deadline passed ? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martin Mair <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:10 AM Subject: [Networkedlabour] CFP Material Matters in Times of Crisis Capitalism: Transnational Feminist and Decolonial Approaches To: [email protected] Please note the deadline for proposal for the conference “Material Matters in Times of Crisis Capitalism” has been extended. NEW DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS 01.06.2014 For further information check: http://materialmattersconference.wordpress.com/ International Conference, 13th – 15th November 2014 Institute of Sociology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen CALL FOR PAPERS Material Matters in Times of Crisis Capitalism: Transnational Feminist and Decolonial Approaches The question of materiality has emerged as a central topic in studies concerned with the body, affect, sexuality, bio-politics and digital culture in recent years. Under the umbrella term “new materialism”, this interdisciplinary and multifaceted academic debate seems to have revived a Marxist vocabulary. Yet, the question of why “materiality” matters in times of crisis capitalism is rather absent in this debate. This international conference (papers will be accepted in Spanish, Portuguese, German and English) takes up this question by focusing on why and how materiality matters in times of crisis capitalism. Starting from the assumption that crisis is not exceptional in capitalism but its constant companion and that it represents the foundation from which the modern/colonial world system has evolved, this conference draws on critical feminist economics and decolonial feminist thought and practice on material matters. The conference has three inter-related aims: first, to examine from transnational feminist perspectives the impact of the global crisis on people’s livelihoods; second, to explore the theoretical contributions of the triad of feminism, coloniality and political economy; and, third, to consider critical feminist economics and decolonial approaches to thinking alternative economies and convivial futures. In this spirit we have invited key contemporary thinkers, who have linked academic work to political activism and social intervention. Confirmed keynote speakers for the conference include: * Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University) * Rhoda Reddock (University of the West Indies, St. Augustine) * Lourdes Benería (Cornell University) * Gülay Toksöz (Ankara University) * Gladys Elizabeth Tzul Tzul (Benemérita Universidad de Puebla) * Marina Gržinić (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna) As well as inviting academic papers this conference also calls for contributions from activists and artists in a variety of formats such as blogs, radio programmes, video clips and performances on the following themes (though these are by no means exhaustive): * Between Crisis and Change: Feminism, Living Well and Conviviality (Sumak Kawsay, Suma Qamaña-Buen Vivir, Buen Convivir) * Queer, Transgender and Feminist approaches to Decolonizing Political Economy * Austerity, Gender & Migration * Sharing Responsibilities – Rethinking Reproduction * Feminization and the Coloniality of Labour * Alternatives to Crisis Capitalism: From Time-Banks to the Politics of Affect Please send a title, an abstract of max. 250 words in English, Spanish, Portuguese or German, a brief biography and registration form to [email protected] by extended deadline 01.06.2014. Successful abstract submissions will be notified by 01.07.2014. Please check the conference webpage for further information: http://materialmattersconference.wordpress.com/ <http://materialmattersconference.wordpress.com/> Registration closing: September 1, 2014 No fees will be charged, but you will need to pay for the conference dinner, your own travel and accommodation. The conference programme, information on the conference venue, conference dinner and accommodation facilities will be announced in due course. Conference Organizing Team: Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Chair in Sociology (Allgemeine Soziologie), Ceren Türkmen and Sebastian Garbe, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter/in (Research Assistants/Lecturers), Institute of Sociology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen. _______________________________________________ transversal mailing list | info: http://lists.servus.at/ mailman/listinfo/transversal ----- E-Mail ist virenfrei. 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