Apologies for Cross-Posting. We have room for two more papers and we will have two full sessions.
"White Supremacy and the (Re)Making of America"
Events from the past year in the United States indicate that far from being a "post-racial" society the United States continues to function as a white supremacist, settler state. The rise of Donald Trump and his not so subtle courting of the alt-right, the growth of extremist groups and the rise of Nazi and Klan organizations, hyper-militarized police response to the Black Lives Matter Protests as well as efforts to build a wall on the Southern border amongst other examples are indicative of the way race operates in the United States. In addition, we recognize the powerful historical precedents have been structured race relations of our moment. We propose a session that explores the ways in which rearticulations of white supremacy are tied to historically grounded geographic realities of race and empire in the (re)making of America. Specifically, we are looking for papers, of either past or present geographies, that engage with whiteness and/or race and that work through this contemporary racialized moment. Possible themes for this session include, but are not limited to:
*Historic Geographies of race and racism that explore whiteness and/or white supremacy
*Contemporary processes of racialization and efforts to remake white supremacy.
*Efforts to confront race and racism and broader efforts at decolonization
*The role of Geography in animating specific configurations of place, race and power and related to race.
Those interested in submitting a 250 word abstract should send their submissions to: Joshua Inwood ([log in to unmask]) and Steve Hoelscher ([log in to unmask]) by October 15.
Cheers
Josh
Joshua Inwood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography and
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute.
Affiliate Faculty Department of African American Studies.
Department of Geography
The Pennsylvania State University
311 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
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814-863-4894
Twitter: @JoshGeog
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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