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CFP AAG 2017: Geographies of Care in the Spaces and Places of International Development
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers
Boston, April 5-9, 2017
Co-organizers: Roberta Hawkins and Amy Kipp (University of Guelph)
With the “moral turn” in human geography, academics in the field are currently considering issues surrounding the geographies of care. Specifically, feminist and critical development geographers are exploring care as it relates to the relationships between and within the spaces and places of the Global North and the Global South both in terms of care work and in terms of caring about others, or notions of responsibility (see Raghuram, 2016).
The unequal power dynamic of the care relationship that often exists in the field of development has been critiqued as a legacy of colonialism (Raghuram, Madge & Noxolo, 2009). With the increasing interconnectedness of the globe, however, the traditional spaces in which care occurs is rapidly changing (Luh Sin, 2010). New institutional arrangements of development involving private citizens, philanthropists and entrepreneurs add complexity to our understandings of care and responsibility, particularly across distance (e.g. Richey & Ponte, 2014).
The session seeks papers that address questions such as: how far one can care, how care is enacted/embodied in particular places and how conceptions of space and place impact care? The use of feminist, postcolonial or critical development studies theories is encouraged. We invite papers related to these themes and beyond:
· Feminist perspectives on care and development
· Postcolonial conceptions of care
· Care work and embodiment
· New actors and responsibilities in international development
· The geographies of care and responsibility
· Ethics of care
· Ethical consumption
· Volunteer tourism
· Humanitarianism and aid work
Please send abstracts of 250 words by October 18th, 2016 to: Amy Kipp
References:
Luh Sin, H. (2010). Who are we responsible to? Locals’ tales of volunteer tourism. Third World Quarterly 35(1): 1–21.
Raghuram, P. (2016) Locating care ethics beyond the Global North ACME 15(3). http://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/acme/issue/view/99
Raghuram, P., Madge, C., & Noxolo, P. (2009). Rethinking responsibility and care for a postcolonial world. Geogforum 40: 5-13.
Richey, L. A., & Ponte, S. (2014). New actors and alliances in development. Third World Quarterly 35(1): 1-21.