This conference looks a bit general, but there is a strand on culture and
governance/the regulation of culture which may be interesting to some...
Nicole
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Subject: Pavis Centre conference call for papers: Cultural Returns
Please could you pass this conference call for papers on to anyone you
think
might be interested? Sorry if you've already received this on another
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Cultural Returns:
Assessing the Place of Culture in Social Thought
An international conference organised by the Pavis Centre for Social and
Cultural Research at the Open University
Dates: 18-20 September 2002
Venue: St. Hugh's College, Oxford
Culture is increasingly central in contemporary societies. It is an
important force in social and political change; a central dimension of
economic processes; a key economic sector in its own right; and it
permeates
our everyday lives. Meanwhile, culture has become increasingly central
to
social thought. In a range of academic disciplines across the social
sciences and humanities, including sociology, anthropology, history,
psychology, media studies, politics, gender studies, economics and
cultural
studies, unprecedented attention has been paid to issues of meaning,
symbol
and communication. But how fruitful have the various "cultural turns"
been?
What have they contributed to our understanding of the relations between
culture and society?
It is time for an assessment of the role of culture in societies and in
social thought, and for serious thinking about the most important
directions
for future work. This conference, organised by the Pavis Centre for
Social
and Cultural Research at the Open University, and to be held at St.
Hugh's
College Oxford, will explore these issues across the following key
themes.
* Culture, class and gender: cultural shifts, new social relations
* Cultural economy: changing conceptions of the relationship of
economies,
markets and culture
* Culture and governance: rethinking the regulation of culture, and the
role
of culture in social life
* Culture and identity: subjectivity, self, personhood
* Culture and social movements: activism, citizenship and power
Confirmed speakers include:
Arjun Appadurai
Tony Bennett
George McKay
Meaghan Morris
Sasha Roseneil
David Saunders
Beverley Skeggs
More speakers to be announced in due course.
We invite abstracts of 250 words to be submitted by e-mail to
[log in to unmask] by 31 March 2002. We welcome papers which
address
the conference theme in general terms, but please indicate which
provisional
stream, if any, you think your paper might be most comfortably placed
within.
Updated details of the conference can be found on
www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/pavis
Conference committee:
David Hesmondhalgh, Pam Walker, Paul du Gay, Marie Gillespie, Linda
Janes,
Liz McFall, Tim Jordan, Peter Redman
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