Final CFP, Ninth Annual Cultural Studies Association Meeting:
"Spaces of Cultural Performance"
The Environment, Space, and Place Division (ESPD) seeks participants for the Ninth Annual Cultural Studies Association Meeting, to be held Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL, 24-26 March, 2011.
In keeping with the conference theme of "New Directions in Cultural Studies," papers are solicited for sessions addressing Spaces of Cultural Performance. "Cultural performance" is taken to mean both the exercise of singular and temporary events as well as broader and more long-term curated spaces and events such as museums, exhibitions, festivals, rituals, etc. All of these are framed by the spaces in which they occur, and involve "staging" to convey cultural meaning to an audience over a limited period of time, either formally or informally. Indeed, the tension between formal and informal cultural performance is a possible departure point for these papers and sessions. Cultural reproduction versus resistance and subversion is another potential area of consideration. And there are many other angles as well. We welcome all interested proposals.
Persons interested in submitting papers for consideration should send the following:
* A 500-word abstract for your paper
* Name, email address, phone number, institutional affiliation, and department.
* List of audiovisual equipment needed for your presentation, if any.
All materials must be submitted by September 12, 2010.
Contact: Doug Herman, Senior Geographer, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian: [log in to unmask] (202) 633-8843.
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