-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: Mapping Blackness, AAG 2208 Boston Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:01:55 -0700 From: Caroline Bressey [[log in to unmask]] eply-To: maps-l To: From: Caroline Bressey [[log in to unmask]] Date sent: 21 Nov 2007 We are looking for a couple more papers to complete a second session, if you are interested please let us know by Friday 23 November Many thanks >Mapping Blackness > >Call for Papers >Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers, Boston >15-19 April 2008 ><http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/papers.htm>http://www.aag.org/a >nnualmeetings/2008/papers.htm > >Convenors Caroline Bressey, UCL and Paul Goodwin, Goldsmiths College > >Geographical metaphors and practices of mapping have increasingly >infused studies of Blackness in the Americas and Europe. These have >ranged from theoretical interventions, the historical mapping of the >Black presence, issues around health, social, educational and economic >life, and creative interventions around Black identity. This session >seeks to discuss how these modes of representation have impacted upon >the production and mobilisation of Blackness. It also seeks to ask how >Black identity has been constituted and reconstituted through these >debates. > >Possible paper topics include: >- The use of maps by artists exploring aspects of Black history and >contemporary identity. >- Historical geographies of the Black Presence in Europe, the Americas, >and the Pacific. >- Recent mapping projects undertaken by galleries, archivists and >community groups. >- The use of spatial metaphors in developing geographical imaginations >of the African Diaspora. >- The mapping of inequality and its impact on anti-racist projects. >- The possibilities for GIS technologies in mapping Blackness. > >Participants may wish to: >- Present findings from historical or contemporary research projects. >- Consider the methodological and theoretical impact of the Black >experience on geographical theory, urban theory and the emerging >interdisciplinary field of 'spatial practices' and debate. >- Discuss the methodological and practical problems (within the academy >and beyond) of conducting such research. >- Discuss the changing media representations of Blackness post-9/11. > >Please send an abstract of no more than 200 words to both Caroline >Bressey ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>blackhistoricalgeographies >@ucl.ac.uk and Paul Goodwin ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] Dr Caroline Bressey ESRC Research Fellow Department of Geography University College London