CALL FOR PAPERS - 2002 CSAA ANNUAL MEETING University of Toronto May 29 - June 1, 2002 http://alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/eng/confe.htm MEDIATIONS/MEDITATIONS -- TRACING THE "VIRTUAL" AND "REAL" IN SOCIAL THEORY Organizer: Lauren Cruikshank, Communication and Culture, York University This session encourages papers that consider concepts of reality, virtuality, hyperreality and other modes of existence through a range of theoretical perspectives. Mediation of experience and the significance of the "real" in contemporary culture could be explored here with attention to media, technology, mythology or any number of other lenses. Deadline for submissions is December 15, 2001. Please submit an abstract of up to 300 words along with name, departmental affiliation, institution, email, mailing address and phone number to: lrc@yorku.ca or by mail to: 1412 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON, M4G 3A7, Canada Thank you.