Embracing Difference
17-20 de Septiembre de 2020
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
IAFOR is very excited to be returning to the vibrant city of Barcelona, and continuing our relationship with the University. Barcelona is one of Europe’s most diverse and exciting cities, that has long been at the intersection of different cultures, religions, languages and peoples. Its rich intellectual and artistic traditions have made the city the home to writers, visionaries, artists and dissidents of all backgrounds.
It continues to be a place where ideas and ideologies jostle for position, conservatism and change, a place of questioning and subversion; high, low, popular culture and counterculture. As a city it has embraced difference and been forced to embrace difference like few others, and its long history and its present attest to, and contextualise questions of independence, globalisation and belonging, as issues driven by regionalism, nationalism and ethnocentrism play out in the city’s political arenas.
The BAMC Organising Committee welcomes papers from a wide variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives, and submissions are organised into the streams and substreams listed below:
- Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
- Aesthetics and Design
- Ageing Studies
- Area Studies
- Architecture, Geography and Urban Studies
- Arts Practices
- Climate Change and Arts, Media, Culture
- Communication
- Cultural Studies
- Difference/Identity/Ethnicity
- Digital Humanities
- Education/Pedagogy
- Gender, Sexuality and Culture
- Film Studies
- Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies
- Literature, Literary Studies and Theory
- Media Studies
- Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music
- Politics and Philosophy
- Queer Theory
- Sociology
- Visual Culture
- Other
Special Themes and Areas of Focus
Authors have the optional opportunity of identifying whether their paper addresses either the 2020 IAFOR Special Theme and/or one of the ongoing IAFOR Special Areas of Focus.
IAFOR 2020 Special Theme: “Embracing Difference”
At a time when nationalism and ethno-centrism have become ascendant ideologies and provide easy refuge from the anxieties generated by globalisation and economic uncertainty, it is far too easy to see “difference” as a problem rather than an opportunity. Yes, cultural, religious, linguistic, and social differences can make us uncomfortable. They can be frightening, unsettling, and intellectually challenging. At the same time, they are enormously generative. It is only through encountering cultures and belief systems unlike our own that we learn anything about the flaws and limitations inherent in our own perspectives.
“Difference” is the source of innovation and change. While negotiating the difficulties of seemingly incompatible belief systems may pose tremendous challenges to us all, the payoffs for actively seeking out, celebrating, and working to converse across profound differences are manifold. As we learn about others, we learn about ourselves. And through those encounters, we have the opportunity to chart a future in which difference does not lead to violence, intolerance, or retrenchment, but instead is celebrated as the source of our collective strength.
Conference Dates
- Thursday, September 17, 2020 to Sunday, September 20, 2020
- Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: April 30, 2020
- Final Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2020
- Results of abstract review returned to authors: Generally within four weeks
- Full conference registration fees due for all presenters: August 07, 2020
- Full conference paper submission (after the event): October 20, 2020
Submit early to take advantage of the discounted registration rates. Learn more about our registration options.
We look forward to seeing you in the vibrant, historic city of Barcelona!
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