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CALLFORPAPERS

STATEVIOLENCEATTHEINTERSECTION

OFRACEANDMENTALHEALTH:LAW,LITERATUREANDTHEIMAGE

BIRKBECKCOLLEGE,9–10APRIL

ATWO-DAYSYMPOSIUM‘POLICINGRACE,GENDERANDMENTALHEALTH’SYMPOSIUM

SponsoredbytheWellcomeTrust

IncollaborationwiththeHonourableSocietyoftheInnerTemple

Photoby@ahmed_rizkhaanTherearemanywaystounderstandhowthestateregulatesandcontrolsthosewithinitsdomainalongandbetweenthelinesofraceandmentalhealth.Whilstthesetwocategoriescannotbedisentangledfromthemyriadotherwaysinwhichwearecalleduponbythestate,readingraceandmentalhealthtogethermayallowustorevisitthewaysthestatepositionsmanyofusalongtheaxesofatavisticandcivilized,fragilityandstrength,capabilityandincapacity,maliceanddisinterest,redeemableandirredeemable.Acloseandcreativeanalysisoftheselogics,theircontemporaryandhistoricmanifestations,andformsofresistancetothesesuchlogicsmayhelpustoimaginethepossibilitiesforadifferenttypeoffutureworld.Thesewillbethethemesofthistwo-daysymposium.

Whilstthefirstdayisdedicatedtoengagingwithpolicyandlegalframeworksforunderstandingtheinteractionbetweenthestate(predominantlypolicinginstitutions)andciviliansattheintersectionofrace,genderandmentalhealth,theseconddayaimstoexamine‘thestate’morebroadly.Usingarangeofdisciplinaryperspectivesfromthehumanities,artsandsocialsciences,theseconddayaimstocriticallyexaminethefieldoftensionattheinterfaceofthestatelogicsofraceandmentalhealth.Bothcallsareopentoanydiscipline,thoughthefirstmayperhapsspeakmoretolaw,socialscience,criminologyandpoliticswhilethesecondmayspeakmoretothehumanities.Forparticularlyoutstandingcontributionsandsomeplenarytalks,theremaybeapossibilityofreimbursementfortraveltoLondon.

Call1:Policingattheintersectionofrace,gender&mentalhealth

Papersshouldexamineissuesinpolicingattheintersectionofraceandmentalhealth,andwhererelevant,genderandmigrantstatus.Thesefociarenotexclusive,buttheywillbeimportantforfocusingtheconversations.Thefocusofthepaperwillbeonlegal,policyandsocial-scientificanalysis;however,papersfromotherdisciplineswillbeconsidered.Activistsandadvocatesarewelcometosubmitcontributions,andthesemustnotnecessarilytaketheformofacademicpapers.Potentialpapertopicsinclude:

• Contemporaryissuesorcasesinlaw,policyandadvocacy• Analysisofpatterns,structuresandlogicsofpolicingatthisintersection• Empiricalstudyofpolicingattheintersectionofrace,genderandmentalhealth• Race,psychiatryandcriminology• Race,mentalhealthandcriminaljustice• Institutionalracism,mentalhealthandstateviolence• Reviewofpolicingprogrammesandstructures

Call2:Imaginingstateencountersofraceandmentalhealth:Law,literatureandtheimage

Proposalsforthiscallshouldnotbeexclusivelylaworpolicyoriented.Theapproachesmayincludebutarenotlimitedtothemedicalhumanities,criticalracetheory,literaryorculturalcriticism,visualartsandpsychoanalysis.Topicsmayinclude(non-exhaustive):

• Creativewaysofexploringtheroleofthestateinengagingwithpeopleattheintersectionofraceandmentalhealth

• analysisofphotographs,filmormusictoengagewithstatelogicstheintersectionofraceandmentalhealth

• connectionsbetweenthestatelogicsattheintersectionofraceandmentalhealthwithcolonialism,empireandexploitation

• interdisciplinaryapproachestoanalysingstatelogicsattheintersectionofraceandmentalhealthandexclusionbasedongender,sexuality,religion,disabilityandmigrationstatus

• Explorationofutopianordystopianfutures

Tosubmitaproposal,emailanabstractof500wordsmax.toDrEddieBruce-Jones([email protected])forCall1orDrMonishBhatia([email protected])forCall2byFriday,16thFebruary.Earlysubmissionsmaybeconfirmedpriortothisdeadline.

Documents

Cfp State Violence Race and Mental Health - Squarespace · ([email protected]) for Call 1 or Dr Monish Bhatia ([email protected]) ... Microsoft Word - Cfp State Violence Race