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Subject: [balkans] CfP: Workshop: Borders as resources mechanisms and
general conditions of transborder smallscale,trade and smuggling, Leipzig,
22-23.4.2010
From:    "Balkan Academic News" <balkans la gmx.net>
Date:    Thu, November 12, 2009 15:50
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From: Bettina Bruns <B_Bruns la ifl-leipzig.de>

Call for Papers

Workshop: “Borders as resources – mechanisms and general conditions of
transborder smallscale
trade and smuggling”

Location: Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)

Leipzig, April 22-23, 2010

Small-scale trade and smuggling are part of everyday life at many
borders. If there is a
difference of prosperity along the border leading to considerable price
differences in the
adjacent countries, the border may be used as an economic resource by
many inhabitants
living nearby. Smuggling of cigarettes, alcohol and fuel or the – at
first glance – legal
transport of commodities such as clothing or electronic devices: trading
activities as the above
mentioned ones often compensate for economic shortages that many
households are suffering
from in consequence of e.g. political transformation processes.
Therefore, transborder smallscale
trade and smuggling are possibilities to cope with stressful periods of
biographic
transition such as unemployment and poverty.
The phenomena of transborder small-scale trade and smuggling are
multi-faceted. This is
reflected in their different labelling, e.g. “contraband”, “suitcase
trade”, shuttle trade” or
“trading tourism”. Despite of the diversity of transborder small-scale
trade and smuggling and
their wide dispersion, not only in Europe, their reception within social
sciences is relatively
low.
One aim of the interdisciplinary workshop is to contrast research
results on transborder smallscale
trade and smuggling in Eastern and Central Europe with insights into
these economic
activities from other world regions. Furthermore, the workshop attempts
to serve as a platform
for exchange of ideas on similarities and differences of the mentioned
transborder economic
activities and to reflect on the current status of research.
Additionally, an intensification of
interdisciplinary networking between researchers dealing with
small-scale trade and
smuggling is intended. In view of the illegal character of the object of
research it is especially
important to discuss adequate methods for empirical research.
The workshop wants to address three key aspects:
1. Concrete functioning of transborder small-scale trade and smuggling
and their individual
meanings for participating actors: How is the interaction between
small-scale traders and
smugglers and the border regime organized? Which negotiation processes
take place
between traders, smugglers and representatives of the border regime?
Which tactics and
strategies do traders and smugglers apply in order to successfully cross
the border? In
what way do transborder small-scale trade and smuggling influence the
organization of
every day life of the traders? How do the latter use the income gained
by their crossborder
economic activities?
2. Regional meanings of transborder small-scale trade and smuggling:
Where is it located
within the conflicting contexts of illegality and legitimacy? How are
small-scale trade and
smuggling evaluated by external actors? In what way are the activities
embedded in
regional structures and specific norms? In what way do they influence
the organisation of
social life in the region? Which mechanisms of small-scale trade and
smuggling are
functioning universally, which ones rather locally? In how far does
their organisation
depend on external circumstances?
These two thematic dimensions should be addressed also under a
historical perspective: In
what way have transborder small-scale trade and smuggling changed in the
course of
time?
3. Reflections on methods: How can researchers achieve valid results in
the light of the
sensitivity of transborder small-scale trade and smuggling? What methods
can be used and
combined with each other in a reasonable manner?
Deadline for the submission of abstracts is January 31, 2010. Abstracts
must be limited to 300
words or less. We welcome empirical studies in progress as well as
conceptual papers from
different scientific disciplines (e.g. geography, sociology, ethnology,
political sciences,
history). Please submit your abstracts to Bettina Bruns
(B_Bruns la ifl-leipzig.de)

For all other enquiries please contact

Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde
Dr. Bettina Bruns
Schongauerstraße 9
04329 Leipzig
Phone: +49-341-2556531
B_Bruns la ifl-leipzig.de


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