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Announcements and Calls for Papers
CFP: Canadian Communication Association [31 January 2004]
CCA 2004 Annual Conference
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
June 3-5, 2004.
The Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada has adopted as the theme of the 2004 Congress Confluence: Ideas, Identities and Place. You are invited to submit proposals on this theme or on any other theme of interest to the field of communications.
Proposals are invited from researchers and practitioners alike. To make a presentation at the conference in June 2004, you must be a member of the Canadian Communication Association and have paid full dues.
Proposals will be accepted for:- panels of not more than three papers, which should be unified by a theme or subject;
- individual papers, which will be reviewed and organized into panels by
the Program Chairs; - roundtable discussions of particular issues of interest to the community.
The CCA strongly encourages members to submit proposals for panels and roundtables, as this often improves the quality of both presentations and resulting discussions. The CCA listserv, which is only open to members, can be used to solicit participation on particular panel themes.While every effort will be made to accommodate the largest possible number of quality proposals, not all proposals will necessarily be accepted for presentation.
Submission
Please submit a one-page abstract (250-300 words, double spaced) for either individual submissions or panel/roundtable. Include the names and full contact information of all participants. Indicate any audio-visual equipment required and provide a French translation of the abstract. Please submit your abstract electronically, either in the body of an e-mail or as an attachment in MSWord with the appropriate extension (*.doc). You must also include full contact information, including mailing address, telephone,
e-mail and affiliation. In order to ensure a balanced representation at either the individual, panel or roundtable sessions. Please also indicate your status (professor/lecturer, student, professional).
Submit your abstract to either Rebecca Sullivan, English language coordinator, at the University of Calgary (rsulliva@ucalgary.ca) or Pierre C. Bélanger, French language coordinator, at the University of Ottawa (pbelang@uottawa.ca). The deadline is Saturday, January 31, 2004.
Membership
CCA membership runs from January 1 to December 31. If you are not already a member and wish to join the CCA, please download the membership form from the CCA website (http://www.acc-cca.ca) and return it with your membership fee to the address on the form or contact Sheryl Hamilton to receive a form by e-mail or post (sheryl_hamilton@carleton.ca).
posted 11/25/2003
CFP: IAMCR 2004 (Popular Culture) [18 January 2004]
IAMCR 2004, Brazil
Popular Culture Working Group
Convenor: Garry Whannel
The Popular Culture Working Group invites submissions for its programme for the 2004 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil in July 25 - 30, 2004.
Papers from a range of perspectives on popular culture topics will be considered. Abstracts should be around 400 words, and should outline the proposed topic and give a clear indication of the general perspective and theoretical orientation of the paper. Please include your name and title (as you would like it to appear on the programme), job title, department, university, and full contact details. Email will be the normal form of communication with you.
Note: The Popular Culture Working Group will consider papers in Spanish and in French, provided that:
1. You submit an English version of the abstract of your proposed paper.
2. If your paper is chosen for the programme, you should include main points of your presentation, in English, either on overhead slides, on a powerpoint presentation, or on a handout (30 copies please).
Abstracts must be received by me by January 18th, 2004. Email as Word attachment or RTF attachment to . I will inform you as to whether your proposed paper can be included in the programme by February 14th 2004. Please note that for the IAMCR Conference
in Barcelona in 2002, the Popular Culture Working Group received over 50 proposals, and only had time in the programme for 10. Many good proposals could not be included because of lack of time.
The full programme, including running order, will be determined by April 30th 2004. Full papers MUST be sent to the Porto Alegre Organising Committee by July 15th. Authors are responsible for sending the full paper directly to Porto Alegre with a copy to Garry Whannel. Unless full papers are registered in Porto Alegre on July 15 at the latest, the authors will NOT be featured in the programme. All direct contact to Porto Alegre must be sent to: Jacques Alkalai Wainberg at jacqalwa@pucrs.br
The IAMCR have announced that you are only allowed to send ONE paper forreview and only in one section/working group.
Questions specifically about the Popular Culture Working Group should come to me at gwhannel@britishlibrary.net. For general information about the conference, please do NOT contact me. Instead try the IAMCR website , and if this does not provide the answer, then contact the Porto Alegre organising committee. NOTE that I have no responsibility for conference registration fees and cannot comment on your eligibility for reduced rates.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who would like to be involved in the Popular Culture Working Group, even if you do not intend to submit a proposed paper for Porto Alegre. I will then keep you informed of future plans. Email to Garry Whannel at gwhannel@britishlibrary.net and please
included your name and contact details.
Professor Garry Whannel
Director, Centre for International Media Analysis
Department of Media Arts
University of Luton, UK
posted 11/25/2003
Incite! Women of Color Conference: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence presents
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
April 30-May 1, 2004 University of California-Santa Barbara
Updated Registration Information and Program
Social justice organizations within the U.S. largely operate the 501(c)3 non-profit model. This conference will address the impact of the non-profit industrial complex on social justice movements, including anti-violence organizing. Activists often have difficulty conceiving of developing
organizing structures outside this model. Yet we know that social justice movements in other countries often reject this model as counterproductive toward creating real social change.
This conference will explore the following issues. * What is the history of how the non-profit model developed, and what reasons did it develop? How did it impact the direction of social justice organizing? * How has funding from foundations impacted the course of social justice movements? * How does 501(c)3 status impact social justice organizations' relationship to the state? How does non-profit status allow the state to co-opt our movements? * Are there ways the non-profit model can be used subversively to support more radical visions for social change? * What are the alternatives for building viable social justice movements? How do we fund the movement outside the non-profit structure? * What models for organizing outside the NGO/non-profit model exist outside the U.S. that may help us?
This conference will bring together activists to both assess the impact of non-profit industrial complex on social justice movements, and consider alternative possibilities for social justice organizing. There are no simple answers to these questions, but we hope to provide a space where we can collectively analyze and strategize around these issues.
This conference is particularly timely because social justice organizations across the country are critically re-thinking their investment in the 501c3 system. Particularly with funding cuts from foundations as result of the current economic crisis, as well as increased surveillance on social justice groups through "homeland security," social justice organizations are assessing if there are other possibilities for funding social change that do not so heavily rely upon state structures. This conference will provide a space for us to address these issues and envision new possibilities and models for future organizing.
WHO IS THIS CONFERENCE FOR? This conference is for anti-violence activists, social justice activists, and people working within non-profits who want to struggle with these issues.
Contact Information:
Andrea Smith Program in American Culture
3700 Haven Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-231-1845
website: www.incite-national.org
(note: web site information will be posted
by November 1, 2003)
posted 11/25/2003
Incite! Women of Color Conference: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence presents
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
April 30-May 1, 2004 University of California-Santa Barbara
Updated Registration Information and Program
Social justice organizations within the U.S. largely operate the 501(c)3 non-profit model. This conference will address the impact of the non-profit industrial complex on social justice movements, including anti-violence organizing. Activists often have difficulty conceiving of developing organizing structures outside this model. Yet we know that social justice movements in other countries often reject this model as counterproductive toward creating real social change.
This conference will explore the following issues. * What is the history of how the non-profit model developed, and what reasons did it develop? How did it impact the direction of social justice organizing? * How has funding from foundations impacted the course of social justice movements? * How does 501(c)3 status impact social justice organizations' relationship to the state? How does non-profit status allow the state to co-opt our movements? * Are there ways the non-profit model can be used subversively to support more radical visions for social change? * What are the alternatives for building viable social justice movements? How do we fund the movement outside the non-profit structure? * What models for organizing outside the NGO/non-profit model exist outside the U.S. that may help us?
This conference will bring together activists to both assess the impact of non-profit industrial complex on social justice movements, and consider alternative possibilities for social justice organizing. There are no simple answers to these questions, but we hope to provide a space where we can collectively analyze and strategize around these issues.
This conference is particularly timely because social justice organizations across the country are critically re-thinking their investment in the 501c3 system. Particularly with funding cuts from foundations as result of the current economic crisis, as well as increased surveillance on social justice groups through "homeland security," social justice organizations are assessing if there are other possibilities for funding social change that do not so heavily rely upon state structures. This conference will provide a space for us to address these issues and envision new possibilities and models for future organizing.
WHO IS THIS CONFERENCE FOR? This conference is for anti-violence activists, social justice activists, and people working within non-profits who want to struggle with these issues.
Contact Information:
Andrea Smith Program in American Culture
3700 Haven Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-231-1845
website: www.incite-national.org
(note: web site information will be posted
by November 1, 2003)
posted 11/25/2003
Incite! Women of Color Conference: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence presents
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
April 30-May 1, 2004 University of California-Santa Barbara
Updated Registration Information and Program
Social justice organizations within the U.S. largely operate the 501(c)3 non-profit model. This conference will address the impact of the non-profit industrial complex on social justice movements, including anti-violence organizing. Activists often have difficulty conceiving of developing organizing structures outside this model. Yet we know that social justice movements in other countries often reject this model as counterproductive toward creating real social change.
This conference will explore the following issues. * What is the history of how the non-profit model developed, and what reasons did it develop? How did it impact the direction of social justice organizing? * How has funding from foundations impacted the course of social justice movements? * How does 501(c)3 status impact social justice organizations' relationship to the state? How does non-profit status allow the state to co-opt our movements? * Are there ways the non-profit model can be used subversively to support more radical visions for social change? * What are the alternatives for building viable social justice movements? How do we fund the movement outside the non-profit structure? * What models for organizing outside the NGO/non-profit model exist outside the U.S. that may help us?
This conference will bring together activists to both assess the impact of non-profit industrial complex on social justice movements, and consider alternative possibilities for social justice organizing. There are no simple answers to these questions, but we hope to provide a space where we can collectively analyze and strategize around these issues.
This conference is particularly timely because social justice organizations across the country are critically re-thinking their investment in the 501c3 system. Particularly with funding cuts from foundations as result of the current economic crisis, as well as increased surveillance on social justice groups through "homeland security," social justice organizations are assessing if there are other possibilities for funding social change that do not so heavily rely upon state structures. This conference will provide a space for us to address these issues and envision new possibilities and models for future organizing.
WHO IS THIS CONFERENCE FOR? This conference is for anti-violence activists, social justice activists, and people working within non-profits who want to struggle with these issues.
Contact Information:
Andrea Smith Program in American Culture
3700 Haven Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-231-1845
website: www.incite-national.org
(note: web site information will be posted
by November 1, 2003)
posted 11/25/2003
CFP: Rocky Horror Picture Show and Popular Culture [20 Jan 2004]
Contributions are invited for a collection of academic essays on The Rocky Horror Picture Show and popular culture with appropriate publishing house interest. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
RHPS and cult films
RHPS fandom, performance, and viewing practices
RHPS and youth culture
RHPS and the Gothic
RHPS and other cinematic genres, including the horror film and the musical
RHPS and popular music
RHPS and pornography
RHPS in the context of 1970s American and world culture
RHPS's current popularity and significance
Queer and feminist approaches to RHPS
RHPS on Broadway
Complete essays are due by January 20th, 2004. Essays should be roughly 2o pages (including notes) and adhere to MLA in-text citational format. Interested persons are encouraged to discuss ideas with the editor in advance of submitting essays.
Inquiries and essays to: Jeffrey Weinstock, Department of English, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, , (989) 774-3101
posted 11/12/2003
CFP: Storytelling, Self, Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference [22 Dec 2003]
Friday and Saturday, March 5 & 6, 2004
Kick-off event for South Florida Storytelling Project: Thursday evening, March 4
The South Florida Storytelling Project at Florida Atlantic University invites you to participate in an interdisciplinary academic conference that will both present current scholarship on storytelling and launch the discipline’s first peer-reviewed academic journal, Storytelling, Self, Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies. Like the journal, the conference is presented in conjunction with the National Storytelling Network and its affiliate special interest groups, including Storytelling in Higher Education, the Healing Story Alliiance, and Storytelling in Organizations.
The conference will feature papers, panels and workshops on themes related to storytelling as private or public discourse. It will also showcase storytelling performances, as well as provide a forum for the journal’s editorial and advisory boards to meet and discuss editorial policy issues. The proceedings of the conference will comprise the journal’s first issue, and the proceeds will help underwrite its first year (two issues). Presenters and participants will represent disciplines including storytelling, communication, English, education, library science, nursing, medicine, business, peace studies, psychology, theatre and performance studies.
The conference takes place at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The campus lies between the Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach airports. Reduced hotel accommodations and private housing are available. The registration fee of $125 will be waived for presenters and performers. Detailed registration information will be available shortly.
Please e-mail or send a 250-word abstract that will serve as a proposal both for the conference and for your journal submission to:
John S. Gentile, Ph.D., Chair
Theatre and Performance Studies
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road Box #3103
Kennesaw, GA 30144
jgentile@kennesaw.edu
Indicate audio-visual or other special needs. Deadline for submissions: Monday, December 22, 2003.
posted 11/10/2003
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