CFP: International Conference on "Bodies of Knowledge" (Australia) (11/15/06; 4/26/07-4/28/07)

Call for Papers-International Conference

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Bodies of Knowledge:

Sexuality in the Archive

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April 26-28, 2007

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Sponsored by=20

Centre for the History of European Discourses

University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Confirmed Keynote Speakers:=20

Alice Domurat Dreger

Catherine Waldby

Elizabeth Kerekere

Rosemarie Garland-Thompson

Susan Stryker=20

and others to be announced

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The turn to new theories and practices of the archive in critical =
theory, cultural studies, queer theory, philosophy, sociology and =
associated disciplines has had important repercussions for scholars =
working on histories and philosophies of the body. This international =
conference will examine the impact of innovative recent work on archives =
and archival practice for sexuality studies, gender studies and =
queer/GLBT studies. The conference aims to interrogate how knowledge =
about the body is collected and held, as well as how it is produced. =
Drawing together scholars from a broad range of inter-disciplinary =
fields, it will highlight scholarship about bodies, genders and =
sexuality that is empirically grounded, document based, historically =
inflected, theoretically informed and self-conscious of its relationship =
to archival practice.=20

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By calling attention to the relationship between "knowledge of bodies" =
and "bodies of knowledge," the conference also intends to showcase =
sexuality-related work in the archives, library and information sciences =
fields. We are particularly interested in work that examines sexual =
knowledges retrieved from state archives; community-based archives that =
preserve forms of sexual knowledge not valued by the state; distribution =
of and access to sexual knowledge on the Internet and World-Wide Web; =
and work that understands both body and mind as metaphorical "archives" =
that hold knowledge of sexuality.=20

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We invite proposals for papers of 20-25 minutes (10-12 pages) in length =
addressing these or related issues. Possible topics include:

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Sexuality and the state

Archival counter-practice=20

Community memory and the body

Queer archival practice

Sexual knowledge on the net

Digital and electronic archives

Biotechnologies and data collection=20

Embodied knowledges

Psychosomatic archives

The body as archive

Memorialisation and the body

Methods of representing bodies within archives

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Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to both:

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Elizabeth Stephens: e.stephens_at_uq.edu.au <mailto:e.stephens_at_uq.edu.au>=20

Susan Stryker: susanstryker_at_yahoo.com <mailto:susanstryker_at_yahoo.com> =20

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Deadline for abstracts is 1 November 2006.=20

Notification of acceptance by 15 November 2006.=20

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For further information, please contact the conference organisers, or =
see the conference website at =
http://www.ched.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=3D38992.

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Elizabeth Stephens
Research Fellow
Centre for the History of European Discourses
University of Queensland Australia 4072
Phone: 61 7 3346 9493
Fax: 61 7 3346 9495

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