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GestureThe Living Medium<br>
</font></b><font size=3 color="#000000">First Congress of the
International Society for Gesture Studies<br>
University of Texas at Austin, June 5 - 8, 2002<br>
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The conference <b>Gesture: The Living Medium</b> is intended to convene
the “state of the art” in research and theory on gesticulation and to
serve as a forum for a broad and lively interdisciplinary exchange of
ideas, observations, and research findings. As inaugural congress of the
International Society for Gesture Studies, it will also lay the
foundation for a more organized framework of international cooperation.
While there will be a focus on articulating connections between social
interaction, embodied knowledge, and symbol formation, we invite papers,
panels, and other programs from all disciplines, including technology and
the arts.<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Location:<br>
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</font></b><font color="#000000">The conference will take place on the
beautiful campus of the University of Texas at Austin, in and around a
new dormitory specifically designed to serve as a conference site during
the summer (San Jacinto dorm).<br>
There will be plenary lectures, a special plenary program series
“Gesture’s Life-Worlds,” parallel panels and workshops (and potentially
poster-sessions), and performances. <br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Registration:<br>
<br>
</font></b><font color="#000000">Please register on-line on our web-site,
if at all possible. Registration has begun and will continue until the
time of the conference. Registration for accommodations begins in Spring
2002 (February or March); you will be notified when you can register for
a room.<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Conference fees:<br>
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</font></b><font color="#000000">$ 100.00 (early bird, until April 30,
2002)<br>
$ 120.00 (after April 30)<br>
$ 50.00 (early bird) for students (please send a copy of a document
showing that you are currently enrolled as a student along with your
payment)<br>
$ 70.00 for students (after April 30)<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Plenary speakers: <br>
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</font></b><font color="#000000">Geneviève Calbris (Semiotics, CNRS,
Paris)<br>
Hubert Dreyfus (Philosophy/Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley)<br>
Merlin Donald (Psychology, Queens U., Kingston/Ontario)<br>
Charles Goodwin (Communication/Applied Linguistics, UCLA)<br>
Adam Kendon (Anthropology, Philadelphia)<br>
Scott Liddell (Sign Language/Linguistics, Gallaudet University)<br>
David McNeill (Psychology, U. of Chicago)<br>
Richard Shiff (Art History, UT Austin)<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>“Gesture’s Life-Worlds” (Plenary
Program):<br>
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</font></b><font color="#000000">John Haviland (Anthropology, Reed
College)<br>
Curtis LeBaron (Communication, U. of Colorado)<br>
and TBA<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Scientific Committee: <br>
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</font></b><font color="#000000">Janet Bavelas (Psychology, U. of
Victoria)<br>
Justine Cassell (The Media Lab, MIT)<br>
Charles Goodwin (Applied Linguistics, UCLA)<br>
Isabelle Guaitella (Linguistics, Aix-en-Provence)<br>
John Haviland (Anthropology & Linguistics, Reed College)<br>
Adam Kendon (Anthropology, U. Pennsylvania)<br>
Satoro Kita (MPI/Cognitive Anthropology, Nijmegen)<br>
Mark Knapp (Communication Studies, UT Austin)<br>
Gene Lerner (Sociology, UC Santa Barbara)<br>
David McNeill (Psychology, U. of Chicago)<br>
Isabella Poggi (Linguistics, U. of Rome)<br>
Roland Posner (Semiotics, TU Berlin)<br>
Herman Roodenburg (History/Mertens Institute, Amsterdam)<br>
Eve Sweetser (Linguistics, UC Berkeley)<br>
Sherman Wilcox (Linguistics, U New Mexico)<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Organizer and Program Chair:<br>
</font></b><font color="#000000">Jürgen Streeck (Communication Studies,
UT Austin)<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Organizing Committee:<br>
</font></b><font color="#000000">Kate Henning, Elizabeth Keating, Curt
LeBaron, Kris Markman, Cornelia Müller, Roland Posner, Serge Santi, Joel
Sherzer <br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Submissions:<br>
</font></b><font color="#000000">Program proposals and abstracts of
papers can be submitted on-line on our web-site.<br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Deadlines: <br>
</font></b><font color="#000000">for submission of proposals for papers,
posters, panels, workshops, and other programs: January 1, 2002
(extended). <br>
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</font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Registration</b><font color="#FF0000">:<br>
</font><font color="#000000">Please register on-line through the
web-site.<br>
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For further information please visit us at<br>
</font><font color="#0000FF"><b><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/coc/speech/gesture/" eudora="autourl">http://www.utexas.edu/coc/speech/gesture/</a><br>
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</font></b><font color="#000000">or contact us at:
gestureconference@hotmail.com<br>
or jstreeck@mail.utexas.edu<br>
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If on-line submissions and registration are a problem for you, please
send us all information (as requested on the web-site) by mail to<br>
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<b>Gesture Conference<br>
Department of Communication Studies <br>
CMA 7.114<br>
The University of Texas at Austin<br>
Austin, TX 78712-1089<br>
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