[Discussion] UPDATE: R/evolution: Teckno-Praxis (grad) (1/30/05; 3/18/05-3/20/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Due to many requests the deadline has been extended till Jan 30th. 2005

ALSO note a special Journal edition will be published after the conferenc=
e.

UPDATE: Keynote Speaker Announced:
Dr. Annette Burfoot of Queens University
will be talking on:
"Pilfering in Technoscience"

This talk is based on 4 years research into 18th century wax anatomical
models, this presentation charts the difficulties and discoveries in
using historical technologies within contemporary, non-historical,
critical, cultural work. The startling realism of these life-sized,
dissected models is considered from various points of view including
feminist concerns for the sexual objectification of even the scientific
body, anatomical models as early modern medical imaging that rival
contemporary techniques, and the priority of sight with the
internalization of the human body.

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 20th, 2005
at Concordia University


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

The goal of the fourth annual R/=C9volution conference is, as in previous
years, to integrate theoretical, methodological, and "practical"
approaches to the broad theme of "revolution/evolution" 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 "teckno-praxi." Although 'technologies' most obviously
falls under the umbrella of this term, we ask that presenters feel free
to explore the 'teckno' 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 "pleasures," "representations," "differences," "ideologies,"
"politics," and "change." What do "revolution" and "evolution" mean in a
contemporary context dominated by technology and defined through
"technological progress" and "technological practices"? What are (or
have been) the vectors of and for "political" change under these
circumstances?  How is "teckno" being used and/or mobilized, and under
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		=09
cityscapes			=09
nationalisms
space/s	 		=09
generation/s			=09
visual/aural culture
in/visibility		=09
identity/identity politics		=09
subjectivity
individuals/collectives 	=09
utopia/s				=09
post/modernity
work			=09
gender                 		=09
displacement
spectacle/s		=09
feminism/s, postfeminism/s	=09
alternatives
institutionalism		=09
borders and margins		=09
performance/performativity
race			=09
spirituality			=09
morals, ethics
voice			=09
"queer"				=09
subcultures/counterculture
"the canon"		=09
pedagogy			=09
text
difference/s		=09
representation			=09
sex/sexualities
materiality		=09
mis/communication		=09
transgression
"the mainstream"		=09
pop/art				=09
post/colonialism
tactical resistance		=09
rupture/s					colonialism/post-colonialism
cyber/space/sex
c-theory

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).

Applicants should submit a title and an abstract of not more than 250
words to "R/=C9volution IV":

Mailing Address: 				E-mail:revolution_tecknopraxi@hotmail.com
Humanities Doctoral Program		=09

E-mail submissions encouraged.

School of Graduate Studies and Research,
Concordia University
2135 Mackay Street, M-302 MONTR=C9AL
Quebec H3G 2J2

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 30th, 2005.  =09
Abstracts/presentations will be accepted in both English and French.



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