> Call for Papers: Identities in Action!
>
> An inter-disciplinary conference
> University of Wales Conference Centre, Gregynog
> Friday 10th - Sunday 12th December 1999
>
> Proposals are invited for the presentation of scholarly papers on the theme of
> identity construction which are based on studies of groups and/or
> individuals in
> action.
>
> The deadline for proposals (to be presented as 500-word abstracts, in
> electronic
> form) is May 1st 1999. Should you wish to submit a paper, we would welcome
> notice of intent by March 1st. Although formal papers should be submitted, our
> emphasis during the sessions themselves will be on presentations that are
> stimulating and provocative rather than read verbatim. Suggestions are also
> welcome for workshop sessions, the duration of which is open to negotiation.
>
> Proposals and papers are welcome in both Welsh and English. Interpretation
> services for these languages will be available at the conference.
>
> The conference aims to gather together diverse perspectives on the ways in
> which concepts of identity, alienation and belonging, and modes of language
> and
> discourse, reveal themselves in cultural and political undertakings. At
> this turning
> point of the millenium, we hope to identify some emerging patterns in the
> negotiation, rehearsal and affirmation of identities, and to consider the
> roles of
> visual, verbal and other codes in mediating, as well as defining, cultural
> positions
> and forging alliances. What, for instance, is the role of imagery drawn from
> advertising, popular music and the mass media in the construction of
> identities?
> In what ways are identities 'under construction' in online media? What are the
> variations and constraints in the ways in which we represent ourselves when we
> use various modes of communication? What dynamics can we identify in the
> ways language and other discourses shape the identities of groups in
> action, and
> help to construct their trajectories?
>
> Details at...
>
> http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/identact.html
>
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