thank you for expressing my concerns. American universities are not our target. They'll all suffer the consequences of Trump's administration and besides, they are the bastian od Democrats for the most part. Besides, American universities already struggle with a financial crisis...
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> All my solidarity to immigrants in the post-Trump US, in the post-Brexit UK and in all destinations where things are not looking out for immigrants, specially Muslims. Let's be supportive of the US unis at times like this. Universities have the potential to encourage critical ideas and organize resistance.
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> All the best,
> Marina Fuser
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> De: Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) <[log in to unmask]> em nome de Wickham Clayton <[log in to unmask]>
> Enviado: segunda-feira, 30 de janeiro de 2017 11:31
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> Assunto: Re: Call for an Academic Boycott of International Conferences held in the US
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> Dear colleagues,
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>
> (I have been discussing this on Facebook so if you're friends with me there, I apologise for the repetition.)
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> Yes, the actions of Trump and his executive orders are indeed horrifying and angering. However, while it is extremely well-intentioned and noble to show solidarity with Muslim academics unable to get into the country, my primary concern is that the US is culturally steeped in strong anti-intellectualism - disregard and ridicule for the educated abounds, public dismissal of informed opinion and observation - and I'm thinking that perhaps boycotting academic conferences may be leaving academic colleagues out to drift who desperately need support. Solidarity with the Muslim population as a whole (not just Muslim academics) is important, and I think the best work can be done by engaging with the academic community to seek knowledge, understanding, and answers. These are, on the whole, people who sympathise with us and want to help as much as possible. Isolation only makes their struggle harder, and no governing body who suppresses and dismisses the need for education and critical understanding will listen to that community. They will want to divide and conquer.
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> Wouldn't it make more sense to, as much as possible (and unfortunately I can't afford the time and money to attend ANY international conferences this year), encourage colleagues to support and attend academic conferences in the US WITH THE PROVISION that each conference we support and attend sets aside time to plan or take action - legal protest, letter writing campaigns, any other legal forms - to oppose these bans? That way we can show solidarity for the academic community as well as those barred from coming into the country?
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> This is just a thought. I've been discussing this idea with friends and colleagues, and I truly believe that any kind of boycott would be damaging to academic credibility in the US, and we should create solutions which show solidarity with them as well as the Muslim population targeted by these horrible and illegal orders. While the needs of marginalised Muslim people (and let's face it, anyone not white) is more important than the needs of academics, I'd like to think we are smart, strong, and creative enough to generate solutions that help everyone.
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> I am proud of and humbled by all of you who want to work hard and fight injustice.
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> Best,
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> Wickham Clayton
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> Lecturer, Film History and Theory
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> University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
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> Subject: Call for an Academic Boycott of International Conferences held in the US
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> Dear all,
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>
> I am sure you have all been following political developments in the US with a mixture of horror and anger.
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> Whilst online petitions are increasingly common, and arguably increasingly ineffectual, still I feel that we need to signal our opposition to Trump's racist authoritarianism.
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> The petition below is a statement of solidarity with academic colleagues who, as a result of the 'Muslim Ban', are unable to participate in conferences and the free communication of ideas. I share it to the list, in case others would like to add their name.
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> 'We the undersigned take action in solidarity with those affected by Trump’s Executive Order by pledging not to attend international conferences in the US while the ban persists. We question the intellectual integrity of these spaces and the dialogues they are designed to encourage while Muslim colleagues are explicitly excluded from them.'
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> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNN_2HHREt1h-dm_CgWpFHw8NDPGLCkOwB4lLRFtKFJqI25w/viewform
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> Thanks,
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> John
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