[ecrea] cfp: Transient Migration in the Asia-Pacific; Identities, Social Networks and Media

Transient Migration in the Asia-Pacific; Identities, Social Networks and 
Media

12 November 2015

RMIT University, Melbourne



Call for Papers

‘Transient Migration in the Asia-Pacific’ is a symposium supported by 
the Australian Research Council and hosted by RMIT University. Temporary 
migration is increasingly part of everyday life in the 21st century. The 
global, transient and circular flows of people for work and study are, 
for instance, part of our quotidian encounters and accepted practice in 
contemporary societies. In the Asia-Pacific, the movement of both 
skilled and unskilled labour and the growing number of students from 
within and outside the region has become commonplace. These migrant 
flows and the cultures of mobility pose interesting questions about the 
maintenance and formation of the identities and social networks of 
transients especially in the age of global media and communication. What 
kinds of identities and social networks are maintained, created and/or 
renewed while in transience? How does consumption and engagement with 
the media (including communication and social media) affect these 
processes? How important are home-based and host-based identities, 
social networks and media to transient migrants? How significant are 
identities and social networks formed by individuals in transience? 
Finally, in what ways do identities, social networks and media 
facilitate, hinder or further return to the homeland and future mobility?

Individual papers and panels may include but are not restricted to case 
studies, theoretical developments and historical studies on the 
following themes:

· Adapting to everyday life in transience

· Cultures of transience

· Connections/Disconnections made

· Community(s) formed

· Language(s) and discourse(s) of transience

· Future aspirations and mobilities

· Use and value of media and communication technologies



Selected papers will be included in a special issue of a peer-reviewed 
journal.



Confirmed Speakers:

Prof. Kirpal Singh (Singapore Management University)


Prof. Supriya Singh (RMIT University)


A/Prof. Shanton Chang (University of Melbourne)


A/Prof. Fran Martin (University of Melbourne)





Please submit abstracts and panels for review to:

(transmigrant2015 /at/ gmail.com)

By: 5 March 2015



Conference Convenor:

Dr Catherine Gomes (RMIT University)



Secretariat:

Dr Dora Constantinidis (RMIT University)



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Dr Catherine Gomes
Australian Research Council DECRA Research Fellow

School of Media and Communication
RMIT University
GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001
Australia
Room: 9.4.26 (city campus)

tel: + 61 3 99255068
fax: + 61 3 99259730
email: (catherine.gomes /at/ rmit.edu.au)

www.rmit.edu.au/mediacommunication
www.facebook.com/RMITMediaComm


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