Roots and Legacies: 1st Global Meeting
A Cultures, Traditions, Societies Project
Tuesday 13th September-Thursday 15th September 2016
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
“This project aims to explore some of the central aspects of roots, legacies and socio-cultural heritage, attempting to answer questions such as: Where are our roots and what part do they play in shaping our personal and social narrative and legacy? How does the form and meaning of these concepts differ with time and culture? How do they impact the construction of individual and social identities and the sense of otherness? What role did they play in major historic events? How do they contribute to today’s socio-economic and geo-politic situation? How (if at all) can we hold on to our roots in modern times? What causes uprootedness on a macro and on a micro level? What are the social and individual consequences of uprootedness? Is being uprooted always a bad thing?
Participants from every relevant field of activity, performers, or storytellers who have specific insight to share about their personal or social roots and legacies are invited to submit proposals for presentations, papers, workshops, performances or panels on any topic related to Roots and Legacies. A complete list of possible topics can be found here.
Roots and legacies in the 21st century:
- Reflexive modernity and individualization as predictors of the waning importance of roots
- Finding new ways to stay connected to our roots in a fast-moving, fast-changing world
- The effect of growing multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism on the importance of roots and legacies in modern people’s lives
- Mass uprootings of the 21st century (migrations, waves of refugees etc.) – their causes and their consequences on those uprooted and on the societies of departure and of destination
- The role of digital communication (internet, smartphones, social media etc.) in maintaining connection with one’s roots
- Growing roots in cyberspace – bonding and partaking in culture, common history, jargon, values, norms and traditions in virtual worlds and online communities.
- The legacy of the 21st century – what are we leaving (or hoping to/not to leave) behind for future generations?
What to Send
300 word abstracts, proposals and other forms of contribution should be submitted by Friday 1st April 2016.
All submissions be minimally double reviewed, under anonymous (blind) conditions, by a global panel drawn from members of the Project Team and the Advisory Board. In practice our procedures usually entail that by the time a proposal is accepted, it will have been triple and quadruple reviewed.
You will be notified of the panel’s decision by Friday 15th April 2016.
If your submission is accepted for the conference, a full draft of your contribution should be submitted by Friday 5th August 2016.
Abstracts may be in Word, RTF or Notepad formats with the following information and in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of proposal, e) body of proposal, f) up to 10 keywords.
E-mails should be entitled: Roots and Legacies Submission
Where to Send
Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs:
Organising Chairs:
Ioana Cartarescu Petrica: icp@inter-disciplinary.net
Rob Fisher: roots1@inter-disciplinary.net
This event is an inclusive interdisciplinary research and publishing project. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.
All papers accepted for and presented at the conference must be in English and will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference.”
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