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Papers in Canadian History & Environment

Qu’est-ce que le PiCHE? Bonne question !

PiCHE est une série de recherches évaluées par des pairs, publiée depuis 2018, consacrée aux études de haute qualité sur l’histoire environnementale du Canada.

En tant que publication numérique, PiCHE permet aux chercheurs d’atteindre un large public tout en offrant un chemin plus rapide vers la publication. Il s’agit d’un accès libre et soutient des normes rigoureuses d’examen par les pairs. En outre, il offre la possibilité de publier des œuvres riches en outils de communication. On dirait des cartes; des photos; des vidéos; de l’art numérique; des ensembles de données statistiques, nous accueillons tout ce que vous pouvez imaginer !

Les articles sont archivés dans les bibliothèques de l’Université York et promus par le réseau de NiCHE.

Nous accueillons également des contributions des chercheurs émergeants ou établis travaillant à travers les disciplines; dans les humanités environnementales ou sciences sociales; situes dans les universités, les établissements publics ou les organismes communautaires. Nous acceptons les soumissions en français et en anglais. Pour plus d’informations, contactez l’équipe de PiCHE par email.

June 09 – 11, 2022 Marburg Centre for Canadian Studies University of Marburg, Germany

Deadline: January 15, 2022

https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb10/mzks/journeys-across-b-orders-in-canadian-studies

It has almost become a truism that the Covid19-Pandemic has thrown the notion of borders into greater relief once again. While borders between states were closed to people and traffic, the virus was able to transgress geographical and political borders as well as bodily borders, thus not only journeying across borders but also effecting a change in ordering systems and apparently stable orders. Such transgressions, which revealed the vulnerability of b/orders, present an interesting contrast to people’s inability to travel that ties in with the general idea that journeys appear as a dynamic movement, whereas b/orders seem to be stable constructs. In fact, journeys and borders, as well as systems of order, can be considered concepts that determine one another when we regard journeys across b/orders as transgressive movements that highlight the existence of physical as well as conceptual borders. So, while the concept of the border is often understood as a principle imposing and maintaining order, a matter of stability, Johan Schimanski and Stephan Wolfe insist on perceiving the border as “dynamic, a phenomenon constantly undergoing processes of both fixing and blurring” (2017). Moreover, journeys impact on the understanding/self-image of nation and individual, belief in liberal values, human rights, the other and the notion of belonging or the co-dependency between Global North/ South. Therefore, journeys across borders bring about unique narratives and questions.

Borders, as conceptual as well as highly visible lines that structure orders, realms and places, have always been at the heart of political, social or cultural endeavours and struggles. For example, only four years before the pandemic intervened in orders across the globe, borders and ideas of order became highly visible in migrants’ and refugees’ attempts to reach places they hoped would provide them with safety from war, hunger, and violence and with a better life. The interplay of bodies and borders in migration or their reciprocal definition and determination highlight how movements produce meaning and raise awareness of material borders and bodies. Such movements raise the question on whether the body of the migrant de/stabilizes the b/order – a question that cannot be limited to geographical journeys but that also includes metaphorical ones (inward/ outward).