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Announcement of the
1999 Southern Regional Conference of the
International Geographical Union Commission on Gender,
Hosted by Department of Geography,
University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa/New Zealand
DATES
Monday 8 February to Thursday 11 February 1999
VENUE
St Margarets College, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
CONFERENCE FOCUS, STRUCTURE AND SUBTHEMES
This conference is designed to address the current agenda of the IGU
Commission on Gender and Geography. We will explore the contested nature of
human rights and rites. In so doing, we will investigate the gendered
spaces and perspectives which enable a critical reading of these rights,
responsibilities and practices.
The conference committee invites outlines and abstracts from participants for:
academic papers, posters presentations, discussion panels, facilitated
practical workshop sessions and team presentations.
Four broad subthemes have been developed to stimulate thought and
encourage connections across the conference. Accordingly, we invite
academic and creative participation in any one of the following areas:
GENDERED SITES: including where we experience boundaries, performances
and negotiations of human rights, (e.g. the body - 'home' and/or
workplace - 'private'/'public' spaces - family - community - nation and
region)
HUMAN RIGHTS: signifying the rights, responsibilities and practices which shape the
quality of our lives and choices (e.g. access to all
types of resources and services).
GENDERED SIGHTS: indicating the situated knowledges, strategic approaches
and purposeful accounts we can mobilise (e.g. regimes of
representations, landscapes of access or protest over rights)
HUMAN RITES: signifying the practices and contestations of rights and
gendered life (e.g rites of passage within different arenas - opportunities
for strategic action)
MORE ABOUT THE IGU
The IGU (established in 1922) aims to promote the study of
geographical problems and to facilitate international co-operation in
research, among other aims. Every four years an international Congress is
held. Between congresses the scientific work is carried out by commissions.
'Gender and Geography' is one of these commissions, currently chaired
by Prof. Ruth Fincher (Australia).
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
We invite participation from academics, postgraduates, teachers,
community workers, activists, policy makers, and planners. In
particular, we hope to attract many scholars from the Southern hemisphere
and the Asia-Pacific region, since this will be an IGU Regional
Conference.
CONFERENCE LOCATION AND VENUE
Aotearoa/New Zealand is a particularly appropriate location for the 1999
IGU Gender Conference, with its historical and contemporary contestation
of colonial/postcolonial identities, land rights/rites and sights/sites.
The conference sessions and accommodation will be at St Margaret's
College, University of Otago. The University is New Zealand's oldest, and
the recently refurbished St Margaret's College was one of the first
women's residential colleges to be built in the Southern Hemisphere.
The University of Otago is close to the city centre of Dunedin. The city
is renowned for its historic architecture and lively student culture. It
is set in a landscape of green hills with a tranquil harbour and unspoilt
coves and beaches. Dunedin is located five hours drive south of
Christchurch and is served by regular domestic flights, bus services, and
a daily passenger train.
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE TIMETABLE
Pre and post-conference activites are being organised.
Day 1: Monday 8 Feb. Registration from 2 p.m.
Reception 5 - 7 p.m.
Day 2: Tuesday 9 Feb. Conference Opening 8.30 - 9 a.m.
Full day of sessions 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Academic, activist and community night 8 - 10 p.m.
Day 3: Wednesday 10 Feb. Full day of sessions 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
IGU Commission Meeting 4 - 5 p.m.
Conference Dinner 8 p.m. until late
Day 4: Thursday 11 Feb. Half day of sessions 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Closing Plenary and Lunch 12 - 2 p.m.
PAPERS AND PRE-CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
A bound copy of the Pre-Conference Proceedings, including all abstracts
and papers, will be provided to participants upon registration (Monday 8
February). All presenters wishing to have their abstracts and/or paper
published in the Pre-Conference Proceedings should submit a copy of the
paper or abstract by 2 November 1998. More details are available from
the Proceedings Editors:
Robin Peace and Robyn Longhurst
Department of Geography, University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND
email: [log in to unmask] OR [log in to unmask]
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Please register your interest in attending Gendered Sites, Human Rights:
Gendered Sights, Human Rites', by forwarding the following information:
Name and Title
Institution
Mail Address
Email
Please tick as many of the following boxes as appropriate
I would like to be on a mailing list for further information
I would like to attend the conference (but will confirm this when
registrations open)
I would like to give a paper
(please specify general topic: ________________________________________)
I would like to participate in a non-paper session
(please specify general topic: ________________________________________)
I would like to serve as a discussant or chair a session
I would like to attend the pre-conference activities (but will confirm
this when registrations open)
I would like to attend the post-conference field trip (but will confirm
this when registrations open)
Expressions of Interest including the above information should be
forwarded by
14 August 1998, to:
Ruth Liepins
Conference Convenor
Department of Geography, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin,
NEW ZEALAND
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Message sent by
Robin Law
Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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