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From: Sue Thomas
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October 2009 15:42
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Subject: CFP: Call for
Presentations, Transliteracy Conference 9
Feb 2010, Phoenix
Square Digital Media Centre, Leicester,
UK
Call for Presentations (please circulate)
Transliteracy Conference
Tuesday 9 February 2010,
9:30 - 17:30
Phoenix Square
Digital Media Centre, Leicester,
UK
In association with the Institute
of Creative
Technologies & the NLab Small Business Network, De Montfort
University
http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/conference2010.html
Deadline for Abstracts: 1 December, 2009
Transliteracy
is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools
and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and
film, to digital social networks. Since 2005, when Professor Sue Thomas
introduced this concept in the UK,
transliteracy has been taken up and explored by a broad range of academics and
practitioners, from information scientists to literary theorists, artists and
writers. The first Transliteracy Conference will take place at Leicester's
new Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre, on 9
Feb 2010. This one-day
event offers an opportunity for academics, artists, business people and practitioners
to share discoveries, ideas, and creative works that amplify and augment
transliteracy research.
This Call for Presentations invites 250 word abstracts. Presentations should be 10-15 minutes in duration, and
can be used to show work or deliver a short paper. The
Conference Panel will group presentations together thematically in sessions
scheduled to include time to explore the issues and ideas raised through
discussion. Phoenix Square
is well equipped with the latest technology, so presenters will be able to show
work on screen and via the internet.
Themes to be explored include:
Abstracts should be submitted in the body of an email to [log in to unmask] Please include a 100-word bio and contact email address.
Deadline for abstracts is 1
December, 2009; notification of
acceptance by 18 December, 2009.
Further information can be obtained from Louisa Allen at [log in to unmask]
We expect to charge a modest delegate fee to cover costs.
Selected materials from the conference will be published online at http://www.transliteracy.com
For more about The Transliteracy Research Group (TRG) see http://www.transliteracy.com
To discuss Transliteracy visit http://transliteracy.ning.com/
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Sue Thomas
Professor of New Media
IOCT/Faculty of Humanities
Clephan 1.01d
De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK +44
(0)116 207 8266
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http://www.suethomas.net
http://www.amplifiedleicester.com “A group that thinks in diverse ways will address a problem from many angles.” Charles Leadbeater, The Difference Dividend