Kia Ora Koutou, I am planning on being at SCANZ and I don't visit Aotearoa v. often so it'll nice to meet some faces :)
and here are 2 theory related conference calls for papers. Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference and Visual Exhibition, University of Kent, Saturday 23rd May 2009. 1. “Ambiguities: Destabilising Preconceptions” Every day we encounter ambiguous situations; unclear signals; indecipherable messages. Some of them pass unnoticed, other produce mere misunderstandings, whereas many deeply disturb us. The act of interpreting polysemous signs results in a proliferation and a diffusion of meaning. What is the effect of such a process on human beings? How is the process of subjectification affected by this constitutional interpretative ambiguity? Is reality tout court an ambiguous message? Ambiguous artworks and their attributes such as undecidability, textual plurisignation, word plays, disruptive dynamics between connotation and denotation, are only some of the themes we wish to explore during our conference. We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers (in English) which interpret the conference theme as widely as possible. Abstract proposals (approximately 300 words) should be sent to the conference organising committee at [email protected] as a Microsoft Word attachment. The email should include the name of the author, institution and a short bio. You should also indicate on your proposal any audiovisual requirements you may have. Selected speakers will be invited to publish their papers in the Third Issue of Skepsi, the Interdisciplinary Online Journal of the University of Kent (http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/journals/skepsi/index.html). On the occasion of the conference a Visual Exhibition on the same theme (‘Ambiguities’) will be organised at the University of Kent. In order to participate to the selection please follow these guidelines: I. if you are a Flickr user, or if you want to become one, please join the group ‘Ambiguities 2009’ at this address: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ambiguities2009/ and upload your contributions in the group’s pool. Please read the rules carefully. II. if you are NOT a Flickr user and do not plan to become one, please send your contribution in JPG format with a short caption explaining how the image fits the conference theme, at the address [email protected]. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th January 2009. The deadline for visual material submission is 15th March 2009. Further details regarding the conference, the publication of papers and the visual exposition will be circulated at a later date. 2. 3rd Global Conference “Visual Literacies: Exploring Critical Issues” Tuesday 14th July - Thursday 16th July 2009; Mansfield College, Oxford. Call for Papers: This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding visual literacy in regard to theory and praxis. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the fields of education, visual arts, fine arts, literature, philosophy, psychology, critical theory and theology. These disciplines are indicative only as papers are welcomed from any area, profession and vocation in which visual literacy plays a part. The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 6th February 2009. If your paper is accepted for presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft paper should be submitted by Friday 5th June 2009. 300 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: author(s), affiliation, email address, title of abstract, body of abstract. Joint Organising Chairs: Dr Phil Fitzsimmons; Faculty of Education; University of Woollongong; Australia; Email: [email protected]; Dr Rob Fisher; Inter-Disciplinary.Net; Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR; United Kingdom; Email: [email protected] Sonja van KerkhoffART: www.sonjavank.comBLOG: sonjavank.blogspot.comDESIGN: www.sonjavank.com/designVIDEOS: www.youtube.com/sonjavank BOOKMARKS: http://del.icio.us/sonjavank _________________________________________________________________
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