*Apologies for cross-postings*
Theorizing the refugee/migrant distinction
DGSKA/GAA (German Anthropological Association) Workshop of the Working Group
Migration
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna
September 1819, 2018, Vienna, Austria
Monika Palmberger and Eva Kössner (spokespersons GAA Working Group
Migration)
Deadline for application: May 30, 2018
Call for participation
So far, scholars engaging in Śmigration studiesą and those engaging in
Śrefugee studiesą often operate with distinct theoretical apparatuses and
engage in different scholarly debates. While refugee scholars often build on
the distinctiveness of the refugee experience and the necessity to
acknowledge related claims, migration scholars have increasingly argued for
jointly addressing migrants, refugees and other mobile groups through
concepts such as transnationalism or mobility/immobility. The
refugee/migrant distinction cannot be found only in academic debates but
also in ethnographic encounters. The question how to theorize the everyday
practices of enacting and reproducing the refugee/migrant distinction,
however, has rarely been addressed.
In this workshop, we will systematically tease out the parallels,
differences and interrelations of the concepts Śrefugeesą and Śmigrantsą
both in ethnographic encounters and anthropological debates. This includes
various intersecting domains such as (a) individualsą life-worlds, personal
experiences and strategies, (b) institutional structures, policies (local,
national and beyond), legal frameworks and humanitarian work, (c) media and
public discourses, and (d) academic engagement and intervention. Thereby we
aim to collect and discuss theoretical tools to anthropologically scrutinize
the refugee/migrant distinction that unfolds in the above-mentioned domains.
We particularly invite those engaged in refugee and/or migration studies to
reflect on the epistemologies, power relations and situated practices
related to the notions Śmigrantą and Śrefugeeą in their own research
(fields) and to contribute their ideas about theorizing the refugee/migrant
distinction.
Rather than presenting conference papers, participants will be invited to
submit short think pieces (approx. 2 pages) a few weeks before the workshop.
These think pieces will be circulated among the workshop participants in
advance and will be the basis of discussion during the meeting in Vienna.
During the VANDA Vienna Anthropology Days organized from Sep 1922, the
Working Group Migration is organizing a panel łMigrant versus refugee: An
arbitrary distinction?˛ (https://vanda.univie.ac.at/call-for-papers/). This
means the participants will also have the opportunity for presenting a fully
developed conference paper in this or any other panel during the conference
following our workshop.
Participation
We invite anthropologists (or those working in related fields) to take part
in this workshop. If you are interested, please send us an email with a
short description of your work (related to the workshop themes) and with a
few questions/topics you would be interested in discussing during the
workshop. Please send this together with a short bio to:
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Participants will be informed the latest by end of June, 2018.
There are limited funds available for our workshop for support with travel
and accommodation expenses. Please let us know in case you require funding.
Deadline for application: May 30, 2018
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Dr. Monika Palmberger
University of Vienna & University of Leuven
https://ksa.univie.ac.at/institut/mitarbeiterinnen/post-docs/palmberger-moni
ka/
https://kuleuven.academia.edu/MonikaPalmberger
new book publications:
Care Across Distance: Ethnographic Explorations of Aging and Migration
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HromadzicCare
Memories on the Move: Experiencing Mobility, Rethinking the Past
https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137575487#reviews
How Generations Remember (open access!)
https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137450623#reviews
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