<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.3999996185303px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Transient Migration in the Asia-Pacific; Identities, Social Networks and Media</span></b></p><p style="font-size:13px"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">12 November 2015</span></b></p><p style="font-size:13px"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">RMIT University, Melbourne</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><b><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Call for Papers</span></i></b></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:6pt 3.9pt 6pt 5.65pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">‘Transient Migration in the Asia-Pacific’ is a symposium supported by the Australian Research Council and hosted by RMIT University. Temporary migration is increasingly part of everyday life in the 21<sup>st</sup> century. The global, transient and circular flows of people for work and study are, for instance, part of our quotidian encounters and accepted practice in contemporary societies. In the Asia-Pacific, the movement of both skilled and unskilled labour and the growing number of students from within and outside the region ha</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">s</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> become commonplace. These migrant flows and the cultures of mobility pose interesting questions about the maintenance and formation of the identities and social networks of transients especially in the age of global media and communication. What kinds of identities and social networks are maintained, created and/or renewed while in transience? How does consumption and engagement with the media (including communication and social media) affect these processes? How important are home-based and host-based identities, social networks and media to transient migrants? How significant are identities and social networks formed by individuals in transience? Finally, in what ways do identities, social networks and media facilitate, hinder or further return to the homeland and future mobility?<b><i></i></b></span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:5.65pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Individual papers and panels may include but are not restricted to case studies, theoretical developments and historical studies on the following themes:</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Adapting to everyday life in transience</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Cultures of transience</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Connections/Disconnections made</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Community(s) formed</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Language(s) and discourse(s) of transience</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Future aspirations and mobilities</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Use and value of media and communication technologies</span></p><p style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Selected papers will be included in a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"> </p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="308" valign="top" style="width:231.05pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Confirmed Speakers:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Prof. Kirpal Singh (Singapore Management University)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Prof. Supriya Singh (RMIT University)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">A/Prof. Shanton Chang (University of Melbourne)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">A/Prof. Fran Martin (University of Melbourne)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p></td><td width="308" valign="top" style="width:231.05pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Please submit abstracts and panels for review to:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:transmigrant2015@gmail.com" target="_blank">transmigrant2015@gmail.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">By: 5 March 2015</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Conference Convenor:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Dr Catherine Gomes (RMIT University)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Secretariat:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Dr Dora </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Constantinidis</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> (RMIT University) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><br></span></p></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Dr Catherine Gomes<br>Australian Research Council DECRA Research Fellow<br><br>School of Media and Communication<br>RMIT University<br>GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001<br>Australia<br>Room: 9.4.26 (city campus)<br><br>tel: + 61 3 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