Fwd: Symposium announcement

Konopak (jkonopak who-is-at ou.edu)
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:01:23 -0500

hola, Leute: the following came in off the DISCOURS list. given the recen=
t
thread on sexuality and gender, the following may be relevant to some.
cheers, chers

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>From: Paul McIlvenny <paul who-is-at SPROG.AUC.DK>
>Subject: Symposium announcement
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>Hi, here are details of a symposium that may interest list members...
>
>APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING
>
> ******** 1st CALL FOR PAPERS *******
>
> T A L K I N G G E N D E R & S E X U A L I T Y
>
> 5-6 November 1999
>
> Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
>
> Plenary speakers:
> Marjorie H. Goodwin, UCLA
> Celia Kitzinger, Loughborough University
> Don Kulick, Stockholm University
>
>Abstract submission deadline: 1 August 1999
>
>In the 1990s there has been much debate about the best way to approach t=
he
>study of language and gender. The traditional divisions between the
>deficit, the cultural difference and the dominance models have been
>disputed. One consequence is that the profound theoretical challenge to
>how we understand and account for gender - as a dynamic, performative
>engagement which is never complete - matches with the rich set of tools
>that have been developed for analysing the complexities of everyday
>language use, agency and identity in talk-in-interaction. Also, a new
>domain has opened up that is ripe for study: the relationship of sexuali=
ty
>to social interaction and language use. Recent edited book collections
>such as 'Language and Masculinity', 'Language and Desire', 'Queerly
>Phrased', =91Language & Gender=92, 'Rethinking Language and Gender Resea=
rch',
>=91Feminism and Discourse=92, and 'Gender Articulated' suggest a flouris=
hing
>research enterprise, but one which has yet to be fully explored.
>
>Attendees of the symposium are invited to present parallel session paper=
s,
>to organise panel sessions or to conduct workshops on the theory and/or
>practice of analysing verbal and non-verbal social interaction in a
>diversity of settings in which participants constitute themselves as
>gendered and sexed persons or communities. Presentations of research on
>the following settings are welcome: everyday conversation, institutional
>talk, talk in the media, computer-mediated communication, and dialogue i=
n
>popular culture, fiction and written texts. We desire to achieve a relax=
ed
>forum for discussion and debate, so accepted presentations will be group=
ed
>into thematic sections under the guidance of a section chair and/or
>discussant. Presenters will be allotted 20 minutes plus 20 minutes for
>discussion.
>
>Abstracts of max. 300 words in English should be sent with your full
>contact details by August 1st, 1999 to Paul McIlvenny (see the address
>below). Electronic submissions are welcome. The language of the symposiu=
m
>is English. Please redistribute this call for papers to interested
>parties.
>
>For further information, and to pre-register, please see the symposium w=
eb
>site <http://www.sprog.auc.dk/~paul/conf99/> or contact:
>
> Paul McIlvenny (paul who-is-at sprog.auc.dk)
> Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies
> Kroghstraede 3
> Aalborg University
> DK-9220 Aalborg =09
> DENMARK
> Tel: +45 9635 9169
> Fax: +45 9815 7887
>
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