[Apologies for cross-posting.] CALL FOR PAPERS: Transparencies: Technology, Culture, Communication A graduate student conference Friday, November 1 and Saturday November 2, 2002 Transparencies, a graduate student conference at the University of Texas at Austin, is an invitation to explore the implications of both historically significant and recently emergent technologies from a critical and cultural perspective. In the beginning of the 21st century, our constant interactions with technology have become nearly transparent and problematic in new ways. New forms of transnational and transcultural identity are supported by global flows of culture. Provincialism and isolationism emerge in different guises. Cultural critique and journalism take on new paths and responsibilities. Vital data flows and banal spam fill "superhighways" running alongside persistent social and digital divides. How do these elements interact, and how are they contingent on each other? How do technologies participate in these "transparencies" that help us negotiate the micro- and macro-conflicts and contradictions of everyday life? The conference is an opportunity for scholars in all disciplines engaged with issues of technology and culture to come together and share their ideas on these and other topics. In addition to panels, the conference will include a keynote address, a reception and other unstructured time to facilitate the exchange of ideas. As a regional conference we invite our colleagues from across Texas and the surrounding south-central US states, as well as from northern Mexico, to participate. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): _ Communication technology and the formation of identity (gender, ethnicity, nation) _ Technologies on the border _ Historiographic accounts of media technologies _ Transcultural identity and uses of technology _ Media, technology, citizenship _ Communication technology and discourse _ DIY Communication: Media sabotage and culture jamming _ Television and Radio's future and their past _ Failed technologies of culture and communication _ "Non-traditional" technologies of communication _ Popular music and technology _ Personal computer culture _ Cinema as cultural technology _ Video games, computer games Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, June 14. Abstracts should be 300 words or less. Abstracts may be emailed, or mailed if postmarked no later than June 14. Electronic submissions encouraged. Participants will be notified of acceptance or rejection by July 19. Panel submissions cannot be considered. A draft of the conference program will be made available online. Complete papers must be submitted by the September 15, 2002. Papers submitted by the September 15 deadline will be eligible to compete for a "top paper" award of $500, sponsored by the Technology and Information Policy Institute. For more information or for paper submission, please contact Coordinating Committee Transparencies Department of Radio-Television-Film CMA 6.118 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Email: transpar@uts.cc.utexas.edu Sponsored by the Department of Radio-TV-Film, Technology and Information Policy Institute, and Graduate Students in Radio-TV-Film.