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“This e-symposium (March 25-26, 2021) is being organized by the Research Group Contemporary Asymmetrical Dependencies (CAD) at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn, Germany. Focusing on this nexus between pandemic, migrant labor and vulnerabilities, we hope that this symposium will highlight some of the major challenges that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic, and provide a direction for future research and policy engagement.
Participants will bring a diverse range of voices from all over the world to revisit the question of how precarity and the movement of labor(ing people) result in aggravating (in)visible asymmetrical dependencies in the system of coercion around the world.
What do we know about the implications of COVID-19 for migrant labor, and what are the implications of the measures taken for migrants? What can research on migration labor do for those most affected by this crisis? What does it mean to carry out research and address policies on race, labor and migration in the post-COVID world?
We call on academics of all disciplines doing research in the field of migration, COVID-19 and global labor, as well as artists or professionals from other backgrounds working on migration issues. We especially welcome all those who work on research topics like embodied dependencies, gender and intersectionality, labor and spatiality, and institutions and practices.
The official language for the e-symposium is English. Accepted submission formats include papers, posters, presentations, panel discussions, art pieces and (multi-) media formats.
Interested participants are invited to submit a 250-word abstract that aims to explore accounts of migrants and their labor experiences in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and asymmetrical dependencies, along with a 150 words short bio.
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: November 30, 2020.“
The E-Symposium takes place March 25-26, 2021.
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