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Event
19 May 2016

Perspectives in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Hinting at Interdisciplinari

3rd Edition: Figures of Migration

Migration has become lately one of the most debated themes. Yet, the challenges determined by this phenomenon are not brand new; migration is a trans-historical process, with tremendous political, economic, social, religious, and cultural implications. Thus the intensification of these movements in the contemporary world, especially in Europe, puts migration under an even stronger emphasis.This new analytical interest does not derive only from the amplification/diversification of human migration on objective grounds such as globalization, labor free circulation, mobility and offshoring, which have led to the massive desertion of underdeveloped regions and conflict areas. The present-day nomadism, either collective or individual, should be included within a broader, post-nationalist paradigm, developed in the aftermath of macro-states and enhanced acculturation. The modern world witnesses an unprecedented circulation of persons, goods, capital, ideas, information and so forth. If one endorses this perspective, then definitely migration must be looked at as an epitome of our time, carrying out both political, economic, and social effects, and instances of cultural production.Once with the boosting of phenomena ensued by globalization (de-teritorialization, re-teritorialization, and suchlike), culture unclutches from national territories and disengages from all political borders; neither ethnical homogeneity nor homogeneous collective imaginary is still conceivable. In other words, the “territories” do not contain culture, as culture is created and put into motion not only by state institutions, but also by groups, civil persons, and media endowed with a certain mobility. The actualization and circulation of cultural meaning, the knowledge transfer, as well as tradition and memory transmission are achieved in changing spatial-temporal contexts and within memory communities and social groups. Taking into consideration their complexity, we propose a debate on the migration phenomena from the perspectives opened by interdisciplinary methodologies. Hence, the conference theme invites approaches from various research areas: cultural theory, history, geography and geo-criticism, sociology, communication sciences, linguistics, literature, and arts. As a point of departure, we advance several guiding ideas.Migration in Space and Time (for other sub-fields, please visit our site)Migrating Beliefs (for other sub-fields, please visit our site)Migration in Culture (for other sub-fields, please visit our site)Aesthetics of Migration (for other sub-fields, please visit our site)Migration of Information in the Knowledge-Based Society (for other sub-fields, please visit our site). 

When

19 May 2016 @ 08:00 am

20 May 2016 @ 08:00 pm

Duration: 1 days, 12 hours


Where

"Alexandru Ioan Cuza University" of Iasi

Bulevardul Carol I 11

Romania


Language

English en


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