Labnet: CFP: Transportation as a Lifeline of Development - 8th Int. Conference T2M, New Delhi 12/10

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CFP: Transportation as a Lifeline of Development. Conference of
International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility - New Delhi 12/10
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International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility (T2M), New Delhi
02.12.2010-05.12.2010, National Rail Museum (NRM), New Delhi, India
Deadline: 15.05.2010

The International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility (T2M) invites proposals for papers to be presented at its
Eighth International Conference to be held at the National Rail Museum,
New Delhi, India from December 2nd to 5th 2010.
This year the Conference Theme is 'Transportation as a Lifeline of
Development'. The Call for Papers (CfP) invites papers in this Theme
field but at the same time it is open to all subjects in the history,
heritage and sustainable development of transport,traffic and mobility.

The 8 International Conference of T2M is devoted to analysis and
consideration of the relationships between transport infrastructures
between transport infrastructures and the development of societies,
states, regions, cities or companies. Papers and sessions which are
related to the Conference. Theme shall present the complexity of mutual
influences between transport infrastructures and economic and societal
development. It is, however, possible to propose papers and sessions in
all topics related to the history of transport, traffic and mobility.
The Conference Theme does not bind applicants.
Transport infrastructures played and play a crucial role for the
economic and cultural development of societies. Governments of
territorial states have understood improvement of transport
infrastructures as a major tool for accelerating their economic
development and strengthening their military power, and therefore tried
to get control over transport facilities and use available resources for
improving these systems. The foundation of an independent, state airline
for instance, even with only one aircraft, was one of the first
activities of some new states in Africa after the end of Colonialism.
However, governmental or private investments in transport
infrastructures did not always pay off as anticipated In many rural
regions, new but underused railway, road and airport infrastructures
could become a financial burden with high operating and maintenance
costs. The same is true for transport infrastructures, which were built
mainly for military reasons.
In many so called developing countries colonial railway infrastructures
never emerged as a transport network to meet the demands of the country
but remained a necessary infrastructure for export of natural resources
from mines or farmlands to ports. These lines often have not been
extended and modernized after 
independence, so that only few former colonies have a modern and well
maintained railway network. India is an exception from the rule with a
dense, reliable, money making and growing railway network and thus a
model for many countries worldwide. Strong links between transport and
development are as interesting for the
Conference as the relative independence of the two. Not all industrial
revolutions or economic booms requested new and better transport
facilities.

We invite proposals for single papers or full sessions. Full session
proposals with three or four papers are encouraged, but, of course,
proposals of single papers are heartily invited too. Besides the
sessions, we will have a poster exhibition for every paper. All
proposals by Ph-D students will at least be accepted for the poster
exhibition.

Participants are encouraged, though not required, to organize panels on
these themes. A panel consists of a chair and normally up to three
speakers; no commentator is required. We especially encourage
transnational, comparative and transmodal approaches, and welcome
proposals exploring theoretical or methodological issues as well as
those of a more empirical nature. We especially invite recent entrants
to the profession and doctoral students to submit proposals.

T2M 2010 wants to invest more energy into communication. Posters of all
oral presentations will be exhibited in the public area of India's most
visited rail museum. This innovation will contribute to better promotion
of the history of transport, traffic and mobility as a scientific
discipline and as a public service. Submission of a fully completed
poster form (1 page A4) is mandatory for all speakers. Posters will be
judged. Poster forms will be made available later on the website of the
Programme Committee. 

Please send proposals to: submissions at t2m.org. The deadline for sending
in the abstracts and a short CV (max one page each; Word or Rich Text
Format only) is May 15th. Since it may be a problem for many scholars to
get funding for transport, accommodation and the Conference, the
Programme committee therefore will send out
acceptance letters for the selected papers as soon as possible, in order
to facilitate applications for funding. Ph.D. students are encouraged to
apply for travel grants from T2M. Please find application forms under
www.t2m.org.

Session proposals should also include a one-page overview of the
session. Submitters will be notified by the Programme committee during
the first week of June 2010 on the success or status of their
submission.

The full paper of all accepted submissions and of the posters must be
delivered on or before September 15 , 2010. These papers will be copied
onto a Conference CD-ROM for distribution in advance to all Conference
participants. Individual presentations at the
Conference are therefore to be limited to a fifteen-minute summary to
allow for debate and discussion within the session.

All participants are required to register. For details of T2M and of
previous conferences, please visit: www.t2m.org. Further details of the
Conference (including the poster form) will shortly be available on
www.ciltindia.com.

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Shortly available at www.ciltindia.com and www.t2m.org

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T2M

Helmond (Secretariat)

info at t2m.org 

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