34.599, Calls: Ling & Literature/Morocco

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-599. Thu Feb 16 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.599, Calls: Ling & Literature/Morocco

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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 23:00:25
From: Mohamed Mohamed [mbenzidan at gmail.com]
Subject: Identity in Cultural Diversity

 
Full Title: Identity in Cultural Diversity 

Date: 22-Nov-2023 - 23-Nov-2023
Location: Casablanca, Morocco 
Contact Person: Mohamed Mohamed
Meeting Email: mbenzidan at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature 

Call Deadline: 09-Jun-2023 

Meeting Description:

The conference addresses the issue of identity construction in the context of
globalization and its hegemonic discourses.


Call for Papers:

Identity in Cultural Diversity
International Conference
22 – 23 November 2023

The growing generalization of internet access has greatly contributed to the
interconnectedness of people around the world. Even when long distances
actually separate physical locations in space and time, virtual communication
gives the sense of a certain ubiquity that makes the absence of internet
access a real phobia for many people. This mode of life has so modified the
mindsets and the cultures of the young generations that communication with the
old ones has become difficult, superficial and, at times, impossible. Major
discrepancies have set in in everyday intercourse at both the interpersonal
and institutional levels. This has often led to gradual openness on the remote
and the foreign and gradual alienation from the immediate and the native, thus
exacerbating the generation gap and calling into question the sense of
belonging and identity.
One of the consequences of such a development at the collective and
socio-political level is the loss of the traditional/national identity,
especially in underdeveloped countries, where cultural hegemony is very active
and effective. The old, traditional narratives have become ineffectual because
connected to a past that has come to appear irrelevant to present conditions.
Cultural diversity seems to be, in consequence, counterproductive: instead of
leading to identity construction on more solid bases than provincial
ethnocentrism, it is now at work to prevent the sense of belonging to the
physical community and the, more or less, abstract nation. In poor
environments, the ''other'' and the ''elsewhere'' correlate with longings for
better life conditions, which perhaps explains the fast-growing phenomenon of
migration.
To deal with the relationship between identity and cultural diversity, the
Moroccan-American Studies Lab invites papers that tackle the issue from
different perspectives – social, cultural, and political, among others, as
part of its international conference, Identity in Cultural Diversity. With the
aim of gathering researchers in different fields and disciplines from various
cultures around the world, the conference will attempt to interrogate modern
questions and concepts that have often turned into buzzwords. In particular,
the conference invites proposals from different disciplines and angles on
issues related to the following:
 
- Identity and cultural diversity
- Cultural diversity and migration
- Boundaries and transitional/transnational space
- Globalization, cultural diversity and minorities
- Ethnocentrism and transnationalism
- Hegemony and cultural revivals
- Multilingualism and identity
- Language and culture policies
- Art and cultural diversity
- Citizenship, globalization and identity
- Multilingualism and identity
 
Abstracts should be sent to maslab2020 at gmail.com and should not exceed 250
words, with name, title, and affiliation. Individual paper presentations will
be 20 minutes.
 
Important dates:
- June 9:  deadline for abstract submission
- June 29:  acceptance/rejection notification
- November 1:  paper submission
- November 22- 23: conference dates

Conference fee: $80

The conference registration fee covers:
- Access to all the conference sessions
- Conference materials
- Refreshments and coffee breaks
- Farewell dinner

Organizing committee:
Prof. Mohamed Benzidan, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Abdelaziz Boudlal, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Samira Rguibi, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Taoufik Jaafari, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Abdelmajid Bouziane, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Samira Rguibi, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Meriem Harrizi, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Khalid Lahlou, Hassan II University, Casablanca
Prof. Mohamed Kandoussi, Hassan II University, Casablanca




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