[csaa-forum] CFP: Real and Digital Experiences: Latin American Migrants in Australia Symposium

[Catherine Gomes]

*Real and Digital Experiences: Latin American Migrants in Australia
Symposium*

*RMIT University*

*1st November 2018*



Call for Papers:



‘Real and Digital Experiences: Latin American Migrants in Australia’ is a
symposium hosted at RMIT University support by the Migration and Mobility
Lab (Digital Ethnography Research Centre, DERC) and the School of Global,
Urban and Social Sciences, RMIT



The 2018 Latin American symposium will address cultural, social, gender,
education and labour themes related to the contemporary flows of people
from various Latin American countries (Mexico and the nations in Central
and South America and the Caribbean) to Australia. It will investigate both
the real and digital experiences of Latin American permanent and transient
migrants as they negotiate everyday life in Australia. According to the
most recent ABS census (2016), Australia has a population from Latin
American countries of approximately 136,000 people. Latin American
migration to Australia has taken place in different waves with different
motivations.



The majority of Latin American migrants arrived in Australia between the
1970s and 1990s. This was the first significant wave of Latin Americans and
who entered Australia for humanitarian, political and economic reasons.
Some Latin Americans who entered Australia during this period came as part
of family reunions. This wave of migrants were permanent settlers and who
have in one way or another integrate in the Australian society.



Currently most Latin American immigrants who make up the second wave, are a
mixture of permanent settlers and transient migrants. The outward bound
Latin American movement of both skilled and unskilled labour and the
growing number of international students from within and outside the region
has become commonplace.



This migration and flows of mobility raise interesting questions as to how
Latin Americans across both waves adapt, integrate or transit in a new and
far away country other than their own? How are their identities, languages
and cultures maintained or negotiated?  How are their different race,
gender and cultural identities shaped or constructed by Australian society?
Finally, how do Latin American migrants confront racism?



Based on these questions, we invite abstracts from academic fields
including sociology, sociolinguistics, migration and mobility studies,
education, cultural studies, anthropology and communication to engage in
themes that may include but are not restricted to:

·         Labour Workers and Travel mobilities (Backpackers) and their
negotiation of work and life in Australia

·         International Students and their aspirations and mobilities

·         Performance of nationality, gender, race and culture in real and
digital worlds

·         Integration and adaptation of Latin American permanent refugees
and migrants

·         Racism and Social relation within the host culture



Selected abstracts will be invited to submitted full articles to be
peer-reviewed to be published in *Transitions: Journal of Transient
Migration*.



*Cost: $25.00 (catering)*



*Timeline:*

Abstracts of 200 words – 13 April 2018

Notification of acceptance of abstracts – 30 April 2018

Completed articles of 8000 words (including references) -  24 October 2018



Please send abstracts to Dr. Glenda Mejía (e-mail: glenda.mejia at rmit.edu.au)



*Convenors: *

Dr. Glenda Mejía (e-mail: glenda.mejia at rmit.edu.au)

Assoc. Professor Catherine Gomes (e-mail: catherine.gomes at rmit.edu.au)



-- 
*Associate Professor Catherine Gomes*

*School of Media and Communication*

*RMIT University124 La Trobe Street*


*Melbourne, Victoria 3000AustraliaRoom:  5.2.3 (city campus)*



*tel: + 61 3 9925 5068fax: + 61 3 99259730email:
catherine.gomes at rmit.edu.au <catherine.gomes at rmit.edu.au>*

Staff website <http://www1.rmit.edu.au/staff/catherinegomes>

Research Lab Leader, Migration and Digital Media
<http://digital-ethnography.com/portfolio-posts/migration-and-digital-media-lab/>,
Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) <http://digital-ethnography.com/>

Founding Editor, Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=252/view,page=0/>

Transient Migrant project website
<http://translatingimpermanence.org/> (Australian
Research Council DECRA Fellowship)


*Recent books *
Siloed Diversity: Transnational Migration, Digital Media and Social
Networks (forthcoming) <https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9789811303319>
Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in
the Age of Digital Media (*forthcoming*
<https://www.rowmaninternational.com/buy-books/product-details/?productId=3-156-3ad7333d-8296-45dc-91de-c70c9714fe65>
)
Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in
Australia and Singapore <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811016387>,
International Student Connectedness and Identity: Transnational Perspectives
<http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811025990>
Quality Assurance in Asia-Pacific Universities: Implementing Massification
in Higher Education <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319461083>
The Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility: The Search for
Community and Identity on and through Social Media
<http://www.anthempress.com/the-asia-pacific-in-the-age-of-transnational-mobility>

*Recent Journal Articles and Chapters*
Navigating through the hostility: international students in Singapore
<https://www.routledge.com/Educational-Reciprocity-and-Adaptivity-International-Students-and-Stakeholders/Ata-Tran-Liyanage/p/book/9781138707399>
International Student Identity and the Digital Environment
<https://sty.presswarehouse.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=525678>
Digital journeys: A perspective on understanding the digital experiences of
international students <http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1129166.pdf>,

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