South-Asian Diasporic
Circulations and Cultures: transdisciplinary approaches
Summary: This international
conference will take place in Bordeaux on 21 and 22 March, 2011 and will gather
scholars studying the Indian world and the South-Asian diasporas from
various scientific perspectives (history,
geography, sociology, anthropology, or musicology). This cross- and
trans-disciplinary event is organised by E.A. CLIMAS (Cultures et
Littératures des Mondes
Anglophones) and U.M.R. ADES (Aménagement, Développement, Environnement, Santé
et Sociétés).
Presentation : The conference
will gather scholars from all the fields of the social sciences and the
humanities around the theme “South-Asian Diasporic Circulations and
Cultures: transdisciplinary approaches”.
The globalisation of exchanges and techniques and the increased mobility of
individuals have given a huge acceleration to movements of population. The
latter can no longer be conceived of exclusively in terms of the passage from
one territory to another, for migration pushes individuals forward to the
global scene while partially removing them from national territorial frames of
reference – hence, we must think anew the notions of territory and network. Ever
since the founding work of the French team of Migrinter of Poitiers University, we know that migration is no longer experienced
as a break or a parenthesis but forms an integral part of a social organisation
which is bricolée or at the very least
reinvented. Thus circulations, rather than migrations, will be at the centre of
our reflection. The notion of circulation is preferable since it does not
restrict movement to the simple act of migration and takes into consideration
all the spaces (of departure, of transit, of arrival, of settlement) which are
connected by the movement of people, objects (media productions, literature,
music, film, etc.) and ideas. It is inscribed in a field of inquiry which
concerns several sciences which study migration in the context of a dynamics of
transfers, as opposed to approaches that define it in terms of insertion or
integration.
The conference wishes to contribute to the renewal of the foundations of
the anthropology of movement through the questioning of the nature of this
circulation and of what it is that is being circulated, both in India and in
the South-Asian diasporic space. We will also ask ourselves the following
question: in what way is the Indian/South-Asian case particularly relevant to a
better understanding of such an anthropology of movement? We will organise the
conference around three themes which are representative of contemporary
research:
Theme 1 – Arts, music, literature and film of the South-Asian
Diasporas: we will be interested in understanding the way cultural goods
produced by the diasporas are circulated and what representations these mediations
create of / on India and in assessing their performative power in the
construction of hybrid, circulatory territories.
Theme 2 – Circulations in the Indian world (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal,
Bhutan, Sikkim) : here, we will focus on the different forms of
mobility in the Indian world and on how they renew the notions of territory and
network. The papers can deal with mobility linked with work, tourism or
“recreation” practices (as defined by the MIT team of Paris 7 University) or
with the symbolic and religious logics that underpin such mobility.
Theme 3 – Transnational
migratory circulations and Indian Diasporas: papers will directly
refer to various kinds of movements, people or goods linked with transnational
emigration. They will focus on the complex nature of the mobility
of Indians – their trajectories, their means of transport and their practical
and emotional investment of the space of their journey.
Deadline: Asbtracts (2000 signs,
in English or in French) and a brief personal notice (institutional
affiliation, status, recent relevant publications and a current email address),
should be sent by 15 January, 2011 ;
papers (30 000 signes) should be sent by 28 February, 2011 to:
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2 and 3) and [log in to unmask]
(theme 1)
Scientific board:
-
Baillon
Jean François, Professor in English Studies, CLIMAS, Bordeaux 3
-
Bruslé
Tristan, Junior Lecturer, CNRS, Centre d’études himalayennes, Villejuif
-
Carsignol-Singh Anouck, CSH New
Delhi
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Marius
Gnanou Kamala, Senior Lecturer, ADES, Bordeaux 3
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Goreau-Ponceaud
Anthony, Senior Lecturer, ADES, Bordeaux IV
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Landy
Frédéric, Professor, directeur du laboratoire GECKO, université de Paris
Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense
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Leclerc
Eric, Senior Lecturer, Université de Rouen, AILLEURS
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Retaillé
Denis, Professor, ADES, Bordeaux 3
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Servan-Schreiber Catherine, Junior
Lecturer, CNRS, CEIAS / EHESS, Paris
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Veyret Paul-Daniel, Senior Lecturer
in English and Indian Studies, CLIMAS, Bordeaux 3
Organisers:
-
Baillon
Jean-François
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Goreau-Ponceaud
Anthony