[evoz] Upcoming Migration and Late Capitalism Conference
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Subject: Upcoming Migration and Late Capitalism Conference
Dear Friends of SJS,
Great list of speakers at the upcoming migration and late capitalism conference!
CONFERENCE
Migration & Late Capitalism – Critical Intersections with the Asia-Pacific and Beyond
June 11-13, 2015 at UVic (Fraser Building)
Presented by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives’ Migration and Mobility Program, this three-day conference will discuss new theoretical directions, interdisciplinary approaches and critical dialogues on migration and mobility with a particular, but not exclusive focus, on the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region. Researchers, policymakers, and activists from diverse disciplinary and regional locations (including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and North America) will be coming together for this unique... opportunity to share experiences and exchange knowledge.
The conference will feature three keynotes open to the public. We are especially pleased to welcome Dr. Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Vice Chancellor M?ori of the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Dr. Smith is the author of the international best seller Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples and will present her lecture “Disappeared, banished, murdered & displaced – Climate change or neoliberal capitalism? What is happening to indigenous communities in the 21st century?” at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 12.
More information and conference registration: www.uvic.ca/capi
PUBLIC KEYNOTE #1
Undocumented: the Architecture of Immigrant Detention
Thursday, June 11 at 7pm at UVic (Fraser Building, Room 159)
Presented by Tings Chak (No One Is Illegal – Toronto and the End Immigration Detention Network)
In the past six years, over 80,000 people have been jailed indefinitely in Canada, without charge or trial. This is the reality of immigration detention in Canada, a reality that is mostly invisible. Migrants are incarcerated because they are undocumented. Likewise, there is little trace to be found of these sites of detention — drawings and photos are classified; access is extremely limited. The detention centres, too, are undocumented. This presentation will highlight the graphic novel, Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention, which details the banality and violence of sites and contrasts them with stories of daily resistance among immigration detainees. This work is grounded in grassroots organizing in solidarity with immigration detainees through No One Is Illegal - Toronto and the End Immigration Detention Network.
More information: www.uvic.ca/capi
** This public keynote lecture is free and open to the public as part of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives’s Migration & Late Capitalism conference **
PUBLIC KEYNOTE #2
What's at stake in the mobility of labour? Borders, Migration & Late Capitalism
Friday, June 12 at 11am at UVic (Fraser Building, Room 159)
Presented by Sandro Mezzadra (University of Bologna, Italy)
Drawing upon Dr. Mezzadra’s recently published book Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labour, this lecture will discuss the significance of the proliferation of borders in the global age from the point of view of "late" capitalism and reflect on the subjective stakes of the politics of migration, providing instances from many parts of the world (including the Asia-Pacific region).
More information: www.uvic.ca/capi
** This public keynote lecture is free and open to the public as part of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives’s Migration & Late Capitalism conference **
PUBLIC KEYNOTE #3
Disappeared, banished, murdered & displaced
Climate change or neoliberal capitalism? What is happening to indigenous communities in the 21st century?
Friday, June 12 at 7pm at UVic (Fraser Building, Room 159)
Presented by Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Vice Chancellor M?ori, University of Waikato, New Zealand and author of Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples)
In the indigenous world it is difficult to ignore the scale and pervasiveness of on going colonialism, continuing displacement, the physical, social and cultural death of our women, our men and our children, our communities, languages and cultures. From Disappeared and murdered women, to high suicide rates, to forced closures of communities and environmental exile, many indigenous communities are struggling to stay alive while governments never seem to learn the lessons of past mistakes. This talk identifies a series of major displacements of indigenous populations across the Asia Pacific region, as well as discusses the policies of neoliberal indigeneity and how these policies and alliances across jurisdictions are leading to a new wave of displacement and exile of indigenous peoples.
More information: www.uvic.ca/capi
** This public keynote lecture is free and open to the public as part of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives’s Migration & Late Capitalism conference **
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