Members of AIR,
I just wanted to pass along the cfp for a conference I am helping to
put together. Last week's conference in MN was amazing and hopefully we
can continue these interesting discussions in the spring. Please forward
and feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
D. Snyder
Critical Cyberculture Studies: Mapping an Evolving Discipline
Call for Papers
April 26-27, 2002
University of Maryland
The Cyberculture Working Group is soliciting proposals for its annual
conference," Critical Cyberculture
Studies: Mapping an Evolving Discipline." The conference will be held on
April 26th and 27th, 2002 at the
University of Maryland.
The Cyberculture Working Group (CWG) seeks scholars from across the
disciplines to examine and discuss
the future of Cyberculture studies. The conference will feature an opening
address from JOAN KORENMAN,
Director of the Center for Women and Information Technology at University
of Maryland Baltimore County, and keynote speaker, DONNA HARAWAY,
professor in the program of History of Consciousness at the University
of California at Santa Cruz.
At last years conference, "Constructing Cyberculture(s): Performance,
Pedagogy, and Politics in Online Spaces," David Silvers opening address
reviewed the development of Cyberculture Studies, discussing the
role Cultural Studies scholars need to play in imagining, brainstorming,
and working toward a "Critical Cyberculture Studies." With this years
conference, CWG is interested in both the conceptualization and
formation of "Critical Cyberculture Studies" and its position within the
possible emergence of Cyberculture as an object of inquiry, field of
study, or even as a new discipline. Is it desirable for scholars working
within Cyberculture for this field to emerge as a discipline, and if so,
how should the discipline be conceptualized?
Within this discussion, many points of inquiry surface: How are discourses
of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and difference recontextualized in
cyberspace? What are the relationships between online communities, virtual
identities, online political advocacy, and "real subjects" in a globally
mediated society? Additional questions of interest might include: How do
we understand the visual nature of the Internet, especially in
relationship to art and artists using new media technologies? What are the
spatial effects and relations of cyberspace? And, how is knowledge
"grounded" in cultures that heavily rely on the use of electronic
communication?
Proposals for individual papers (15-20 minutes) and full panels (2-3
papers plus a commentator and chair) should include a one-page abstract
and a concise, one-page C.V. for each presenter. The deadline for
submissions is December 3, 2001.
Donald Snyder
2107b Holzapfel Hall
Department of American Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
USA
Or email proposal to dsnyder(a)otal.umd.edu
