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[ecrea] CFP South-Asian Diasporic Circulations and Cultures Conference: transdisciplinary approaches

Thu Nov 04 21:07:06 GMT 2010



South-Asian Diasporic Circulations and Cultures: transdisciplinary approaches





Summary: This international conference will take place in Bordeaux on 21 and 22 March, 2011 and will gather scholars studying the Indian world and the South-Asian diasporas from various scientific perspectives (history, geography, sociology, anthropology, or musicology). This cross- and trans-disciplinary event is organised by E.A. CLIMAS (Cultures et Littératures des Mondes Anglophones) and U.M.R. ADES (Aménagement, Développement, Environnement, Santé et Sociétés).





Presentation : The conference will gather scholars from all the fields of the social sciences and the humanities around the theme ?South-Asian Diasporic Circulations and Cultures: transdisciplinary approaches?. The globalisation of exchanges and techniques and the increased mobility of individuals have given a huge acceleration to movements of population. The latter can no longer be conceived of exclusively in terms of the passage from one territory to another, for migration pushes individuals forward to the global scene while partially removing them from national territorial frames of reference ? hence, we must think anew the notions of territory and network. Ever since the founding work of the French team of Migrinter of Poitiers University, we know that migration is no longer experienced as a break or a parenthesis but forms an integral part of a social organisation which is bricolée or at the very least reinvented. Thus circulations, rather than migrations, will be at the centre of our reflection. The notion of circulation is preferable since it does not restrict movement to the simple act of migration and takes into consideration all the spaces (of departure, of transit, of arrival, of settlement) which are connected by the movement of people, objects (media productions, literature, music, film, etc.) and ideas. It is inscribed in a field of inquiry which concerns several sciences which study migration in the context of a dynamics of transfers, as opposed to approaches that define it in terms of insertion or integration.

The conference wishes to contribute to the renewal of the foundations of the anthropology of movement through the questioning of the nature of this circulation and of what it is that is being circulated, both in India and in the South-Asian diasporic space. We will also ask ourselves the following question: in what way is the Indian/South-Asian case particularly relevant to a better understanding of such an anthropology of movement? We will organise the conference around three themes which are representative of contemporary research:



Theme 1 ? Arts, music, literature and film of the South-Asian Diasporas: we will be interested in understanding the way cultural goods produced by the diasporas are circulated and what representations these mediations create of / on India and in assessing their performative power in the construction of hybrid, circulatory territories.

Theme 2 ? Circulations in the Indian world (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim) : here, we will focus on the different forms of mobility in the Indian world and on how they renew the notions of territory and network. The papers can deal with mobility linked with work, tourism or ?recreation? practices (as defined by the MIT team of Paris 7 University) or with the symbolic and religious logics that underpin such mobility.

Theme 3 ? Transnational migratory circulations and Indian Diasporas: papers will directly refer to various kinds of movements, people or goods linked with transnational emigration. They will focus on the complex nature of the mobility of Indians ? their trajectories, their means of transport and their practical and emotional investment of the space of their journey.



Deadline: Asbtracts (2000 signs, in English or in French) and a brief personal notice (institutional affiliation, status, recent relevant publications and a current email address), should be sent by 15 January, 2011 ; papers (30 000 signes) should be sent by 28 February, 2011 to:

<mailto:(anthonygoreau /at/ yahoo.fr)>(anthonygoreau /at/ yahoo.fr) (themes 2 and 3) and <mailto:(jfbaillon /at/ sfr.fr)>(jfbaillon /at/ sfr.fr) (theme 1)



Scientific board:

- Baillon Jean François, Professor in English Studies, CLIMAS, Bordeaux 3

- Bruslé Tristan, Junior Lecturer, CNRS, Centre d?études himalayennes, Villejuif

-       Carsignol-Singh Anouck, CSH New Delhi

-       Marius Gnanou Kamala, Senior Lecturer, ADES, Bordeaux 3

-       Goreau-Ponceaud Anthony, Senior Lecturer, ADES, Bordeaux IV

- Landy Frédéric, Professor, directeur du laboratoire GECKO, université de Paris Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense

-       Leclerc Eric, Senior Lecturer, Université de Rouen, AILLEURS

-       Retaillé Denis, Professor, ADES, Bordeaux 3

- Servan-Schreiber Catherine, Junior Lecturer, CNRS, CEIAS / EHESS, Paris

- Veyret Paul-Daniel, Senior Lecturer in English and Indian Studies, CLIMAS, Bordeaux 3



Organisers:

-       Baillon Jean-François

-       Goreau-Ponceaud Anthony



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