Precarious prospects: Youth, violence and politics

Short description:

The workshop encourages theoretical and methodological debates on how youth, violence, and politics intersect and is open to Ph.D. students working on subjects related to the course theme, but only a maximum of 16 participants.

The workshop encourages theoretical and methodological debates on how youth, violence, and politics intersect. Recent research has shown that these intersections often centre on issues of individual and collective aspirations and prospects; on futures, social possibilities and becoming. This prospective focus is related to hopes and fears. It directs our attention toward the way people imagine the unfolding of social life and to how they position themselves in and influence their social environments. Tying together issues such as praxis, ideology and materiality the workshop aims at addressing the theoretical and methodological aspects of the study of youth, conflict and/or politics. We invite Ph.D. Students with a scholarly interest in the topic to participate in the workshop

Participant must submit a short abstract when applying for participation in the workshop, and must subsequently submit papers they wish to have discussed at the workshop (max
6000 words).

Deadline for abstracts:     

Monday 2^nd of August 2010

Deadline for Papers:

Monday 20^th of September 2010