Potentially of interest ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Craig Howes <craighow@hawaii.edu> Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:39 PM Subject: Virtual Identities and Self Promotion (12/15/2011; 4/11-14/2012) USA To: iaba-l@lists.hawaii.edu CALL FOR PAPERS FOR VIRTUAL IDENTITIES AND SELF PROMOTION AREA AT THE PCA/ACA 2012 National Conference Boston 2012 April 11-14 Virtual Identities and Self Promotion aims to examine, explore and critically engage with the issues surrounding creating a sense of self in online environments. We invite submissions investigating and exploring virtual identity creation and self promotion, including but not limited to the ways in which users: •Use social media to create identity professionally, personally, socially, academically •Socially construct (gender, race, sex, etc) their identity in online environments including social media, and other online communities •Use online technology in order to study language, communication, and identity construction •Construct and reconstruct themselves in arenas promoting user-generated content, such as youtube •Surveil, adapt, and/or censor their online identities and content, changing the nature of digital expression •Create digital artifacts as a way of self discovery and identity construction •Negotiate online identity with physical identity socially, professionally, and academically •Use online interactions for validation of self, emotionally and/or intellectually •Are affected by interface design in their online experiences as well as their identity Please submit paper proposal abstracts online by December 15, 2011 to: http://ncp.pcaaca.org/ Dr Jennifer Consilio Associate Professor of English Writing Center Director Lewis University Romeoville, IL 815-836-5727 Email: consilje@lewisu.edu *       *        * IABA-L: A LIST FOR LIFE WRITING International Auto/Biography Association http://www.theiaba.org/ Craig Howes, list manager craighow@hawaii, biograph@hawaii.edu Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai'i at Manoa On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBRHawaii -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage:  http://www.loisscheidt.com CV:  http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog:  http://www.professional-lurker.com