Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 20:49:53 -0500
From: Jonathan Finn <jmfinn-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: SPOON-ANN: Conference: Theory and Practice


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The Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of
Rochester presents:

     THEORY AND PRACTICE
     A Graduate Conference
     March 16-17, 2001


      KEYNOTE SPEAKER

      Constance Penley, Professor and Chair of the Department of Film
      Studies
      University of California - Santa Barbara
      http://www.film-studies.ucsb.edu/cv/penley/index.htm

      Member of the GALA Committee in the project "In The Name of the
      Place: Primetime Contemporary Art: Art by the GALA Committee as
Seen
      on Melrose Place"
      Co-editor of Camera Obscura: A Journal of Feminism and Film Theory

      Author of _NASA/TREK: Popular Science and Sex in America_,
      Verso, 1997 (most recently published book) and editor and author
of
      numerous books and articles on film studies, feminism,
      psycho-analysis and science.


      This conference seeks to address the intersections and
transactions
between theory and practice. Departing from a consideration of the
changing role of artistic practice with respect to "academic" and
theoretical activity, the conference aims to weigh the significance of
this reconfiguration as it opens onto other intersections (and
divergences) of theory and practice, such as the political effectiveness

of theory, the mutual permeation of social practices and theories, and
intellectual activity as practice itself.
      The conference hopes to offer not only a reflection, but also
possibilities to rethink and reformulate these relations. The topic will

be explored as it is manifest in areas such as film, television, multi-
and mass-media, music, the visual and performing arts, literature,
political activism, and academic experience.

 Among the possible themes (but not limited to) are:

 - Political engagement
 - Artistic production and criticism
 - Curatorial practice
 - Practical (and impractical) uses of theory
 - Inter/multi/transdisciplinarity
 - Education as praxis (the academy as a site of theory and practice)
 - Artistic concepts and philosophical objects
 - Collaboration as theoretical practice


               DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2001

Submissions should be in abstract form (250-500 words).

All submissions requiring return postage must be accompanied by a
self-addressed enveloped with the correct postage attached. Please
include
e-mail addresses with all submissions whenever possible.

Abstracts and inquiries may be sent via e-mail to
vcsconf-AT-mail.rochester.edu

Printed submissions should be posted to:

Organizing Committee for "Theory and Practice"
c/o Program in Visual and Cultural Studies
424 Morey Hall
University of Rochester
Box 270456
Rochester, NY
14627-0456


ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Program in Visual and Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary
graduate program at the University of Rochester. Its focus is visual
culture and critical theory; the Departments of Art and Art History,
English, Film Studies, Anthropology, History, and Modern Languages and
Cultures, as well as the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Women's Studies,

constitute its academic base. Web site:
http://www.rochester.edu/college/AAH/
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