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>From: Phyllis Lassner <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: CFP: Technology, Media, and Culture in the Space Between,
>1914-1945 (1/15/05; 5/27/05-5/29/05)
>
>TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA, AND CULTURE IN THE SPACE BETWEEN,1914-1945.
>
>Submissions are invited for the seventh Annual Conference of The Space
>Between: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945, at McGill University, Montreal,
>Quebec, Canada, May 27-29, 2005.
>
>Beginning with the mass mechanization of the Great War, the period through
>World War II catapulted people into a new kind of modernity.  New
>technologies and media conjured up both awesome and frightful fantasies and
>realities in the creative and critical imaginations of artists, scientists,
>producers, consumers, and critics.  Technology and media excited and
>threatened domestic and international politics and challenged members of
>popular and elite cultures to reconfigure relationships between selfhood,
>society, and the object world.
>
>This interdisciplinary conference will explore the manifestations, effects,
>and representations of the new technologies of the 1914-1945 period.
>Considering this distinct period in twentieth century history will offer
>crucial perspectives and insights on the significance of visual and
>auditory technologies, designed and built technologies, technologies of the
>body, technologies of flight, speed and simultaneity, technologies of
>production, technologies of social engineering. We are particularly
>interested in exploring the cultural relationships that emerge as the roles
>of the media and technology shape each other in our Space Between.
>
>Possible topics include, but should not be limited to, the following:
>--Technologies of media
>--Textuality and technology
>--Cultural responses to mass media
>--Extensions and mediations of the body
>--Medical and reproductive technologies
>--Technology and economies
>--Technology/media and psychology
>--Propaganda and design
>--Designs for living
>--War, weaponry, and art
>--The machine aesthetic
>--Technology/media and constructions of nation, gender and class
>--Technology/media and democracy, fascism, and communism
>--Resistance through and/or to media and technology
>
>Please send 300 word abstracts or 10 page double-spaced 12 pt. font papers
>by January 15, 2005 to
><file:///mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>E-mail submissions are preferred, but hard copy proposals may be sent to:
>Robin Feenstra, Dept. of English, McGill University, Arts Building, 853
>Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T6.
>The Space Between Society is dedicated to the study of literature and
>culture between the wars, providing an interdisciplinary forum for
>discussion and research on overlooked texts, understudied authors, and new
>approaches to traditionally canonical texts.  It also encourages fresh
>examination of art, society, and culture illuminating the war and interwar
>period.  For information about our journal and membership in The Space
>Between, please visit our website:
><file:///http://www.precursors.org/home.htm>http://www.precursors.org.
>
>
>
>Phyllis Lassner
>Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.  USA
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