Traveling in Flats in Study

The study of Whiteness emerged in the United States as a field of inquiry into the historical, social, and cultural aspects of Whiteness as a source of identity formation and socio-historical power relations. During the past three decades, the notion of Whiteness has been studied from a number of inter/disciplinary, theoretical, and geographic perspectives. As the study of Whiteness has traveled across geographic locations and scholarly contexts, it has become a subject of heated debates regarding its epistemological conceptualization, theoretical delineation, and methodological applicability.



“Traveling Whiteness” calls attention to the various geographic, socio-historical, and cultural contexts within which the study of Whiteness emerges. In particular, we are seeking to explore the following questions: Where does the study of Whiteness appear? How does the notion of Whiteness transform in its multiple locations? How does it shape our understanding of race/racism? What epistemological, theoretical, and methodological challenges does traveling bring with it? How does Whiteness transform within specific inter/national, socio-historical, and political contexts? What possibilities and prospects does traveling entail?

Possible topics for paper presentations, complete panels, and thematic workshops may include:

•       Social Constructions of Whiteness
•       Identity Formation and Whiteness
•       Race, (Anti-)Racism, and Whiteness
•       Ideologies and Discourses of Whiteness
•       Class, Social Inequalities and Whiteness
•       Gender, Sexuality, and Whiteness
•       Spaces/Places of Whiteness
•       Representational Whiteness
•       Legislation and Whiteness
•       Sporting Whiteness