Message posted on 14/02/2019
IUAES 2019 Panel: (Im)Mobilising Longing: subversive potentials and seductive snares between distance and desire
Dear Colleagues,
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=C2=A0We would like to invite you to submit paper proposals to the IUAES 20=
19 panel on (Im)Mobilising Longing: subversive potentials and seductive sna=
res between distance and desire. The deadline is soon - 15 February 2019.
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(Im)Mobilising Longing: subversive potentials and seductive snares between =
distance and desire
Abstract
Practices, trajectories, and places of longing are keys to the imaginative =
horizons (Crapanzano, 2003) and the alternative utopias (Kiossev, 2013) of =
individuals and societies. Yet, if =E2=80=9Cbelonging=E2=80=9D holds a prom=
inent place in contemporary Anthropology, the notion of =E2=80=9Clonging=E2=
=80=9D has tended to appear in a more marginal position. This panel further=
s a recent shift of perspective from belonging to longing that research on =
nostalgia, on hope and yearning, or on tourism and migrant imaginaries has =
initiated in the past years.
We invite presenters to address longing as a human strategy, cultural techn=
ique, affective and possibly spiritual engagement with the world =E2=80=93 =
one that operates across time and space and is able to transcend them throu=
gh a negotiation between distance and desire. This panel suggests a reflect=
ion on global practices of longing and their moral, political, economic, an=
d spiritual trajectories in the light of desired change, necessary resistan=
ce, experienced loss, and regimes of consumption (of mobility, imaginaries,=
romance).
In the light of the overall conference theme of =E2=80=9Cworld solidarity=
=E2=80=9D, longing has particular relevance =E2=80=93 acts of solidarity of=
ten occur hand in hand with shared senses or traditions of longing. Deepeni=
ng the link with the congress theme, we call contributors to consider the s=
ubversive potential of longing, the seductive traps that longing can create=
, and the mobilizing capacity of longing for individuals and societies.
We particularly welcome papers that explore longing as intersection of pers=
onal experiences, cultural environments of longing (eg. Sehnsucht, saudade,=
dor, akogare), and global narratives (incl. tourism, consumption, neoliber=
alism).
Key words
Affect, Imagination, Utopia, Nostalgia, Resistance
Convenors
Hannah Wadle and Lukasz Kaczmarek
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=C2=A0
=C2=A0We would like to invite you to submit paper proposals to the IUAES 20=
19 panel on (Im)Mobilising Longing: subversive potentials and seductive sna=
res between distance and desire. The deadline is soon - 15 February 2019.
=C2=A0
(Im)Mobilising Longing: subversive potentials and seductive snares between =
distance and desire
Abstract
Practices, trajectories, and places of longing are keys to the imaginative =
horizons (Crapanzano, 2003) and the alternative utopias (Kiossev, 2013) of =
individuals and societies. Yet, if =E2=80=9Cbelonging=E2=80=9D holds a prom=
inent place in contemporary Anthropology, the notion of =E2=80=9Clonging=E2=
=80=9D has tended to appear in a more marginal position. This panel further=
s a recent shift of perspective from belonging to longing that research on =
nostalgia, on hope and yearning, or on tourism and migrant imaginaries has =
initiated in the past years.
We invite presenters to address longing as a human strategy, cultural techn=
ique, affective and possibly spiritual engagement with the world =E2=80=93 =
one that operates across time and space and is able to transcend them throu=
gh a negotiation between distance and desire. This panel suggests a reflect=
ion on global practices of longing and their moral, political, economic, an=
d spiritual trajectories in the light of desired change, necessary resistan=
ce, experienced loss, and regimes of consumption (of mobility, imaginaries,=
romance).
In the light of the overall conference theme of =E2=80=9Cworld solidarity=
=E2=80=9D, longing has particular relevance =E2=80=93 acts of solidarity of=
ten occur hand in hand with shared senses or traditions of longing. Deepeni=
ng the link with the congress theme, we call contributors to consider the s=
ubversive potential of longing, the seductive traps that longing can create=
, and the mobilizing capacity of longing for individuals and societies.
We particularly welcome papers that explore longing as intersection of pers=
onal experiences, cultural environments of longing (eg. Sehnsucht, saudade,=
dor, akogare), and global narratives (incl. tourism, consumption, neoliber=
alism).
Key words
Affect, Imagination, Utopia, Nostalgia, Resistance
Convenors
Hannah Wadle and Lukasz Kaczmarek
