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20/10/2008 CFP - Circulating Stillness: investigating lived mobilities
20/10/2008 CFP - «Planning for the Future – Learning from the Past: Contemporary Developments in Tourism, Travel & Hospitality»
Important Dates - Submission of Abstracts (between 500 & 700 words, plus main references): extended until the 9th of November 2008. Evaluation of abstracts and communication with authors: 16th of November 2008. Submission of final papers (full papers)* 12th of January 2009. Evaluation of final papers and communication with authors: 26th of January 2009. * Authors of accepted abstracts will be informed about the submission specifications/guidelines for the full papers. Only papers presented at the conference will be included in the conference proceedings. Submission Information & Further Details - Please submit abstracts (including abstract title, author(s) names and full contact details) by e-mail (as Word document attachments) to: TourismConference2009@aegean.gr More information: http://www.chios.aegean.gr/tourism/conference.htm
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19/10/2008 CFP – Forced Migration and Shifting Borders
in a series of interdisciplinary dialogues in order to explore, debate and understand the varied aspects of forced migration. The conference will feature keynote and plenary speeches from leading figures in the field while panels will explore a number of sub-themes and important issues outlined below. We invite proposals for individual papers as well as organized panels structured around three broad sub-themes: 1) Forced Migration, Global Politics and the International Arena 2) Settlement, Security and Social Justice 3) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Forced Migration Research Borders are featured prominently in the discussion and practice of migration: they exist as physical barriers and control points; they permeate our understanding of insiders and outsiders; they are implicit on the definitions of forced migrants and our perceptions about them. Governments are adopting “multiple borders” strategies where asylum-seekers and migrants generally experience “borders” not only at ports of entry, but also inside Canada (by virtue of being non-members) as well as outside Canada (through Canadian policies and allocation of resources overseas). The themes of this conference explore the experiences of (forced) migrants at those different locations; examine theoretical concerns about what it means to be an outsider when the “border” is conceived so flexibly and contemplate ways of overcoming these borders. 1) Forced Migration, Global Politics and the International Arena Current restrictive practices towards asylum-seekers and refugees raise a plethora of questions about politics in the area of forced migration; factors contributing to the plight of forced migrants; adequacy of current responses to refugee situations; and the nature of interaction between states, regional and international bodies in the area of refugee protection. What is the impact of state practices on forced migrant populations? How should interaction between states, non-governmental and international organizations be structured in order to ensure more adequate response to refugee situations? 2) Settlement, Security and Social Justice Conferral of refugee status is only one aspect of refugee protection. Meaningful protection includes not only a functioning refugee determination process, but also settlement and other supports which will help forced migrants build their lives in the host country. Issues of settlement and social justice raise questions about the treatment of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants generally in communities – both in legal and social terms. This highlights the existence of borders not only from outside, but also from within. What are the roles of local communities in facilitating settlement and inclusion of migrants? 3) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Forced Migration Research Issues of forced migration are becoming increasingly complex; they require interdisciplinary analysis and innovative solutions. The location of the conference in Ottawa lends itself to an opportunity for promoting dialogue between researchers, policy-makers and NGO community. What should the relationship between different actors be? Within these broad sub-themes we envision a range of papers and panels able to address a number of issues including: Labor migration and "illegality" | Resettlement, acculturation and social exclusion | Impacts of security concerns on laws and legal interpretations that define the rights of refugees and migrants | International impacts of refugee policies of the global north on forced migration worldwide | The gender, race and class implications of legal and policy frameworks regarding forced migration | Protracted conflict situations and trends in forced migration | Humanitarian aid, intervention and refugees | Development, displacement and forced migration | Safe Third Country Agreements and impacts on refugee populations | Security certificates, anti-trafficking provisions and surveillance and investigative powers of the state | Child refugees | Relationship between various actors (government, non-governmental organizations, academics) on issues of refugee protection. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Individuals wishing to participate in the conference must submit a 250-word abstract of the paper by February 15, 2009 (general deadline). The conference welcomes submissions of both individual paper presentations and proposals for panels. CARFMS is applying for SSHRC funding for the conference. The application is due on November 1, 2008 and must contain a sample of submitted abstracts and presenters’ CVs. To help us in the application process, we strongly encourage early submissions by October 24, 2008. All early submissions must include a 250-word abstract of the paper and presenter’s CV. CV is required only for the purposes of SSHRC application. Submissions should be sent to carfms2009@gmail.com. For further information please contact Pablo Bose at carfms2009@gmail.com 19/10/2008 CFP - Traditions and Transformations: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region
details as an electronic file to Prof Mike Robinson (ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk). You may submit your abstract as soon as possible but no later than 17th October 2008. Conference Organisers: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, and the Council for British Research in the Levant, Amman, Jordan. For further details on the conference please visit: www.tourism-culture.com or www.cbrl.org.uk or contact us at: phone +44 113 283 8541 or email ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk 25/09/2008 Forced migration and climate change - new research resources
24/09/2008 New study highlights future maritime traffic flows in the Mediterranean
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21/09/2008 Experts meet to discuss infrastructure projects in the Black Sea-Caspian Basin region
20/09/2008 New Book – Politics at the Airport
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http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/salter_politics.html 20/08/2008 Heritage in Asia: Converging Forces and Conflicting Values An International Conference, 08-10th January 2009 | Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Abstract Deadline: 01 September 2008 Rapid economic and social change across Asia today means the region’s heritage is at once under threat and undergoing a revival as never before. Expanding infrastructures, increasing incomes, liberalizing economies and the lowering of borders, both physical and political, are all converging as powerful forces transforming Asia’s social, cultural and physical landscapes. But as the region’s societies look forward, there are competing forces that ensure they re-visit the past and the inherited. In recent years the idea of ‘heritage’ – both natural and cultural – has come to the fore across Asia, driven by a language of identity, tradition, revival, and sustainability. For some, heritage has become an effective means for protecting those landscapes, rituals, artifacts or traditional values endangered by rapid socio-economic change. For others, it has emerged as a valuable resource for achieving wider goals such as poverty alleviation, the legitimization of narratives of place and past, nation building or the cultural profiling of citizens. And yet for others, heritage protection is an obstacle inhibiting progress, national unification, or the shedding of unwanted memories. In a region of immensely uneven change - such that the pre-/industrial and post-industrial all co-exist to create simultaneous presents – major analytical challenges arise from the need to preserve, safeguard and restore in contexts where aspirations for modernization and development are powerful and legitimate forces. To date however, much of the analysis of heritage in Asia has relied upon inherited or borrowed conceptions, and assumptions about what should be valued and privileged. The legacies of colonialism, state-centric agendas, social inequality, and the uneasy management of pluralist populations all conspire to stifle open and innovative discussion. There is little doubt that over the coming decade the contestations surrounding heritage in Asia will continue to intensify, whereby converging forces and conflicting values are the norm. Hosted in Singapore, Heritage in Asia: Converging Forces and Conflicting Values examines heritage in relation to the broader social, environmental and economic changes occurring across Asia today. Moving beyond sector specific analyses, we define heritage in holistic terms and include the natural and cultural, the tangible and intangible. We strongly welcome contributions which consider the validity of current heritage theory for understanding contemporary Asia, and where appropriate, offer new conceptual and analytical directions. We also encourage submissions from researchers who offer insights into the connections between heritage and social development, urban studies, post-conflict reconstruction, migration/diaspora, trans-national capitalism, human rights, or popular culture. The conference provides the interdisciplinary platform necessary for making sense of the broader contexts and forces surrounding heritage in Asia today; and, in so doing, offers an innovative look at the rapid and complex socio-cultural changes now occurring across the region. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Dr Nobuko Inaba, Professor of World Heritage Studies Program, University of Tsukuba | Dr Richard Engelhardt, UNESCO Senior Advisor for Culture | Prof. William Logan, UNESCO Chair and Director of Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific, Deakin University | Dr Johannes Widodo, Professor of Architecture, National University of Singapore. Proposed Themes: Heritage in Cosmopolitan Urban Spaces Across Asia cities continue to expand at unprecedented rates. Migrating populations, urban development and real estate speculation are placing severe pressure on fragile heritage resources. Simultaneously though, as cities compete for attention in today’s ‘new economies’ they increasingly draw on heritage resources to brand themselves as sites of cultural or historical interest. What strategies successfully protect historic sites from the real estate developer? What role should the residues of colonialism play in new urban blueprints? How can the social pluralism of today’s urban landscapes be reflected and equitably represented in the built environment? Potential themes include: Heritage and Performing The Global City | Industrial, 20th Century And Independence Heritage | Rural, Urban Transitions: Landscapes of the Vernacular and Everyday Heritage. Heritage, Reconstruction and Reconciliation In recent years devastating disasters - whether it be from earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis, or from the manmade violence of civil wars and conflict - have led to the destruction of irreplaceable architectural and archaeological sites across Asia. But should reconstruction and revival merely be about the heritage resources themselves, or can heritage play a wider role in the re-constitution of traumatized communities and the reconstruction of livelihoods? Does the language of ‘commemoration’, so favored by the international community, merely result in the retention of localized hostilities or can memorials be used as a tool for reconciliation? Potential themes include: Heritage And Post-Conflict/Post Disaster Livelihoods | Trauma, Memory And Forgetting | Post-Disaster Governance: Capacity Building, Geopolitics And Cultural Diplomacy. Economies of Heritage Heritage is now widely employed as a ‘resource’ for socio-economic development. The use of cultural and natural heritage by governments, non-governmental agencies and institutions like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank within a framework of development has yet to receive the critical attention it deserves. Is heritage merely being exploited as an economic resource by wealthy elites or can it contribute to programs of ‘sustainable development’ that foster more equitable economic growth? Can poverty reduction help curb the illicit trafficking of cultural antiquities? In what circumstances do initiatives to promote intangible heritage create gender specific economies? Potential themes include: Heritage, Tourism And Development | Theorizing the ‘Values’ of Heritage | Sustainability, Community, Participation: Concepts or Buzzwords? Heritage and Diversity. In recent years cultural heritage has emerged as an effective tool for promoting a benign language of difference within and across communities. But how successfully do current heritage policies reflect the cultural, ethnic and religious diversities of Asia? Do UNESCO conventions on ‘intangible heritage’ promote pluralism or are they enabling states to further their agendas of culturally profiling their citizens? How will the consumption of the Other or the exotic by a fast growing Asian tourism market influence the socio-cultural topography of the region? Potential themes include: Ethnicity, Culture And Plurality | Heritage, Human Rights, And Indigenity | Empowering The ‘Bearers Of Culture’ | Heritage and Modernity. Modernity across Asia has destabilized previously accepted assumptions about ‘authenticity’ and the aesthetics of nature and culture. Do heritage frameworks conceived within the cultural traditions of ‘Western’ modernity remain valid for Asia today? In a region undergoing rapid industrialization, is industrial heritage a relevant category of social commemoration? Does a concern for the preservation of cultural heritage inhibit the shedding of the ‘post-colonial’? How should natural landscapes best be protected from ‘modern’ intrusions? What rights should communities living inside historic landscapes have towards development and ‘modernization’? Do new media technologies present new opportunities for interpreting the past? Potential themes include: The Modern/Postmodern: Towards Asian Centric Theories of Heritage | Simultaneous Presents And The Multiple Temporalities Of Place | Media, Popular Culture And Heritage. Submission Details. 250-word abstracts and a 5-line biography should be submitted by 1st September 2008. Successful applicants will be advised by 15th September and will be required to send in a completed paper by 15th December 2008. Some funding will be available for those in the Asian Region, post-graduate students, and others unable to fund themselves. Selected papers will be put forward for publication in a refereed edited volume. Please submit enquiries and/or Abstracts to Dr Patrick Daly (aripd@nus.edu.sg) or Dr Tim Winter (tim.winter@usyd.edu.au). Further Details and Submission Form Available at: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=814 19/08/2008 Texts and Tours: Developing the Potential of Literary Tourism - Conference
Conference Audience. The conference will be of interest to: Destination managers at local and regional level; Tourism development organisations and promotional agencies; Owners and managers of literary heritage sites and landscapes; Owners / managers of historic houses and museums with literary associations; Literary societies. Conference Registration. A registration form can be downloaded at: http://www.tourism-culture.com/pop_up/forthcoming_conferences.html?PAGE=1 The conference rate is £70. The conditions and cancellation policy are deatiled on the registration form. For any enquiries or further information about the conference or registration, please contact Daniela Carl at ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk or in writing to: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change. Faculty of Arts & Society. Leeds Metropolitan University. Old School Board. Calverley Street. Leeds LS1 3ED, UK. phone +44 (0)113- 283 8541 | fax +44 (0)113- 283 8544 | www.tourism-culture.com 18/08/2008 13th International Metropolis Conference: Mobility, Integration and Development in a Globalised World
This year's conference highlights the links between mobility, integration, and development. The conference will bring to the foreground issues that are often lost when these general topics are discussed in isolation from one another, in hopes of uncovering new aspects of Metropolis' traditional areas of interest, new avenues for research, and areas for policy development that have been neglected in he past. For more information: http://www.metropolis2008.org/. 18/08/2008 ‘Educating the cosmopolitan national: Negotiating memory and conflict in making democratic citizens’ – Call for papers
difficult, as governments try to present narratives of national histories and character without inflaming (sometimes quite recent) conflicts. One strategy has been to promote a version of citizenship that negotiates cosmopolitan ideals and national histories. This session will examine the ways in which states seek to negotiate tensions between cosmopolitan citizenship and national histories in citizenship education programs. It asks: How do governments and elites attempt to overcome histories of conflict in re-building nations? How are policies of nation-building and citizenship-making negotiated and transformed in their implementation? What happens when these policies seem to limit the possibilities for reconciliation by glossing over historical “truths”? What happens when national policies are deemed inappropriate to the local context in which they are implemented? 18/08/2008 Iraqis in Egypt site goes live today!
http://www.iraqisinegypt.org/ 6/06/2008 Gilles Kepel i Fawaz A. Gerges, protagonistes del darrer debat del cicle "Democràcia en construcció"
Gilles Kepel i Fawaz A. Gerges, dos reconeguts experts internacionals sobre el món àrab i l’islam, debatran a l’IEMed sobre com afecten els conflictes i la priorització de la seguretat a l’emergència de democràcia al món àrab. El debat “Democràcia, conflicte i seguretat: un trinomi impossible?” comptarà també amb Martín Ortega, director del Gabinet d’Anàlisi i Previsió del Ministeri d’Afers Exteriors i de Cooperació. Serà moderat pel president del Centre Internacional de Premsa de Barcelona, Xavier Batalla. Aquest debat tanca el cicle "Democràcia en construcció: poder, actors i límits a la Mediterrània Sud". Consulteu la invitació d'aquesta sessió així com els perfils dels ponents i documentació en el Full d'informació. Dates: 12 i 13 de juny de 2008 Lloc: Palau de Pedralbes Organitza: Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània i IPEMed
Trobada Anual d’Empreses i Xarxes Professionals Aconseguir la integració de l’espai euromediterrani, un repte cabdal per al món en el segle XXI, depèn del desenvolupament de factors tant de caire polític com econòmic. Ara cal enfortir la cooperació econòmica entre Europa i els països del sud de la Mediterrània, ja en curs en el marc del Procés de Barcelona. La condició per fer-ho possible és associar de manera especial els actors econòmics privats de les dues ribes amb projectes d’integració econòmica regional. Amb aquest esperit d’intercanvi i associació d’idees per a l’elaboració de projectes de desenvolupament comuns, les Trobades de la Mediterrània tindran lloc enguany els dies 12 i 13 de juny a Barcelona. Reuniran 230 participants de països del nord i el sud de la Mediterrània, seleccionats per la seva competència en el sector empresarial, acadèmic o polític. Els grups de treball internacionals constituïts fa un any presentaran a debat els seus projectes. Durant les Trobades de la Mediterrània, les empreses debatran, enriquiran i validaran els treballs destinats a nodrir les propostes que, en el marc d’«El Procés de Barcelona: Unió per a la Mediterrània», es presentaran als caps d’estat d’Europa i del sud de la Mediterrània el 13 de juliol de 2008 a París. Els organitzadors han decidit atorgar un lloc destacat als següents quatre temes clau: espai financer, agricultura, aigua i energia. Els debats es basaran en la síntesi del col•loqui geoestratègic del comitè de consellers polítics de l’IPEMed reunit a París l’abril de 2008, que es va dur a terme sota el títol: «La Mediterrània davant els reptes geopolítics del segle XXI: una regió nord-sud comuna, laboratori d’internacionalització assolida». L’IEMed va estar representat en la persona del seu Director General. En ocasió de les Trobades de la Mediterrània, es convidarà els professionals transmediterranis a considerar la possibilitat de celebrar les seves properes reunions anuals en una mateixa data. Aquesta unitat de temps i lloc els donarà més visibilitat i convertirà aquest esdeveniment en un moment determinant per a l’acció comuna. Les Trobades de la Mediterrània tenen vocació de durabilitat i se celebraran com a antesala de les futures reunions de caps d’estat del nord i el sud de la Mediterrània. Els organitzadors L’IPEMed és una associació que precedeix la Fundació per al Món Mediterrani. Té com a objectiu apropar mitjançant l’economia els països de les dues ribes de la Mediterrània. Aquest think tank internacional treballa sobre els principis següents: independència financera, paritat nord-sud en les estructures, prioritat assignada a l’economia i treball durable. L’IEMed és un consorci, fundat l’any 1989, format pel Ministeri d’Afers Exteriors i de Cooperació, la Generalitat de Catalunya i l’Ajuntament de Barcelona. El seu Alt Patronat i el seu Consell Assessor apleguen universitats, empreses i personalitats mediterrànies de prestigi. Concebut com un laboratori d’idees especialitzat en relacions mediterrànies i d’acord amb els objectius del Procés de Barcelona, l’IEMed promou el coneixement mutu, els intercanvis, la cooperació entre els diferents països, les societats i les cultures mediterrànies. 03/06/2008 MA Cultural Tourism - Study how Tourism makes the World
01/06/2008 Journal of Comparative Studies of South Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East
Directory: fass fass -> Bypassing and waping: Reconfiguring Timetables for ‘Real-time’ Mobility fass -> The lessons from the anarchist experiences on urban social cohesion fass -> Lite 304 Anglophone Children’s Literature fass -> New literacies, old identities: Girls’ experiences of literacy and new technologies at home and school fass -> The involvement of communities in the development and delivery of csr policies Download 1.6 Mb. Share with your friends:
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