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Ethnographies of gender &#38; mobility International Conference Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 5-7 July 2017 Facebook InstagramInternational Conference Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 5-7 July 2017Mobility has become one of the most important concepts in contemporary social sciences, capturing the idea that life is in flux. Not only is an increasing number of people moving across the world, also ideas, images, information, objects, cultures and many other things are circulating rapidly, affecting peoples lives in many different ways. Yet, mobility is not equally accessible for everyone, and being mobile is not automatically positive.This conference focuses on the relationship between gender and (im)mobility. What does a gender lens add to our understandings of mobility and immobility? How do relationships of power, especially with regard to gender, get reconfigured in current mobility contexts? What type of new gender (and other) hierarchies, opportunities, and challenges are being created as a result of increased mobility? And what do ethnographic methods contribute to the study of gender and mobility?The fourth LOVA International Conference offers an opportunity to discuss these and other questions, and present new research in the field of gender and mobility. Facebook InstagramLOVA International Conference: keynote speakers announced!We are very happy to announce the two keynote speakers for the LOVA International Conference 2017:Dr. Katarzyna Grabska (Senior Researcher, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland): “Gendered and Gendering Uncertainty in Displacement and Forced Migration”Dr. Lorraine Nencel (Associate Professor, VU Amsterdam): “Moving Bodies or Migrant Mobilities? Beyond Migrant Sex Work”Categories Conferences NewsTagsfeatured