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FYI - Note *4/23* deadline for paper proposals. "Socio-spatial forms of 
segregation and/or stigmatization and the kinds of mechanisms that 
enable their existence or help perpetuate them" are basic causal 
mechanisms linking where people live (as outlined in "Neighborhoods & ) 
and health inequities. But the concepts of socially defined "space", of 
inclusion and exclusion, borders and boundaries, extend beyond physical 
geographies into social environments, and even into global geopolitical 
processes which have massive and long lasting consequences for human 
population health.
  -- Alice Furumoto-Dawson, PhD/MPH

***Call for Paper Proposals
Spaces of Exception:
Social Marginality, Racialized Inequalities and Invisibility in the 21st 
Century
May 28, 2010
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The University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Race, Politics and 
Culture invites paper proposals for a day long conference to be held on 
the campus on May 28, 2010.  This conference on "Spaces of Exception: 
Social Marginality, Racialized Inequalities and Invisibility in the 21st 
Century," seeks to explore the physical, social and ideological 
processes that go into creating spaces of exception, that is spaces that 
are characterized by the suspension of laws, norms and rights understood 
to apply to all.  This conference is interested in socio-spatial forms 
of segregation and/or stigmatization and the kinds of mechanisms that 
enable their existence or help perpetuate them. While the notion of "the 
exception" appears in the work of Giorgio Agamben (1998) in relation to 
the space of the camp (such as the concentration camp or refugee camp), 
this conference is interested in "spaces of exception" broadly speaking, 
and welcomes papers that explore, in one way or another, processes of 
spatialization that depend on ideologies of difference, exclusivity or 
extra-legality.

Paper proposals should not be more that two single-spaced pages and must 
be accompanied by a short two-page résumé. A copy of these materials 
should be sent electronically by *April 23, 2010* to each of the 
following: Ramón A. Gutiérrez ([log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Nell Gabiam ([log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).

For additional information about the conference, please contact Prof. 
Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and 
Culture, University of Chicago at 773-702-8063 or 
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Download this call for paper proposals at http://csrpc.uchicago.edu
Conference paper proposals are welcome on the following themes:  

*Urban marginality:* What are the mechanisms of segregation, racial and 
ethnic stigmatization and social inequality that shape the landscape of 
the city in the current globalized world?  How do various understandings 
of "the city" reinforce or dismantle the aforementioned barriers?   

*Spaces of containment:* What are the mechanisms that go into justifying 
spaces of containment? What is the relationship between notions of 
"security," "sovereignty" and "protection" and spaces of containment 
such as the refugee camp, the prison, the army camp/base, or the gated 
community?

*Spaces of invisibility: *Through what mechanisms do certain people, 
groups become invisible? For example, how do notions of sovereignty, 
rights, legality/extra legality/illegality, determine who is 
recognizable as a social and political actor and who is not?

Professor Veena Das of Johns Hopkins University and Professor Teresa 
Caldeira of the University of California, Berkeley will serve as the 
conference keynote speakers.  Papers presented at the conference will be 
considered for publication as a special issue of an academic journal. 
All expenses -- transport, housing, meals -- will be provided for 
persons chosen to present.
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