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SUMMARY:Radical Democratic Citizenship
DESCRIPTION:Our workshop participants\, after two days of fruitful discussions\n\nFinal Conference Programme\n\nThis conference on radical democratic citizenship marks the 50th anniversary of the global wave of protests in 1968\, when people occupied workplaces and public spaces\, collectively demanding changes in policies and calling for a shift in politics. Movements aimed variously to resist regimes deemed authoritarian and imperialist\, fight economic and political elites\, dismantle the exploitative forces of capitalism\, challenge norms around the role of women and sexuality\, and tackle racism and gender discrimination. Despite the differences among them\, they shared a “radical approach to citizenship” in that they sought to open spaces for political action beyond the narrow margins set by states as well as\, outside the Soviet Bloc\, challenging the subordination of states to the interests of the market.\n\nFurthermore\, and echoing the Latin term radix (roots)\, their citizenship was radical in that activists looked to highlight viable alternatives to the status quo\, across the economic\, political\, and social spheres\, demonstrating that these alternatives could be generated by grassroots movements far removed from elite circles. “Radical” thus indicates firstly the pursuit of fundamental change or transformation of the economic and political landscape that\, secondly\, can be effected from the bottom-up (grass roots)\, and\, thirdly\, in a radical democratic manner.\n\nToday\, faced not only by ever-deepening inequality but also by the prospect of environmental disaster\, the demand for radical change is as pressing as in 1968.  Electoral democracy has been rolled out worldwide but with deficiencies ever more painfully apparent\, while capitalism has if anything extended its hold over political and social institutions\, turning citizenship into a form of consumption and even a commodity for investment and trade (“Citizenship by Investment”).\n\nIn response to the host of challenges\, grassroots activists are charting a fresh wave of radical democratic citizenship across the world. Obvious examples are the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (Rojava)\, the Jackson Co-operative\, recuperated firms\, De-Growth\, eco-villages\, Anti-University\, Co-operative College\, Occupy\, Black Lives Matter\, and Standing Rock. Many such movements are effecting radical and seemingly sustainable changes.\n\nWe call for contributions on any aspect of radical democratic citizenship\, understood as grassroots political practice\, whether past or present\, and whether empirical\, theoretical or performative. To include as wide a range as possible of perspectives\, we encourage contributions from non-academics as well as academics from all disciplines and fields. We also welcome different formats of contributions\, ranging from traditional conference papers and posters to workshops organised by participants and performances.\n\nTo include as wide a range as possible of perspectives\, we encourage contributions from non-academics as well as academics from all disciplines and fields.\n\nOur Keynote Speaker is  Professor Engin Isin.\n\nOrganisation:\n\nThere is no registration fee but please register here. The conference organisers will provide refreshments during the conference program. Participants are kindly requested to make their own accommodation and travel arrangements.\n\nThe conference is hosted by the Centre for Citizenship\, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL)\, University of Aberdeen with kind support of the Citizens Nations and Migration Network (CNAM) of the University of Edinburgh.\n\nPlease\, send any questions to radicalcitizenship2018@gmail.com \n\nWe are looking forward to welcoming you to Aberdeen.\n\nAndreas Zaunseder\, Dikaia Gavala\, the Organising Team of CISRUL\, and CNAM\n\nUniversity of Aberdeen\n\nWe would like to dedicate this conference in solidarity to the people living in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (Rojava) who are\, in the time of writing this call for submissions\, under severe military attack led by the Turkish government.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRadical Democratic Citizenship – 2018 CfP\n\n\n\n\n \n\nThis conference on radical democratic citizenship marks the 50th anniversary of the global wave of protests in 1968\, when people occupied workplaces and public spaces\, collectively demanding changes in policies and calling for a shift in politics. Movements aimed variously to resist regimes deemed authoritarian and imperialist\, fight economic and political elites\, dismantle the exploitative forces of capitalism\, challenge norms around the role of women and sexuality\, and tackle racism and gender discrimination. Despite the differences among them\, they shared a “radical approach to citizenship” in that they sought to open spaces for political action beyond the narrow margins set by states as well as\, outside the Soviet Bloc\, challenging the subordination of states to the interests of the market.\n\nFurthermore\, and echoing the Latin term radix (roots)\, their citizenship was radical in that activists looked to highlight viable alternatives to the status quo\, across the economic\, political\, and social spheres\, demonstrating that these alternatives could be generated by grassroots movements far removed from elite circles. “Radical” thus indicates firstly the pursuit of fundamental change or transformation of the economic and political landscape that\, secondly\, can be effected from the bottom-up (grass roots)\, and\, thirdly\, in a radical democratic manner.\n\nToday\, faced not only by ever-deepening inequality but also by the prospect of environmental disaster\, the demand for radical change is as pressing as in 1968.  Electoral democracy has been rolled out worldwide but with deficiencies ever more painfully apparent\, while capitalism has if anything extended its hold over political and social institutions\, turning citizenship into a form of consumption and even a commodity for investment and trade (“Citizenship by Investment”).\n\nIn response to the host of challenges\, grassroots activists are charting a fresh wave of radical democratic citizenship across the world. Obvious examples are the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (Rojava)\, the Jackson Co-operative\, recuperated firms\, De-Growth\, eco-villages\, Anti-University\, Co-operative College\, Occupy\, Black Lives Matter\, and Standing Rock. Many such movements are effecting radical and seemingly sustainable changes.\n\nWe call for contributions on any aspect of radical democratic citizenship\, understood as grassroots political practice\, whether past or present\, and whether empirical\, theoretical or performative. To include as wide a range as possible of perspectives\, we encourage contributions from non-academics as well as academics from all disciplines and fields. We also welcome different formats of contributions\, ranging from traditional conference papers and posters to workshops organised by participants and performances.\n\nTo include as wide a range as possible of perspectives\, we encourage contributions from non-academics as well as academics from all disciplines and fields.\n\nVisiting Speakers include Professor Engin Isin\, of Queen Mary University of London and University of London Institute in Paris.  Other visiting speakers will be announced.\nFOR INFORMATION ON PRESENTATION FORMAT AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION\, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR FULL CFP.
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