I hope that the message below which I have forwarded from another list
will be of interest.
Lesley Whitworth
List Administrator
> The Language of Fashion / Fashioning Language
> One-Day Symposium to be held at the University of Aberdeen, Saturday 23rd
> March 2002
>
> From 18th-24th March 2002, a trio of prominent young Austrian artists,
> Astrid Becksteiner (video artist), Lisa D. (fashion designer) and Petra
> Gangelbauer (writer) will be in residence at the University of Aberdeen,
> working on a collaborative project on 'Clothing'. Both individually and
> collectively, they will be reflecting on the multiple meanings of
> 'clothing' in their particular medium, and will present the results of
> their work in a performance to take place on Saturday 23rd March 2002 as
> part of a one-day symposium on 'The Language of Fashion / Fashioning
> Language'.
>
> We now invite proposals for papers that creatively engage with the title
> of the symposium. In selecting papers, we will seek to facilitate a
> cross-cultural, cross-temporal and cross-disciplinary approach.
> Possible topics include:
> Writing Fashion
> Display and Disguise
> Fashioning the Self
> Fashion and Social Theory
> Text as Clothing
> Writing on the Body
> Clothing as Projection Surface
>
> Proposals for 30-minute papers, accompanied by a 200-word abstract, should
> be sent (preferably by email) to:
>
> Dr Janet Stewart
> Dept. of German
> Taylor Building
> University of Aberdeen
> AB24 5BH
>
>
> Tel. 01224 272488
> Fax: 01224 272562
>
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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> Dr. Janet Stewart
> Dept. of German
> University of Aberdeen
> Taylor Building
> ABERDEEN AB24 3UB
>
> Tel: 01224 272488
> Fax: 01224 272562
>
> ***********************
>
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