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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: conference registration fees (Lundy, Craig)
   2. Call for papers Place,	Politics and Privilege Conference Feb
      2017 (Christine Agius)

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Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 10:45:55 +0000
From: "Lundy, Craig" <craig.lundy at ntu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [csaa-forum] conference registration fees
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Dear all,

I wholeheartedly share the views of Marcelo and Alana regarding conference registration fees. It can be assumed that conference organisers do their best to put on events that serve the needs of their constituencies, and that in doing so they generously sacrifice their time and labour for the good of the academic community. The currently dominant model of academic conferences, however, contains serious flaws, one of which is prohibitive registration fees. In this debate, it is important to note that there are examples of conferences that effectively complicate any defence of high registration fees. One that I know of well is the London Conference in Critical Thought - an annual conference that attracts 100+ participants each year and is FREE for everyone to attend. The LCCT will take place next week for the fifth successive year. Due to the groundswell of support that our event has had, we will be launching an affiliated journal - the London Journal of Critical Thought. The ex
 istence of the LCCT quite simply proves beyond doubt that it is possible to hold a large annual conference that avoids the ethically suspect model currently dominant in academia. For more information on our ethos and how the conference/collective works please visit http://londoncritical.org/

For those of you who still harbour doubts about whether it is possible to put on a high quality and sustainable annual event that is free for all to attend, please feel free to contact myself or one of the other founders of the LCCT. There are, however, some fairly basic strategies that can be mentioned here:

  *   No keynotes
     *   There is no justification for appropriating money from 'normal' conference participants to pay the way for other 'star' participants. Offering a reduced rate or bursaries for some participants does not remove the moral problem (and need I mention that a free conference has no need for such discounts).
     *   In my experience, most participants at annual society-based conferences do not attend because so-and-so happens to be a guest speaker. While it may be the case that some participants don't come without sufficient 'star attraction', many others will come because the free entry makes it financially possible. If a 'star' participant is not able or willing to take care of their own travel/accom then they do not attend, which is of course the situation for 'normal' participants to being with.
     *   Eliminating keynotes frees up a lot of the schedule, so that a 3 day event can fit into 2 days, thus reducing costs significantly.
     *   Eliminating keynotes also goes a long ways towards creating an inclusive environment that mitigates the hierarchical structures prevalent in many academic conferences.
  *   Rooms provided gratis by host organisation
     *   If this is a problem then the conference is held at another university/department where it is not a problem. In five years we have yet to fail in finding a university/department in London that can accommodate, leading me to suspect that it would be even easier for the conferences of nation/region-wide associations.
  *   Catering either not provided or funded by a means other than registration fees
     *   Provision of lunch is not necessary - indeed, many of the large annual conferences do not cater for lunch (though still charge large registration fees).
     *   Coffee/cake may be overpriced by university caterers, but if this is the event's only expense then it is not that hard to find the money by means other than registration fees. This may require some clever thinking or pulling in favours, but the benefits of doing so are clearly worth it.
     *   If catering cannot be funded without resorting to registration fees then it should not be provided - in my experience, the absence of terrible coffee has never prevented the exchange of ideas between people, but the same cannot be said for registration fees.
  *   Involvement of publishers/other interested parties
     *   Receptions can be paid by participating publishers and double as a book launch

As Tony said in his reply, all conferences are slightly different and may have their own unique costs involved. However if strategies such as the above are pursued (and there are no doubt many others) then it is difficult to see how and why prohibitive registration fees are required. Our experience at the LCCT proves that it is not beyond academics to figure out alternative solutions - after all, we are supposed to be a clever bunch. What has been lacking is sufficient acknowledgement that the status quo is wrong and that alternative models are possible if we have the will to realise them.

Kind regards,

Craig

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Dr Craig Lundy

Senior Lecturer in Social Theory

Division of Sociology | School of Social Sciences

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham | NG1 4BU

UK

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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 01:30:43 +0000
From: Christine Agius <cagius at swin.edu.au>
Subject: [csaa-forum] Call for papers Place,	Politics and Privilege
	Conference Feb 2017
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Hello, be very grateful if you can distribute this call for papers for the forthcoming CIDRN/IRN joint conference in Melbourne 2017

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CALL FOR PAPERS
PLACE, POLITICS AND PRIVILEGE CONFERENCE 2017

A research conference sponsored jointly by:

Community, Identity and Displacement Research Network, Victoria University, Australia

http://communityidentity.com.au/

Identity Research Network, Swinburne University

http://identityresearchnetwork.wordpress.com<https://webmail.vu.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=QyDc1wVpYmFmc2kLc9q55O1wIOH3_Kb5tsWimENWwG9XEpZjhYvTCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AaQBkAGUAbgB0AGkAdAB5AHIAZQBzAGUAYQByAGMAaABuAGUAdAB3AG8AcgBrAC4AdwBvAHIAZABwAHIAZQBzAHMALgBjAG8AbQA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fidentityresearchnetwork.wordpress.com>

To be held: Thursday 16-Friday 17 February 2017. Melbourne Australia

Flinders St Melbourne City Centre Campus, Victoria University

Displacement, rupture and transformation increasingly characterise the nature of 21st century belonging and space, with important implications for identities, change and resistance. Despite the ?liquid? nature and  fluidity of such movement, we are also witnessing struggles to reinscribe prevailing privilege and power relations. As nations and communities deal with mass migration, economic displacement and environmental impact, a variety of responses to crisis and resistance are emerging. Political communities and identities, which are organised non-hierarchically and defy territory, making use of virtual spaces, offer new ways of thinking about change, community and belonging. At the same time, we are also witnessing the revival of borders and the use of physical and virtual space to control and contain such impulses. From new cartographies and geographies, to different flows of life and modalities of organisation, space and place are constantly being revised and reinvented.

In this symposium, we analyse the problems and possibilities that emerge from these configurations in order to consider resistance and modes of identity and belonging.

We invite papers that address following themes from an interdisciplinary perspective:

  *   The politics of privilege, displacement and boundary-making: this can include urban design and built environment, architecture, political economy, security, and other fields
  *   Space, borders and belonging at the local, national or global scales, including the digital and non-material, as well as radical geographies which respond to mass migration, urban diversity and the reconfiguration of political space
  *   New meanings of community: this can include new strategies of cultural identity and resistance, new solidarities, and possibilities for belonging.

Abstracts to be sent to  CIDRN at vu.edu.au<https://webmail.vu.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=rzj6mN0L0oBN9gZ5MC1RJXaONzd7PhIx2Nwb-E7wYgC5c5hjhYvTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAQwBJAEQAUgBOAEAAdgB1AC4AZQBkAHUALgBhAHUA&URL=mailto%3aCIDRN%40vu.edu.au> by 31 August 2016.

Abstract length 250, MS word format as email attachment with subject line PPPconference.abstract. Include your contact details in the abstract.

The conference will be followed by a refereed publication and all proposed contributions to this volume need to reach organisers by Friday 31 March 2017.

Further information from:

CIDRN at vu.edu.au<https://webmail.vu.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=rzj6mN0L0oBN9gZ5MC1RJXaONzd7PhIx2Nwb-E7wYgC5c5hjhYvTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAQwBJAEQAUgBOAEAAdgB1AC4AZQBkAHUALgBhAHUA&URL=mailto%3aCIDRN%40vu.edu.au>

Christine Agius:  cagius at swin.edu.au<mailto:cagius at swin.edu.au>

Dr Christine Agius
Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Relations
Convenor: BA Politics and IR Major
Director: Identity Research Network<https://identityresearchnetwork.wordpress.com> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/483362508472380/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/IDResNet>

Faculty of Health, Arts and Design
Swinburne University of Technology
H98, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, 3122, Melbourne, Australia.
Telephone: + 61 3 9214 8584
Swinburne Faculty Profile<http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff-profiles/view.php?who=cagius> | Academia.edu<https://swinburne.academia.edu/ChristineAgius> | Twitter: @ChrisAgius13<https://twitter.com/ChrisAgius13>
Dr Christine Agius
Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Relations
Convenor: BA Politics and IR Major
Director: Identity Research Network<https://identityresearchnetwork.wordpress.com> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/483362508472380/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/IDResNet>

Faculty of Health, Arts and Design
Swinburne University of Technology
H98, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, 3122, Melbourne, Australia.
Telephone: + 61 3 9214 8584
Swinburne Faculty Profile<http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff-profiles/view.php?who=cagius> | Academia.edu<https://swinburne.academia.edu/ChristineAgius> | Twitter: @ChrisAgius13<https://twitter.com/ChrisAgius13>

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