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CFP (AAA/CASCA 2019) Articulating morality in return migration

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Dear Colleagues,=20

Please find below a CFP for our panel at AAA/CASCA 2019,Vancouver, 20-24 No= vember.=20

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:

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

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