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14th
International Conference of
Historical Geographers 23–27 August 2009, |
Session
Proposal
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Proposals for special paper sessions are
shown below. Those who would like to join the sessions or need more
information can contact coordinators by email. Abstracts of special sessions
should be jointly submitted by the session coordinators, with information on
all the papers. Please see also Call
for Papers. Heritage, Pilgrimage Landscapes
and Planning the Heritage Cities [uploaded on 8 December 2008]: CANCELLED Progress in the Empire [uploaded on |
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CANCELLED: Heritage,
Pilgrimage Landscapes and Planning the Heritage Cities Coordinators:
Professor Rana P. B. Singh (Baranas Hidnu University, INDIA: ranapbs@gmail.com) and Professor Masaaki Fukunaga (Gifu
Womenfs University, JAPAN: office@fukunaga.cc) |
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Progress in the Empire Coordinators: Dr. M. Satish Kumar and Dr. Steve
Royle In an attempt to
differentiate and distance itself from other empires, and, indeed, the
mercantilist regimes of East India Companies, the established colonial state,
post-1857 clearly attempted to present itself as a modernising entity. A
civilised administration meant that public utilities and improvements would
stimulate industry and peace among its subjects. Progress became enshrined in
the rubric of the empire. The intention was to domesticate, discipline and,
at the same time, modernise the indigenous peoples, thereby eliciting loyalty
among subject races. Colonial geographies became bounded and homogenised to
conform to a notion of progress. A new imaginative geography was put in
place, which allowed for the suppression of local and internal differences.
Official claims were all about material, social and moral progress. Progress
in the colonies was inevitably hitched up to become part of the intrinsic
imperial economy. Such a modernist state intensified geopolitical competition
and rendered visible claims of progress in far-flung colonies. Progress had
to be grounded in official discourses suggesting improvement at all levels.
Local sovereignty was re-cast and superseded by ideas and imperatives of
global improvement and regulation. The promise of material progress thereby
led to the intensification of the state plans. This session
attempts to provide an opportunity to explore the material, social, economic
and moral attributes of progress as embedded in the context of empire. We
invite participants to contribute to this session by bringing into focus
ideas from diverse empirical contexts across a range of empires. |
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ICHG2009Kyoto
Second Circular : Call
for Papers |