Dear Georgina (and anyone else who wants to know),
Good question! There's no short answer, but you'll find a
description on the project's web page at:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/german/axial/index.htm
Otherwise, come to the conference and find out!
Hope that helps.
Best wishes,
Brigid
Organization: University of Warwick
Date sent: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:19:46 +0000 (GMT)
Priority: normal
Subject: Re: Fw: "Writing Diasporas" 20-23 September 2000
From: "Dr G Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
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> What is an 'axial writer'? Can anyone help?
> Georgina Paul
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tom Cheesman <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 4:04 PM
> > Subject: "Writing Diasporas" 20-23 September 2000
> >
> >
> > > Please circulate
> > >
> > > Announcement and Call for Papers for an international,
> > > multidisciplinary conference:
> > >
> > > WRITING DIASPORAS :
> > > Axial Writers, Plural Literacies, Transnational Imagination
> > >
> > > University of Wales Swansea
> > > September 20-23, 2000
> > >
> > > ... on the role of travelling and translating writers, artists and
> > > intellectuals in the cultural politics of diasporas and nations.
> > >
> > > Main sponsors: the "Transnational Communities Research
> > > Programme" (Economic and Social Research Council UK),
> > > with "Re-inventing Britain" (The British Council & Arts Council
> > > of England).
> > >
> > > Details at: http://www.swan.ac.uk/conferences/transcomm
> > >
> > > CALL FOR PAPERS in six strands (deadline: 06.06.00):
> > >
> > > "Axial Writers" - Convenor: John McLeod
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > "Online Diasporas" - Convenor: Marie Gillespie
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > "Marketing Ethnicity" - Convenor: Sujala Singh
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > "Transnational Cinema" - Convenor: Deniz Göktürk
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > "Performance, Poetry and Song" - Convenor: John Goodby
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > "Plural Literacies and Policy" - Convenor: Tom Cheesman
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > PLENARY PANELS including:
> > >
> > > *Multilingual Community Publishing in the UK
> > > *The Politics of Literary Translation
> > > *Re-inventing Wales? Nation, Migration, Imagination
> > >
> > > PLUS workshops for practitioners in cultural policy and
> > > in multilingual community writing and translation,
> > > exhibitions, readings by local and visiting writers,
> > > literally diverse literary/social events...
> > >
> > > General enquiries: <[log in to unmask]> or
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Fax UK+1792 295710
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
Dr Brigid Haines
Senior Lecturer
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.swan.ac.uk/german/staff/haines.htm
Tel: 00 44 1792 205678 Extension 4028
Fax: 00 44 1792 295710
Department of German
University of Wales Swansea
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP
UK
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