Final Call for Papers: Diasporas Landscapes Conference London
Dear HumanDHS network friends
Please find below a final call for papers for the London Conference.
Kind regards
Brian Ward
Final Call for Papers Annual Conference of the RGS-IBG, London
27 - 29 August, 2008
Convenors: Alison Blunt, Stephen Daniels, Kim Knott
AHRC Landscape and Environment Programme
AHRC Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme
Ideas and experiences of landscape and diaspora are closely intertwined. Situated within broader debates about place and displacement, location and mobility, this session will explore the material and imaginative geographies of diaspora landscapes and the ways in which they reflect and influence migratory cultures, politics, identities and practices. Diaspora landscapes range across different forms, contexts and locations and include landscapes of diasporic memory, attachment and belonging; experiences of everyday landscapes in diaspora; imaginative landscapes in diasporic art, literature and material culture; embodied and sensory landscapes in diaspora; and the effects of migration on landscape change at sites of departure, resettlement and return. Exploring both proximate and more distant landscapes on scales from the home, neighbourhood and city to the nation, homeland, and diaspora itself, the session will reflect on the importance of landscape in relation to diasporic identities and connections over space, time and across different generations. Key themes include:
- diasporic landscapes of home and homeland
- diasporic landscapes of departure, settlement and return
- rural and urban landscapes in diaspora
- diaspora and the built environment
- secular and sacred diaspora landscapes
- sensory landscapes of diasporic attachment and belonging
- representations of diaspora landscapes in art, literature and material culture
- the politics of diaspora landscapes
Please submit an abstract of up to 200 words to Alison Blunt ( A.Blunt[@]qmul.ac.uk ) by 1 February 2008. The final deadline for the submission of paper and sessions abstracts to the RGS-IBG is 22 February 2008.