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>CALL FOR PAPERS > >Disciplining Knowledge > >The Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture at Rutgers >University invites proposals on the theme of DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES for >its 13th annual interdisciplinary graduate conference to be held at >Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey on Friday, February 14, >2003. The keynote address will be delivered by historian Rachel P. Maines >(Cornell), author of _The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, >and Women's Sexual Satisfaction_. > >While disciplinary boundaries make knowledge possible, they can >simultaneously impede scholarly investigation, police the production of >knowledge, and delegitimize scholarship which expands or crosses those >boundaries. We seek proposals which explore this phenomenon, which >investigate a particular discipline's evolving definitions of "legitimate" >knowledge over time. In addition, we encourage proposals from graduate >students whose own scholarship either bears witness to the limiting >effects of disciplinary boundaries, or expands, challenges and/or crosses >prescribed boundaries. Interdisciplinary topics are welcome, as are >submissions from across disciplines. Possible topics include but are not >limited to: > >Legitimate versus illegitimate knowledge >Paradigm shifts in the history of knowledge-production >How disciplines police themselves >Interdisciplinarity >The ethics and politics of standards >Intellectual freedom and professionalism >Disciplinary taboos >The nature of "evidence" >The future of disciplines > >Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent as e-mail attachment by >Sunday, December 1, 2002 to: > >Joseph Gabriel at [log in to unmask] > >or by mail to: > >Matthew Kaiser >Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture >Rutgers University >8 Bishop Place >New Brunswick, NJ 08903 ------------ Christopher Bear [log in to unmask] Department of Geography and Environment University of Aberdeen Elphinstone Road Aberdeen AB24 3UF Telephone (office): +44-(0)1224-273491 Fax: +44-(0)1224-272331 URL: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/geography/cbear.hti