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Please find below a CFP for our panel at AAA/CASCA 2019,Vancouver, 20-24 No=
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We have place for one more presenter in the panel, and welcomeabstract prop=
osals.=20



Articulating morality in returnmigration

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Discussants:

Jarrett Zigon (University of Virgina)

Ted Fischer (Vanderbilt University)

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Migrants=E2=80=99 decisions to return to their countries of originare infor=
med by the comparison and assessment of different life scenarios. Suchcompa=
rison requires pondering and deliberating on life =E2=80=98here=E2=80=99 an=
d =E2=80=98there=E2=80=99,linking such assessment to one=E2=80=99s own circ=
umstances and possibilities. Theexperience of return also raises a range of=
moral demands and dilemmas, callingon migrants to (re)negotiate belongings=
, allegiances, and (re)attune their waysof dwelling in social environments =
that may diverge from expectations.=C2=A0 Inthis session, we are interested=
in ascertaining and exploring the key areas ofmoral concern and deliberati=
on that inform migrants=E2=80=99 return projects as well astheir concrete e=
xperiences of return.=C2=A0 What domains of life, we ask, areof most absorb=
ing moral concern for return migrants? Which areas of intense moraldelibera=
tion characterize migrants=E2=80=99 imagining and concrete experiences ofre=
turn? Integral to these lines of enquiry is ascertaining the source andnatu=
re of moral concerns and deliberation: When do these moral concerns arise?W=
ho is voicing them and in which context? Which are the moral narrativesinfo=
rming such judgments? How are evaluations articulated? With thesequestions,=
we are also interested in addressing the =E2=80=9Cwhy=E2=80=9D of moral co=
ncerns anddeliberations, including the reasons that explain the emergence o=
f moral issuesin the first place, the way they affect some domains of life =
over others, andin which manner. This requires exploring how such concerns =
are linked tospecific political economic configurations and changes in livi=
ng conditions. Italso means paying attention to people=E2=80=99s socio-econ=
omic positioning, statuses,and relational entanglements in order to discern=
the importance of lines ofdifferentiation linked to class, gender, generat=
ion, race and ethnicity amongothers. While providing a better understanding=
of the promises and challengesof return migration, these paths of inquiry =
will shed new light on how moralconcerns and deliberations emerge, are arti=
culated, and circulate intransnational spheres and across a variety of cont=
exts, providing valuableinsights on how moralities travel different scales =
and locations, gainsalience, and eventually acquire a global dimension. Wit=
h this session, weencourage scholars working on return migration and closel=
y related phenomena toreflect on the moral dimension of such trajectories o=
f mobility, and to do soin dialogue with recent advances in the anthropolog=
y of ethics, morality andthe good life.

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Panel conveners:=20

Valerio Simoni (GraduateInstitute, Geneva)

J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie Voirol (Graduate Institute, Geneva)=20

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Please send yourabstract, of max. 250 words, to valerio.simoni@graduateinst=
itute.chand jeremie.voirol@gradauteinstitute.chby the 29th of March.



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Valerio Simoni

Senior Research Fellow

Department of Anthropology and Sociology & Global Migration Centre

The Graduate Institute, Geneva

GraduateInstitute - Academia - ResearchGate

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PI, ERC project: Returningto a Better Place: The (Re)assessment of the =E2=
=80=98Good Life=E2=80=99 in Times of Crisis

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Recent publications:

2018. [Paperback] Tourism andInformal Encounters in Cuba. Oxford andNew Yor=
k: Berghahn Books. * Graburn BookPrize (AAA-ATIG) *=20

2018. ApproachingDifference, Inequality, and Intimacy in Tourism: A View fr=
om Cuba. Journal of AnthropologicalResearch 74(4), 503-525.=20