3rd Annual Western States
Composition Conference
October 22 & 23, 1999
Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona
The Western States Rhetoric and Composition Conference was created to bring
scholars and teachers in the Western region together to exchange current
research in writing. In keeping with the spirit of a small gathering, the
conference will be held in a professional but relaxed atmosphere. Its primary
goal is to address theoretical and pedagogical issues through a variety of
interdisciplinary perspectives. Each year, the conference will focus on a
particular theme. We welcome proposals that address the following theme but
also invite proposals that deal with other relevant topics and issues for our
field.
Call For Proposals
Writing and Politics: Histories, Evolutions, and Revolutions
Keynote speaker: Linda Brodkey, University of California - San Diego
None of us lives without a history: Each of us is a narrative. We`re always
standing some place in our lives; there is always a tale of how we came to
stand there, though few of us have marked carefully the dimensions of the
place where we are or kept time with the tale of how we came to be there.
--James W. Corder
...the overthrow of a political position (or, as far as that goes, any
position or ideology) is only a capitulation to eventual recapitulation.
--Victor J. Vitanza
We invite proposals for presentations that grapple with historical accounts
and interpretations, and/or theories and political perspectives on the study
and teaching of written communication. Of particular interest are
presentations that encourage audience participation and discussion, and
contribute to the theory, research or pedagogy of rhetoric and writing in the
following areas:
Historiography Disciplinarity
Writing Instruction Writing Technologies
Literacies Multiculturalism
Epistemologies/Ideologies Program Administration
Publishing
Academic, Professional or Social Communities
Please Submit:
- A cover page that includes the presentation title, speaker`s name, preferred
snail-mail address, e-mail address, academic affiliation, phone number, and a
brief 25-50 word description of your presentation. If accepted, abstracts
will be published on the WSCC website.
- 4 copies of a one page presentation proposal identified by title only
identifying the format of the presentation as:
-- a 20 minute paper (or a 90 minute panel limited to 3 speakers
including time for discussion)
-- a 90 minute round-table (focused discussion encouraging audience
interaction)
-- an alternative interactive presentation such as mini-workshop,
demonstration, special interest discussion group, etc.
Proposals must be postmarked by Friday, February 26, 1999. Send to:
Peter Goggin, Department of English, Arizona State University, Box
870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
For additional information, contact:
Peter Goggin- petergo@asu.edu - 602-965-4518
Maureen Mathison- maureen.mathison@m.cc.utah.edu - 801-581-5623
Visit our website at http://www.public.asu.edu/~tiffany/wscc.html
Please Post
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