Crossroads: 2nd Announcement

Marko Valo (ssmava@uta.fi)
Tue, 21 Nov 1995 19:01:56 +0200 (EET)


Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 19:01:56 +0200 (EET)
From: Marko Valo <ssmava@uta.fi>
To: h-verkko@sara.cc.utu.fi
Subject: Crossroads: 2nd Announcement

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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

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Dear colleague,

When starting to organize this conference, for me the thriving force was the strong conviction that cultural studies people from all over the world should get together and share their work and thoughts at an international conference. Still I must say I was amazed at the huge attention the Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference has received.

Over 350 people from all continents have sent their abstracts, and some 600 people have contacted us! I also know that many people who are definitely coming have not yet signed up. So I have every reason to believe that it is going to be a major and exciting event in international cultural studies.

There is still room for papers in the programme. However, if you are planning to send an abstract but have not yet (e-)mailed it, now is the time to do it. The deadline for abstracts and registration for the normal price is March 31, 1996. The accepted abstracts of those who haven't paid the registration fee in time will be removed from the book of abstracts, to be published by Tampere University Press.

On behalf of the organizing committee, I heartily welcome you to the Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference. I hope you will enjoy the bright and warm midsummer days in Tampere.

Yours sincerely,

Pertti Alasuutari Chair of the Organizing Committee

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Cultural studies is not a one-way street between the centre and peripheries. Rather, it is a crossroads, a meeting point in between different centres, disciplines and intellectual movements. People in many countries and with different backgrounds have worked their way to the crossroads independently. They have made contacts, exchanged views and gained inspiration from each other in pursuing their goals.

The vitality of cultural studies depends on a continuous traffic through this crossroads. Therefore the conference organizers invite people with different geographical, disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds together to share their ideas. We encourage international participation from a wide range of research areas.

The conference is organized by the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, and Network Cultural Studies. The organizing committee represents several universities and disciplines.

Organizing committee International advisory board ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pertti Alasuutari (chair) Ien Ang (Australia) Marko Valo (secretary) Jostein Gripsrud (Norway) Pirkkoliisa Ahponen Lawrence Grossberg (USA) Katarina Eskola Kim Schröder (Denmark) Pasi Falk Marja-Liisa Honkasalo Eeva Jokinen Mikko Lehtonen Kaisu Rättyä Matti Savolainen Annika Suoninen Soile Veijola

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:

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10-12 am Plenary session: Opening of the Conference * Ien Ang: Cultural Studies at a Crossroad * Handel K. Dare we de-centre Birmingham? Authorized Wright: and Other Cultural Studies 12-13 pm Lunch 13:15-15:00 Sessions 15:15-17:00 Sessions 17:17-19:00 Sessions 20:00 Welcoming Party --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday July 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

8:15-10:00 Sessions 10:15-12:00 Plenary Session: Differences in Cultural Studies * Antony Easthope: Nation and Culture * Paul Gilroy: (Title will be announced later) * Eeva Jokinen & Soile Veijola: Sexing the Tourist: Differences that Matter 12-13 pm Lunch 13:15-15:00 Sessions 15:15-17:00 Sessions 17:17-19:00 Sessions 20:00 The Finnish Night: barbeque, sauna, swimming...

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8:15-10:00 Sessions 10:15-12:00 Plenary Session: Social Theory in Cultural Studies * Lawrence Grossberg: Cultural Theory and Cultural Studies * George Ritzer: Both Modern and Postmodern: Fast-Food Restaurants, Credit Cards and Other Innovations in the Means of Consumption * Bryan S. Turner: Post-war Generational Cultures: demography, identity and action 12-13 pm Lunch 13:15-15:00 Sessions

15:15-17:00 Sessions 17:17-19:00 Sessions 20:00 The Farewell Party --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday July 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:15-10:00 Sessions 10:15-12:00 Plenary Session: Media and Society * Jostein Gripsrud: Media, Society, History: Critical Perspectives on Cultural Studies * Joke Hermes: Media Figures in Identity Construction * Pertti Alasuutari: The Inscribed Audience 12-13 pm Lunch 13:15-15:00 Sessions 15:15-17:00 Business Meeting and Goodbye ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

LIST OF SESSIONS

1. Alienation in Family and Education 2. Anthropology and Cultural Studies: Influences and Differences 3. Body in Society 4. Constructionist Therapy and Helping 5. Construction of Identities 6. Cross/Cultural, Cross/Gender Encounters 7. Cultural Approaches to Education 8. Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean 9. Cultural Studies and Space 10. Culture and Drinking Behaviour 11. The Culture of Cities 12. Deadly Differences: Death, Suffering, and Gender between Representation and experience 13. Diaries and Everyday Life 14. Encountering Otherness in Cultural Border Crossings 15. Ethnography and Reception: Dilemmas in Qualitative Audience Studies 16. European Life Stories in a Comparative Perspective 17. Feminist and Cultural Approaches to Tourism 18. History and Theory of Cultural Studies 19. (Inter)Net Cultures and New Information Technology 20. Media Culture in the Everyday Life of Children and Youth 21. The Narrative Construction of Life Stories 22. Narratives of Illness 23. Narrowcast and Community Media 24. New Genders: The Decay of Heterosexuality 25. News and Cultural Studies 26. "Other" Cultural Studies 27. Politics and the Arts 28. Post-Socialism and Cultural Reorganization 29. Rethinking Integration - concepts, products and realities 30. Risk and Culture 31. Science, Technology & Culture 32. Sexed Bodies in Cultural Studies 33. Social Theory and Semiotics 34. Study of Institutional Discourse 35. Style And Power: The Example Of Court Culture 36. Texts and Contexts: Literary Studies and Cultural Studies 37. Voices of the Vietnam War: experience, literature, art, and politics in cultural contexts 38. Voluntary Associations as Cultures 39. The West and The Rest: (Re)Defining Eastern Europe 40. Wild Biology: feminist readings of science, medicine and the media 41. Youth Culture

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REPLY FORM:

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Preliminary Abstract (No more than 100 words, please type on a separate sheet and send by e-mail or mail). The deadline for abstracts is March 31, 1996.

Registration fee (including lunches)

* FIM 1000 before March 31 ___ * FIM 1500 after April 1 ___

Undergraduate students

* FIM 600 before March 31 ___ * FIM 800 after April 1 ___

Please complete and return to:

Crossroads in Cultural Studies Tampere Conference Service Takojankatu 15 B FIN-33540 TAMPERE FINLAND

tel: +358 31 261 2111 fax: +358 31 261 1911 e-mail: iscsmail@uta.fi