Dear colleagues and friends,
the ECPR just opened the call for paper for the next ECPR Joint
Sessions, in Mainz (Germany) from 11 to 16 March 2013. Me and
Donatella della Porta will direct one of the workshops dealing with
the transnational dimension of recent protests occurring in the Arab,
European and North-American countries. With a special focus on
imageries/practices of democracy and communication/mediation
processes. Here it is the workshop abstract (you can find a longer
description in the ECPR website):
/"The workshop intends to analyze the transnational dimension in the
recent wave of global protests like the Arab Spring, the European
Indignados, and Occupy Wall Street. Literature on transnational social
movements flourished in the last decades, exploring social movement
networks that organized counter-summits demonstrations and social
forums meetings. Most recent protests across the world had, amongst
their target, national governments and policies. But they also
maintained a strong transnational stance. Starting from a comparative
perspective, the workshop focuses on the transnational mechanisms and
processes at work in the Arab Spring, the European Indignados, and
Occupy Wall Street by paying particular attention to 1) imageries and
practices of democracy and 2) communication and mediation processes."/
Please spread the news about the workshop. You can submit paper
proposals via the ECPR official website
<http://ecprnet.eu/Joint%20Sessions/2013_Mainz/Default.aspx>. The
deadline for submission is Monday, 5 November 2012.
Kindest regard,
Alice and Donatella
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Alice Mattoni
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Sociology
University of Pittsburgh
www.alicemattoni.com <http://www.alicemattoni.com>
