{"id":8691,"date":"2015-12-08T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=8691"},"modified":"2015-12-10T08:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T08:24:07","slug":"call-for-papers-interculturalism-cultures-and-identities-oxford-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=8691","title":{"rendered":"Call for papers – Interculturalism: Cultures and Identities, Oxford, July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the\u00a09th Global Meeting of a\u00a0Cultures, Traditions, Societies Project. The conference will be held from\u00a0Monday 18th July \u2013 Wednesday 20th July 2016,\u00a0Mansfield College, Oxford. There is an impressive and wide-ranging list of topics that are included in the conference theme.<\/em><\/p>\n

Interculturalism stands at the interface between the individual, local
\ngroups, societies and cultures. These compete, conflict, co-exist and
\ntrigger reactions and responses on a number of levels including the
\nsocial, the economic, the political and the personal. These are
\nreinforced through language, the media, cultural events, social
\ninstitutions and migration policies. Amidst all these dynamic and
\nstatic forms of interaction, identities are built and consolidated.<\/p>\n

The previous meeting of this project recognised that identity is not
\nsomething which is fixed and predetermined but rather is continuously
\ncreated and recreated from the day-to-day flow of living in
\ncommunities. With mobility not simply a commonplace factor in society
\nbut continuing to rapidly expand, people are faced with challenges to
\nand changes in their own identity as a result of encounters with new
\ncultures, new ways of living and new ways of thinking. People find
\nthemselves forging and reforming their identities through integration,
\nassimilation, disintegration, reintegration\u2026and so the pattern
\ncontinues.<\/p>\n

A key focus to be explored is the use of models emerging out of
\nintercultural models of thinking, working practices and daily life.
\nPrevious meetings of this project clearly identified the need for
\ndiscussions about how to create working platforms within varied
\nprofessions such as medical professions, nurses, doctors etc. or
\nsocial workers, teachers, local administrative and so on. The 2016
\nconference will build on the work of previous meetings in this series
\nand examine the meaning and parameters of Interculturalism, how it is
\nstudied and what it means. How can we talk meaningfully of
\ninterculturalism? What role does hybridity play in understanding the
\nway cultures morph, adapt and become suited to their context?<\/p>\n

A significant theme for debate will be assess the changing and
\ncontinually morphing relationship between cultures and identities,
\nlooking particularly at theories of cultural sensibility and its
\npractical aspects. The conference encourages people working in
\nmulticultural environments to describe, analyse and reflect on their
\nexperiences in the field.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n