(Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism
A Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference
24th – 25th June 2010
Cardiff University
Keynote Speaker: Professor Tariq Modood 'Civic Multiculturalism and National Identity'
CALL FOR PAPERS
The (Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism conference, organised and led by postgraduate students, aims to attract doctoral researchers from across a diverse range of disciplines including Anthropology, Architecture, Cultural Studies, English, History, Journalism, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy, City and Regional Planning, Politics, Religious Studies, Sociology and Welsh. It invites researchers to consider how the concept of multiculturalism – and its re-construction – may influence their own work.
Through discussion of cultural discourses, artefacts, practices and display, both historical and contemporary, the event will highlight current and emerging understanding not only of a plurality of cultures, but also of languages, media, legal and political systems; faith and linguistic communities; and epistemologies. It will consider how to apply this understanding to the re-construction and re-invention of collective identities, as well as to the cultural dimensions of planning and policy.
Proposals for papers or posters are invited from postgraduate researchers across the UK and overseas in order to foster institutional links between students. Current panels include:
· Globalisation and Multiculturalism
· Multiculturalism and Devolution: the Politics of Place
· Minorities and Diversities in Language, Art and Culture
· Parallel Legal Systems and Ethnocultural Justice
· Re-constructing Multiculturalism in Policy and Planning
· Postcolonialism and Intercultural Relations
· Re-appropriation of Indigenous Knowledge
· Multiculturalism in History
· Intercultural Dialogue
· Display and Performance of Identity and Belief
· Cultural Expression and Interaction in the Built Environment
The deadline for abstracts is 5pm, Tuesday 4th May 2010. To submit a proposal for a paper or poster, please send a 200 word abstract of the paper’s/poster’s contribution to the conference theme, along with a completed abstract submission form (attached to this email) to [log in to unmask]. Papers should not exceed 20 minutes and proposals should include contact details and a brief biographical note. Poster should be A1 size in either landscape or portrait format.
The (Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism student committee will consider all abstracts received and you will be informed via email approximately two weeks after the deadline as to whether or not your abstract has been accepted.
The conference is free of charge and accommodation for the night of Thursday 24th June will also be offered free of charge on a first come first served basis (subject to the acceptance of your abstract).
For further information, go to www.cardiff.ac.uk/gradschools/reconmulti or email [log in to unmask]
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(Ail)-Adeiladu Amlddiwylliannaeth
Cynhadledd Ryngddisgyblaethol i Ôl-raddedigion
24 – 25 Mehefin 2010
CAIS AM BAPURAU
Nod y gynhadledd (Ail)-Adeiladu Amlddiwylliannaeth, wedi’i threfnu a’i harwain gan fyfyrwyr ôl-raddedig, yw denu ymchwilwyr doethurol o amrywiaeth o ddisgyblaethau gan gynnwys Anthropoleg, Pensaernïaeth, Astudiaethau Diwylliannol, Saesneg, Hanes, Newyddiaduraeth, Ieithoedd Modern, Cerddoriaeth, Athroniaeth, Cynllunio Dinesig a Rhanbarthol, Gwleidyddiaeth, Astudiaethau Crefyddol, Cymdeithaseg a’r Gymraeg. Bydd yn gwahodd ymchwilwyr i ystyried sut gall y cysyniad o amlddiwylliannaeth - a’i ailadeiladu - ddylanwadu eu gwaith eu hunain.
Trwy drafod disgyrsiau, arteffactau, arferion ac arddangosiadau diwylliannol, boed hanesyddol neu gyfoes, bydd y digwyddiad yn amlygu’r ddealltwriaeth gyfredol a’r hyn sy’n dod i’r amlwg nid yn unig o ran lluosogrwydd diwylliannau, ond hefyd o ran ieithoedd, cyfryngau, cyfundrefnau cyfreithiol a gwleidyddol; cymunedau ffydd ac ieithyddol; ac epistemolegau. Bydd yn ystyried sut i ddefnyddio’r ddealltwriaeth hon i ailadeiladu ac ailddyfeisio hunaniaethau cyfunol, yn ogystal ag i ddimensiynau diwylliannol cynllunio a pholisi.
Hefyd gwahoddir argymhellion ar gyfer papurau neu bosteri gan ymchwilwyr ôl-raddedig ledled y DG a thramor er mwyn meithrin cysylltiadau sefydliadol rhwng myfyrwyr. Mae’r paneli cyfredol yn cynnwys:
· Globaleiddio ac Amlddiwylliannaeth
· Amlddiwylliannaeth a Datganoli: Gwleidyddiaeth Lle
· Lleiafrifoedd ac Amrywiaethau mewn Iaith, Celfyddyd a Diwylliant
· Cyfundrefnau Cyfreithiol Cyfochrog a Chyfiawnder Ethnoddiwylliannol
· Ailadeiladu Amlddiwylliannaeth mewn Polisi a Chynllunio
· Ôl-wladychiaeth a Chysylltiadau Rhyngddiwylliannol
· Ail-adfeddu Gwybodaeth Gynhenid
· Amlddiwylliannaeth mewn Hanes
· Deialog Ryngddiwylliannol
· Arddangos a Chyflawni Hunaniaeth a Chred
· Mynegiant a Rhyngweithiad Diwylliannol yn yr Amgylchedd Adeiledig
Ni dderbynnir crynodebau ar ôl 5pm, Ddydd Mawrth 4 Mai 2010. Er mwyn cyflwyno argymhelliad ar gyfer papur neu boster, byddwch cystal ag anfon crynodeb 200 gair o gyfraniad y papur/poster at thema’r gynhadledd, ynghyd â ffurflen cyflwyno crynodeb wedi’i llenwi (ynghlwm wrth yr e-bost hwn) i [log in to unmask]. Ni ddylai’r papurau fod yn hwy nag ugain munud a dylai’r argymhellion gynnwys manylion cyswllt a nodyn bywgraffyddol byr. Dylai posteri fod o faint A1, diwyg tirlun neu bortread.
Bydd pwyllgor myfyrwyr y gynhadledd (Ail)-Adeiladu Amlddiwylliannaeth yn ystyried yr holl grynodebau a dderbynnir a chewch wybod trwy e-bost tua phythefnos ar ôl y dyddiad cau a gafodd eich crynodeb ei dderbyn ai peidio.
Mae’r gynhadledd yn rhad ac am ddim a bydd y llety nos Iau 24 Mehefin hefyd am ddim. Y cyntaf i’r felin gaiff falu (yn amodol ar eich crynodeb yn cael ei dderbyn).
I gael rhagor o wybodaeth, ewch i www.cardiff.ac.uk/gradschools/ReconMulti neu e-bostiwch [log in to unmask]
