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
