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CFP: Journeys across B/Orders in Canadian Studies

June 09 – 11, 2022 Marburg Centre for Canadian Studies University of Marburg, Germany

Deadline: January 15, 2022

https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb10/mzks/journeys-across-b-orders-in-canadian-studies

It has almost become a truism that the Covid19-Pandemic has thrown the notion of borders into greater relief once again. While borders between states were closed to people and traffic, the virus was able to transgress geographical and political borders as well as bodily borders, thus not only journeying across borders but also effecting a change in ordering systems and apparently stable orders. Such transgressions, which revealed the vulnerability of b/orders, present an interesting contrast to people’s inability to travel that ties in with the general idea that journeys appear as a dynamic movement, whereas b/orders seem to be stable constructs. In fact, journeys and borders, as well as systems of order, can be considered concepts that determine one another when we regard journeys across b/orders as transgressive movements that highlight the existence of physical as well as conceptual borders. So, while the concept of the border is often understood as a principle imposing and maintaining order, a matter of stability, Johan Schimanski and Stephan Wolfe insist on perceiving the border as “dynamic, a phenomenon constantly undergoing processes of both fixing and blurring” (2017). Moreover, journeys impact on the understanding/self-image of nation and individual, belief in liberal values, human rights, the other and the notion of belonging or the co-dependency between Global North/ South. Therefore, journeys across borders bring about unique narratives and questions.

Borders, as conceptual as well as highly visible lines that structure orders, realms and places, have always been at the heart of political, social or cultural endeavours and struggles. For example, only four years before the pandemic intervened in orders across the globe, borders and ideas of order became highly visible in migrants’ and refugees’ attempts to reach places they hoped would provide them with safety from war, hunger, and violence and with a better life. The interplay of bodies and borders in migration or their reciprocal definition and determination highlight how movements produce meaning and raise awareness of material borders and bodies. Such movements raise the question on whether the body of the migrant de/stabilizes the b/order – a question that cannot be limited to geographical journeys but that also includes metaphorical ones (inward/ outward).

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CFP: Canadian Game Studies Association/L’Association Canadienne d’Études des Jeux (CGSA/ACÉJ) 2022 Annual Conference

Deadline for submission is Monday January 10th by midnight EST.

The 2022 Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA/ACÉJ) annual conference will be held *May 31 to June 4 through a virtual format*. This virtual format will build on lessons from the 2021 conference and combine pre-recorded paper and panel presentations with synchronous Q&A discussion sessions.

Even as a virtual conference, as an organization CGSA/ACÉJ is made possible by infrastructure and resources located in the unceded territories of

the* xʷməθkʷəy̓əm

<http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/> *(Musqueam),* Sḵwx̱wú7mesh

<http://www.squamish.net/>* (Squamish), and* Sel̓íl̓witulh <https://twnation.ca/> *(Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and from various institutions located across Turtle Island. As a direct beneficiary of this ongoing colonial violence, CGSA/ACÉJ affirms its commitment to support marginalized scholars and creators and proactively make space for studies of gender, race, sexuality, ability, class, and other forms of diversity in games and gaming cultures.

Building from our 2021 conference, Solidarity and Social Justice in Game Studies, this year’s conference theme is *ACTION! *We invite submissions that work toward an anti-racist and decolonial game studies. In this sense of *ACTION! *papers and panels might study racism and coloniality in games, resistance on the part of players and other actors in the game cultures, or use approaches that decenter Western epistemologies and challenge white supremacy.  *ACTION! *also highlights a critical dimension of games and gaming: the interactive or participatory element of a player at play.

Papers and panels thinking about this sense of *ACTION! *might examine forms, contexts, and/or sites of interaction, how players, developers, and others in gaming scenes act on games, and/or games as social action.

Accepted papers and panels that address either senses of the theme *ACTION! *will be highlighted in special sessions throughout the conference.

We also invite submissions from researchers in any disciplines in the humanities and social sciences working on any topic related to games, digital or analog.

Graduate student submissions and submissions from scholars outside of Canada are welcome and encouraged! CGSA/ACÉJ accepts submissions in both English and French, but please note that most presentations and social events will be in English. Additionally, presenters are asked to limit their submissions to no more than 1 paper as first author and no more than 1 workshop or other event.

*Black and/or Indigenous graduate students accepted to the conference will be able to register at no cost.*

*Submission Guidelines:*

For help preparing abstracts, including recommendations for works cited, please refer to this guide <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KpvAKEOeSfrk-yeVLxo1J2MkqEA2UJaa/view?usp=sharing>

(available in English only). Please also note that *all submissions must be anonymized and should include at least 3 references.*

This year we will be accepting proposals for three kinds of submissions:

*Individual Paper Submissions*

For individual paper submissions please submit an anonymized abstract no longer than 500 words (excluding references). We welcome presentations that take advantage of the virtual conference format.

*Panel Submission*

For panel submissions please include a 250-word panel overview and 250 words (excluding references) describing each individual presentation. The panel organizer/chair should assemble all materials and submit as a single anonymized submission to EasyChair. When submitting the panel to EasyChair, the organizer/chair should be listed as corresponding author, and all other panel participants should be listed as co-authors.

*Workshops/Other Formats*

CGSA/ACÉJ welcomes other types of submissions including workshops, demonstrations, fishbowls, etc, especially those that take advantage of the virtual conference format or might be uniquely possible in a virtual conference format. Please contact the CGSA/ACÉJ 2022 organizers in advance of the deadline with a brief summary of your proposed submission, anticipated equipment needs, and an estimated length of time requested.

*Please submit all proposals via EasyChair:*

*https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgsaacj2022#

<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgsaacj2022#>*

The CGSA/ACÉJ 2022 organizing team

http://gamestudies.ca/

canadiangamestudies@gmail.com

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Fresh off the banana boat? Self-Perceptions and Dissociating from Other Koreans

Online, November 23, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Register here: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lc-CrpzwvGt0MpWzncpzvZwjjh6fAbKme

Internalized racial oppression (IRO) occurs when racial minorities learn, adopt, believe, internalize, and reproduce white (heteronormative) supremacy and racial ideology and practices and view themselves and co-ethnic members (and other minority groups) through this lens. Common across other ethnic and racial groups, feelings of not fitting in or a lack of belonging, changing oneself to appear or sound more “Canadian” or “Korean,” living a double-life or hiding parts of oneself in a “closet,” and expressions and slang terms such as “FOB” and “banana” underscore the lines of acceptance and inclusion. Distinctions are constructed and enforced within oneself and within ethnic and racial communities, particularly where old and new immigrants interact, and these lines are systematically rooted in ideas of race and white heteronormative supremacy, settler colonialism, migration, language, accents, and nationalism.

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Reconciling Multiculturalism in Today’s Canada – a national symposium

Online, November 12, 2021 to January 21, 2022

Registration and schedule: https://m50.artsrn.ualberta.ca/

The year 2021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Canada’s policy of multiculturalism.

Adopted in 1971 in response to growing pressure from various Canadian constituencies for more recognition, the policy of multiculturalism brought about significant and lasting changes in Canadian society. Over the years, multiculturalism in Canada has been praised, critiqued, embraced, or deconstructed by politicians, scholars, and various stakeholder groups. Supporters of multiculturalism have asserted that the policy has promoted an inclusive and accepting Canadian society in which ethnocultural minorities have maintained their own unique cultures and identities while participating fully in mainstream Canadian institutions. Ukrainian Canadians, for example, having played an important role in the development and adoption of this policy, became its active promoters. With Quebec designating its own “intercultural model” to manage cultural diversity, critics have posited that multiculturalism has discouraged interethnic dialogue, fostered ghettoization, and encouraged cultural differences between various communities rather than informing their shared rights or identities as Canadians.

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GKS-Förderpreise 2021/2022 – Bewerbungsfrist verlängert!

01. November Neue Deadline: 15.12.2021

Wir nehmen weiterhin Bewerbungen entgegen für:

– Reisestipendien: Forschungsaufenthalte in Kanada im Rahmen von Abschlussarbeiten.

– Prix d’Excellence: Auszeichung für herausragende wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu Québec von Nachwuchswissenschaftler_innen.

– Jürgen-und-Freia-Saße-Preis: Zuschuss für Forschungsaufenthalte in Kanada im Rahmen von Abschluss- und Qualifikationsarbeiten zu Kanadas First Nations.

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