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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:37:16 +1300
From: "Kim Murphy-Stewart" <Kim.Murphy-Stewart-AT-twoa.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: "Dialogues Across Cultures:


Good Afternoon Stephen

>From just across the ditch.  I picked up your post to the list and will
forward it to people who may be interested in our institution of Te
Wananga o Aotearoa.

The list of topics certainly seem most germane to our mission especially
in our school of applied social sciences.

Cheers

Kim

>>> Stephen.Pritchard-AT-arts.monash.edu.au 03/12/04 11:48 AM >>>
Apologies for any cross posting.

Call For Papers

"Dialogue Across Cultures: Identity, Place, Culture"

November 12-14, Melbourne (hosted by the Centre for 
Australian Indigenous Studies at Monash University)

Keynote and Plenary Speakers:

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (confirmed)
Sneja Gunew (confirmed)
Dipesh Chakrabarty (to be confirmed)
Jonathan Friedman (to be confirmed)
Mason Durie (to be confirmed)
Rob Jahnke (confirmed)
Arohia Durie (confirmed)
Mick Dodson (confirmed)
Martin Nakata (confirmed)
Ghassan Hage (to be confirmed)
Paul Patton (confirmed)
Patrick Wolfe (confirmed)
Lynette Russell (confirmed)
Marcia Langton (confirmed)
Nikos Papastergiadis (to be confirmed)

Despite the fact that Indigenous, migrant, diasporic and minority 
cultures and identities can be taken to conceived in similar ways, in 
terms of a relation to an assumed 'proper' place, form, state 
or 'home', for example, the assumption of their alike-ness itself has a 
cultural politics that prompt a range of questions: What is the basis 
for comparisons, similarities or differentiation? The notion 
of 'culture-in-general', some 'proper' state, place or form, rather 
than offering a foundation or basis for generalization across these 
contexts, is often a point of contestation and debate.

The challenges offered to conceptualizations of culture and cultural 
identity by notions of hybridity, mimicry and recent theorizations of 
the politics of representation, identity and difference, have had 
enormous influence over a broad range of disciplines, and in relation 
to greatly varied social and cultural contexts. Yet, the significance 
of these works has differed considerably due to the way they have 
intersected with specific local issues and concerns. Part of their 
significance seems to be due to ways they have resonated with various 
locally specific concerns, approaches and issues. In some ways, this 
points to a type of cultural translation, or localizing reception that 
has re-inscribed and re-articulated these insights in terms that are 
often very different from those intended by the authors. 

We are inviting abstracts for this exciting international conference on 
the following topics or related themes:

The relationship between identity, culture, representation and place

The construction of identity and culture 

Cultures and rights 

The place of identity

Indigeneity and multiculturalism

Diversity and difference

Indigenous and multicultural education

Representing and performing difference

History, Knowledge and Indigenous culture

Indigenous and minority nationalisms

Globalisation and culture

Hybridity and culture

Race and culture

Art and cultural difference

Please end your abstract of 500 words or less to:
"Dialogues Across Cultures" organising committee
Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies
Monash University
VIC 3800
Australia

Or by email to Stephen.Pritchard-AT-arts.monash.edu.au

Abstract must be received by April 30th. They will then be reviewed by 
the organisation committee. Unfortunately, due to the scale of the 
conference, only a limited number of papers can be accepted.


Dr Stephen Pritchard
Lecturer
Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies
Monash University




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