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Call for Papers: Transantionalism, Family Ties, and Migration in Europe (Workshop of the EAPS Working Group "The Anthropological Demography of Europe")
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Workshop of the EAPS Working Group “The Anthropological Demography of Europe”
TRANSANTIONALISM, FAMILY TIES, AND MIGRATION IN EUROPE
13-14 December 2007, Institut National d’Etude Démographiques, Paris
Organizers: Laura Bernardi and Clementine Rossier
Call for papers
Migration flows and the circulation of people within the European context increased dramatically
in the last decades and is in the center of scientific and political interest. Anthropological demography
approach to migration has the potential to constitute a bridge between migration research in demography
and research on transnationalism in anthropology. The former emphasizes economic and social factors as
causes of migration and sharply distinguishes between receiving and sending communities. The latter
reflects a move away from bounded units of analysis and localized community studies towards an interest
in the complex articulation of sending and receiving areas and in the migration experience of individuals
as part of nuclear and extended families
This workshop aims at understanding differences and similarities in migration processes in Europe
from the point of view of the individual experience, that of the family organization, and that of the
communities involved. Special attention is given to anthropological demographic research focusing on
motivational, political, and legal dimensions of migration and on the interrelationship between migration
and other demographic processes. Theoretical, empirical and methodological papers are equally welcome
and should address one of the following topics:
- Circulation of people: permanent, return, recurrent, and conflict migration
- The role of individual, family, community, and institutions on migration
- Transnational families and transnational networks
- The gender dimension of migration
- Migration and strong family ties
- Migration and reproduction
- Methodological challenges of doing transnational research
Submissions of extended abstract, papers or posters are invited. Those who wish to participate
should submit directly but not after than June 30, 2007, to Françoise Schmitt
(schmitt@ined.fr : a) an abstract of at least 500 words;
b) an indication of the institutional affiliation and position of the author/s;
c) the contact information of the corresponding author: telephone number, fax number, email address,
postal address. Contributors will be notified about the acceptance of their proposal by August 31, 2007. If
you have questions about the workshop or the EAPS Working Group on Anthropological Demography do
not hesitate to contact the organizers
Clémentine Rossier
Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques
Tel 0033156062109 or 0033149595662
Email clementine.rossier@ined.fr
Laura Bernardi
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Tel 00493812081171
Email bernardi@demogr.mpg.de