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Apologies for x-posting. Call for Papers: "Disabling Neoliberalism" Special Paper Session(s) at the Association of American Geographers 2004 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia Actually existing neoliberalism (after Brenner and Theodore) -- that is policies put into practice as opposed to the range of neoliberal ideologies that underpin such practices -- have seen the introduction or intensification of a range of phenomena. These include (but are not limited to) new forms of competitive urbanism, increased labour market 'flexibility', criminalisation of the poor, and the introduction of market 'discipline' into the operation of social goods such as health, welfare, and education. Since such actually existing forms of neoliberalism operate in different ways at different scales and in different places, geographers are playing an important role in the analysis of the historically and geographically contingent character of neoliberalisms. These special sessions of the AAG's 100th anniversary annual meeting in Philadelphia, are designed to extend the important work of geographers to examine the complex imbrication of (dis)abilities and neoliberalisms. The title for the sessions, "Disabling Neoliberalisms" can be read as a double movement that offers two sets of opportunities for analysis. 1. opportunities for participants to examine the way that actually existing neoliberalisms in specific places operate so as to further disable people, including: restricting access to work, restricting access to workplace organisation, restricting access to welfare and social benefit programs, restricting access to carer supports, restricting access to education, restricting access to health care services restricting access to participation in civil society, restricting access to public space, and so on. 2. opportunities to examine the potential for contesting and disabling the impact of neoliberalism on people with a wide range of (dis)abilities in specific places, including: forms of personal resistance, forms of communal resistance forms of organised protest, forms of redefined visions of civil society forms of redefined visions of public space forms of alternative visions to neo-liberalism, and so on. We will be asking for sponsorship of these sessions by the Disabilities and Geography Study Group, the Economic Geography Study Group and the Political Geography Study Group. Those interested in participating should contact one of the following co-organisers prior to September 10, 2003: Rob Kitchin, <[log in to unmask]>; Rob Wilton, <[log in to unmask]>; or, Lawrence Berg, <[log in to unmask]>. -- Lawrence D. Berg, D.Phil. Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Diversity and Identity Dept. of Geography, Okanagan University College 7000 College Way, Vernon, B.C., Canada, V1B 2N5 Voice: +1 250 545-7291 ext. 2264; Fax: +1 250 545-3277 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Homepage: http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/geog/berg/Berghome/ Editor: The Canadian Geographer/Le Geographe canadien http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0008-3658 http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/tcg Co-Editor: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies http://www.acme-journal.org Canada Research Chairs: http://www.chairs.gc.ca