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| <nettime-ann> CFP for Intersections/Cross Sections 2012: Occupations |
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Below is the CFP for the
annual graduate conference hosted by the Joint Programme in Communication and
Culture at York and Ryerson Universities, Toronto. Please distribute widely. + + +
CFP for INTERSECTIONS / CROSS
SECTIONS 2012: “OCCUPATIONS” (March 23–25, 2012) 11th Annual Communication and Culture Graduate Conference,
York University/Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Abstracts due: December 23, 2011; notification by January 23, 2012 Conference date: March 23–25, 2012 Please email submissions and questions to: [email protected]
Occupare: (Latin.) To seize,
capture This is a critical moment, as “Occupy everywheres” present possibilities
for new politics, and new forms of learning, engaging and living with each
other. From the recurring occupations of the squares in Greece and Italy to the
UK’s winter of discontent and the Arab Spring, to the summer of protest in
Spain and the North American autumn—at general assemblies around the globe,
people are running their own lives, influencing the media and discussing what
is to be done without politicians. The recent occupations are an education in
direct democracy and the solidarity necessary for action. Occupy Wall Street, and the occupations around the world, are attempts
to build the social compositions that are the precondition for action. They are
the working-through of a problem that ‘politics-as-usual’ works to suppress—the
massive exploitation that is capitalism, and the emergence of politics adequate
to address it. At this stage, the occupations are the connection of people,
ideas and machines—the cumulation of assemblages that might build something. What
happens next depends on what is being built now. As it was written upon the recent expulsion of OWS from Zuccotti Park:
“You can’t evict an idea whose time has come.” We invite graduate students from
all related disciplines to submit proposals for academic, artistic and activist
presentations and workshops that explore, celebrate, analyze and otherwise
critically engage with the ideas emerging from occupations. Possible areas of
engagement include: politics and aesthetics, movement research and performance
studies, humanities and digital humanities, critical disability studies, labour
studies, social theory, social movement theory, policy, political economy, communications
studies, media, culture, pedagogy, technology, artistic practice and activism. Please send a 250-word abstract, as well as a brief biographical
note (100 words) to [email protected] by December 23, 2011.
Proposals should list paper/panel title, name, institutional affiliation and
contact details. Workshop facilitators: Please provide a tentative timeline
highlighting the duration and one or two general learning objectives of your
session, along with a clear indication of space and technical requirements. Artists: If sending creative works by email, please limit attachment
size to 5 MB or less, or direct us to a URL. Include viewing instructions,
comments and titles in your email if applicable. If submitting creative works
by post, please mail the proposal, a non-original copy of the work, and viewing
instructions to the following address (well before the submission deadline): Intersections / Cross Sections 2012: Occupations is presented
by and for graduate student scholars, artists and activists through the
organizing efforts of the Communication and Culture Graduate Students
Association (GSA): http://thecomcult.wordpress.com |
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