[csaa-forum] 2004 Annual Conference of the CRSI

Deborah Wheatcroft hivservices at ntahc.org.au
Tue May 4 16:41:06 CST 2004


Looks and sounds great are they paying for airfares/accommodation etc to
attend? We could certainly put some thing together re exclusion of sex
workers and HIV/ HCV positive people in today's society. Sounds exciting
doesn't it. Cheers DEb

HIV & HCV Services
Northern Territory AIDS & Hepititis Council
46 Woods Street
Darwin NT
0801
Ph.  (08) 89 411 711
Fax (08) 89 412 590


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Mobile Boundaries / Rigid Worlds 
The Contemporary Paradox 

Second Annual Conference of the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion 
Macquarie University, Sydney
Monday 27th - Tuesday 28th September
To be held on the Macquarie University campus (specific locations TBA)

Call for Papers 

This conference is dedicated to the examination of our mobile world and
how it intersects with new and continuing forms of inclusion/exclusion. 

We live in a world of change and movement. People, money and things are
in a constant state of flux. There is movement from place to place. Our
identities are ever-changing. Nothing seems fixed. As Manuel Castells
has observed, we live in a space of flows. Despite the fluidity of
things, the world order is marked by segregations and forms of
exclusion, both new and old, global and local. The contemporary
condition is one of paradox, torn between a general trend towards
increased fluidity and the disappearance of boundaries, and the opposing
trend that sees the thriving of old orders and the emergence of new
boundaries of containment and exclusion. 

Papers are invited from a wide range of disciplines and addressing a
number of questions/issues, including:. mass, global media and the
constitution of social exclusion;. 

changing forms of poverty, inequality and exclusion;. 
processes of media and cultural representation;. 
violence, war, terror, surveillance and the destabilisation of inclusive
space;. 
the internet and network information and communication technologies and
their contribution to social inclusion/exclusion;. 
refugees, displaced, stateless and homeless persons;. 
fluid bodies and subjectivities, biotechnologies and their exclusionary
potentials, bio-power, bio-prospecting;. indigenous peoples and
neo-colonialism;. 
re-imagining the state, civil society and political space;. 
globalised activism and non-government agencies, and their relationship
with other global agencies and powers;. the changing meanings of
citizenship, belonging and sense of inclusion;. 
the challenges and promises of international law;. 
global capital, global labour markets and new forms of economic
exclusion. 

As part of the conference, special themed sessions will be held. Two
sessions are currently planned:

Poverty Amid Affluence. Amidst the gloss of consumerism and talk of
increasing affluence, new laws and policies systemically decrease the
entitlement of citizens to income support and social services, while
free trade agreements and reductions in income tax and employment
standards increase the mobility of capital, trade and labour. Poverty is
assuming new forms, creating new groups, such as the working poor.
Professionals and volunteers in agencies are expected to expand their
responsiveness to more complex demands of claimants while facing the
constraints of short term contracts and narrow performance indicators.
How can these developments be documented? How should we respond and what
can we learn from campaigns elsewhere? International guest: (Prof.)
Marge Reitsma-Street, University of Victoria, B.C. Canada.

Changing Bodies, Changing Worlds. This session will explore the
relations between various contemporary forms of bodily (trans)formation
and the possible transformation (or otherwise) of bodies of knowledge,
institutional bodies and bodies politic. The aim here is to analyse the
ways in which specific forms of bodily (trans)formation might be
inextricably bound to processes of inclusion and exclusion. Dr Nikki
Sullivan, Macquarie University, and other noted scholars.

Suggestions for other special themed session are welcome, particularly
from people willing to help organise the session. Suggestions should
include possible speakers (and papers), session topic and description
(100-200 words). Further International and Australian keynote speakers
to be advised shortly. Abstracts (100 to 300 words) for conference
papers and proposals for themed sessions should be sent to Obelia
Modjeska, the Centre Manager on omodjesk at scmp.mq.edu.au no later than
Monday 14th June, 2004. Conference presenters may 

put forth papers for inclusion in the CRSIs refereed conference
proceedings.

Please feel free to circulate the attached hard copy version of this
call for papers to your colleagues, or post in your places of work. 


Obelia Modjeska
Administrative Manager
Centre for Research on Social Inclusion
+61 9850 9171



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