The Border Studies, Cultural Economy, and Migration area of the Popular Culture Association invites abstract submissions for the 2023 Conference, April 5-8 in San Antonio, Texas. We seek papers that address migration and/or borders and borderlands with attention to cultural expression as inseparable from specific sociopolitical contexts and junctures. Thus, we prioritize submissions that show engagement with both the Humanities and the Social Sciences, through an understanding of the cultural (i.e. literary, visual, sonic, and material culture at large) as a window into historically specific human experiences.
We understand ‘borders’ as both ideological and material, and thus, we accept papers that address the cultural in tandem with:
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Specific lived experiences in areas transversed by national borders, and particularly, but not exclusively, the U.S./Mexico Borderlands.
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Processes of social inclusion, exclusion, and containment.
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Humanmobilityatlarge,andmostspecificallyasinseparablefromexperiences
of human displacement, including experiences of resettlement and/or the regulation of human movement.
Papers may be presented in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. Proposals for organized sessions are also welcome. Please send an abstract of no more than 150 words to Araceli Masterson-Algar, Area Chair at: [email protected].
