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CFP *Slow travelling: A precious heritage or a sustainable strategy for future mobilities? [ANTHROMOB]* *** Apologies for cross-posting *** 14th EASA Biennial Conference: Anthropological legacies and human futures 20-23 July 2016, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy *Slow travelling: A precious heritage or a sustainable strategy for future mobilities?* <http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=3961> *Convenors* Noel B. Salazar <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (University of Leuven) Nelson Graburn <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (University of California, Berkeley) *Short Abstract* The papers in this panel will shed light on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of slow travel. Anthropology, a prototypical 'slow science', offers an appropriate conceptual and methodological framework to discuss this from multiple social and cultural angles from across the globe. *Long Abstract* Since the 1980s, the value of slowness has been advocated for in fields as diverse as gastronomy, economics, education, science, technology and travel. The so-called 'slow movement' undoes the pejorative overtones commonly associated with slowness by referring back to age-old traditions and by proposing it as a sustainable scenario for the future of this planet. Applied to mobility, slowness is about finding the 'right' speed with which to move, in a way that values quality over quantity, long-term benefits over short-term gains, and well-being of the many over the few. The various papers in this panel will shed light on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of slow modes of being 'on the move', not only as a fashionable contemporary way of spending leisure time but, more importantly, as a mode of movement that reinforces the traditional connection between travail (physical toil and other, difficult 'labour') and (inner) transformation, as present in age-old rites of passage and transition in many cultures. What kind of value does slowness have for those forms of travel whereby the destination is more important than the journey of 'getting there'? Think of businesspeople, tourists and pilgrims but also of refugees and migrants. Attention to slowness requires a consideration of time use and the power dynamics and inequalities involved in people traveling, voluntarily or forced, at different speeds. Anthropology, a prototypical 'slow science', offers an appropriate conceptual and methodological framework to discuss these issues from multiple social and cultural angles from across the globe. *Propose paper* <http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=3961> http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=3961 Before submitting online, please send an e-mail to the panel organizers with the following data: title, short abstract (<300 characters), long abstract (<250 words), author(s), affiliation and full contact details Deadline: 15 February 2016 *General instructions and rules* <http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/cfp.shtml>http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/cfp.shtml *General information on the conference* http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/ -- ////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\//// Noel B. Salazar, PhD Vice-President IUAES, Member Young Academy of Belgium -------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor, Worlds in Motion (Berghahn) Co-editor, Anthropology of Tourism (Lexington) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMoRe) Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven Parkstraat 45, bus 3615, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium ////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\//// ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * * To unsubscribe: please log on to jiscmail.ac.uk, and * * go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page. * * ***************************************************************