From: "'In Conversation' Postgraduate Conference" <conversations-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: SPOON-ANN: cfp: interdisciplinary postgraduate conference Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:51:42 +0930 [Spoon-Announcements is a moderated list for distributing info of wide enough interest without cross-posting. To unsub, send the message "unsubscribe spoon-announcements" to majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu] <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">'In Conversation': An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">November 16-17 2001</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Adelaide University</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">Keynote Speaker: Elspeth Probyn</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">Associate Professor, Department of Gender Studies, University of Sydney</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">$500 prize for best conference paper</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">We are calling for abstracts (250 words) that address the meaning or application of this mode of exchange.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">Inherent in Conversation is possibility. It is an open-ended discourse<SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">, a dialogical meeting occurring on landscapes that can be rough and at times unreconciled. Conversations allow differences and different voices. They are unpredictable and performati</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">ve. </FONT>Conversations can be understood as the relations between theory and practice, performance and audience, past and present. Consequently, questions are raised, such as: Is there a dialogue between structure and space? Can the conversation be an intervention, or a means of reconciliation? Are there ethical or political implications for it as a mode</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Garamond>l</FONT><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">? </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">We are approaching the conversation as a potential mode of interaction between and within different disciplines and forums, and are asking if it is a viable and productive means of conceptualising the work of the academy, beyond the academy. Is there a future for this kind of conversation (if indeed it is a conversation)?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Expressions of interest are invited from disciplines within such faculties as the Humanities and Social Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts, Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Law and Architecture.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN><STRONG> </STRONG>Abstracts due by 21 September 2001<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A href="mailto:conversations-AT-hotmail.com">conversations-AT-hotmail.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">^ÑIn Conversation^Ò Postgraduate Conference</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">C/O ARCHSS, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Adelaide University Australia 5005</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>
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