13^th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES

Theme: Mapping Spaces of Encounter

 

Dates: November 12 – 13, 2018

Venue: University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & PANEL PROPOSALS

 

With environmental destruction, institutionalised violence, territorial marginality and disenfranchisement plaguing the Philippine archipelago, the role of geographically-informed research, public discourse, and activist work have produced different iterations of mappings. New ways of mapping seek to redress various forms of inequalities. However, going beyond its cartographical usage, mapping as a powerful undertaking has the capacity to uncover and give identity to what is otherwise obscure. Mapping does not only represent a version of reality that is deemed located only in absolute space. Mapping as a process also creates the conditions of possibility for the transformation of places and spaces beyond a singular logic of politics, economy, culture and ecology. Mapping uncovers hidden socioecological entanglements and sociospatial relationships that make sense of the world as spaces of encounters.

The 2018 National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS 2018) aims to unpack the contradictions of the making, unmaking and remaking of these spaces of encounter. Spaces of encounter have long been the subject of geographical studies that problematize domination, subsumption, destruction, and co-optation, of different societies, communities, subjectivities and ecologies. This problematization is prevalent in representation of colonialism, patriarchy, neoliberalism, urbanization, economic restructuring, agrarian transformation, community development, and educational systems, etc. While earlier representations of encounters have focused on a particular logic of power relations, scholars are beginning to problematize and understand them differently. Spaces of encounter are now seen as spaces where negotiations, dialogues, deliberations, cooperations, partnerships, etc. take place.

The Philippines is an intricate web of spaces of encounter defined by diverse identities, knowledge, physical and imagined boundaries, and experiences. However, it is when boundaries, identities, knowledge, and experiences are shed or shared that new forms of understanding and counterstrategies that challenge dominant structures emerge. In NCGS 2018, we seek various and novel ways of mapping, academic interventions, and productive conversations using diverse theoretical and practical approaches. We also would like to speculate what future spaces of encounter 'ought to be' in the context of a highly complex and digitally-mediated world.

We invite scholars and practitioners from all fields to share their research whether in paper, poster or video format. Research may be on, though not limited to, the following areas:

 

Geography & social justice

Geographies of peace

Social Movements and Space

Political Geography & Geopolitics

Territorial Conflicts and Re/Deterritorializations

Drone Studies and Development of UAVs 

Subaltern & Postcolonial Geographies

Indigenous Geographies

Geographies of Education

Teaching Geography under the K-12 curriculum

Urbanization and Planning

Transport Geographies 

Maritime and Marine Geographies

Island and Archipelagic Studies

Agriculture and Rural Development 

Regional and Area Studies

Migration, Human Mobility & Diaspora

Population and environment

Geographies of Media

Spatial Humanities / Geohumanities 

Visuality and Space

Theoretical Geographies

Postmodern Geographies

Place and Identity

Map Art and Radical Cartographies

Mapping and Counter-mapping

Participatory Mapping and GIS for a Spatially-enabled Society

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Historical Geography 

LGBTQ and Gender 

Religion and Space

Identity, Community and Human Terrains

Disaster Studies and Risk Reduction Strategies

Geography of Economies

Critical Development Geography

Nature and Society Relations

Environmental Geography

Food geographies

Biogeography

Geomorphology 

 

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 

Paper Presentations

Abstracts may be submitted to the NCGS secretariat at [log in to unmask] on or before August 10, 2018. Submissions must be in Word format and should include an abstract of 150-250 words, keywords (3-5) and the author/s name, affiliation, email address and bionote. Decisions on abstracts will be released on August 24, 2018. Presenters of accepted abstracts are encouraged to register by September 15, 2018 which is also the deadline for the early bird rate.

Panel Sessions

We are also calling for panel sessions that will feature critical social and theoretical issues relevant to geography. For panel session proposals, submissions must be in Word format and should include a 150-250 word description of the panel, keywords (3-5), and at least three panelists, with their names, institutional affiliation, email address and bionote. Decisions on panel sessions will be released on August 24, 2018. Participants of accepted panel proposals are enjoined to register by September 15, 2017 which is also the deadline for the early bird rate. Submit your panel proposals to the NCGS secretariat at [log in to unmask] on or before August 10, 2018.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Deadline for abstract and panel proposal submission - August 10, 2018

Announcement of accepted papers and panels - August 24, 2018

Deadline of confirmation to participate in the conference - September 15, 2018

Deadline of Early bird registration and payment - September 15, 2018

Final program - October 2, 2018

 

CONFERENCE FEES

 

Philippine-based

Early bird rate (until September 15, 2018): Php3,000

Graduate Students & PGS members rate: Php3,000

Regular rate (September 16 – October 26, 2018): Php3,500

Late/On-site registration (After October 26, 2018): Php4,000

 

Overseas

Early bird rate (until September 15, 2018): US$60

Regular rate (September 16 to October 26, 2018): US$70

Late/On-site registration (After October 26, 2018): US$80

 

REGISTRATION FORM

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CONTACT

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ABOUT THE PHILIPPINE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (PGS):

Established on the 8th of December 1950, the Philippine Geographical Society (PGS) is a national professional organization of geographers and geography enthusiasts in the Philippines. Its main goal is to stimulate geographic interest through research and education, as well as to apply geographic knowledge in all phases of human activities. PGS publishes the Philippine Geographical Journal (PGJ) and spearheads the annual National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS). PGS is a member of the Philippine Social Sciences Council (PSSC), a private organization of professional social science associations in the Philippines.