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INVITATION: WORKSHOP HIERARCHIES OF CITIZENSHIP: MIGRATION AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PROVISIONING

Hierarchies of Citizenship: Migration and the Political Economy of Provisioning

DGSKA/GAA (German Anthropological Association) - Workshop of the Working Group Migration, co-organized with the AG Public Anthropology.

The Workshop will take place in the framework of the Vienna Anthropology Days 2020 at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, September 28 - October 1, 2020; the workshop will last for two days.

We continue to monitor the developments regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus). Depending on the evolution of the pandemic, the workshop might go virtual on the original dates (in this case it would be shorter).

Organizers: Katrin Kremmel (Universität Wien), Daniele Karasz (ENSA Paris La Villette), Souleymane Diallou (Universität Münster), Judith Albrecht (FU Berlin), Nasima Selim (FU Berlin)

Deadline for application: June 1st, 2020

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Hierarchies of Citizenship: Migration and the Political Economy of Provisioning

Migration regimes always produce categorizations that sort people into different groups of migrants and distinguish them from ‘non-migrants’. These categories are conferred with differing rights and obligations in relation to the access to welfare provisions.

In Europe, it is a supranational asylum system that interacts with its national counterparts to produce a variety of legal categories, ranging from ‘asylum seeker’, ‘refugee’ to ‘irregular or illegal immigrant.’ In many countries of the so-called Global South, criteria for service provisions are constantly redefined within evolving political economic regimes and in response to the changing inflow of migrants. As a result, social inclusion and exclusion are produced through bureaucratic practices, also driven by a variety of non-state institutions ranging from international organizations, NGOs, religious institutions, to local grass-roots organizations in the field of welfare provision arrangements.

This workshop aims to explore the complex entanglements of citizenship, migration regimes, as well as the moral and political economy of provision arrangements in various regional and institutional settings. By taking a closer look at the opportunities and constraints for ’migrants’ and ‘non-migrants’ in the context of provision arrangements across different regions and decades, we want to develop a common reading of ‘migrant’ and ‘non-migrant’ experiences of precarity, tensions and forms of resistance to legal categories. To address these issues, the workshop invites contributions that focus on the processes of categorization itself and debate the enacted distinctions in relation to (dis-) continuities of access to provisions (such as housing, health care, education, etc.).

Participants will be invited to submit think pieces (ca. 5 pages) that will be circulated among them prior to the workshop. These think pieces will serve as a basis for discussions during the workshop, instead of paper presentations. The think piece should also present gaps and uncertainties, rather than already sustained findings only. In cooperation with AG Public Anthropology, we will explicitly discuss creative ways of making our debates accessible to the wider public.

To apply, please send a short bio and an abstract of the think piece including a few questions/topics you would be interested in discussing (max. 350 words). Participants will be informed the latest by end of June, 2020.

Most probably there will be limited funds available for our workshop for support with travel and accommodation expenses. Please let us know in case you would require funding.

Deadline for application: June 1st, 2020

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EASA Anthropology and Mobility Network (ANTHROMOB) http://www.easaonline.org/networks/anthromob/

For further information please contact any of the following:

Anna Lisa Ramella University of Cologne anna.ramella@gmail.com

Silvia Wojczewski University of Lausanne silviawoj@gmail.com

Fabiola Mancinelli Universitat de Barcelona fabiolamancinelli@ub.edu

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