CFP: 5th International Conference of Critical Geography, Mumbai, 3-7
December, 2007
Organizers: Kate Swanson (University of Glasgow) and Lorena Muņoz
(University of Southern California)
Title: Marginalized on the streets: experiences, performances and
strategies of street workers in the global north and south
Abstract:
As gaps between the rich and poor grow, the number of those who find
themselves working on the streets continues to rise. This workshop will
explore issues surrounding those who work in the urban informal sector
(i.e., street vendors, beggars, waste pickers, street performers, sex
workers, street children), drawing from examples in both the global
north and south. It will be an opportunity to unravel myths, share
experiences and uncover strategies pertinent to the lives and struggles
of informal sector street workers. Among others, themes could include:
ethnographic inquiries into everyday life; the role of the state at
various scales; resistance, activist, and entrepreneurial strategies;
and gendered, racialized and sexualized politics of the streets.
Contact: Kate Swanson, [log in to unmask] or Lorena Muņoz,
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Deadline: June 29th, 2007
For more information, please see the conference website here:
http://www.5thiccg.org/
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Dr. Kate Swanson
Urban Studies Research Fellow
Geographical & Earth Sciences
University of Glasgow
www.ges.gla.ac.uk/staff/kswanson
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