Members of the critical geography forum may be interested in this upcoming
conference. Apologies for any cross-posting.
Lawrence
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>Subject: Calls for Conference Papers: Identities in Action!
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>Call for Papers: Identities in Action!
>
>An inter-disciplinary conference
>University of Wales Conference Centre, Gregynog
>Friday 10th - Sunday 12th December 1999
>
>Proposals are invited for the presentation of scholarly papers on the theme of
>identity construction which are based on studies of groups and/or
>individuals in
>action.
>
>The deadline for proposals (to be presented as 500-word abstracts, in
>electronic
>form) is May 1st 1999. Should you wish to submit a paper, we would welcome
>notice of intent by March 1st. Although formal papers should be submitted, our
>emphasis during the sessions themselves will be on presentations that are
>stimulating and provocative rather than read verbatim. Suggestions are also
>welcome for workshop sessions, the duration of which is open to negotiation.
>
>Proposals and papers are welcome in both Welsh and English. Interpretation
>services for these languages will be available at the conference.
>
>The conference aims to gather together diverse perspectives on the ways in
>which concepts of identity, alienation and belonging, and modes of language
>and
>discourse, reveal themselves in cultural and political undertakings. At
>this turning
>point of the millenium, we hope to identify some emerging patterns in the
>negotiation, rehearsal and affirmation of identities, and to consider the
>roles of
>visual, verbal and other codes in mediating, as well as defining, cultural
>positions
>and forging alliances. What, for instance, is the role of imagery drawn from
>advertising, popular music and the mass media in the construction of
>identities?
>In what ways are identities 'under construction' in online media? What are the
>variations and constraints in the ways in which we represent ourselves when we
>use various modes of communication? What dynamics can we identify in the
>ways language and other discourses shape the identities of groups in
>action, and
>help to construct their trajectories?
>
>Details at...
>
>http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/identact.html
>
>Please pass this on to whoever may be interested.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Daniel
>
>Dr Daniel Chandler
>http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc
>
>'let your fingers do the talking!'
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>
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Dr. Lawrence D. Berg
Visiting Associate
D E P A R T M E N T of G E O G R A P H Y
University of Victoria
PO Box 3050
Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 3P5
Fax: +1 250 721-6216
Tel: +1 250 721-7327
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