Organized by Babylon, Center for the Study of Superdiversity and the Network on Globalization in the Margins
Following up on a very successful workshop in June 2012, Babylon organizes a sequel workshop addressing new forms of authenticity in an age of globalization and superdiversity. The central argument in the workshop is that forms of authenticity today need to be understood in terms of complexity rather than multiplicity, and thus demand a new and creative framework for addressing them.
Presenters during this workshop will offer case discussions from native communities in Alaska, minorities in China, cosplay communities on- and offline, dialect and ‘traditions’ in Brabant and Limburg (The Netherlands). Speakers will have generous slots so as to enable intensive dialogue and discussion.
The workshop is free and open to all. Please register before October 20 through email to Babylon@uvt.nl
PROGRAM
Thursday 31 October C1886 (Ruth First Room)
9.30-10: registration and coffee
10-10.30:
Jan Blommaert (Tilburg University): Welcome and general introduction
10.30-12:
Hiroko Ikuta (Alaska State Government): The complexity of ‘traditional’ economic rights in Alaska
12-13: LUNCH
13-14:30
Xuan Wang (Maastricht University): getting ready for heritage tourism in Enshi, China
14.30-15: COFFEE
15-16.30:
Sanna Lehtonen (Tilburg University): On being yourself and several others in cosplay
Friday 1 November
10-30-12: WZ103
Jos Swanenberg & Sjaak Kroon (Tilburg University): Diversity in language and culture as an agent in identification.
12-13: LUNCH
13-14.30: DZ4
Leonie Cornips (Maastricht University) & Vincent de Rooij (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): The center-periphery fractal in the construction of local identities: A plea for, and a case study of languageculture
14.30-15: Discussion and round-up.
Please register before 20 october: babylon@tilburguniversity.edu