CASCAIUAES2017 panel: Challenging overarching narratives and discourses surrounding 'Movement'

Challenging overarching narratives and discourses surrounding 'Movement'

Convenors
Louise de la Gorgendiere (Carleton University)
Judith Okely (Oxford University/University of Hull)


Short Abstract
Varied experiences of human movement are often neglected under strict
guidelines re: immigration, refugee claims, settlement, relocation,
rights, identity, or property/border concerns. Narratives of lived
experiences are rich counterpoints to globalized narratives/discourse
surrounding 'movement'.

Long Abstract
This panel focuses on the differing experiences of human movement,
which are often neglected under strict guidelines and laws related to
immigration, refugee claims, settlement, relocation, property, rights,
identity, tourism, and concerns for national or other borders. We bear
witness to a globalized world where "movement" is aggressively
channeled, contested, regulated, and denied, as several historical and
contemporary examples can attest: removal of Aboriginal, Roma, and
Gypsy children from families for assimilation purposes; undermining
legitimate immigration or refugee claims because of suspicion of the
'cultural other' and/or social, political, and economical ignorance;
fear and suspicion of Nomads by a hegemonic authority. Borders, which
restrict movement, are reinforced at local levels by reserving prime
urban spaces for capitalist edifices or gated communities for the
wealthy, while marginalized others live in slums or ethnic ghettos.
This panel seeks to bring to the fore people's narratives and lived
experiences to serve as counterpoints to the globalized and
overarching narratives and discourse surrounding "movement" in a world
in motion.

More information:

http://nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/suite/panels.php5?PanelID=5420