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Visualising Migration and Divided Societies Conference - Friday 5th June 2009 Hosted by: l’Université Paris 8 and MSH Paris-Nord Venue: MSH Paris-Nord, 4, rue de la Croix Faron, La Plaine Saint-Denis, Paris The event is free, but prior registration is required. To register contact: Chris Gilligan <[log in to unmask]> Closing date for registration: Friday 29th of May 2009 Conference Programme 8.30 Conference opens and registration 9.00 Opening remarks Susan Ball, Université Paris 8, France / Chris Gilligan, University of the West of Scotland, UK. 9.15 Visual methods and mediums Chair: Carol Marley, School of Languages and Social Sciences, University of Aston, UK. Olga Den Besten, Centre for Children and Youth, University of Northampton, UK ‘Migrant children’s “doodles” and the realities of a segregated city.’ Veronica Vierin, Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice, School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland ‘Inhabiting the Cityscape of Turin : “illegal citizens” and Urban Social Practice.’ Nicole Dorr, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, Germany ‘Moving images: activists and migrants contest social precarity in the « new Europe »’. 11.00 Break 11.30 Visual methods and producers/researchers Chair: Dirk Hoerder, North American Center for Borderland Studies and Department of History, Arizona State University, USA. Vincent O’Brien, University of Cumbria, UK. ‘Presenting ourselves: refugees and migrant use of visual media for social change.’ Seok-Kyeong Hong Mercier, Université Bordeaux 3, France. ‘What’s visual when we answer with pictures? Visual dimension of reflexive photography interviewing.’ Melanie Friend, University of Sussex, UK. ‘Representing immigration detainees : the disjunction between image and sound in “ Border Country ”’. 13.00 LUNCH 14.00 Visual methods and space Chair: Petros Petsimeris, Département de géographie, Université Paris 1, France. Judith Aston, School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, UK. ‘Visualising migration: using spatial montage techniques to explore connections between past and present among a displaced community.’ Tristan Brusle, CNRS, Milieux, Sociétés et Cultures en Himalaya, France. ‘Living in and out of the host society: aspects of Nepalese migrants’ life in India and Qatar.’ Caroline Knowles, Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. ‘Privileged Migration and Urban Landscape in Hong Kong.’ 15.30 Break 16.00 Visual methods and audience/display Chair: Nancy Green, Centre de Recherches Historiques, l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. Anthony Haughey, Department of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland. ‘Engaging audiences in different settings, using different mediums’ Roberta McGrath, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK. ‘Migrant Narratives : photography, film and the archive.’ Barbara Wolbert, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, USA. ‘”Studio of realism”: on the need for art in exhibitions on migration history.’ 17.30 Close of conference 18.00 Reception and presentation “L’histoire des bidonvilles et taudis à Saint-Denis”, service du patrimoine culturel, DCPSL, Conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis. ***** Chris Gilligan Senior Lecturer Politics and Sociology Division School of Social Sciences University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Paisley & Hamilton Campuses http://www.ethnopolitics.org http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/reno http://chrisgilligan.blogspot.com http://westscotland.academia.edu/ChrisGilligan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave