Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:58:02 +0900
Subject: Cultural Studies/Postcoloniality conference


Cultural Studies Association of Australia Conference 
Post coloniality/Cultural Studies: Representing Difference
Adelaide, 4-6 December, 1998

The 1998 CSAA annual conference investigates contemporary issues and
debates within postcolonial theory and practice as they intersect with
cultural theory and practice. Papers will address questions of cultural
identity and difference, indigeneity, multiculturalism, gender and
sexuality, cultural appropriation, nationalism, globalisation and Indian,
African and Asian diasporas as well as postcolonial geographies,
architectures and spaces. Specific sites of investigation include the
museum, material culture, the media, historiography, art, music and
literary practices, educational pedagogies, cultural tourism, the law and
politics. The conference committee welcomes papers which address current
research at the intersections of postcoloniality and cultural studies.

Themes include:

Cultural appropriation and representation 
Indigenous cultural practices and interventions
The performance of culture 
Transforming geographies
Visualising diaspora  				
Material culture and social identities
Constructed landscapes of difference
Educational politics, cultural work and postcoloniality

Keynote Speakers:

Ien Ang, Professor of Cultural Studies, Director, Research Centre for
Intercommunal Studies, University of Western Sydney--Nepean. Topic:
Identity Blues

Margo Neale, curator, indigenous Australian art, Queensland Art Gallery,
and curator of the major international Emily Kame Kngwarreye retrospective
exhibition. Topic: Curating between Cultures 

Roslyn Poignant London-based anthropologist and curator of the Australian
exhibition "Captive Lives: Looking for Tambo and His Companions". Topic:
Captured Aboriginal Lives: From P.T.Barnum to the Present Sunday Times

Venue:  Centennial Building, City East Campus of the University of South
Australia, Adelaide

Convenors:
Kay Schaffer, Adelaide University, kschaffer-AT-arts.adelaide.edu.au
Donald Pate, Flinders University, donald.pate-AT-flinders.edu.au
Vicki Crowley, UniSA, v.crowley-AT-unisa.edu.au

Call for Papers: 
Submit via email the title of paper and an abstract of maximum 200. In a
separate section, indicate title of paper, name(s) of author(s) and (for
each author) contact address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. 

Papers will be eligible for selection for publishing in the CSAA journal,
Continuum
Final date for submission of abstracts: Friday October 9, 1998

Send proposals to: Dr Heather Kerr, c/- English Department, University of
Adelaide
hkerr-AT-arts.adelaide.edu.au

The conference is jointly hosted by the University of Adelaide, Flinders
University and the University of South Australia

Updated information, including registration and accommodation details, can
be found on the following webpages:
Faculty of Arts, Adelaide University: http://arts.adelaide.edu.au/arts-web/
CSAA:   http://cougar.vut.edu.au/~janel/CSAA.html

Assoc. Prof. Kay Schaffer
Dept. of Social Inquiry/Women's Studies
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, S.A. Australia 5005
ph: +61 (0)8 8303 3675
FAX: +61 (0)8 8303 3345


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