CFP for Critical Geography Mini-Conference, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
November 5-6, 2010
“Critical geographies of finance and financial crisis”
Three years after the start of the global credit crunch and the subsequent
financial crisis and near meltdown in 2008, there is a growing, but limited (in
size and depth), critical geographic literature on finance, financialization
and
financial crisis. By critical we mean work that at least tangentially, if not
directly, questions the underlying assumptions, histories and discourses that
shore up the financializing economy while also engaging with the particulars of
financial practices. If new financial paradigms have been forged at moments of
crises in the past (French et al 2009), what might a geographical perspective
illuminate about the present? Can we discern elements of a contemporary
reinvention, or a simply a buttressing of the pre-crisis model? In any case,
what might be the elements of a geographical critique of finance that poses
questions of politics, distribution, and equity (Harvey 2010) while also
acknowledging the material abiding powers (and possibilities) of financial
logics? This session aims to expose existing and promote further research in
this field.
We would welcome papers on topics such as, but not limited to:
* State and/or socio-cultural regulation of finance
* The (de)politicization of finance and financial regulation
* Uneven impacts of sub-prime mortgage foreclosures
* Geographies of the ongoing subprime market
* Relationship between finance and gambling
* Geographies of financial derivatives
* Histories of financial crises
* Social construction and geographic spread of financial “risk”
* Monetary policy
* Regional and urban financial centers
* Time, space and money
* Openings and alternatives in the financial crisis
If you are interested in participating in this session, please submit an
abstract of no more than 250 words to Chris Muellerleile
([email protected])
and/or Leigh Johnson ([email protected]) by August 16th.
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