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From: Ed Martini [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:22 PM
To: CULTSTUD-L: A listserv devoted to Cultural Studies
Subject: [cultstud-l] CFP: Constructing Cybercultures


Call for Papers:

Constructing Cyberculture(s): Performance, Pedagogy, and Politics in
Online Spaces
April 6-7, 2001
University of Maryland

Co-Sponsored by The Chesapeake Chapter of the American Studies
Association and
the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity
Coordinated by the Cyberculture Working Group

The Cyberculture Working Group is a collection of University of Maryland
and neighboring graduate students
and faculty members from across the disciplines interested in exploring
the intersections between the Internet,
culture, and society. At our 1999 Conference, "Cultural Diversity in/and
Cyberspace," an international and
interdisciplinary group of scholars addressed such issues as what it
means to play online "identity games," how
scholars of the humanities and public policy can work together to affect
the construction and maintenance of
cyberspaces, and how we can use online technologies to teach and learn
about cultural diversity.

This year's conference seeks to continue these and other discussions by
focusing on how different groups and
communities construct and use the virtual world. We are seeking scholars
from around the world and across the
disciplines to discuss the ways that complex, multi-layered identities
are being created and performed in online
spaces, present case studies of virtual communities, and examine how
digital environments shape and are
shaped by "real" and "virtual" political and cultural dynamics. We hope
to discuss possible connections
between the humanities, social sciences, and the emerging, contested
field of "cyberculture studies." We also
welcome papers that address the uses of online technologies in
classrooms and communities.

Proposals for individual papers (15-20 minutes) and full panels (2-3
papers plus a moderator/chair) should
include a one page abstract and a concise, one page C.V. for each
presenter. The deadline for submissions is
December 10, 2000.

Contact Information:
Cyberculture Working Group
c/o Ed Martini
Department of American Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-7621
or by e-mail at [log in to unmask]


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