[ecrea] Call for Abstracts: Transit Europe: Mobility, Communication and Governance

*Orecomm Symposium – 22-23 September 2016*

*Transit Europe*

*Mobility, Communication and Governance***

Venue: Malmö University,

Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Niagara, COE11, Malmö, Sweden

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*Call for abstracts*

  It is a pleasure for Orecomm Centre for Communication and Glocal 
Change (https://orecomm.net/) to invite you to submit abstracts for 
consideration to this year’s Symposium to be held in Malmö, Sweden. The 
Symposium is organized in collaboration with MIM (Malmö Institute of 
Migration, Diversity and Welfare)and SPIDER (Swedish Program for ICT in 
Developing Regions).

*Abstracts deadline: 15 June.*Selected abstracts will be grouped 
thematically in three parallel sessions. Abstracts (maximum 300 words), 
paper title, affiliation, e-mail address, and a brief biocan be 
submitted (toorecomm /at/ gmail.com). <mailto:(orecomm /at/ gmail.com)>

*Keynote Speakers*

*Thomas Hylland Eriksen*, Professor, University of Oslo, Norway

*Nina Glick Schiller*, Professor Emerita, University of Manchester, UK

*Mirca Madianou*, Reader, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, UK

*Silvio Waisbord*, Professor, George Washington University, Washington 
D.C., USA,

*Symposium Theme*

The profound and lasting consequences of the so-called refugee crisis 
that shook Europe in 2015 call for academic analysis as well as 
humanitarian action. In the last year, Europe has seen the largest 
mobility of people on its soil since the Second World War. Some EU 
member states (Germany and Sweden, in particular) initially stood out as 
exceptions to the rule by their welcoming policy, but have gradually 
adapted to the minimum standard of international obligations, or below. 
The EU is closing its borders while the conflicts next-door continue and 
spread.

The 2016 *Ø**recomm Symposium*will put the current refugee situation in 
Europe in global perspective, with focus on /media and/ /communication 
/and /governance, /and specifically /humanitarian technologies/ /and/ 
/communication/. What is the nature of the crisis, from the perspective 
of the refugee migrants? How do they communicate with migration 
authorities, traffickers, and among themselves? How do they document 
their own journey? What new channels of information or public spheres 
are emerging? What are the short and long term political and cultural 
implications of Europe’s on-going transition?

*Symposium Program*

*22 September*

15.00-15.15: Welcome address: Malmö University’s Vice-Chancellor 
*Kerstin Tham* + Ørecomm co-directors *Oscar Hemer* and *Thomas Tufte*

15.15-16.00: *Postdocs and PhDs* on Refugee Migration

MIM director *Pieter Bevelander* presents Malmö University’s 
cross-disciplinary research programme addressing the current refugee 
situation. The newly appointed postdocs at the faculty of Culture and 
Society present their projects

16.15-17.00: Boundaries destabilised: Insecurities and uncertainties in 
contemporary Europe. By *Thomas Hylland Eriksen*, University of Oslo

17.00-17.30: Discussion (Chair: Oscar Hemer. Discussant: *Ronald Stade*)

17.40-18.00: Book launch: Voice & Matter. Communication, Development and 
the Cultural Return (eds. *Oscar Hemer* & *Thomas Tufte*, Nordicom)

18.00: Reception

*23 September*

9.15-10.15: Beyond Binary Thinking. Migration, Identity and Domains of 
Commonality. By *Nina Glick Schiller*, University of Manchester

10.15-10.35        Coffee

10.35-11.45: Discussion (Chair: Maja Povrzanović Frykman. Discussants: 
*Asu Aksoy*, *Kerry Bystrom* and *Garbi Schmidt*)

11.45-13.00:   Lunch

13.00-13.45:  Humanitarian Technologies. From ideals of participation to 
practices of governance in emergencies and disaster recovery. By *Mirca 
Madianou,* Goldsmiths’ College, London

13.45-14.15:  Discussion (Chair: *Tobias Denskus*. Discussant: *Lisa Ann 
Richey*)

14.15-16.00 *Parallel paper sessions*. Themes and participants t b a 
(includes coffee at 15.00-15.15)

16.15-17.00:  Communication in the society of difference: Between 
pluralism and (dis)engagement

By *Silvio Waisbord*

17-00-17.20: Discussion (Chair: *Norbert Wildermuth*. Discussant: Thomas 
Tufte)

17.20-18.00: Panel discussion with all speakers (Moderator Oscar Hemer)

Regards,

Oscar Hemer and Thomas Tufte

Co-directors, Orecomm

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Thomas Tufte, Professor, Roskilde University, Denmark

Email: (ttufte /at/ ruc.dk) <mailto:(ttufte /at/ ruc.dk)>


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