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Alexandra Szoke (Central European University, Max Planck Institute): [log in to unmask]
Ayse Yuksel (Central European University): [log in to unmask]
Conference SIEF2011: People Make Places - Ways of Feeling the World
Lisbon, 17-21 April 2011
We
are looking for papers for the panel “Rescaling Localities: Place,
Culture and History in the Neoliberal Era” at the SIEF 2011: People
Make Places – Ways of Feeling the World conference, to be held in
Lisbon 17-21 April 2011.
Panel description:
During the
past decades of late capitalism, the infusion of neoliberal logic into
many spheres of life has crucially changed places, as well as people’s
relation to and lives in them. The rescaling state appears to play
crucial roles in these processes, by construing particular areas within
its boundaries as crucial development poles worthy of further
investments and developments. Concurrently, state support is often
decreasing and localities are left to compete for non-state resources.
This often pushes cities, regions and villages to develop “unique”
local advantages in a bid to attract tourists, investment, new
inhabitants, or other resources. This response on the part of
localities includes not only “creative” solutions such as to recast
themselves as centres of health, finance or culture but also “sweeping”
changes regarding the relation between place, memory and identity. It
also creates opportunities for both various local groups and other
actors, such as tourists, business men, NGOs and development agencies
to more actively participate in shaping local places and lives. How are
such processes changing and reconfiguring places, such as declining
rural areas, war-ridden regions, or ex-industrial towns? What are the
particular local processes through which certain historical events,
cultural aspects, natural assets and local identities are construed as
valuable? And how do these processes reconfigure the relation of people
to their localities?
We seek papers that address such issues
through empirical research or that discuss the theoretical challenges
of analysing these recent processes from an ethnographic angle.
Convened papers should be no longer than 20 minutes.
Application process:
You
need to apply with a short abstract of 300 characters and a long
abstract of 250 words, through the online application form that can be
found at the following address:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2011/panels.php5?PanelID=779
Application deadline: 15 October 2010