Culture and the State: Past, Present, and Future
http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/cms/
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 2-5, 2003
Most plenary speakers are now confirmed for this conference, including Len
Findlay, Isobel Findlay, Rahim Jaffer MLA, Norman Nawrocki, Raj Pannu MLA,
and Jerry Zaslove, among others. Deadlines for individual themes vary, but
general submission under the conference's overall CFP are accepted until
February 1, 2003 (see link above for this general CFP).
THEME:
The Social Landscape: Arts, Architecture, and Community
(DEADLINE January 5, 2002)
This theme in "Culture and the State, Past, Present, and Future," examines
landscapes as national or cultural artifacts through their representation
and formation. The modern (and ancient) landscape has always been a ground
for competition between national, social, and artistic movements, often in
the form of colonial architecture, depictions of place, or social movements
to transform a given environment.
We seek papers that creatively address any aspect of this topic and
especially those that bring more than one discipline into focus. In
particular, we encourage cross-examinations of landscapes themselves or
their representation in literature, the visual arts, architecture, urban
planning, or other media. Methodologies may include sociology,
ethnographies, archaeology, literary theory, postcolonial theory, and art
history, among others. Multimedia presentations are also welcome and
equipment will be available. Presenters should note their multimedia needs
in their proposal.
We invite papers that explore as wide an array of concerns as possible
regarding landscapes, cityscapes, and the arts, as well as the role of
landscapes in encounters between cultures, states, and other groups.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
* The Mediterranean landscape as history and subject
* Heritage, ecology, construction, and the community
* Racial, national, and cultural representation of landscapes
* Colonial architecture as intrusion or palimpsest
* State imposed transformations of the urban landscape
* Claiming the land: national, ethnic, and cultural conflict
* Landscape as transformative and/or transformed space
Please submit an abstract of approximately 250 words for papers of 20
minutes by January 5, 2002. Send all submissions to the theme coordinator,
James Gifford. Early submissions are encouraged and email submissions are
welcome.
Theme Coordinator:
James Gifford
Department of English
3-5 Humanities Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada, T6G 2E5
gifford@ualberta.ca
The conference is funded by the Canada Research Chairs programme.
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