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SUMMARY:Geography Research Seminar - Dr Kye Askins (University of Glasgow
 ): Emotional Citizenry: Making Space for Dis/Organised Intercultural Enc
 ounters
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DESCRIPTION:Seminar abstract:\nThis talk draws on emerging qualitative re
 search with refugees\, asylum seekers (R-AS) and more settled residents\
 , in collaboration with a voluntary sector organisation in Glasgow\, Sco
 tland. It focusses on the emotional geographies of social interactions p
 roduced through organisational spaces\, namely the weekly Drop-In. The o
 rganisation’s intervention is framed in terms of ‘bridging the gap’ betw
 een R-AS and Scottish citizens. In reality\, encounters between people a
 t the volunteer-led Drop-In involve difficult negotiations of intersecti
 onal differences\, between and across age\, ethnicity\, gender\, sexuali
 ty\, religion\, physical and mental health capabilities\, housing contex
 t and so on. Simultaneously\, volunteers and service users generally sha
 re a socio-economic position in Glasgow\, in largely marginalised and fr
 agile positions. Emotional interactions emerge through the ebb and flow 
 of talking and listening\, playing games\, doing arts and crafts\, and p
 reparing and eating food. These activities\, while ostensibly ‘organised
 ’ by volunteers\, are more often chaotic and messy\, yet relationships a
 re fostered\, co-constituted though desires to engage with one another\,
  to build local community\, and to (re)make society at the local level. 
 The paper develops the concept of emotional citizenry as social relation
 s ‘already practised’\, and thus exceeding\, a fixed status owned/achiev
 ed by some and not others\; rather as a process grounded in the complexi
 ties of places\, lives and feelings. It poses questions as to how grassr
 oots initiatives may disrupt scalar politics and dominant discourses\, a
 nd the role of third sector organisations in facilitating collective cha
 nge.  \n\n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G.035/36\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manchester
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