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>cfps: critical moments:re-membering community & self; deadline
>nov. 1
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>Call for Submissions
>Emory University
>The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts Conference
>Atlanta, Georgia, USA
>March 28-30, 2003
>Critical Moments: Re-Membering Community & Self
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>Historically and culturally, individuals and collectives have experienced
>certain events and transitions as particularly momentous, destructive, or
>re-invigorating ìcritical moments.î Why are some events and transitions
>deemed more significant than others? How have local and international
>critical moments such as genocide, revolution, protest, war, colonialism,
>immigration waves, and industrial, technological and labor developments
>affected individual and group identities? What formats, frameworks or
>trajectories are there for the re-memberingóthat is, the reassembling of
>self and community, after such life-changing events and transitions? Can we
>mark major paradigmatic shifts in theory and activism in terms of such
>critical moments?
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>We are soliciting papers, presentations, panels, and creative projects that
>address the issue of re-membering self and community in the face of or in
>response to ìcritical moments,î in the past or present. Such projects can be
>focused on local or global events and perspectives, and may address
>ìcritical momentsî on international, national, communal, or personal levels.
> We welcome presentations rooted within a particular discipline or
>interdisciplinary in nature.
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>Some general and specific topics that might be addressed:
> Interweavings and Creation of Memory, Culture and History
> Local and Global Perspectives on Cultural Identity and Memory
> Diaspora, Displacement and Identity
> Cultural Continuity and Change
> Narrative & Representation
> Reconciliation
> Trauma and Grief
> Activism (developments of coalitions, groups, or organizations in
>response to critical moments)
> Patriotism in Moments of Change
> Space, Place, Landscape, Architecture
> The Role of Economics
> The Role of the Media (the press, TV, radio, film, and the
>Internet)
> Responses within the Academy and Public Scholarship
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>In addition to traditional academic paper presentations and panels, we
>strongly encourage submissions in the forms of documentaries, video,
>photography, and other visual installations, along with spoken word and/or
>poetic projects and performances.
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>This event takes place during the 50th Anniversary of The Graduate Institute
>of the Liberal Arts (ILA) at Emory University. The ILA is Emory University's
>institutional center for comparative and interdisciplinary studies across
>the social sciences and humanities. The Institute is one of the oldest
>interdisciplinary programs in the United States. Since the 1950s, the ILA
>has offered graduate students the opportunity to pursue doctoral work in the
>study of culture and society from historical, ethnographic and comparative
>perspectives. For more information, go to:
>http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ILA/ila.html.
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>Proposals should be postmarked or emailed no later than November 1, 2002.
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>Proposals should be 1-2 pages, single-spaced (max. 600 words), should
>include the title of the presentation, and should outline how the project
>will address the conference topics. If submitting a panel, please include
>the title of the panel, the names of the participants, individual project or
>paper titles, and brief descriptions of each project or paper. Please also
>include what technical support you may need and the format (paper, panel,
>installation, etc.) to which you will adhere.
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>Proposals may be submitted one of two ways:
>1) via email: to [log in to unmask] Please format written
>documents in MS WORD. Please format visual art submissions in pdf files or
>screen-sized jpg images with a resolution of at least 300 dpi and no more
>than 600 dpi. For video submissions, please send small Quicktime video
>clips. For audio clips, please send .wav or MP3 files.
>2) via the postal service: send three copies to: Critical Moments
>Conference, The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University,
>Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
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>Direct questions via email to: [log in to unmask]
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>Visit our website at:
>http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ILA/events/criticalmoments/index.html
>(available 08.26.02)
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>This event is open to all people: artists, graduate students, professors,
>public intellectuals, etc.
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