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/