[Discussion] CFP: Discipline and Discord (2/23/05; CHATS, 4/15/05-4/17/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

The Center for Humanities, Arts, and TechnoSciences (CHATS), the
Department of English, and the English Graduate Student Organization
(EGSO) present:

Structure, Space and Transmigrations
April 15-17, 2005
University at Albany=97SUNY
Albany, New York

The State University of New York at Albany will host its third annual
CHATS conference (The Center for Humanities, Arts, and TechnoSciences),
which focuses on examining the intersection between humanities, science
and technology. The three-day conference will host an array of events,
including academic papers and multi-media presentations, performance,
exhibits, a plenary discussion, and Dr. Glenn McGee as keynote speaker.
Priority will be given to those speaking to this year=92s theme,
=93Structure, Space and Transmigrations.=94 Works from all fields and
disciplines are welcome.

Conference Area:
=93Discipline,=94 as a term pertaining to either specialized areas of
institutional training or, more generally, matters of control,
constraint and prohibition, always bears some relation to =93discord.=94
However, discipline has its root in the word disciple. How does this
structure our notion of what it means to be =93in=94 a discipline?  As on=
e
who follows, a disciple seems to possess very little agency, very
little room to change his or her leader. How can the word discord speak
to that tendency? According to the OED, the root word =93cord=94 in disco=
rd
means heart. How can discord, then, be seen not just as dissent, or
strife, but also a way to bring one=92s heart=97one=92s own interest=97to=
 bear
as a disciple of a particular discipline(s)? On the other hand,
occurring within or across the boundaries that establish areas of
knowledge or modes of practice, are moments of resistance, revision and
=93play.=94 As scholars, artists, scientists and educators, how can we
address our positions in the notion of =93discipline=94 within culture an=
d
society and the discord that permeates the term? What keeps us in
disciplines and what disciplines us when we do not? Or as some claim,
are we in a post-discipline period?

Panel proposals and paper proposals of 300 words should not be limited
to the following suggestions:
*Discipline and/or discord represented in popular culture, literature,
mainstream media, and advertising
*Foucault=92s conception of discipline, power, and punishment
*Prisons and police
*Pedagogy
*Material and public space

Please place =93Discipline=94 in the subject heading and email proposals
before 2/23/05 to chatsconference@yahoo.com
For further info, visit www.albany.edu/humanitech


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