Globalization and Popular Culture: Production, Consumption, Identity
Call for Papers
An international multi-disciplinary workshop examining globalization and
popular culture will be held October 19-21, 2001 at the University of
Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada). The workshop explores the interface of
global forces and local constellations as refracted through the prism of
popular culture. The analysis of popular culture provides a critical
perspective on the everyday production, consumption, and contestation
of identities that increasingly are called into question by the intersection
of regional/national collectivities and global markets. We take popular
culture to refer to the various taste publics and their artefacts located
within specific national-cultural and transnational contexts. In addition,
we are referring to those systems of commodity production and
consumption that create audiences, shape tastes, and generate desires.
We welcome proposals that address the themes of production,
consumption, and identity in the study of globalization and popular
culture. In particular, we encourage papers that address at least one of
the following questions: How do local, regional, and/or national
identities shape the production and consumption of culture? To what
extent do perceptions of the global and one=s place in it hinge on and
inform manufactured images and standardized products? What
expectations structure the relationship between producers and
consumers of culture in the global economy? To what extent do
regional/national frameworks define the salient issues arising from the
interaction of the global and the local? What can we learn from
comparing publics enmeshed within these frameworks? We seek papers
that address these issues from a variety of disciplines and area studies,
including Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Abstracts for papers should be no more than 300 words. The deadline for
proposals is April 15, 2001. Please send abstracts and one-page vita to:
Professor Tina Chen, 346 University College, Department of History,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2M8; fax:
204-261-0021. A limited number of graduate student travel grants will be
awarded. To be considered for graduate student travel grants, applicants
should include a brief statement of their research interests and a letter of
reference from their supervisor.
For further information, please contact Professor Tina Chen, Department
of History, University of Manitoba (phone: 204-474-9149; email:
chentm@ms.umanitoba.ca) or Professor Adam Muller, Department of
English, University of Manitoba (phone: 204-474-6416 ; email:
mullera@ms.umanitoba.ca).
Dr. Adam Muller
Assistant Professor of English
Research Fellow, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
University of Manitoba
e-mail: mullera@ms.umanitoba.ca
tel: 204-474-6416
fax: 204-261-0061
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