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New Call for Papers - Mothering & Migration +
Association for Research on
Mothering (ARM) and the
Mothering and Migration: (Trans)nationalisms, Globalization, and Displacement
February 18-20, 2010,
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, government
agencies and workers, artists, mothers, and others who work or research in this
area. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We
encourage a variety of types of submissions including academic papers from all
disciplines,
workshops, creative submissions, performances, storytelling, visual arts and
other alternative formats.
Topics can include (but are not limited
to):
Representations/images of mothers and
migration and (trans)national issues; globalization of motherhood; empowering
migrant mothers; reproduction and movement of mother workers; migrant and
(trans)national mothers and capitalism; migrant and (trans)national mothers and
activism; public policy and migrant and (trans)national mothers; legal
responses to migrant and (trans)national mothers; transnational movement and
(anti-) racism in parenting; LBGT migrant and (trans)national mothers and
social justice issues; suffering and survival of migrant and (trans)national
mothers; impact of globalization on mothering; creating and maintaining family
relationships; mothering and immigration policies; resistance of migrant and
(trans)national mothers against cultural oppression; migrant and
(trans)national mothers and politicians; transnationalism and adoption; migrant
and (trans)national mother movements; race and (anti-) racism within the
migratory context; theories of mothers who migrate; globalization of
reproductive technologies and reproduction; the effects of migration on
mothering; communal support for migrant and (trans)national mothers; employment
and migrant and (trans)national mothers; raising children and migrant and
(trans)national mothers; migrant and (trans)national mothers and the loss of
identity; migrant and (trans)national mothers who build communities and
networks; climate change and migrant and (trans)national mothers; mothering and
cultural globalization; migrant and (trans)national mothers and language;
migrant and (trans)national mother activists; migrant and (trans)national
mothers and loss; displaced mothers; mothers on the margins; pregnant migrant
and (trans)national mothers and heath care; migrant and (trans)national mothers
and economic inequality; migrant and (trans)national mothers and homelessness;
migrant and (trans)national mothers and education; transnational motherhood;
violence against migrant and (trans)national mothers; migrant and
(trans)national mothers and mental health issues; migrant and (trans)national
mothers and disabilities; mothering and class
issues; caregiving and motherhood in global movements; transnational
movements; online communities of migrant and (trans)national mothers;
ideologies in migrant and transnational communities
If you are interested in being considered as a
presenter, please send a 250 word abstract and a 50 word bio by
Association for Research on Mothering
726 Atkinson,
(Tel) (416) 736-2100 x 60366 (Fax) 416-736-5766
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