BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Catholic University of Eichstä\;tt-Ingolstadt is excite d to share the call for papers for the mid-term conference &lsquo\;Contest ing Place: Practices of (Un)Doing&rsquo\; which will be held in Eichst&aum l\;tt on June 26-27\, 2025. You can\n read the call below or \;clic k here for the pdf.Please submit your abstract (max. 300 words) with a sho rt bio by \;March 3rd \;to: conference_pp@ku.de. \;Contesting Place: Practices of (Un)Doing \;In the context of new political confro ntations\, ecological challenges\, and heightened social polarizations\, c onflicts in practices of place are intensifying. Encounters with place acr oss the humanities and social sciences often focus on matters of identific ation\n and delineation: that is\, on making and doing place. Yet\, eve ry emplacement entails displacement. Understanding places as configuration s of conflict raises questions on the entanglements of (un)doing that this conference seeks to centre\, by exploring\n de-stabilisation\, dis-loc ation\, and de-identification as practicing place.Within our research trai ning group \;&ldquo\;Practicing Place. Socio-Cultural Practices and Ep istemic Configurations&rdquo\;\, we supplement the question of what is a p lace with the question of how it is continuously designed and produced\, f rom a decidedly\n interdisciplinary perspective. Our work thus far has informed an orientation toward conflictuality and for this conference we i nvite proposals on contestation as situated and situating. How are places undone and thereby made in a praxis of contestation\,\n both materially imaginatively\, simultaneously and through time?Contesting established hi stories\, epistemologies\, and seemingly stable grounds involves denatural izing &ndash\; indeed\, displacing &ndash\; accepted modes of thought. Res earch in the environmental humanities\, for instance\, has made apparent t he multiple\n and opposing strategies of appropriation and exploitation which politicise landscapes\, such as in locally mobilised struggles agai nst extraction\, coal mining and land grabbing. From a posthumanist perspe ctive\, landscapes are gatherings of diverse\n ways of being in the mak ing\; they are not intentionally designed but emerge through imaginative a nd material entanglements. Further\, sociological and cultural studies app roaches to placings of the political are being rethought as publics are en closed\n across privatised city squares as well as the digital agora an d as geographies of accumulation are reinscribed across shifting labour ma rkets and border regimes. Contact zones come into view in which universali zing fictions of the West are challenged\n by pluriversal narratives de riving from local histories.Our praxeological approach to question the how of places pushes us beyond traditional disciplinary divisions of labour a nd subject matter. In this spirit\, our conference opens up a space for cr oss-disciplinary perspectives that bring into focus phenomena\n in dang er of being marginalized and overlooked in the course of restorative polit ical developments of the present. Facilitating cross-fertilization between the humanities and social sciences\, our conference approaches place not as a singular\, static\n entity but a multifaceted\, affective dialogic al\, conflictual system of relations.Themes and topics for panels and pres entations might include\, but are not limited toFictional representations of conflictual imaginaries \;Conflict(s) of place in literatureProblem atising the Anthropocene: methods\, concepts and frameworks for undoing th e nature/human binaryPosthumanist and New Materialist approaches to undoin g epistemologies of placeExperimental ethnographies: undoing place through aesthetic engagements to generate new ways of seeingVisual and sonic disl ocationsForms of decolonial praxis enacted in the margins that confront\, transgress\, undo the modern/colonial matrix of powerDe- and Postcolonial perspectives on struggles for and on (urban) territoryPlacing the Politica l in the everydayMedia and contesting (public) placeSituated affects as pr actices of doing and undoingInfrastructure as contestation: undoing and re making networks of powerGendered practices of place\, queer geographies\, and other forms of undoing normative place-makingInterstices from an inter disciplinary perspectiveAesthetics and spectacularization of conflicts in transmedia narrativesMemory and/as contested placesDigital placemaking and algorithmic orderingWe invite contributions from scholars of Humanities a nd Social Sciences\, practitioners and activists that engage with the conf lictuality of places and place-related practices. We encourage experimenta l contributions such as presentations on experimental\n methodologies\, including materials gathered and generated through research and field wor k\, such as photographs\, videos\, sound recordings\, artworks\, and maps. If you have any questions regarding your proposed contribution\, please d on&rsquo\;t hesitate\n to get in touch.Please submit\, as a single docu ment\, abstracts of no more than 300 words along with a short bio to \ ;conference_pp@ku.de \;by \;3rd March 2025. We will notify applica nts of acceptance in mid-April. The conference will take place on the  \;26th\n and 27th of June\, hosted by the \;Catholic University of Eichstä\;tt-Ingolstadt\, in Eichstä\;tt\, Germany. There will be a n optional pre-conference programme on the 25th March to get to know each other and Eichstä\;tt. The conference language\n is English. We pla n subsequent publication(s).This is an in-person event. If you have any qu estions\, please contact \;conference_pp@ku.de. For more information a bout &lsquo\;Practicing\n Place Socio-Cultural Practices and Epistemic Configurations&rsquo\; please visit us at \;https://www.practicing.pla ce/. DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250304 DTSTAMP:20250314T094105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250212 LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:'Contesting Place: Practices of (Un)Doing' Mid-term Conference UID:RFCALITEM638775420657664693 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Catholic University of Eichstä\;tt- Ingolstadt is excited to share the call for papers for the mid-term confer ence &lsquo\;Contesting Place: Practices of (Un)Doing&rsquo\; whi ch will be held in Eichstä\;tt on June 26-27\, 2025. You can\n read the call below or \;

Please submit your abstract (max. 300 words) with a short bio by \;March 3rd \;to: conference_pp@ku.de. \;

Contesting Place: Prac tices of (Un)Doing \;

In the context of new political confronta tions\, ecological challenges\, and heightened social polarizations\, conf licts in practices of place are intensifying. Encounters with place across the humanities and social sciences often focus on matters of identificati on\n and delineation: that is\, on making and doing place. Yet\, every emplacement entails displacement. Understanding places as configurations o f conflict raises questions on the entanglements of (un)doing that this co nference seeks to centre\, by exploring\n de-stabilisation\, dis-locati on\, and de-identification as practicing place.

Within our research training group \;&ldquo\;Practicing Place. Socio-Cultural Practices an d Epistemic Configurations&rdquo\;\, we supplement the question of what is a place with the question of how it is continuously designed and produced \, from a decidedly\n interdisciplinary perspective. Our work thus far has informed an orientation toward conflictuality and for this conference we invite proposals on contestation as situated and situating. How are pla ces undone and thereby made in a praxis of contestation\,\n both materi ally imaginatively\, simultaneously and through time?

Contesting est ablished histories\, epistemologies\, and seemingly stable grounds involve s denaturalizing &ndash\; indeed\, displacing &ndash\; accepted modes of t hought. Research in the environmental humanities\, for instance\, has made apparent the multiple\n and opposing strategies of appropriation and e xploitation which politicise landscapes\, such as in locally mobilised str uggles against extraction\, coal mining and land grabbing. From a posthuma nist perspective\, landscapes are gatherings of diverse\n ways of being in the making\; they are not intentionally designed but emerge through im aginative and material entanglements. Further\, sociological and cultural studies approaches to placings of the political are being rethought as pub lics are enclosed\n across privatised city squares as well as the digit al agora and as geographies of accumulation are reinscribed across shiftin g labour markets and border regimes. Contact zones come into view in which universalizing fictions of the West are challenged\n by pluriversal na rratives deriving from local histories.

Our praxeological approach t o question the how of places pushes us beyond traditional disciplinary div isions of labour and subject matter. In this spirit\, our conference opens up a space for cross-disciplinary perspectives that bring into focus phen omena\n in danger of being marginalized and overlooked in the course of restorative political developments of the present. Facilitating cross-fer tilization between the humanities and social sciences\, our conference app roaches place not as a singular\, static\n entity but a multifaceted\, affective dialogical\, conflictual system of relations.

Themes and t opics for panels and presentations might include\, but are not limited to< /p>

We invite contributions from scholars of Humanit ies and Social Sciences\, practitioners and activists that engage with the conflictuality of places and place-related practices. We encourage experi mental contributions such as presentations on experimental\n methodolog ies\, including materials gathered and generated through research and fiel d work\, such as photographs\, videos\, sound recordings\, artworks\, and maps. If you have any questions regarding your proposed contribution\, ple ase don&rsquo\;t hesitate\n to get in touch.

Please submit\, as a single document\, abstracts of no more than 300 words along with a short bio to \;conference_pp@ku.de \;by \;3rd March 2025. We will notify applicants of acceptance in mid-April. The conferenc e will take place on the \;26th\n and 27th of June\, hosted by the& nbsp\;Catholic University of Eichstä\;tt-Ingolstadt\, in Eichstä\; tt\, Germany. There will be an optional pre-conference programme on the 25 th March to get to know each other and Eichstä\;tt. The conference lan guage\n is English. We plan subsequent publication(s).This is an in-per son event. If you have any questions\, please contact \;conference_pp@ku.de. For more information about &lsquo\;Practicing\n Place Socio-Cultural Practices and Epistemic Conf igurations&rsquo\; please visit us at \;.

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