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Dear colleagues,

the ISA-RC21 conference session

"Urban camps from a global perspective: resources, livelihoods and governance" 

is now open to abstracts - deadline: January 31, 2013. 

Abstract

At the turn of the twenty-first century, camps constitute an increasingly prominent feature of urban landscapes across the world. There are refugee camps in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia; there are camps and 'villages' for Roma/Travellers in Europe; and there are camps and centres for undocumented migrants and asylum seekers in Europe, the United States, and Australia. These are but some examples of urban sites, which, although planned as emergency devices for the management of displaced or unwanted people, have become enduring socio-spatial formations. The aim of this session is to explore how camps interact with the broader structure and infrastructure of the city, how they are governed, and how they operate as sites of everyday life. To this end, we seek papers that look at urban camps: (1) from above, by focusing on the ruling agencies and exploring forms of urban and international governance; and (2) from below, by examining strategies of access to material and symbolic resources among camp inhabitants. We welcome papers addressing questions such as: are camps shaping an emerging type of urban social order? What type of resources and what kind of discourses do ruling agencies mobilize in planning and managing urban camps? Under what conditions do camps from emergency devices permute into permanent socio-spatial formations? What types of subjectivities, understanding of citizenship, and forms of politics emerge in these camps? We particularly welcome papers that look at camps in minor and large cities, thus generating new insights, questions and perspectives for comparative urban research.

Organizers: Dr. Giovanni Picker, Department of Sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 
and Dr. Silvia Pasquetti, Department of Sociology, University of 
Cambridge.

See http://www.rc21.org/conferences/berlin2013/24.php


The proposed abstracts besides addressing the single sessions’ topics
 should be inspired by the conference theme of ‘Resourceful Cities’

            
Selection process
              
The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January 2013. Each abstract will be classified by the session organizers into three categories:
A – Accepted abstract to be presented at the conference;
B – Accepted abstract as a contribution to the 
conference (this paper might be presented in case of 
drop outs);
C – Refused abstract. The paper will not be presented at the conference.

Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to [log in to unmask] and to the session organizers ([log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]).

            Authors of accepted abstracts should send their paper not later than June 15th 2013 to: [log in to unmask] and to the session organizers. The accepted papers will be published online on the www.rc21.org website only if submitted in time.

Abstracts should include the following information:
1. The session to which the      abstract is submitted.
2. A synthesis of the issues to be      addressed in the 
paper, the hypothesis underlying them, the empirical      and/or the 
theoretical basis, and the structure of the paper (300-500 words).
3. The contact of the author(s):      Name(s), 
affiliation, address (including ZIP), a phone nr. (will not be      made
 public) and an e-mail address.



Kind regards,
Giovanni

....

Giovanni Picker
Post-doc, Sociology
Higher School of Economics
3, Krochnovski Pr., K. 421, Moscow







 		 	   		  
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