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Call for papers for a session for the 2018 APAD International Conference “Migrations, Development and Citizenship”, Roskilde, Denmark, 23-25 Mai 2018 http://apad-association.org/en/2018-conference/ Processes of subjectivity in refugee camps and reception facilities: cross-perspectives from the global South and North Session convener: Lucas Oesch, University of Luxembourg Deadline: Monday 13th November 2017 Refugee camps in the global South and reception facilities for refugees in the global North have often been compared to ‘spaces of exception’ (Agamben, 1998). In the camp, laws are suspended by the sovereign power. Refugees end up without a ‘politically qualified’ life. Their lives are left ‘bare’, and they only retain a biological life. This understanding of camps has been highly criticized. It has been showed how the ‘political’ is always present and re-created in the camp (see e.g. Ramadan, 2012; Rygiel, 2011; Sanyal, 2014) with practices such as squatting, the transformation of the materiality of the camp, claim making, and so on. Refugees turn an ‘exceptional’ space into a living space (Agier, 2011). It has also been showed that camps are caught into broader socio-economic dynamics of exclusion (Martin, 2015), as well as into inclusionary dynamics (Oesch, 2017). Processes of subjectivity in the camp, and the ‘negotiation’ of citizenship, are an important field to be looked at (see e.g. Minca, 2015; Pasquetti, 2015; Rygiel, 2011; Sigona, 2015; Turner, 2016). These processes form around ambiguous lines of exclusion and inclusion. This session aims to explore this complex and ambiguous formation of subjectivity and citizenship in ‘refugee spaces’. It also aims to create a dialogue between studies concentrating on the global South or North in order to exchange perspectives. This session welcomes empirically based studies in ‘refugee spaces’ across the world (refugee camps, reception facilities, informal camps or gatherings, etc.) on topics ranging from, but not limited to: -Subjectification processes -Multiple forms and practices of citizenship (such as claim making, transforming space, etc.) -Critical approaches to Agamben’s concept of ‘space of exception’ -The politicization of space -Exclusionary and inclusionary dynamics -Methodological tools for approaching ‘refugee spaces’ beyond categories of global South and North Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent to [log in to unmask] by Monday 13th November 2017. Authors will be notified of selected papers by Tuesday 14th November 2017. Dr Lucas Oesch Research Associate Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG BELVAL CAMPUS / Office E02 25-350 Maison des Sciences Humaines 11, Porte des Sciences L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/research-resources/discussion/forced-migration-discussion-list-posting-guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/refugeestudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/refugeestudiescentre