>The Assembly for Research of the National Council of Teachers of English
>announces a conference on Literacies Across Time, Space, and Place: New
>Directions in Literacy Research for Political Action, to be held February
>18-20, 2005 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. We invite
>proposals that address the following issues, topics and questions that
>will frame our Midwinter Conference for 2005.
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>• What are the ways that literacies are taken up across time, space and
>place? What new directions in literacy research do these conceptions of
>literacy demand?
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>• What methodologies do these new directions require? What approaches and
>tools are needed to best understand the myriad ways that literacies are
>taken up across time, space and place?
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>• In what ways are new directions in literacy research addressing
>perennial problems in education, particularly in terms of social justice,
>equity, and political action? Who is included in these new
>directions? Who is left out? How can our research better address the
>needs of all people, across lines of race, class, sexualities, and gender?
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>• How does looking at literacy from a historical perspective help us to
>understand what’s “new” in new directions in literacy research?
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>• What roles does technology play in these new directions in literacy
>research? How do media and popular culture shape these new directions in
>literacy research?
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>• Where are these new directions in literacy research taking us? How do
>they affect and/or play out in contexts beyond schools – including
>families, communities, and virtual spaces created by new technologies?
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>We welcome proposals grounded in diverse perspectives, including, among
>others: critical race, postcolonial, postmodern, multicultural, feminist
>and queer theories; critical discourse analysis; critical and anti-racist
>pedagogies; and ethnic, cultural, cross-cultural, historical and
>comparative studies. We invite proposals that focus on empirical research
>including teacher/action research, as well as conceptual/theoretical work.
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>Proposals (no more than 2 single-spaced pages) should address the following:
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>The research question(s), methodology, findings/issues/questions for
>discussion, and how the research will contribute to the conference
>conversation. If your paper is a conceptual/theoretical one, please
>describe your theoretical framework and argument and tell how it will
>contribute to the conference conversation. Please indicate in the opening
>lines of the proposal whether you intend to focus on empirical or
>conceptual/theoretical questions.
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>Submit proposals via email to:
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> <mailto:Brauer.13@osu.edu>Brauer.13@osu.edu
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>Please include “NCTEAR Proposal” as the subject line.
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>Proposals must be received by October 1, 2004.
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>Address any questions to Conference Co-chairs
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>Mollie V. Blackburn (<mailto:Blackburn.99@osu.edu>Blackburn.99@osu.edu) or
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>Caroline T. Clark (clark.664@osu.edu)
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