Seventh Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples (EMPI VII), 12-13 May 2016, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan - Italy

International Conference

Seventh Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples (EMPI VII)

Indigenous Peoples & Inequalities:

Between Socio-Economic Growth and Crisis

12-13 May 2016

Università degli Studi di Milano

Milan - Italy

Call for Papers

This conference celebrates the seventh edition of the Multidisciplinary Network of Researchers on Indigenous Peoples EMPI (redempi.blogspot.com.it) founded in 2010 at the University of Salamanca.

The objective of this seventh meeting that will be held at the Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy), is to offer a multidisciplinary debate on indigenous issues by addressing three main themes: the effects and the impacts of economic development and crisis on these peoples in different parts of the world; the role of these economic phenomena in generating or multiplying existing inequalities, or in fuelling potential social conflicts; forms of indigenous organization and resistance.

The sub-thematic areas of interest to the next meeting are:

1)      Indigenous peoples vis-à-vis socio-economic exclusion and inequality

2)      Indigenous peoples and gender-related inequalities: theoretical and practical aspects

3)      Indigenous peoples and natural resources’ exploitation

4)      Old and new policies to combat inequalities faced by indigenous peoples

5)      Indigenous peoples, public policies and potential socio-economic conflicts

6)      Forms of indigenous and political aggregation and organization in times of socio-economic crisis

Besides these above-mentioned areas, the Scientific Committee may consider also other paper proposals dealing more broadly with indigenous peoples.

Call for papers & Conference Proceedings

Paper proposals (max. 300 words) in English, Spanish or Italian are welcome to be submitted by email at jornadaempi@gmail.com before 29 February 2016. A CV summary (max. 100 words) of the author/s shall be included.

The Scientific Committee may prioritize those paper proposals that deal with the conference’s themes from a gender perspective. Such papers may be grouped in a specific session. 

By mid-March 2016, proposers will be notified whether their proposal has been accepted.

The best 10 papers will be selected to be firstly reviewed by the EMPI VII Scientific Committee, and, if approved by the editorial committee, published in the journal “Cuadernos de Derechos Humanos del Instituto de Derechos Humanos Pedro Arrupe” of the University of Deusto.

When & Where

12-13 May 2016, University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano), Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences, Department of International, Legal and Historical-Political Studies, Via Conservatorio, 7, Milan, Italy.

EMPI VII Organizing Committee

Marzia Rosti and Roberto Cammarata, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Alexandra Tomaselli, Accademia Europea Bolzano/Bozen, Italy & Karl-Franzens Universität Graz, Austria

Felipe Gómez Isa, Instituto de Derechos Humanos Pedro Arrupe, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Chiara Scardozzi, Università “La Sapienza” Roma, Italy

EMPI VII Scientific Committee (in alphabetical order)

Amelia Alva, Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium

Felipe Gómez Isa, Instituto de Derechos Humanos Pedro Arrupe, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Isabel Inguanzo, Área de Ciencia Política y de la Administración, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Salvador Martí i Puig, Universitat de Girona, Spain

Silvia Ordoñez Ganoza, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo, Peru

Marzia Rosti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Andrea Ruíz Balzola, Consultoría, Investigación y Formación en Diversidad y Migraciones, Bilbao, Spain

Chiara Scardozzi, Università “La Sapienza” Roma, Italy

Alexandra Tomaselli, Accademia Europea Bolzano/Bozen, Italy & Karl-Franzens Universität Graz, Austria

Sara Mabel Villaba, Área de Ciencia Política y de la Administración, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Claire Wright, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

Registration

There is no conference fee. Travel and accommodation costs are to be covered by the participants themselves. No reimbursement will be provided.

Those who do not submit a paper proposal, but are interested in attending the conference, shall register by sending an email to jornadaempi@gmail.com from 1 to 30 April 2016. Please insert in your registration email your data (name, surname, affiliation), and inform the organizers which conference days or session you would like to attend (e.g., both days, one day only, one session only, etc.).