Dear all,
We are inviting paper proposals for our panel "From Paths to Roads: The
Transformative Capacities of Roads on Movement and Relationships" at EASA
2018 in Stockholm, 14th-17th August. Deadline 9th April 2018
Short abstract
The construction of roads transforms movement, social relations and
residency. This panel examines ethnographically and theoretically how
socio-economic relationships facilitated by footpaths can be reconfigured
by highways, and how relationships on the move are experienced differently.
Long abstract
This panel considers the transformative effects of roads through the
different movement they facilitate. While roads can be built with multiple
intentions stimulated by various imaginaries, ultimately, they also have
the capacity to re-shape the movement of people, allowing them to travel
further and faster. The ease of movement facilitated by roads allows for
social relationships to be experienced differently. Migration is
facilitated, but so is dual residence, because of the convenience of
travelling between locations that roads create. The construction of roads
can also drastically impact on economic relationships. Where journeys on
foot to trade between neighbouring communities or ones further afield may
have been commonplace, when a road is constructed, these relationships are
often tested because of the ability of people to by-pass their neighbours
in taking their goods directly to market.
Thus, this panel also intends to explore what kind of ethnographic and
theoretical insights can be gained when bringing perspectives on highways
and local footpaths together. While highways may elicit novel and
interesting relations, social configurations, and patterns of movement,
footpaths might be constituted of other networks of relationships and
patterns of movement. In this light, the panel invites to explore the
following questions: How do new roads create different patterns of movement
and relationships? How do people perceive and experience the intersecting
spatio-temporal networks constituted of highways and footpaths? How does a
new highway transform people's ideas of 'place'?
To propose a paper follow the link:
https://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6477
For informal inquiries about the panel please do not hesitate to contact us.
- Jonathan Alderman (St Andrews) [log in to unmask]
- Marlit Rosolowsky (University of St Andrews) [log in to unmask]
- Lisa Grund (Museu Paraense EmÃlio Goeldi) [log in to unmask]
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