[Discussion] Fwd: CFP: Globalizing the Self (9/15/05; NEMLA, 3/2/06-3/5/06)

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From: Barbara Ciccarelli <ciccareb@neumann.edu>

NEMLA 2006 CONVENTION
Philadelphia,PA March 2-5, 2006.
Panel: Beyond Translation: Globalizing the Self/Other
CONTACT: ciccareb_at_neumann.edu

The global spread of American capitalism and the pressures of conformity 
in the
European Union both raise the question of how appearances of sameness 
may or not
actually complicate rather than simplify conflicts between self and 
other. In
other words, appearances of sameness might cause differences to be 
overlooked
rather than acknowledged, adding more global strife than peace. This 
panel aims
to explore how the construction of subjectivities, identities and 
selfhoods in
relation to and/or through the other can be compared to the work of the
translator and the translation event/text. How might regarding the self 
and/or
the most alien or familiar of others as a foreign text requiring translation
help to suggest the complicated process of identity construction and the 
need
for constant negotiation and reconciliation whether on the individual, 
national
or global level?

Possible topics for consideration include:
- how translation of the self to the other involves auto/biographical acts
- problematic translation of the self/other that may involve (mis)reading,
(mis)writing, etc.
- different ways in which the diverse aspects of identity-- the historical,
cultural, religious, sexual, national etc. --can be translated to the 
self/other
- how uneven development affects the ability to translate the self and/or
interpret others
- how other conflict theories (melting pot, cultural and/or structural
assimilation, accommodation, contact zone, mestiza, etc.) can be 
compared to the
work of the translator or translation event/text
- how the ethical obligation to the self/the other frustrates or 
advances any
inclination toward appropriations or (mis)appropriations
- how socio-political contexts affect the ability to translate the self 
and/or
interpret others
- how globalization provides new challenges for the interpretations of or
translations by fringe subjects?
- how visible or invisible power structures may advance or impede the 
process of
translation of self to other/other to self

Paper abstracts (circa 300 words) must be submitted by September 15, 2005.
Please include a one-page CV along with your abstract.

Please send inquiries and submissions (in the body of the E-mail) to
Barbara Ciccarelli(ciccareb_at_neumann.edu)

Dr. Barbara L. Ciccarelli
Assistant Professor of English
Department of Arts and Sciences
Neumann College
One Neumann Drive
Aston, PA  19014
610-358-4516


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