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 Call for papersThird International and Interdisciplinary Conference on  EmotionalGeographies, April 6-8,  2010 ***--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The  Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on EmotionalGeographies  will be held at The University of South Australia inAdelaide April 5-7,  2010. Hosted by the Hawke Research Institute andthe Bob Hawke Prime  Ministerial Centre.Invited Speakers include:Professor Sara Ahmed  (Goldsmiths College, University of London)Professor Pal Ahluwalia  (University of South Australia)Professor Michael Dutton (Griffith University  &#38; Goldsmiths College)Professor Sophie Watson (Open  University)Professor Stephanie Hemelry Donald (University of  Sydney)Call for papersWe invite papers that interrogate emotion,  society and space fromdiverse disciplinary and multidisciplinary  backgrounds. We areinterested in specific case studies as well as  theoreticalexaminations of the nature of connections among these terms.  Theconference will be an exciting place to think about new ways  ofstudying the natures, cultures and histories of emotional life.  Wewelcome individual papers as well as panel proposals. We are happy  toreceive papers that engage in experimental as well as  traditionalformats.Possible topics include:â- Embodiment and  emotions;â- Dynamics of affect;â- Affective attachment and the  other-than-humanâ- Emotional labour and management;â- Affective spaces  and the transnational;â- Migration, postcolonialism and emotions;â-  Indigenous knowledges and emotion;â- Emotional architectures and landscapes  of emotion;â- Affect, sense, sensation;â- Emotional publics and  passionate politics;â- Semiotics and poetics of affect/emotion;â-  Theories of affect, emotions, feelings;â- Affect and tourism;â- Queer  spaces of affect;â- Emotion and political reform.One special theme  of the conference is Consuming and ProducingAffective Spaces of Taste.  Focusing on the relations of production andconsumption we want to examine  how spaces of tastes are beingrefigured within the cultural economics of  transglobalisation. We areespecially interested in specific studies of the  changing geographiesof food, tourism, and other material commodities, as  well as moregeneral theoretical investigations of the connections  betweenproduction, consumption, emotions and space.The conference  organizers welcome proposals for further special themes.Abstracts of 300  words to be sent to [CPCSGlobalisation@unisa.edu.au]by July 17 2009.The  venueThe University of South Australia is an innovative institution with  astrong emphasis on multidisciplinary and collaborative research  withindustry. It is located in Adelaide; a vibrant cultural  capitalsurrounded by four of Australia's premier wine growing regions.  Withclose proximity to the outback and in the driest state in  Australia,Adelaide compels us to think about the emotions of land  care,Indigenous culture, food production and transglobal economic  andcultural connections.Chair of the Organizing  CommitteeProfessor Elspeth Probyn FAHAResearch SA Chair &#38; Professor  of Gender &#38; Cultural Studies Co-DirectorThe Centre for Postcolonial and  Globalisation Studies The HawkeInstitute The University of South  Australia.