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Congress announcement and call for papers
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___CONGRESS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS___
*World Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence* *17-21 August
1997* *Dublin, Ireland*
--Theme--
Violence and the Future of Society
--Place--
University College Dublin, and Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland.
-- Announcement --
Will the twenty-first century be a century of greater violence than the
twentieth century? Violence takes many, many forms and is present in so many
dimensions of life. We are even beginning to see more gratuitous violence.
What are the trajectories of the multiple forms of violence? The answers to
these questions will be pursued during the World Congress where the
varieties and dimensions of violence will be better identified.
The World Congress proposes to provide an interdisciplinary, multicultural
forum for expression, research, exchange, and problem-solving on all aspects
of the problems of violence. A deeper understanding of the many eruptions
of violence in human life and history can point to the conditions required
for the fullness of human coexistence as we move into the next millennium.
The organisers invite everyone concerned with violence, its understanding,
its implications, and its victims to take part in this World Congress. Among
the specialists expected to participate are: clinicians, researchers,
theoreticians, therapists, and teachers in fields of psychology, medicine,
criminology, anthropology, biology, ecology, history, sociology, education,
social work, and economics.
-- Programme --
The World Congress will take place over a period of five days. Plenary
sessions and concurrent regular and special sessions are scheduled for
August 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Participating groups and societies may, if they
so desire, hold their own meetings on Tuesday August 19. Art exhibitions on
the theme of violence will be on display in Dublin galleries and museums
throughout the conference period.
--Round table and special sessions --
Special session projects are especially invited. Proposers of highlighted
sessions agree to organise the session, designate the chairperson and
speakers, and ensure their presence at the Congress.
-- Plenary Sessions --
There will also be all-Congress sessions, with featured speakers, around the
conference's main themes.
--Abstracts--
If you are intending to present a paper would you kindly submit your
abstract before May 31, 1997.
Format: 1 page (200 words). To be received either by email (preferred), or
by post either on paper or computer disk (PC or Apple Mac in text format).
-- Suggested Sections --
VIOLENT AND NON VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR
Sport, violence, and coexistence
Violence against the elderly
The psychology of caring individuals
Recidivist violence
Processes in the formation of nuclei of violence
Violence and juvenile imprisonment
Gratuitous violence
Violence by the very young
Drugs, violence, and non-violence
Youth gang violence
Domestic violence
Crime and violence
Danger and violence in the workplace
Reporting violence: moral and practical dilemmas
Torture and torturers
Violence against children
MINORITY RIGHTS AND XENOPHOBIA IN THE EUROPEAN YEAR AGAINST RACISM
Racist and xenophobia violence in Europe
Ethnicity and non-violence
Human rights violations
Regionalism, secession, and political coexistence
CULTURE AND VIOLENCE
Postmodern culture and violence
The varities of fundamentalism
Pursuing the understanding of religious fundamentalism
Musics and violence
Language and violence
Violence and the media
Cinema and violence
Universe of discourse, doxa, and non-violence
GENDER, VIOLENCE, AND SEXUALITY
Violence in personal and intimate relationships
Masculinity, non-violence, and the reinvention of men
Homophobia and violence
Women and economic inequality
Invisible aspects of violence against women
The organized violent control of women and children
Pornography
Prostitution, sex tourism, and sex trafficking
Sexuality, culture, and violence in the longue duree
GLOBAL AND STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF VIOLENCE AND NON-VIOLENCE
Exploitation and violence
Inequality, class, and violence
Population growth and density and human coexistence
Poverty and gendered poverty
Global disparities between North and South
Responsibility and the multi-mational
Marketing and production of the instruments of violence
Official and state violence
Child soldiers
Violence and civilizations
Colonialism, postcolonialism, and violence
Ethnic violence in the British Empire, 1500-2000
Legal responses to violence against women and children
Violence and the criminal justice system
EXPLANATIONS OF VIOLENCE
Eliasian and figurational analyses of violence
Foucauldian analyses of violence
Hate
The psychology of violence
Personality theory and violence
Cognitive disorders and violence
Anxiety and mood disorders and violence
Alienation
The internal nature of violence
Feminist explanations of violence
Biological approaches to explaining violence
The archeology of violence
Existentialist contributions to the understanding of violence
The nature of enmity
SPECIFIC REGIONS
Former Yugoslavia and the European future
Lessons from the violence in Irish history
Route to peace in Ireland
Longterm effects of the Northern Ireland troubles
The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the future of peace
Terrorism and nationality in South Asia
Violence in Africa
Violence in South America
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
Effects of violence on the individual
Refugees
Treating victims of violence
Dangerous occupations
THE FUTURE
Education for non-violence
Strategies for non-violent outcomes
Gun control; national and international
Reintegration of violent ex-offenders
Informal groups, citizen action, and public safety
Citizen autonomy and healthy communities
Rethinking the 'I' for a less violence prone human coexistence
Egoism, rational choice, and social harmony
The future of fundamentalism
Nihilism
Decentralization and the social future
Solving the problem of rape
Organized crime
The role of the churches in society's future
Non-violent responses to crime
Darwinian approaches to the future of society
The reduction of structural and organized violence
A feminist future
The future of authenticity and inauthenticity
Living in harmony with the natural environment and with other animal
species
The city of the future
LINKING THE SEPARATE TACTICS OF ANTI-VIOLENCE INTO A SOCIETAL STRATEGY
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(Full text of the announcement including information on registration,
lodging, meals, and social programme, as well as the registration form,
available by request from the moderator or on the WWW homepage mentioned
below)
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For further information please contact
Chairman of the Congress Organisation:
Dr Don Bennett
Dept of Sociology, University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4,
Ireland.
E-Mail [email protected]
Congress Secretary:
Jessica Bates
Dept of Sociology, University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4,
Ireland.
E-Mail [email protected] Fax (353) 1 7061125
WWW Home Page:
http://www.ucd.ie/~congress/congressindex.html
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