[Commlist] CFP: "Weather Movements"

*CFP: "Weather Movements" - workshop at RMIT, 14-15 November 2024*
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*Weather Movements*
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*A one-and-a-half day workshop, 14-15 November 2024*
*RMIT University, Melbourne City campus*
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*(Flyer attached)*

Weather is a hot topic. Unlike rising oceans or biodiversity loss, which 
for many people remain things happening somewhere else, weather is 
something we are living with everywhere, everyday, all the time, in ways 
that range from dramatic to mundane. From sunshine and blue skies, to 
thunderstorms and winds, to heatwaves, floods, fog, snow, and rain, 
there is no way to avoid the weather; we feel it in our bodies. We build 
our houses to withstand it, our clothing to protect us from it, we 
record it in lists, graphs and diaries, we write stories, poems and 
music to celebrate it, and, increasingly, we are urgently adapting our 
ways of living in order to cope with the rapid effects of climate change.

We want to talk about how we live with weather, how we move with 
weather, and how weather moves us. From human communities trying to 
adapt to increasing severe and unprecedented events, to the critters we 
live alongside with?animate and inanimate? We want to talk about how 
weather movements affect our everyday lives. In this informal, 
multidisciplinary symposium event, we invite contributions from across 
humanities and social science fields, such as cultural studies, cultural 
geography, environmental humanities, mobilities, history, literary 
studies, creative arts, health and medical humanities, sport studies, 
and more.

If you are interested in joining us, please email us a proposed 
presentation title and abstract (max 250 words) and a short bio (100 
words). Rather than encouraging finished works, the first day will run 
as a symposium format to share work in progress, new ideas, or 
provocations about how weather shapes our lives in motion. The second 
day will include a (local) field trip and discussion group around a 
selection of readings.

This is a free in-person event, with limited places. Hosted by the 
Centre for Urban Research (RMIT) and the Griffith Centre for Social and 
Cultural Research (Griffith University).

*CFP closes: 11 August 2024.  Notification of outcomes: 31 August 2024.*
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*Email: Rebecca Olive (rebecca.olive /at/ rmit.edu.au) and Kaya Barry 
(k.barry /at/ griffith.edu.au)*
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