Hi all,
Sorry for the cross-posting, but Disney Discourse is one of "my things," and
I'm eager to get a panel together on representations of disability and/or
ableism in animated cartoons. I'll be doing The Hunchback of Notre Dame...
anyone care to join me (with same or different Disney film/product)? Please
let me know, offlist.
Cheers,
Dona
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A) Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
>
>The following conference is an academic event and is not in any way
>sponsored or approved by the Walt Disney Company.
>
>Rethinking Disney: Private Control and Public Dimensions
>An international, interdisciplinary conference on all aspects of the
>Disney phenomenon
>
>Presented by the Ph.D. in Comparative Studies Public Intellectuals
>Program and the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida
>Atlantic University.
>
>November 9-12, 2000
>Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
>
>Plenary Speakers:
>Winona LaDuke, Andrew Ross, and Janet Wasko
>
>Invited Speakers:
>Susan Fainstein, Richard Fogelsong, Karen Klugman, Susan Willis, Sharon
>Zukin and others
>
>From small cartoon maker in the 1920s to today's multinational
>corporation, the Disney enterprise, its products and practices, have
>become increasingly significant around the world. In recent years
>scholars and other commentators have focused attention on Disney, drawing
>on a variety of disciplines and conceptual frameworks, including
>anthropology, art, architecture, business, ethnic studies, film and media
>studies, cultural studies, gender studies, geography, history, marketing,
>political science, popular culture, rhetoric, and urban planning.
>
>This conference seeks to bring a wide range of approaches to Disney
>studies into productive juxtaposition. At the same time, in line with its
>public intellectual focus, the conference seeks to facilitate dialogue
>not only among academic intellectuals but also between those
>intellectuals and diverse publics. Thus the program committee
>particularly encourages proposals for workshops, poster sessions and
>other innovative formats for public discussion and participation as well
>as accessible, non-technical scholarly papers.
>
>The conference will focus special attention on the public dimensions of
>the Disney phenomenon. Examples of public themes and issues include the
following:
>The Disney Corporation as Educator and Historian
>Representations of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality
>Art and Architecture: Private Property, Public Environments
>Disney Marketing: Synergy and Control
>Disney around the World: Globalization, Culture, and Political Economy
>Living in Disney's Celebration: Utopia or Fantasy World? Theme Parks:
>Simulation, Rationalization, Consumption Making Worlds: From Cartoons to
>Theme Parks to City Planning The Walt Disney Company: Corporate, Labor,
>and Cultural Histories
>
>Submission Information:
>The deadline for proposing papers, panels, and other presentations is
>February 15, 2000.
>
>To submit a proposal for a paper, poster, or other individual
>presentation, please mail, fax, or e-mail the following information:
>
>· Presentation title
>· Your name, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and a short
>biographical note · Your proposed format: paper, poster, or other · Your
>technical requirements (audio-visual) · A description (300-400 words) of
>your presentation, including
> · Its objectives and content
> · Its target audience (academic, public, or both)
> · Your plans to involve participants (optional)
>
>The program committee also welcomes other presentation formats, such as
>panels organized by participants. To submit a proposal for a
>preconstituted panel, workshop, or other session, please send the
>following: · Session title, with a 50-100 word description · Your name,
>address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address · The name, address,
>phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of all presenters, as well as
>the chair and the respondent · Your technical requirements (audio-visual)
>· Presentation titles for all panel presenters, with 300-400 word
descriptions
>
>All proposals are refereed, and only those most appropriate for the
>conference will be selected.
>
>Please submit completed proposals, and direct general inquiries and
>requests for registration material to:
>
>Stefanie Gapinski, Conference Coordinator
>(561) 297-0035
>FAX: (561) 297-2100
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>
>Please direct program inquiries to:
>
>Mike Budd, Department of Communication
>Chair, Program Committee
>e-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
Melissa Putman Sprenkle
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric
Honors College
Florida Atlantic University
5353 Parkside Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458
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Dona M. Avery
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
http://www.public.asu.edu/~donam
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