[ANPPOM-L] CFP: Identities and Technoculture

[Carlos Palombini]

CALL FOR PAPERS
"IDENTITIES AND TECHNOCULTURE"
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, April 3-4, 2009
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts (CESA) and the
Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA)

A 2-day conference about American culture and technologies that examines how
new technologies dominate and define Americaness in the US and abroad. Key
questions include:
     How do social arrangements of new technologies shape aspects of
"identity," including ethnicity, race, gender, sexualities, and class?
     How does the diffusion of new technologies affect power relations?
     How do human/machine relationships contribute to new expressive
cultures?

The conference will feature three research strains: (1) Afrofuturism (how
culture and technology frame African American experiences); (2) Identities
and the Internet; (3) Technology and Culture before the Information Age.
 CESA/MAASA invites anyone interested in these and all related topics to
submit proposals for 20-minute paper presentations, panels, or "hands-on"
workshops.

WORKSHOPS will focus on and showcase an "artifact" (e.g., movie, Internet
sites, TV show, documentary, comic book pages, radio broadcast, art
exhibition, historic site). Immediately following the artifact experience,
facilitators will lead a discussion. We invite proposals for any workshop
"artifacts" and how an individual's leadership of discussion would frame
important questions.  Workshops will serve as "laboratories" about specific
cultural instances of identities and technoculture.

We seek presentations that further the Center's aim of promoting scholarship
on ethnicities and the arts and that reflect disciplinary and institutional
diversity. We welcome ALL proposals interested in interdisciplinary
questions regarding the study of technology and American culture.  Graduate
students are eligible for the Katzman-Yetman prize for best conference
paper, which includes a $250 prize and review for publication by American
Studies.

For each workshop, paper, or panel proposal, please submit:
·     Name(s) of all participants
·     Address, telephone number, and e-mail address for each participant
·     Institutional affiliation(s), if any
·     Title(s) of paper
·     250-word proposal
·     100-word biographical note for each participant

Send proposals via electronic mail by JANUARY 9, 2009, to: cesa at uiowa.edu
.
For further questions or information on IDENTITIES AND TECHNOCULTURE, please
contact:
Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts, Department of American Studies
University of Iowa, 210 Jefferson Building
(319) 384-3490
e-mail: cesa at uiowa.edu; web: http://www.uiowa.edu~cesa
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carlos palombini
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