[Discussion] CFP: R/evolution: Teckno-Praxis (grad) (1/15/05; 3/18/05-3/20/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CALL FOR PAPERS

R/=C9volution IV: Teckno-Praxi
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Hosted by the Ph.D. Humanities Program:
Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture
March 18th, 19th, and 20st, 2005 at Concordia University


Graduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit proposals
exploring =93R/=C9volution,=94 with particular focus on issues stemming f=
rom
its intersections with the intentionally broad themes of =93teckno=94 and
=93praxis.=94

The goal of the fourth annual R/=C9volution conference is, as in previous
years, to integrate theoretical, methodological, and =93practical=94
approaches  to the broad theme of =93revolution/evolution=94 via the
presentation and discussion of innovative papers, performances, and
artwork by graduate students from around the world. This year, we are
seeking proposals that link this multifarious, oft-controversial, and
timely theme to =93teckno-praxi.=94 Although =91technologies=92 most obvi=
ously
falls under the umbrella of this term, we ask that presenters feel free
to explore the =91teckno=92 as a nexus of emerging and intersecting
meanings, and that they address the ways in which this poses
difficulties, both new and old, for the articulation of culture(s) with
politic(s).

To this end, R/=C9volution IV seeks to address the last century and to
create space and possibility for continued praxis and critique of
=93pleasures,=94 =93representations,=94 =93differences,=94 =93ideologies,=
=94 =93politics,=94
and =93change.=94  What do =93revolution=94 and =93evolution=94 mean in a
contemporary context dominated by technology and defined through
=93technological progress=94 and =93technological practices=94? What are =
(or
have been) the vectors of and for =93political=94 change under these
circumstances?  How is =93teckno=94 being used and/or mobilized, and unde=
r
what conditions, by audiences, fans, and activists both inside and
outside of the Academy?  As always, we hope to create a space in which
these questions, and others, can be asked of ideology, language, media,
and discourse, and where dialogue on the past, present, and future can
thrive.

Presentations may address (but are certainly not limited to):
continuity/discontinuity	                 =09
authority		=09
science, technology
humanism/posthumanism	              =09
activism, movement/s	=09
anti/globalization
bodies			                                     =09
class      		=09
privilege
pleasure/s			                                  cityscapes		=09

nationalisms
space/s	 		                                    	generation/s		=09

visual/aural culture
in/visibility		                                 	identity/identity
politics		    =09
subjectivity
individuals/collectives 	=09
utopia/s					                    post/modernity
work			                                        	gender
    	=09
displacement
spectacle/s		                                	feminism/s,
postfeminism/s	=09
alternatives
institutionalism			                           borders and margins		=09

performance/performativity
race				                                         spirituality			=09

morals, ethics
voice				                                       =93queer=94				=09

subcultures/counterculture
=93the canon=94		=09
pedagogy			=09
text
difference/s		                               =09
representation		=09
sex/sexualities
materiality		                                 	mis/communication	=09
transgression
=93the mainstream=94		                      =09
pop/art				=09
post/colonialism
tactical resistance			                        rupture/s			=09
      cyber/space/sex
c-theory
post/humanism
historiography

Presentation Formats: Papers, critical essays, poster/multi-media
presentations, panels, round-tables, creative writing, short films, and
performance art.  Non-traditional presentation formats are welcome!

Selected papers from the conference will be collected and published as a
special issue of GR: Journal for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology
(http://consortium.concordia.ca).


Abstracts/presentations will be accepted in both English and French.
Applicants should submit a title and an abstract of not more than 250
words to =93R/=C9volution IV=94:

E-mail submissions  encouraged.

Mailing Address: 			=09

Humanities Doctoral Program		                            =09
School of Graduate Studies and Research,
Concordia University
2135 Mackay Street, M-302 MONTR=C9AL
Quebec H3G 2J2
E-mail:revolution_tecknopraxi@hotmail.com

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 15, 2004.  =09



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