[ecrea] CfP Graduate Conference Move on! Mobility meets (little) resistances

Call for Papers
*MOVE ON! MOBILITY MEETS (LITTLE) RESISTANCES*
*Graduate Conference of the research platform "Mobile Cultures & Societies"*
*University of Vienna, November 26-28, 2015*
*(Call open until June 30, 2015)
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Mobility is considered to be a crucial driving force in social,
cultural, and political dynamics. In recent years, the notion of
mobility has established itself as a multifaceted and complex subject
across various academic fields and disciplines. Ever since the so-called
/mobility turn /(Sheller/ Urry 2006), the term stands for a paradigm
shift in theory and research practice, aiming to leave behind static and
dichotomous ascriptions, categories and frames of analysis, such as
deterritorialization vs. sedentariness.

Though matters of and conflicts about mobility appear at first glance to
be ubiquitous, scholarship faces the challenge of grasping the manifold
and antagonistic conditions of mobility. New approaches still need to be
found for exploring the contested territory of being and becoming mobile
or immobile, as well as the hybrid forms that result from the interplay
between these processes.

This graduate conference views topics of mobility in the social sciences
and the humanities through the lens of big and little resistances.
Through interdisciplinary exchange, it aims to develop an increased
awareness of fragile and contradictory moments in systems of mobility
and related research.
Whenever resistance is put up or met, it is structured by a fundamental
ambivalence: it constrains mobility and channels opposing forces, but
also mobilizes, brakes and even breaks, laying bare conflicting moments
and movements. As soon as forces determining im/mobility become
manifest, details and (little) formations of the resistant provide
instructive insights for describing and questioning concepts, theories,
phenomena and scopes of mobile action.

“Move on!” reflects the need to move further, transform, transfigure,
develop, and maybe even leave behind academic commonplaces. But the
title of the conference also puts the constellations of power that
generate, enforce and presuppose mobility up for discussion.

Contributions to the conference may include contemporary and historical
case studies about phenomena of mobility, as well as conceptual or
methodological considerations.

The *guiding themes for the conference*include but are not limited to
the following questions:

- Where, when and how can the relation between resistances and
mobilities become visible, be experienced and understood?

- What role do subjects, objects, and (social, cultural, literary,
religious, gender...) practices play in processes of mobilization and
immobilization?

- How do regimes, discourses, ideas and ideologies enhance or constrain
access to mobility?

- Which forms of resistance initiate unexpected and neglected movements?

- How do dissident and ‘minoritarian’ movements challenge the
established concepts and orders of mobility?

- Where and how are concepts and questions of /mobility studies /putting
up resistance in the field of social and cultural studies? Where do they
meet resistances themselves?

The organizing committee, comprised of graduate students associated with
the research platform “Mobile Cultures & Societies”, is pleased to
welcome abstracts submitted by graduates from all over the world,
working in all disciplines, and at all stages of study, relating to the
thematic spectrum outlined above.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES and CONFERENCE CONTACTS:

Students interested in presenting a *15-20 minute paper* should submit a
*max. 500-word abstract* and a *biographical note *with current contact
details*by June 30, 2015* to (mobilecultures /at/ univie.ac.at)
<mailto:(mobilecultures /at/ univie.ac.at)> .

Notifications will be sent by mid-August.

We are looking forward to a diverse, committed, productive and
open-minded exchange and discussion!
*Conference website*:

http://mobilecultures.univie.ac.at/graduate-conference-2015/
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Best regards,

the "Move On!" Organizing Committee
(Alev Cakir, Katharina Fritsch, Syntia Hasenöhrl, Roman Kabelik, Barbara
Maly, Viktoria Metschl, Carsten Schäfer, Joachim Schätz, Marianne
Windsperger)




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