Message posted on 02/08/2019

Special Issue CFP: Good Citizens, Permitted Outsiders: Mapping the Space of Conditional Inclusion and Citizenship among Minorities

Dear colleagues,

Please consider this call for a special issue to be submitted to Ethnic and= Racial Studies:

SPECIAL ISSUE

Good Citizens, Permitted Outsiders: Mapping the Space of Conditional Inclus= ion and Citizenship

SPECIAL CALL FOR PAPERS WITH A FOCUS ON MINORITIES IN THE U.S. AND/OR LATIN= AMERICA

We are currently seeking additional papers for inclusion in a journal speci= al issue, to be submitted to Ethnic and Racial Studies. The issue is titled= Good Citizens, Permitted Outsiders: Mapping the Space of Conditional Inclu= sion and Citizenship.

We particularly invite papers with a focus on minorities and dynamics of co= nditional inclusion and citizenship with a US and/or Latin America.

Deadline for submission of paper abstract and short bio: 16th August.

This special issue theorizes spaces of conditional inclusion and citizenshi= p through interlinked cases of empirical research on ethnic, religious or n= ational minorities. From =91good immigrants=92 to =91good citizens=92 or = =91permitted Indians=92, the world is ripe with metaphoric tropes employed = by majorities to designate spaces of inclusion and citizenship that are res= erved for minority citizens and non-citizens that are recognized as =91good= =92. Building on recent work that analysed genealogies of =91key figures=92= (Lindquist 2009; Salazar 2017), this issue mobilizes findings from empiric= al research to scrutinize specific local manifestations of widespread figur= es, such as good Muslims, good enemies, or deserving refugees. The rational= e behind the issue is that this rooting of each case in a wider conceptual = genealogy opens the door to a much broader comparative perspective that all= ows us to formulate a new theory of conditional inclusion and citizenship.

Each contribution makes visible the in-built parameters and conditions that= often determine how regimes of citizenship incorporate members of stigmati= zed minorities, including immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and enemy state de= fectors. At the same time, the papers show how members of these minorities = negotiate the restricted spaces of conditional inclusion and citizenship th= ey encounter. The individual aspiration to fulfil the expectations imposed = by the dominant majority society, while maintaining a sense of dignity and = self-worth, form part of this negotiation. As diverse minority citizens and= non-citizens around the world are incorporated into nation states, cities,= or economies, their positive recognition and inclusion are frequently made= conditional on the fulfilment of certain standards that the majority prede= termines. Those deemed acceptable are labelled as 'good' or =91permitted=92= , as in good citizens, good Muslims, good immigrants, good Arabs, or =91per= mitted Indians=92 (Hale and Millam=E1n 2005), to name a few. Importantly, t= hese metaphors of conditional inclusion reveal much more than ideal-type re= presentations of classified Others: they designate interactional spaces wit= hin which the boundaries of inclusion are appropriated, reified, or reconfi= gured in people=92s daily lives. These spaces are the hidden battleground o= f conditional citizenship.

Details of the call:

The full proposal to Ethnic and Racial Studies will be submitted by the end= of August, which explains the tight deadline for the abstract submission o= n 16th of August. We would welcome contributions from any discipline in the= social sciences and humanities working across a variety of contexts. The c= ontexts could range from neoliberal regimes of inclusion to settler colonia= lism, nationalism and different kinds of citizenship or non-citizenship, an= d many other situations.

This round of the call has a focus on US and Latin America focused perspect= ives, simply because Ethnic and Racial Studies asked us to complement the e= xisting issue with a stronger comparative focus on minority inclusion and c= itizenship in the US (including but not restricted to Arab Americans, =91im= migrants=92, indigenous peoples, sanctuary cities and other specific polici= es, and more).

If you have any questions or would like to discuss a potential contribution= , please contact the issue editor, Andreas Hackl: Andreas.hackl@ed.ac.uk

Best wishes,

Dr Andreas Hackl

Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the Universit= y of Edinburgh.

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, w= ith registration number SC005336.

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