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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Gentili Gabriele e Laura, Sono molto interessata a partecipare a questo progetto. Un mio articolo su Lampedusa sta uscendo con Italica e in questo momento sono impegnata nella scrittura di un saggio intitolato Politics of the Body as Body Politics che tratta del tema del "border" come "metodo" di resistenza e praxis politica (seguendo il modello dell'ultimo lavoro di Mezzadra-Neilson). Penso potrebbe essere un lavoro che ben si adatta al vostro volume. Codiali saluti, Simona Wright On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Gabriele Proglio <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > > *Cfp: Fortress Europe, Border Lampedusa**Migrations across the > Mediterranean Sea in cultural perspective* > > Edited by Gabriele Proglio and Laura Odasso > > This book aims to explore political, social, cultural, economic and > artistic expressions of, and issues around, Lampedusa as a metaphor of > several (visible and invisible) powers that, at different levels (micro, > meso and macro), impinges on the relations between Europe and Africa/Asia, > etc. The intent is to propose a comprehensive reflection contemplating > several approaches and perspectives regarding the relationship of this > island as first/last border of the Fortress Europe. Migration is the core > topic, but it could be approached with different materials. > In fact, the book will mainly include scientific essays but also > testimonies, photographs, pictures, comics and all other materials on > Lampedusa and its relation with the idea of border and boundaries. > This cfp is open to who is interested in problematizing the threshold in a > socio-cultural and historical perspective. Thus, we encourage even > non-academic persons – such as artists, poets, musicians and other profiles > – to contribute to this book. > > *Context and Aims* > The 12th of February 2015 over 300 migrant people left their life in the > sea area near Lampedusa. This is only the last of a series of “incidents” > happened since the 1992. The “spectacularisation”, mediatisation and > politicisation of the arrival of migrants to the Italian coasts are a > long-lasting topic. We seem to be used to watch the periodical news > appearing on our television screens and we are periodically shocked to read > detailed analysis on incredible relation between human being smugglers, > desperate migrant or sank boats. > The issue is much more complex than this very emotional “mise en scene”. > It calls for an in-depth analysis that grasp the historical ties between > Italy and Libya, the bilateral accords, the “not so new” security policies > implemented by European Union, the question of a revision of Dublin II, the > birth of new third sectors that work on desperation. Furthermore, Italy is > still depicted as the soft underbelly of Europe, but what happens since > years in Lampedusa is an overlapping spectacle of desperation and humanity > as the several appeals of some militants’ organisations and of the major of > the island point out. > Lampedusa is the place where the social relations of race, gender, sex, > ages and class are subverted and reproduced. The border of the island > reminds us the boundaries of European societies that are living a > schizophrenic era of closure (politics, administrations, etc.) and openness > (new militant groups, spontaneous bottom-up actions, etc.). > Lampedusa is also a Sicilian island that has suffered of a past of > immigration and that has slightly, as all Italy, reflected about it. > These intertwined questions contribute to the construction of Lampedusa a > metaphor or better a synecdoche. It is the part of a wider all, the > Fortress Europe that is concerned by a lack of understanding of history and > social relations in act since more than 50 years. Migration policies, > recognition of a debit to African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries in > the construction of some European countries and the perpetration of new > forms of modern colonisation and imperialism have heavy consequences for > the European Union. If still, we believe in this “union”, Lampedusa is just > a part of a wider geographical and socio-political space that has to > re-invent itself. > > For these reasons, to better understand the origins, the causes, the > consequences and the nuances of the topic, we are looking for chapters from > across the disciplines, and are particularly interested in topics such as: > > - Lampedusa as symbol of Italian migration policies > - Gender, Color, Race, Religion and its relationship with Lampedusa > - Boundaries, borders, frontiers, thresholds > - Body disciplinements > - Italian and International press on "accidents" in Lampedusa > - Memories of the diaspora, diaspora of the memory > - Fantasies, hopes, illusions, fears, imaginaries of migrant people > - Human geography across Mediterranean Sea > - Narrations of Lampedusa (documentaries, novels, movies, etc.) > > We invite article proposals, in every field of humanities and with an > interdisciplinary approach. We would like this book to provide the reader > with a clear sense of temporal dynamism as well as geographic differences > in the region. We want to illustrate the dynamism of racialization, gender > and class in the treatment of the Lampedusa issue, and would like to have > at least one chapter that is rooted in Lampedusa local memoires, perhaps > with connection to migration of the inhabitants or tourism. In this way, > readers will have a clear notion of larger historical and contemporary > overview of the island and its role in the migration to Europe. > > The deadline for sending to the address [log in to unmask] a > 500-words abstract is the 30th of April. > We will communique the acceptance of the proposal by the 15th of May. > Articles are due for the 1st of August. > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our > web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies