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----Communication, Culture & Media Subject Group, School of Art & Design, Coventry University
5th Annual Conference
LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD 2000 Consuming (in) the War Zone 4th - 6th July 2000
CALL FOR PAPERS Following the success of 1999's LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD conference, the Communication, Culture & Media Subject Group of Coventry University is pleased to announce its 2000 conference. Once again, we are encouraging submissions on the themes outlined below from academics, students, practitioners and independent scholars.
Engines of the Future: .... the commodity after the object... the information economy & its discontents…knowledge as commodity…e-commerce.... non-physical technologies.... information & communications convergence.... the cultural location of technology. copyright & patenting...…the ethics of bio-technology...genome research and gender identity....
Space Wars/War Spaces: ...the city as war-zone...urban conflict…war art/war artists...imperialist borders & po-mo wars.... new gender identities in the combat zone...mediatised war...new ethnicities/new communities in conflict... ...diasporic movements & the future of Fortress Europe...beyond the Black Atlantic... soft & cuddly imperialism....the nanny super-state…
Dis-Placed Knowledges: ... hyper-real/really hyped cities.... public art and 'the public'.... museum culture and urban regeneration.... the coming crisis in the heritage industry.... the role of the writer/artist-in-residence (prisons, workplaces etc).... academic consultancy in the public sphere (cultural industries, sport etc)... ethical investment & social entrepreneurship...art after commodification...the artist as commodity.... consumption as creativity...consumer cultures & the culture of critique: is consumption the problem?
Submissions are invited for 20-minute papers. The deadline for consideration is 24th March 2000. We will also consider suggestions for symposia, panels, performances, installations, witness sessions etc. Please send a one page abstract of your proposal to: Peter Playdon (LIAM2) School of Art & Design, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV2 5FB or by email to p.playdon@coventry.ac.uk (electronic submission is encouraged). The conference fee is £175 (concessions £65). This includes entry to all the sessions over three days, conference pack, copy of conference proceedings, wine reception, food and refreshments during the day and two evening meals. We are offering an 'early bird' discount of £150 (concessions £55) for delegates registering by 24th March 2000.
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