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New Voices 2008 Call for Papers
New Voices invites proposals considering the theme of Transitioning (through) Traditions
Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2008
E-mail for submissions: nvoices@gmail.com
The 2008 New Voices Conference provides a space for exploring the current transitioning evident in the disciplines.
There is no moment that is only a moment of being and not also a moment
of becoming. Some moments, however, have a more heightened sense of
becoming than others.
We are nearing the end of the decade that has no agreed upon name, and
2008 is a year that promises the beginning of significant change. The
number eight itself is a marker of an infinite state of progression and
regression, of endless transitioning. A transitional moment is
one of reflexivity, confusion, evaluation, clumsiness, an embracing of
the new, and a questioning of the
foundations and traditions—epistemological, ontological, professional,
political, artistic—that support our current state of being.
We often transition through traditions by expanding and building on our
foundations, but when we question those foundations, the traditions
themselves become sites of transitioning. We are interested in
exploring both of these aspects of transitioning. We are consciously
avoiding the anchoring of our Call for Papers in any particular
disciplinary or theoretical tradition in order to promote a variety of
explorations into the topic, which includes fruitful inquiry in specific
traditions evident in the disciplines.
We are an interdisciplinary, graduate conference and welcome proposals
that explore issues of transitioning in theoretical and/or practical ways.
Proposals will be evaluated based on originality, theoretical
importance, clarity, and relevance to a broad, interdisciplinary
audience. Panel sessions, poster sessions, and roundtables are
especially encouraged. Proposals may be based on fully formed theories
or works in progress and may address cultural, professional, or
pedagogical aspects of transitioning.
With the proposal, please include the title, email address, and
telephone number. Submit as a .doc or .rtf and e-mail to New Voices at
nvoices@gmail.com.
- In what ways do we see our fields
changing through the use of technology and the multivalence
of identity it provides?
- What hinders transitional movement
and what acts as a catalyst? Are we transitioning
in linear, progressive ways (does such a transitionexist?),
or, like the number eight, are we transitioning
recursively?
- What kinds of transitioning are
we engaging (and are there transitions that we are
not engaging?)—political, linguistic, cultural,
literary, rhetorical, social, theoretical—and
what effect does that have on ourdisciplines as
well as on our culture at large?
- What aspect of transitioning is
more important—the moment or the movement
(or are they equally so)?
- We are not limited to discussing
current transitioning, however. What historical moments of transitioning
are particularly present in current scholarship?
How has transitioning been treated historically?
Are there transitional movements that occur for
only small groups and do those movements eventually
make their way up to a large-scale ones?
Submission guidelines:
Please send a 250-300 word proposal.
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