TRANSNATIONAL EUROPE II
GERMANY, EUROPE AND GLOBAL MIGRATION MOVEMENTS
International Symposium
www.transitmigration.org
With this bipartite series of symposia, TRANSIT MIGRATION is working
towards transnationalizing vernacular views on migration. The transnational
europe debate started in 2004 in Rethymno/Greece, where we focussed
on the formation of a new Europe of contested borders. On the geopolitical
map of western hegemony, Europe is becoming bigger: by enlarging
and empowering its border regime in the South and the East. On the
map of migration tactics and imagination, however, Europe is down-sized
and de-centred by becoming a province of global movements expressing
and demanding freedom.
transnational europe II returns this perspective
to Germany. Here, much emphasis is given to the image of being a
„national fortress“ at the core of „fortress Europe“.
Seen from the apparent „periphery“ of migration movements,
however, the assumed centrality of the nation state becomes a fragile
construction. The state’s will to power is confronted with
new forms of European governance transforming national into European
border zones. At the same time, migration itself effectively challenges
all European and national attempts to govern it.
transnational europe II invites researchers, activists,
and artists to further explore and discuss the current and the future
dynamics emerging from the interplay of European borders and global
migration movements. What does – and could – a transnational
society look like from such perspective?
transnational europe II reflects and elaborates on the
topics presented in the exhibition “Projekt Migration”,
showing at the Kölnischer Kunstverein and two other locations
in Cologne from 30 September 2005 until 15 January 2006.
Preliminary Program
Thurs, 10. 11.
4.30 pm
Exhibition “Projekt Migration”
Guided Tour with Curators
6.30 pm
Opening and Welcome
Kathrin Rhomberg, Director of the Kölnischer Kunstverein
7 pm
Collaborative Imagination
Keynote:
GEORGE E. MARCUS, Rice University, Houston; Center for Advanced
Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
8.30 pm
'Blok 70'
Reception & Performance with sound activists of ULTRA-RED
(USA, Germany, UK)
Fri, 11. 11.
9.30 am
Introductory Notes
REGINA RÖMHILD, TRANSIT MIGRATION, Frankfurt a.M.
10 am
Movements of Migration I
Roundtable with:
9ÈME COLLECTIF DES SANS-PAPIERS, France; KANAK ATTAK/SOCIETY
FOR LEGALISATION, Germany; DOCUMENTATION CENTRE AND MUSEUM FOR THE
MIGRATION FROM TURKEY (DOMiT e.V.), Cologne; INDYESTRECHO-MALAGA,
Spain; INITIATIVE GROUP OF ASYLMUM SEEKERS, BRANDENBURG, Germany;
UNIVERSAL EMBASSY, Belgium; MOGNISS ABDALLAH, AGÉNCE IM'MEDIA,
France, HELENA MALENO, FONTERA SUR, Morocco
Chair: MANUELA BOJADZIJEV, TRANSIT MIGRATION, Frankfurt a.M.
12.30 pm
Lunch break
2 pm
Europe and the Question of Citizenship
SANDRO MEZZADRA, Dept. of Political Sciences, Bologna
3 pm
Coffee break
3.30 pm
Movements of Migration II
Presentations:
PETER LINEBAUGH, Dept. of History, Bard College, New York
MAMADOU DIOUF, Dept. of History, University of Michigan
AIHWA ONG, Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
5.30 pm
Coffee break
6 pm
Citizenship and the global movements of migration
SASKIA SASSEN, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago; Sociology
Dept., London School of Economics
7 pm
Refreshments
8.30 pm
Europe Next Door
TRANSIT MIGRATION film release in the presence of the director ZELIMIR
ZILNIK, Novi Sad
Introduction: Marion von Osten, TRANSIT MIGRATION, Berlin/Zurich
Sat, 12. 11.
9.30 am
Border Regimes and the Practice of Migration I:
Representation and Intervention
Roundtable/ Presentations/ Filmscreening:
BRIGITTA KUSTER, Filmmaker, Berlin
LEILA KILANI, Filmmaker
NICÓ SGUIGLIA, indyestrecho-malaga, Spain
TOM HOLERT & MARK TERKESSIDIS, Cultural anthropologists, Berlin
& Cologne
Chair: MARION VON OSTEN, TRANSIT MIGRATION, Berlin/ Zurich
12 pm
Lunch break
13.30 pm
Border Regimes and the Practice of Migration II:
Production of Knowledge
Roundtable/ Presentations:
TRANSIT MIGRATION Team of Researchers, Berlin/Frankfurt a. M./Oxford
BRIDGET ANDERSON, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology,
University of Oxford
RUBA SALIH, Dept. of Political Sciences, University of Bologna
Discussion Paper:
ALEX DEMIROVIC, Department of Social Science, University of Frankfurt
a.M.
3.30 pm
Coffee break
4 pm
Border Regimes and the Practice of Migration III:
Control and Mobility
RAMONA LENZ, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology,
University of Frankfurt a.M.
ALAIN TARRIUS, Centre d’Analyses et d’Interventions
Sociologiques (CADIS-CNRS), Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales (EHESS), Paris
HELMUT DIETRICH, Forschungsgesellschaft Flucht und Migration, Berlin
VASSILIS TSIANOS, TRANSIT MIGRATION, Frankfurt a.M.
5.30 pm
Coffee break
6 pm
Corridor X
Filmproject, Angela Melitopoulos, Filmmaker, Cologne
9 pm
Dinner & Party with Guests
Sun, 13. 11.
11 am
Re-Imagining Migration in Germany
Roundtable with:
GISELA WELZ, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology,
University of Frankfurt a.M.
NANNA HEIDENREICH, Dept. of Media Studies, University of Trier
LEVENT SOYSAL, Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema, Kadir
Has University, Istanbul
N.N., Kanak Attak/Society for Legalisation, Germany
LUDGER PRIES, Sociology of Organisations And Participation Studies,
Ruhr-University, Bochum
WERNER SCHIFFAUER, Dept. of Social Anthropology, Viadrina University,
Frankfurt/Oder
Chair: REGINA RÖMHILD,TRANSIT MIGRATION, Frankfurt a.M.
1 pm
Symposium ends
Languages spoken will be English and German. Simultaneous
translation English-German/ German-English will be provided. Interpreters
for French-English/ English-French will be available to individual
guests and participants.
Registration via symposium@transitmigration.org
or
c/o Dr. Regina Römhild
Institut für Kulturanthropologie und Europäische Ethnologie
Universität Frankfurt
Grüneburgplatz 1
D-60323 Frankfurt a.M.
Tel +49 (0)69 798 32313
Fax +49 (0) 69 798 32922
Benefits for Participants registered before 31 October
2005:
- free entry to symposium
- conference binder containing abstracts of presentations and
further information
- reduced fees for midday and evening meals, invitation to party
(free entry)
- reduced rates for accomodation (limited availability)
Venue
Kölnischer Kunstverein
Die Brücke, Hahnenstraße 6
D-50667 Köln
Tel: +49 (0)221 8697 647
Fax: +49 (0)221 8697 648
www.projektmigration.de
Accomodation
The following hotels offer a limited range of rooms at reduced rates
from 10 to 13 November for registered participants of the symposium:
Registered participants are asked to please give „Symposium
Kölnischer Kunstverein“ as cue when making reservations.
- The Station Hostel
+49 (0)221 9125301
www.hostel-cologne.de
offers beds from 16 Euro and rooms from 28 Euro, but no special
rates.
For general information on Cologne, public transport etc. see http://www.koeln.de/tourismus/koelntourismus/.
concept
Manuela Bojadzijev, Regina Römhild
organisation
Manuela Bojadzijev, Meike Fechner, Claudia Jericho, Daniela Müller,
Marion Ritter, Regina Römhild
In co-operation with
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln
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