The Communication, Culture & Media Subject Group, School of Art & Design, Coventry University,
are pleased to announce their forthcoming conference,
LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD 2000: Consuming (in) the War Zone.
4th - 6th July 2000.
Invited speakers include:
Martyn Lee (editor of 'Consumer Society Reader')
Rachel Lichtenstein (author of 'Rodinsky's Room')
Kwesi Owuso (editor of 'Black British Culture')
Karen Ross (Director of the Centre for Communication Studies, Coventry University and author of
'Black and White Media')
Professor Ramona Rush (University of Kentucky)
Don Slater (Goldsmiths College)
Andrew Wernick (author of 'Promotional Culture')
Mark Williams AKA Wigan
Patrick Wright (broadcaster and writer)
PLUS:
Satomi Matoba & Helen Scalway - 'Maps of Utopia' exhibition
Leon Johnson/Creative Material Group (University of Oregon) performing 'FAUST/FAUSTUS'
Allen Fisher (University of Surrey) - reading from 'Brixton Fractals'
CALL FOR PAPERS
Following the success of 1999's LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD conference, the Communication,
Culture & Media Subject Group of Coventry University is pleased to announce its 2000
conference. Once again, we are encouraging submissions on the themes outlined below from
academics, students, practitioners and independent scholars.
Engines of the Future:
.... the commodity after the object... the information economy & its discontents...knowledge as
commodity...e-commerce.... non-physical technologies.... information & communications
convergence.... the cultural location of technology.... copyright & patenting...the ethics of
bio-technology...genome research and gender identity....
Space Wars/War Spaces:
...the city as war-zone...urban conflict...war art/war artists...imperialist borders & po-mo wars....
new gender identities in the combat zone...mediatised war...new ethnicities/new communities in
conflict...diasporic movements & the future of Fortress Europe...beyond the Black Atlantic...soft &
cuddly imperialism...the nanny super-state...
Dis-Placed Knowledges:
... hyper-real/really hyped cities.... public art and 'the public'.... museum culture and urban
regeneration.... the coming crisis in the heritage industry.... the role of the
writer/artist-in-residence (prisons, workplaces etc).... academic consultancy in the public sphere
(cultural industries, sport etc)... ethical investment & social entrepreneurship...art after
commodification...the artist as commodity.... consumption as creativity...consumer cultures & the
culture of critique: is consumption the problem?
Submissions are invited for 20-minute papers. The deadline for consideration is 24th March
2000. We will also consider suggestions for symposia, panels, performances, installations,
witness sessions etc. Please send a one page abstract of your proposal to: Peter Playdon
(LIAM2) School of Art & Design, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV2 5FB or by email
to [log in to unmask] (electronic submission is encouraged). The conference fee is £175
(concessions £65). This includes entry to all the sessions over three days, conference pack,
copy of conference proceedings, wine reception, food and refreshments during the day and two
evening meals. We are offering an 'early bird' discount of £150 (concessions £55) for delegates
registering by 24th March 2000.
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