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Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 04:52:30 +1000
From: saeed urrehman <saeed.urrehman-AT-anu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: FW: CFP: Civilisation vs Terrorism or McWorld vs Jihad;


thanks to thomas and marlene for encouragements and kind words.

saeed

At 11:43 AM 10/12/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>I too was touched by your poem, Saeed,
>I was babysitting my new grandson with the tv on befor 6 PDT in a small 
>town in the backwoods of British Columbia Canada when the first plane hit....
>
>and would suggest it may be appropriate for submission to this forum
>m
>
>At 09:42 PM 10/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>Saeed,
>>
>>That is beautiful.
>>
>>Thomas Palakeel
>>
>>
>>saeed urrehman wrote:
>>
>> > my tv is sick
>> >
>> > something is wrong with my tv,
>> > with mind-numbing repetition
>> > it has been showing fire-spitting men,
>> > bearded and clean-shaven
>> > some in pants, coats and ties
>> > while others in long flowing robes and shalwar kameezes
>> > (it is made in japan but it has been talking of the clash of 
>> civilisations).
>> >
>> > lately, it has also been speaking profusely about god
>> > a very busy god
>> > who is helping those who invoke his/her/its
>> > name to launch
>> > crusades and jihad,
>> > while five channels show the same litany of images
>> > (i wonder if my tv is catatonic or bored).
>> >
>> > after pressing lots of different buttons on the phone
>> > that reminded me of skinner and his behaviorist mice
>> > (green for bread, red for electric shock)
>> > i registered my complaint with
>> > sony's support office in australia
>> >
>> > they called me back and told me that all the sets
>> > have the same sickness
>> > and there is nothing they can do about it
>> > the best solution they suggested was that i should learn to live with 
>> my tv
>> >
>> > i wonder if there is any self-help book on how to live with a sick tv.
>> >
>
>At 12:25 PM 10/12/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>
>
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>>Subject: CFP: Civilisation vs Terrorism or McWorld vs Jihad; 9/11 and 
>>Beyond (2/?/02; journal issue)
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>>Civilisation vs Terrorism or McWorld vs Jihad: Whose
>>Paradise is  Lost? 9/11 and Beyond (Journal of Online Education)
>>
>>
>>We are seeking academic (MLA and APA papers) and non-academic
>>submissions (poetry, digital photos, personal essays) for a
>>peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, multicultural issue of the Journal of
>>Online Education (for the World Association for Online Education)
>>published on the NYU server, inspired by Terrorism 9/11, and devoted to
>>exploring the dialectic and rhetoric of Civilisation vs. Terrorism,
>>McWorld vs. Jihad, Operation Enduring Freedom vs. Evil Doers, the God of
>>Money vs the God of Death, Globalism vs Tribalism, United Nations vs Sub
>>and Supranations, Freedom Fighters vs Fundamentalists, Crusaders vs Holy
>>Terror, Operation Infinite Justice vs Bad Folks:Whose Paradise is
>>Lost?-- or anything else you want to call it.  In fact we are looking
>>for critical analyses of the media and political rhetoric following
>>9/11, perhaps comparing it to similar eras in history. Studies of media
>>and cultural adaptation to these catastrophic events, analysing how
>>reality upstages fiction or is amplified through media into a universal
>>yet surrogate tragedy, or how films, plays, stand-up comedy and TV shows
>>are consequently censored or transformed would be most welcome. We are
>>particularly interested in a cross cultural analysis of religion and its
>>relationship to political rhetoric. We are also interested in case
>>studies of professors who changed and adapted their curricula following
>>(or in anticipation of) these events, not only in content, but also with
>>such techniques as role playing, cathartic rituals, art and music
>>therapy, community service and volunteer work. We will also publish
>>poetry, art work and personal essays that reveal a more dramative,
>>vulnerable reaction to these horrific events. We are looking for
>>controversial, evocative, thought-provoking work-- as verbally
>>combustive as the flames from the towers.  You do not have to be
>>politically correct.
>>     Please send abstracts with short bio to Professor Julia Evergreen
>>Keefer, julia.keefer-AT-nyu.edu.  No attachments--cut and paste poems and
>>shorter works. We will collect material from now until February 2002 for
>>this issue of the Journal of Online Education.
>>
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