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Categorizing ‘Races’ and ‘Ethnicities’? Actors, Interests, Codifications, and Implications. Part I
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RC25 Language and Society (host committee)
RC05 Racism, Nationalism, Indigeneity and Ethnicity
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
This session is concerned with ongoing evolving categorizations of “races” and “ethnicities”. Indeed, as categorizations are at the heart of actors’ preferences and behaviours, and of diverse interests, they may experience changes, but also looking at them and how they are influenced may shed light on the evolutions of ongoing conflicts around them.
Are there categorizations which are appearing in contexts and situations that were previously less affected? Are there contexts and situations where such categorizations are becoming less used? How codifications change? How the content of categories change? Which are the current implications of the existing categories?
We invite contributions which shed light on how categorizations are constructed, by whom, with which implications in our current world, and while also facing contemporary challenges.
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