INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
CONTEXTUALIZING GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO STUDYING GENDER IN ASIA. Organised by the Department of Geography, University of Delhi and the College
of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University with support from the
International Geographical Union (IGU)
3- 5 MARCH 2010, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI.
Against a backdrop of immense social and cultural diversities and rapid changes
in society and economy, gendered geographies in Asia are being continuously
produced, reproduced and renegotiated. Geographical studies on gender and
gender relations in Asia have reached a critical mass, with a number of studies
being produced by Asian geographers as well as by scholars trained and living
abroad. In this context, Gender studies and mainstream Human Geography can no
longer inhabit and represent separate worlds. Rather, both theoretical
approaches have immense potential to enrich and enlarge each other. The
critical questions are as to what new angle can geographical approaches to
gender introduce to gender and women’s studies in Asia? On the other hand, how
can gender studies enrich geographical studies on Asia?
This international seminar addresses the long felt need of a comprehensive
dialogue and discussion between and across practitioners of the field on
themes, methods and methodologies. It addresses in particular the contexts from
within which work on the geographies of gender and gendered geographies have
emerged, the constraints faced as well as the boundaries breached. It also aims
to initiate a dialogue between geographers working on gender and scholarly
approaches rooted in other disciplinary methodologies in Asia.
The seminar is a collaborative effort between the University of Delhi and The
Australian National University. Apart from providing a forum for Asian
geographers to critically examine the contexts that shape their work on gender,
it also aims to initiate a productive dialogue between them and other Asian
feminists as well as those based overseas. The seminar would also attempt to
present and explore the inherent polyvocality of the Asian academic milieu to
feminist geographers of the Anglophone world.
Those interested in participating in the seminar may chose to share theoretical
formulations or empirical work on the manner in which gender and space create
and implicate each other, the nature of spatial practice and representations,
the gender bias in geographical curriculum and alternative methodologies to
capture the nexus between gender and space, specifically in the Asian context.
Technical sessions of the seminar would thus be grouped along the following
broad themes:
I: The spatiality of gender.
II. The gendered nature of space.
III. Contributions of gender studies to geographical pedagogy.
IV. Methodological issues in gender studies in geography- quantitative
vs qualitative, women vs gender, positionality and fieldwork.
Selected papers from those accepted for presentation will be published in a co
edited volume. Abstracts of about 500 words should be sent to the organisers
along with a brief biographical sketch latest by 15th November, 2009. Abstracts
should be in sent in a Doc files as attachment to emails. Papers that have been
selected will be notified by 15th December, 2009. Full papers of publishable
standard – in MS Word format and around 5,000-6,000 words – must be submitted
by February 15, 2010.
Participants are encouraged to seek funding for travel from their parent
institutions. However a limited number of travel grants will be available for
the Indian participants. Local hospitality and accommodation will be covered by
the organisers.
Registration fee: Students and Research scholars: Rs 250/; Faculty colleagues
from India : Rs 500/ ; Foreign delegates: Rs 2500/-
Key Dates:
Submission Of Abstracts: November 15th, 2009; Notification of Acceptance:
December 15th, 2009; Submission of Full Papers: February 15th, 2010.
Contacts:
Anindita Datta: anindita.dse@gmail.com
Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt: kuntala.lahiri-dutt@anu.edu.au
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