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<td valign="top"><b>International conference in Salzburg/Austria,
November 24-25, 2011: The logics of change - poverty, place, identity
and social transformation mechanisms</b>
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<td>We live in a world of constant change. While this is an
intrinsic fact and experience of our daily life, change itself has many
guises ranging from very sudden, often unexpected occurrences like job
loss or natural and man-made hazards (like in Japan) to very slow,
subtle and hardly perceivable processes like demographic change or
changes in moral attitudes. Change affects us directly in our immediate
environment but also beyond our ‘own doorstep’, in other continents: on
the other side of the world. Transformation may be something perceived
just by an individual or by society as a whole. Change can be a linear
process of gradual transition, but it can also be recurring, wave-like;
sometimes desirable, sometimes not. Change is thus associated and
correlated with logic at manifold levels and varying in its complexity
and extent. As such, this conference is trans-disciplinary in nature
and addresses both theorists in Philosophy, Sociology, Economics or
Geography, but also practitioners in wider fields of enquiry and
research.<br>
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Background of the Conference: the organizers of the conference have
initiated a “social festival”, entitled “Do something and things will
change”. It deals with awareness of poverty and inequality, and aims at
local empowerment and participation. Privately funded and sponsored,
the festival aims to encourage local people, businesses and
institutions. It is hoped that social commitment both at the local and
regional level can be increased, thus contributing towards improving
the ‘quality of life’ for those hit by (sudden) changing circumstances.
This year the festival, whose character is explicitly bottom-up, takes
place in the Lungau region (in the south of the Province of Salzburg,
Austria).<br>
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For more information and full CfP please visit:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ifz-salzburg.at/?p=5738">http://www.ifz-salzburg.at/?p=5738</a><br>
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Abstracts of approx. 300 words are welcome for one of the four sessions
below and should be submitted to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:akoch@ifz-salzburg.at">akoch@ifz-salzburg.at</a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elisabeth.kapferer@sbg.ac.at">elisabeth.kapferer@sbg.ac.at</a> . Deadline for submission is June 15,
2011. Notification of acceptance will be given by June 30, 2011.
Invited colleagues are asked to prepare a paper for publication in
spring 2012: deadline for submitting manuscripts is October 30, 2011.<span
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Session I: “Social festivals” as a tool to eradicate poverty and
promote local identity<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
“Social festivals“ deal with local knowledge such as the everyday
experience of and insight into social, cultural and local conditions,
and they mirror specific perceptions and local theories of their
settings. Topics are: To what extent can festivals promote local
identities? In how far can they help support social cohesion and
empowerment, and can they contribute to reducing poverty and social
disparities? And do they contribute to a responsible, sustainable
regional development?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Session II: Methods for understanding and evaluating social belonging,
regional embeddedness, and local acceptance<span
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Manifold relationships between the individual Lebenswelt and
social-spatial environments are to be discerned when surveys are
carried out to better understand agency and social belonging.
Additionally, different scales and scopes of complexity raise the
question of an adequate integration of change concepts in respective
methods. In this session we wish to discuss methods and techniques from
a wide range of disciplines. Examples are (but are not restricted to):
Social network analyses, social capital surveys, action-setting
analyses, qualitative interviews, or multivariate statistics.<span
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Session III: What is a ‘contented and happy life’ in a world of
inequality, exclusion, and poverty?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
A “good life” does not solely depend on money and, or material wealth.
It also relies heavily on the intangibles of life such as
opportunities, traditions and values, fairness and recognition, and
belonging. At the same time we live in a world where the preconditions
for a contented and happy life are constantly at risk. Bearing this in
mind, we will focus on ideas of what a “good life” comprises, and on
factors that can influence well-being in different circumstances and
different areas of life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Session IV: Theories & reflections about locality, agency, regional
awareness, and identity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
This session intends to introduce and illustrate different theoretical
approaches which shed light on social-spatial scale enquiries, hybrid
phenomena, but also on local theories of agency, resilience, poverty,
vulnerability, and identity issues in order to better understand the
complexity of a ‘good and happy’ life under contemporary conditions of
globalization, crisis, risk, and uncertainty.
<p>In addition to the contact e-mail listed below you may contact
us using the following address: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elisabeth.kapferer@sbg.ac.at">elisabeth.kapferer@sbg.ac.at</a></p>
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<td width="100%">Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Koch<span
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:akoch@ifz-salzburg.at">akoch@ifz-salzburg.at</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
ifz – International Research Center Salzburg<span
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Mönchsberg 2a, A – 5020 Salzburg<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ifz-salzburg.at/?p=1322">http://www.ifz-salzburg.at/?p=1322</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Mag. Elisabeth Kapferer<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elisabeth.kapferer@sbg.ac.at">elisabeth.kapferer@sbg.ac.at</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
Center for Ethics and Poverty Research (University of Salzburg)<span
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Mönchsberg 2a, A - 5020 Salzburg<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.uni-salzburg.at/zea">www.uni-salzburg.at/zea</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:akoch@ifz-salzburg.at" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 153);">akoch@ifz-salzburg.at</a><br>
Visit the website at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.ifz-salzburg.at/?p=5738"
style="color: rgb(102, 51, 153);">http://www.ifz-salzburg.at/?p=5738</a></td>
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