[Anarchafeminists] ASN 2.0 - 'Making Connections'

Thu Apr 12 10:29:59 UTC 2012

FYI, all! Fancy contributing to what looks to be an amazing
conference/convergence?

Jamie x

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***apologies for cross-posting***
***please circulate widely***

CALL FOR PAPERS & WORKSHOPS

Anarchist Studies Network Conference 2.0 - 'Making Connections'

Loughborough University, UK

3rd-5th September, 2012
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***Deadline for abstract submissions extended to May 1st, 2012***

Registration Packages Now Confirmed (scroll down for more)
Full contact details for panel organisers available at:
www.anarchist-studies-network.org.uk
If you have a paper that doesn't necessarily fit in the advertised panel
streams,
it will still be considered. See below for details.

We live in interesting times. The Arab Spring, Occupy X and anti-austerity
protests are only the latest and most visible examples in a long tradition
of grassroots social movements in which ordinary people create democratic
alternatives to hierarchy and inequality. Here and everywhere, people are
getting together and making connections between their own everyday
experiences and wider patterns of relationships and power, official and
unofficial. They (or we) are making connections with each other, personal
and political. New patterns evolve as people experiment with different ways
of organising, of relating, of connecting, of thinking. Scholars, artists
and activists observe, theorise and participate in various ways, helping to
make connections, both in social movements and in the movements of everyday
life. Feminists, in particular, have foregrounded intersectional approaches
to power, privilege and oppression. Race, class and gender; sexuality,
ecology and (dis)ability; age, species and faith -- each of these and more
interconnect in numerous ways, both subtle and overt.

The Anarchist Studies Network is hosting a conference to acknowledge,
celebrate and deepen these diverse efforts to understand and transform our
world, our lives. We want this conference itself to be a space for making
connections, both intellectual and personal. It will include a blend of
more or less traditional panels, participatory discussions and experiential
workshops, extended breaks and social events. This first call is an
invitation to propose thematic streams, workshops or panel topics by those
who are willing to take a role in organising them. Further calls will
invite papers, participation, performance. We're particularly keen to make
connections across borders of identities, movements, disciplines and
practices. We invite contributions from students, academics and
unaffiliated researchers, activists and artists, health practitioners and
care workers, trade unionists, community organisers and those without
labels. Above all, we would like to nurture a convivial atmosphere in which
to make connections with others, explore areas of both overlap and
difference, create or simply meet, to learn and to share.

Our intention is for this to be a scholarly conference with a difference.
Scholar means both student and teacher. By bringing together a diverse
group of participants, who share in common a desire to learn and a
commitment to acknowledging and creating alternatives to rigid hierarchies
and exploitative relationships, we hope that each of us will have something
to offer others and much to learn. The process of organising the conference
is decentralised, with the conference initiators welcoming proposals from a
diverse range of session organisers covering a wide variety of engaged and
engaging topics. We also invite session organisers to consider playful,
participatory and/or experimental panel and workshop formats. This might
range from a traditional three paper panel followed by a discussion using
alternative facilitation techniques (e.g., open space technology, fishbowl,
or sitting in a circle with a facilitator) to more interactive
workshop-style discussion or experiential sessions. Our intention is not to
be transgressive for the sake of it, but to encourage a variety of methods
in order to facilitate making connections.

*20 Panel Streams and Workshops*.
Please contact the conveners with your paper/presentation abstracts (full
details on the ASN website).

‘No Master But God’? Exploring the Compatibility of Anarchism and Religion.
Convener: Alex Christoyannopoulos

Anarchism and Non-Domination. Convener: Alex Prichard

A workshop on workable anti-work utopias (working title). Convener: Peter
Seyferth

Anarchism in different national contexts. Convener: Mari Kuukkanen

Anarchism and other animals - making connections across species boundaries.
Conveners: Erika Cudworth and Richard White

Connecting Anarchism and Critical Management and Organisation Studies.
Conveners: Thomas Swann and Konstantin Stoborod

Anarchism & Autonomism. Convener: Stevphen Shukaitis

Real Democracy and the Revolutions of our Time. Conveners: Laurence Davis
and Peter Snowdon

Anarchism and War. Convener: Pietro di Paola

On Violence. Convener: Mohamed Veneuse

Anarchism and Education. Convener: Peter Jandric

Re-imagining Anarchism in America: A Critical Perspective. Convener: Jorell
Meléndez

Anarchism and Disability. Conveners: Steve Graby, Anat Greenstein, Jess
Bradley

Is anarchism Western?: Anarchism and its challenges in a (post)colonial
world. Convener: Gabriel Kuhn

Ontological Anarchism. Convener: Peter Hardy

Anarchist Publishing. Convener: Jason Lindsey

MethodBox Workshop. Conveners: Eleni Froudaraki and Isidora Ilic

***Other Sessions Confirmed***

‘Let’s Build it Together’: A Workshop on Protest Camps and Autonomous
Politics Session Organisers: Anna Feigenbaum and Fabian Frenzel

Bodily Anarchy. Facilitator: Jamie Heckert

What now for workplace organising: Contemporary wobbly experiences.
Convener, David Bailey

*Film night and other social activities to be scheduled.... *

*Nothing here that takes your fancy? Contact Chris Rossdale with your paper
proposal for the open stream (C.Rossdale @ warwick.ac.uk).*

 *Registration options: *
Registration fees:
Full waged: £68
Low-waged: £38
Unwaged: £10

Registration will open in early May. Please check the ASN website for
regular conference updates.

The registration fee covers the costs for lunches, snacks and refreshments
on Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th of September, and contributes
towards venue costs and bursaries. Full travel and accommodation bursaries
will be made available on the basis of need. On registration you will be
asked to detail your requirements and to ensure you keep all your receipts.

Accommodation costs are not included in the registration fee. A number of
accommodation options are available:

On campus, Royce Hall (all B&B)
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/campus-living/accommodation/halls/royce/
Single en suite    £44
Standard single with shared bathroom    £30

Premier Inn
http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/LOUBOR/loughborough
Single en suite        £58 single occupancy based on B&B
Double en suite        £66.25 double occupancy   (B&B)

Ramada Inn
http://www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=15797&variant=uk&brandInfo=RA
Single B&B    £50
Single, room only    £45
Double/twin B&B    £65
Double/twin, room only   £55

For more information, contact Alex Prichard: alprich at gmail.com
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