Framing Muslims: Structures of representation in Culture and Society post-9/11

自2001年9月11日以来，欧洲和美国的穆斯林社区在各种文化形式中受到越来越多的审查，这是重新关注定义和划定国家和西方公民社会参数的一部分。该网络将促进和支持对文化、艺术、社会和法律的结构的研究，这些结构“框定”了当代关于西方穆斯林的辩论。该网络将汇集各领域的专家，以调查穆斯林主体的定位和“代言人”的方式，以及有关社区对这些外部强加的定义的反应。这个网络将有兴趣的学者，研究人员和学生在各种学科，包括后殖民研究，人类学，法律和文化研究。它的主题范围将有助于意识到在一个多元文化社会中的代表性的塑造力量，并将扩大这种代表性获得货币的过程的理解，跨国合作的层面将允许在欧洲和美国的穆斯林的话语框架的比较研究，了解其较长的历史和当代表现形式。将通过与下列机构的合作促进这项工作：欧文市加州大学跨国网络研究工作组、纽约大学宗教与媒体中心、荷兰的ISIM、巴黎的CADIS-EHESS。跨学科的职权范围允许在其政治和美学意义上的代表性问题上有更广泛的视角，对政策制定和文化间关系的影响。

Since September 11 2001, Muslim communities in Europe and America have come under increased scrutiny in a variety of cultural forms as part of a renewed concern to define and delimit the parameters of the nation and of western civil society more generally. This network will foster and support research into the cultural, artistic, social and legal structures which 'frame' contemporary debates about Muslims in the west. The network will bring together experts in various fields to interrogate the way Muslim subjects have been positioned and 'spoken for', and how the communities concerned have responded to these externally imposed definitions. This network will be of interest to academics, researchers and students in a variety of disciplines including postcolonial studies, anthropology, law, and cultural studies. Its topical remit will contribute to an awareness of the shaping force of representation in a multicultural society, and will extend understanding of the processes by which such representations gain currency.The transnational collaborative dimension will allow for comparative study of the discursive framing of Muslims in both Europe and America, understood in terms of its longer history and its contemporary manifestations. This will be facilitated by cooperation with the Working Group for the Study of Transnational Networks, University of California, Irvine, the Centre for Religion and Media at New York University, ISIM in the Netherlands, CADIS-EHESS in Paris. The interdisciplinary remit allows for a broader perspective on issues of representation in both its political and aesthetic senses, with implications for policy making and intercultural relations.