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Afro-Mediterranean Forum for Migration Studies
La Première Edition du Forum Afro-Méditerranéen pour les Etudes sur la Migration
La primera edición del Foro Afro-Mediterráneo para los Estudios de Migración
June 20-21, 2019
Mohammed I University, Oujda.
Call for participation, Appel a Contribution, Convocatoria de Ponencias
On the occasion of the launch of its master’s program in Migration Studies, the research group Identity and Difference of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University Mohammed I, Oujda is hosting the first edition of the Afro-Mediterranean Forum for Migration Studies with the objective of bringing together academics and civil society actors around the issue of migration in Sub-saharan Africa and the Mediterranean basin and beyond. It is an invitation to reflect and debate together on the epistemological and methodological issues and approaches relating to the changes in the phenomenon of migration, particularly the diversification of movements, itineraries and profiles. At a time when exchanges between countries is excessively mercantile and security-oriented, the globalization of the labor market, the environmental crisis, and the political and social instability of entire regions are constantly shaping and deforming human mobility. consequently, the single most determining character of migration is shiftiness. With the help of new technology and social networks, motivations, objectives, routes, demographics are constantly changing. On the other hand, new forms of solidarity and humanitarian support are emerging thanks to the work of civil society organizations despite multiple constraints exercised by governments. A whole economy is also emerging around care and assistance to refugees and migrants where funds are made available to major international NGOs and their local branches or partners. Employment and career prospects in this branch of the CARE Economy appeal to hundreds of young people. On the negative side however, populism is feeding on the issue of migration to advance its political agenda in receiving western countries that continue to benefit from the cheap labor and qualified human resources that migration provides.
Therefore, what we witness today is that worldwide new paradigms of human mobility concomitant with new systems of support and assistance are being set up, yet only geopolitical issues, particularly those relating to borders, are the focus of media attention and political debates on migration.
In addition to discussing all these aspects, the objective of the Forum is to promote multidisciplinary approaches in the study and treatment of contemporary forms of human mobility as inseparable from economic, political, social and environmental issues, and their socio-cultural consequences.
Our objective is to create a network that gathers scholars and civil society actors from countries of the mediterranean basin and Sub-Saharan Africa to work together towards a better understanding of migration in the region. The founding principle of the network is close collaboration between academics and civil society organizations to promote Migration studies in universities of the region.
Reflection and debates will focus on the following themes and issues:
1- Contemporary forms of human mobility and the necessity to devise new models of analysis and management of the phenomenon of migration.
- globalization and diversification of migration profiles and routes
- new technologies and social networking and their impact of migration
- the changing demographics of migration
2- Borders and access policies between inclusion and exclusion
• The globalized labor market and migration policies
• “Security studies” and migration
• Migration and the rise of populism in western countries
• Violence and human trafficking in border zones
• Does the law protect migrants’ rights or does it constitute a form of violence against them?
• Do “illegal” migrants have a right to the city?
3- The social, territorial, economic and political transformations of migration
• What does it mean to be a migrant today?
• Social and professional integration of migrants
• Rights and access to basic public services (education, health, etc…)
• Migration and the social and cultural transformation in the hosting countries.
• Brain drain and the depletion of emitting countries’ labor force and brain power.
• “Migration economy” and “care economy”
4- Migration, gender and globalization
• Ways in which the intersection of religion, race and sex impact sub-saharan migrants.
• Sexual violence against female migrants.
• Trafficking risks for women and children.
5- Civil society and the current migration/refugee crisis
• Political and administrative challenges to civil society’s work
• The hunt for funds and the question of management
• The people’s perceptions of civil society’s assistance to migrants
• Rising racism and its impact the life and well-being of migrants
• New forms of popular solidarity with the migrants
6- Art, activism and migration
• How do the visual arts and literature represent the various experiences of migrants?
• How can art challenge the various forms of migration violence?
• The reception of migrant artists’ work in receiving countries.
• Writing migration and displacement
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7- Migration and human rights
- What are the international and regional policies governing the protection of migrants’ human rights?
- How do mobility and displacement impact the migrants’ fundamental rights such as access to education and healthcare?
- Do containment policies of migration respect human rights?
- Asylum policies and refugees’ human rights.
- forced vs voluntary migration
8- Economics of migration
• The globalized labor market and migration policies
• "Migration economy" and "economy of care"
• Cheap labor and qualified manpower
9- Health, care and well-being
• Migrants’ Mental health
• Reproductive health
• Migrants’ traumatic experiences, treatment and psychological support.
10- Media and migration
• How do media cover mobility and migration?
• Mass media and migration narratives
• Social networks and migration
Conference Format:
• Discussion Panels
• Round table discussions
• Workshops
Conference Venue:
• Mohammed I University, Oujda
Important Dates:
• Round table, workshops and abstracts submissions (250 words max): end of March 2019.
• Conference dates May 20-21 2019.
Please send your proposals for the format of your choice (panel discussion, round table discussion or workshop) by email to:
[email protected]
• Please note that the reading time in panel discussions is limited to 15 minutes per paper (7-8 typed pages).
• A number of selected articles will be considered for publication (Palgrave- Macmillan/Springer) after necessary modifications and improvements. Participants are therefore requested to comply with the articles in the Chicago Style Guide.
• A website for the conference will be available shortly.
Conference Scientific Committee:
• Prof. Nouria Ouali, UniversiteUniversité Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique.
• Prof. Adelina Miranda, Presidnte Migrinter, UniversiteUniversité de Poitiers, France.
• Porf. Soumia Boutkhil, Université Universite Mohammed I, Oujda, Maroc
• Dr Cheikh Oumar BA, Directeur exécutif IPAR (Initiative Prospective agricole et rurale) Dakar, Sénégal.
• Prof. Chourouq Nasri, Université Universite Mohammed I, Oujda, Maroc.
• Prof. Abdelkadder Bezazi, Université Universite Mohammed I, Oujda, Maroc
• Prof. Larbi Touaf, Université Universite Mohammed I, Oujda, Maroc.
• Prof. Aly Tandian, Directeur du Laboratoire des Etudes & Recherches sur le Genre, l'Environnement, la Religion & les Migrations (GERM). Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis. Saint-Louis, Sénégal.
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