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: > > > > >>Return-Path: <cfp-owner-AT-dept.english.upenn.edu> >>Received: from dept.english.upenn.edu (128.91.200.51) by >>phobos.email.Arizona.EDU (5.1.056) >> id 3BBF78900009A57D; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:24:48 -0700 >>Received: (from majordom-AT-localhost) >> by dept.english.upenn.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/SAS.05) id LAA06745 >> for cfp-outgoing; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:32:45 -0400 (EDT) >>Message-Id: <200110121532.LAA06745-AT-dept.english.upenn.edu> >>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:34:49 -0400 >>From: Shelly Wright <wrights-AT-newpaltz.edu> >>To: cfp-AT-dept.english.upenn.edu >>Subject: CFP: Civilisation vs Terrorism or McWorld vs Jihad; 9/11 and >>Beyond (2/?/02; journal issue) >>Sender: owner-cfp-AT-dept.english.upenn.edu >>Precedence: bulk >> >> >>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. >> >> ==============================================>> From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List >> CFP-AT-english.upenn.edu >> Full Information at >> http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/ >> or write Erika Lin: elin-AT-english.upenn.edu >> ============================================== --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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