Call for Papers
Deracinations: Bedouin, Gypsy, Nomadic, Immigrant and Indigenous Spaces
A Panel Discussion at the Sixth International Literature and Humanities =
Conference,
Inscriptions in the Sand: an arts and culture conference and festival
at Eastern Mediterranean University
in Famagusta, on the island of Cyprus
May 30-June 1, 2003
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Submissions are invited for a wide-ranging Panel Discussion on the =
geographical and cultural implications=97historical, legal, political, =
social, etc.=97of spaces inhabited by displaced or deracinated =
individuals and populations, broadly defined. We welcome presentations =
dealing with specific sites and circumstances as well as broader =
theoretical/philosophical engagements.
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Some possible topic areas (others are welcome):
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=97indigenous languages and literatures: memory and tradition
=97translation and assimilation: naming, forgetting, and linguistic =
rights
=97rights and empowerment: immigrants, refugees, labor migrants, =
illegals, asylum seekers
=97gender persecution, sexual orientation, and marginalization=20
=97constructions of class, religion, race and ethnicity in displaced =
populations=20
=97nomadologies, subaltern discourses, and modes of =
transgression/resistance
=97the economics of displacement: capital flow, social contracts, labor =
regulations
=97indigenous populations and issues of territory and natural/cultural =
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=97naturalization/immigration: citizenship and the construction of legal =
subjects
=97cultural diffusion: globalization and identity loss/construction
=97problems of belonging: racism, ghettoization, =
stereotyping, exclusion, assimilation
=97social policy in the context of =
cosmopolitanism/multiculturalism/diversity
=97deracinated/diasporic spaces and social welfare
=97political and legal identity: representation, rights, and civic =
participation
=97 the =93outlaw=94: narratives of the =93inside,=94 border policies, =
and legal violence=20
=97the university, the Internet, and the social role of the =
intellectual/activist
=97postmodern/other subjects: autonomy, hybridity, virtuality
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Prospective panelists are invited to send 250-word abstracts/proposals =
for 15-20 minute presentations on any aspect of these areas to =
johann.pillai@emu.edu.tr or rodney.sharkey@emu.edu.tr by 30 October, =
2002. We look forward to learning about your research, and to a =
provocative discussion.
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For more information about Inscriptions in the Sand,=20
please visit our website at http://www.emu.edu.tr/elh/index_confer.html. =
Please also check out our links to =93Individual Research =
Presentations=94 and =93Creative/Performance Work.=94
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