[ecrea] ECREA’s Diaspora, Media and Migration section: Multiculturalism: Where Do We Go from Here?

ECREA’s Diaspora, Media and Migration section

Multiculturalism: Where Do We Go from Here?



28 – 29 March, 2014

School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex, Falmer, Great Britain



CALL FOR PAPERS



The ‘crisis’ of multiculturalism has been on the agendas of European 
countries for the past decade. Politicians all over Europe talk about 
the ‘failure’ of the multicultural project, a few even refer to the 
‘nightmare’ of multiculturalism. We have witnessed some attempts to map 
the state of multiculturalism in contemporary societies and the workshop 
seeks to consolidate these and develop new directions of research for 
our field. What is the actual state of multiculturalism in contemporary 
societies? Does the term retain an analytical and political value? What 
policies exist at various levels of governance aimed at managing ethnic, 
cultural and religious diversity, and how have they shifted during this 
period of supposed crisis?



We welcome proposals for papers dealing with policies and everyday 
practices that characterize living in contemporary multicultural 
societies and those that explore the intersections between such policies 
and practices. How have migrant-led groups and anti-racist networks 
responded to the intensive politicization of multiculturalism? What 
impact has this insistence on crisis had on media actors, and what roles 
have they played in affirming or challenging dominant narratives? The 
idea of everyday ‘lived multiculture’ is often opposed to the 
‘nightmare’ scenarios of the past decade, but what does this idea mean 
in ethnographic terms, and in media activity? How have media 
institutional policies and practices negotiated multiculturalism’s 
heightened politicization? How have transnational, participative digital 
media networks impacted on national debates and events?



We are particularly interested in proposals that use innovative or 
evolving approaches and engage frameworks from a variety of disciplines. 
Non-European perspectives on the crisis of multiculturalism are very 
welcome.



The organizers are keen to provide early career researchers with an 
opportunity to discuss their work in greater depth and will run extended 
sessions for them.



Abstracts of up to 300 words should be sent to Monika Metykova 
((m.metykova /at/ sussex.ac.uk))  by 15 December 2014, notification of 
acceptance will be made by 15 January 2014.













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