Preliminary programme
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOREIGN IMMIGRATION IN SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS - Privileged places for integration?
19 October 2006 - Open sessions
9h. Welcome addresses
9:30h-11h: Session 1: Introductory conference
- Keith Halfacree, University of Wales (UK) "Revisiting ¡®counterurbanisation¡¯: recognising the full picture"
11h-11:15h: Coffee break
11:15h-12:45h: Session 2: North Western Europe perspectives
Speakers:
- Knut Hiddle, Agder Research (Norway) "Transgression and reproduction: On diversity, otherness and mobility in the multicultural place/space"
- Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex (UK) "Intensification of work-place regimes in British agriculture - the role of migrant workers"
- Petra Vergunst, Scottish Agricultural College (The Netherlands/UK) "In-migration, power and community cohesion"
12:45h-15h: Lunch break
15h-16:30h Session 3: Southern Europe perspectives
Speakers:
- Charalambos Kasimis, Agricultural University of Athens (Greece) "The economic and social dimensions of the presence of migrants in the Greek rural regions: evidence from empirical research"
- Maria Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon (Portugal) "New waves: immigration to small towns and rural areas in Portugal"
- Ricard Moren-Alegret, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) "International immigrants¡¯ integration in small towns and rural areas"
16:30h-16:45h. Coffee break
16:45h-17:30h. Closing session - Other experiences beyond Europe: the Australian case
- Graeme Hugo, University of Adelaide (Australia) "Immigrant settlement outside of Australia's major cities"
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Workshop Venue: Sala de Juntes, Philosophy and Arts Faculty, Universitat Aut¨°noma de Barcelona, UAB.
For registration, please contact in advance at the following Email address: [log in to unmask]
Tel. 0034-935814809
Fax. 0034-935812001
Convenor: Dr. Ricard Moren-Alegret, Coordinator, Migration Research Group, GRM, Department of Geography, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain; and Associate Researcher, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, UK.
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