[eccr] 2004 Annual Conference of the CRSI

>Mobile Boundaries / Rigid Worlds 
>The Contemporary Paradox 
>
>Second Annual Conference of the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion 
>Macquarie University, Sydney
>Monday 27th - Tuesday 28th September
>To be held on the Macquarie University campus (specific locations TBA)
>
>Call for Papers 
>
>This conference is dedicated to the examination of our mobile world and
>how it intersects with new and continuing forms of inclusion/exclusion. 
>
>We live in a world of change and movement. People, money and things are
>in a constant state of flux. There is movement from place to place. Our
>identities are ever-changing. Nothing seems fixed. As Manuel Castells
>has observed, we live in a space of flows. Despite the fluidity of
>things, the world order is marked by segregations and forms of
>exclusion, both new and old, global and local. The contemporary
>condition is one of paradox, torn between a general trend towards
>increased fluidity and the disappearance of boundaries, and the opposing
>trend that sees the thriving of old orders and the emergence of new
>boundaries of containment and exclusion. 
>
>Papers are invited from a wide range of disciplines and addressing a
>number of questions/issues, including:. mass, global media and the
>constitution of social exclusion;. 
>
>changing forms of poverty, inequality and exclusion;. 
>processes of media and cultural representation;. 
>violence, war, terror, surveillance and the destabilisation of inclusive
>space;. 
>the internet and network information and communication technologies and
>their contribution to social inclusion/exclusion;. 
>refugees, displaced, stateless and homeless persons;. 
>fluid bodies and subjectivities, biotechnologies and their exclusionary
>potentials, bio-power, bio-prospecting;. indigenous peoples and
>neo-colonialism;. 
>re-imagining the state, civil society and political space;. 
>globalised activism and non-government agencies, and their relationship
>with other global agencies and powers;. the changing meanings of
>citizenship, belonging and sense of inclusion;. 
>the challenges and promises of international law;. 
>global capital, global labour markets and new forms of economic
>exclusion. 
>
>As part of the conference, special themed sessions will be held. Two
>sessions are currently planned:
>
>Poverty Amid Affluence. Amidst the gloss of consumerism and talk of
>increasing affluence, new laws and policies systemically decrease the
>entitlement of citizens to income support and social services, while
>free trade agreements and reductions in income tax and employment
>standards increase the mobility of capital, trade and labour. Poverty is
>assuming new forms, creating new groups, such as the working poor.
>Professionals and volunteers in agencies are expected to expand their
>responsiveness to more complex demands of claimants while facing the
>constraints of short term contracts and narrow performance indicators.
>How can these developments be documented? How should we respond and what
>can we learn from campaigns elsewhere? International guest: (Prof.)
>Marge Reitsma-Street, University of Victoria, B.C. Canada.
>
>Changing Bodies, Changing Worlds. This session will explore the
>relations between various contemporary forms of bodily (trans)formation
>and the possible transformation (or otherwise) of bodies of knowledge,
>institutional bodies and bodies politic. The aim here is to analyse the
>ways in which specific forms of bodily (trans)formation might be
>inextricably bound to processes of inclusion and exclusion. Dr Nikki
>Sullivan, Macquarie University, and other noted scholars.
>
>Suggestions for other special themed session are welcome, particularly
>from people willing to help organise the session. Suggestions should
>include possible speakers (and papers), session topic and description
>(100-200 words). Further International and Australian keynote speakers
>to be advised shortly. Abstracts (100 to 300 words) for conference
>papers and proposals for themed sessions should be sent to Obelia
>Modjeska, the Centre Manager on (omodjesk /at/ scmp.mq.edu.au) no later than
>Monday 14th June, 2004. Conference presenters may 
>
>put forth papers for inclusion in the CRSIs refereed conference
>proceedings.
>
>
>
>Obelia Modjeska
>Administrative Manager
>Centre for Research on Social Inclusion
>+61 9850 9171
>
>


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