Dear colleagues,
we warmly invite submissions to our panel "From Welcome Culture to the
Politics of Refusal. Mobilization and Political Transformation after the
2015 Migratory Movements" which will be held at the next SIEF conference
in Santiago de Compostela, 14-17 April 2019. Please feel free to circulate!
Please note that papers must be proposed via the website:
https://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2019/conferencesuite.php/panels/7182
The call for papers is now open, and it closes on 15 October 2018.
Best regards
Alexandra Schwell, Marie Sandberg and Ove Sutter
*From Welcome Culture to the Politics of Refusal. Mobilization and
Political Transformation after the 2015 Migratory Movements*
Convenors: Alexandra Schwell (Alpen-Adria-Universität
Klagenfurt/Celovec), Ove Sutter (University of Bonn), Marie Sandberg
(University of Copenhagen)
*Short abstract*
Following the 2015 migratory movements, the European political
landscapes have changed considerably. Institutionalized forms of
political negotiation and decision-making appear to be contested by new
and conflicting forms of civic mobilization, from Welcome Culture to
right-wing populism.
Long abstract
In the aftermath of the migratory movements in 2015, various civic
mobilizations have considerably changed European political landscapes. A
plethora of responses by European citizens has mushroomed, either
organized in cooperation with refugee organisations and NGOs or in the
shape of informal initiatives. Within media and political discourse,
such initiatives were labelled the new "Welcome Culture". At the same
time, refugees and migrants are met with moral panics, violence, and
discrimination throughout Europe. Right-wing populism is on the rise,
strengthening anti-immigrant sentiments and stereotypes.
Institutionalized forms of political negotiation and decision-making
appear to be contested by new and conflicting forms of civic mobilization.
We invite contributions that address, but are not limited to, the
following topics: How can ethnology and cultural anthropology contribute
to an understanding of contentious dynamics of political mobilisation
following the migratory movements of 2015? How do we as researchers
navigate in a field of mobilizations that is characterized by great
disparities? Which topoi do we, or can we explore, and which tropes can
help in building new insights? Do we need new concepts and terminologies
to understand these different mobilizations? To what extent can a
transnational look beyond Europe help understand the contentious
cultural and political dynamics of "Welcome Culture" and right-wing
populism? In what way are the usual divisions between researchers and
interlocutors, refugees and volunteers, guests and hosts, academic and
humanitarian interventions, subject to change in the light of
contentious civic mobilizations?
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