[Xmca-l] Re: Manchester Social Movements Conference - Call for Papers

Wed Oct 11 17:58:58 PDT 2017

Yes, I will certainly come to Colin’s assistance!!  This is a wonderful, small conference where students from PhD programs in various countries (mostly Europe and the US, and the presentations are in English) come to bring research that I’ve found fascinating both for theoretical orientation and sheer fresh content. Also presenting are mentors and professors of the students and some people like myself and Joe who come unattached, just to learn. Colin organizes enough pub and restaurant activities to encourage plenty of side conversations. 

We are seriously thinking of coming again this spring, despite being in Viet Nam right now. Manchester is an endlessly interesting city with manageable museums, especially for labor educators. Manchester Metropolitan is a short bus ride away from City Center but also near some low-cost hotels.

H

Helena Worthen
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> On Oct 12, 2017, at 1:13 AM, Alfredo Jornet Gil <a.j.gil@iped.uio.no> wrote:
> 
> Ops, now you got two copies! Thanks Mike,
> Alfredo
> ________________________________________
> From: xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu> on behalf of mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: 11 October 2017 20:03
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: Manchester Social Movements Conference - Call for Papers
> 
> Hi Colin --    Voila!
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:48 AM, C Barker <C.Barker@mmu.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Where have I been? Lurking I guess. As to 'the All Stars', a search on
>> Google made me wonder WHICH All Stars? Louis Armstrong's band? A nursery?
>> "All Stars Project. Inc"? a baseball team?
>> Perhaps Helena or someone else will come to my rescue and say our
>> conference is a good thing, fun, etc.
>> 
>> Colin B
>> ________________________________________
>> From: xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>> on behalf of mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu>
>> Sent: 11 October 2017 17:14
>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: Manchester Social Movements Conference - Call for
>> Papers
>> 
>> Colin!
>> 
>> Where have you been when people were discussing social movements! Is the
>> All Stars a social movement? Is it part of a social movement?
>> 
>> Seeking enlightenment. :-)
>> 
>> mike
>> 
>> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:57 AM, C Barker <C.Barker@mmu.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> SOCIAL MOVEMENTS CONFERENCE  - CALL FOR PAPERS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> From 1995 to 2017, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted a series of
>>> very successful annual international conferences on 'ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
>>> and POPULAR PROTEST'.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We're very happy to announce that the Twenty Third AF&PP Conference will
>>> be held between Monday 26th and Wednesday 28th March 2018.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The Conference rubric will remain as in previous years. The aim is to
>>> explore the dynamics of popular movements, along with the ideas which
>>> animate their activists and supporters and which contribute to shaping
>>> their fate.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Reflecting the inherent cross-disciplinary nature of the issues, previous
>>> participants (from over 60 countries) have come from such specialisms as
>>> sociology, politics, cultural studies, social psychology, economics,
>>> history and geography.  The Manchester conferences have been notable for
>>> discovering a fruitful and friendly meeting ground between activism and
>>> academia.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We invite offers of papers relevant to the conference themes.  Papers
>>> should address such matters as:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * contemporary and historical social movements and popular protests
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * social movement theory
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * utopias and experiments
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * ideologies of collective action
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * etc.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> To offer a paper, please contact either of the conference convenors with
>> a
>>> brief abstract:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> EITHER Colin Barker,
>>> 
>>> email: c.barker@mmu.ac.uk
>>> 
>>> OR Mike Tyldesley,
>>> 
>>> email: m.tyldesley@mmu.ac.uk
>>> 
>>> (Please use email, especially as both Colin Barker and Mike Tyldesley are
>>> now retired gents.)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> CONFERENCE PAPERS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> One way we organise this particular conference is that we ask those
>> giving
>>> papers to supply them in advance, for inclusion in a Dropbox folder of
>> the
>>> complete papers which will be available to all delegates from the
>>> conference opening.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * Preferred method: send the paper to Colin Barker as an email attachment
>>> in MS Word or .pdf format. Any separate illustrations etc. should be sent
>>> separately, in .jpg format.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * Final date for receipt of abstracts: Monday 26th February 2018
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * Final date for receipt of actual papers: Monday 12th March 2018
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> These are final dates. The earlier we receive abstracts, and actual
>>> papers, the better.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS AND COSTS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The conference will run from lunch-time Monday 26th March until after
>>> lunch on Wednesday 28th March 2018.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The conference cost will be inclusive of three lunches, teas/coffees. The
>>> full cost is £150.00, with a cost of £90.00 for students and the unwaged.
>>> Please register online at  https://www.kxregistration.mmu.ac.uk/AF18
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hotels, hostels and dining out
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We can supply information about relatively cheap local hotels and
>> hostels.
>>> Let us know if you would like this information.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We cannot do hotel or hostel bookings for you.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Conference participants will be invited to dine together at two local
>> (and
>>> not too expensive) restaurants on the two conference evenings. Payment
>> for
>>> dinners should not be made in advance, but directly to the restaurants on
>>> the night.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Please feel free to circulate this to anyone who might be interested.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Colin Barker
>>> 
>>> Mike Tyldesley
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read
>>> the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its
>>> website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "
>>> 
>> "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read
>> the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its
>> website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "
>> 
>> 
> 