CFP- Gesture: The Living Medium

[Kate Henning]

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Gesture: The Living Medium
First Congress of the International Society for Gesture Studies
College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin
June 5 - 8, 2002

Call for Papers:
As inaugural congress of the International Society for Gesture Studies,
this conference is intended to convene the “state of the art” in research
and theory on gesture and to serve as a forum for a broad and lively
interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, observations, and research findings.
One aim of the conference is to take stock of what we know about the
transformation of bodily experience and embodied knowledge into
gestural symbolism and conceptual patterns in social interaction, work,
and other realms of everyday life. However, we invite proposals for
papers, panels, and other programs from all disciplines, including
technology and the arts, and convering all aspects of the practice of
gesticulation.

The conference will take place on the beautiful campus of the University of
Texas at Austin, in and around a new dormitory designed to house
conferences during summers and providing rooms for all conference
participants. Accomodation will be appr. $40 per night (double occupancy)
or $75 (single occupancy); the conference fee will be appr. $100. Austin
TX. has a well-deserved reputation as a relaxed and friendly city as well
as the “Live Music Capital of the World”.

Program:
There will be plenary lectures, a special program “Gesture’s Life-Worlds”,
parallel panels, workshops, poster-sessions, and performances. Time-slots
for panels and other programs will be 1:45 hr. each; individual
papers will be 20 min. plus 5 min. of discussion. Mornings will be reserved
for plenary programs.

Plenary speakers:
Geneviève Calbris (CNRS, Paris)
Hubert Dreyfus (UC Berkeley)
Merlin Donald (Queens U., Kingston/Ontario)
Charles Goodwin (UCLA)
Adam Kendon (Philadelphia)
Scott Liddell (Gallaudet U.)
David McNeill (U. of Chicago)
Richard Shiff (UT Austin)

“Gesture’s Life-Worlds” (Plenary Program):
John Haviland (Anthropology, Reed College)
Curtis LeBaron (Communication, U. of Colorado)
and TBA

Deadlines:
for submission of proposals for panels, workshops, and other programs:
October 1, 2001;
for submission of abstracts for papers and posters: December 1, 2001

Registration:
begins in August 2001.
For detailed information please visit our website at
http://www.utexas.edu/coc/speech/gesture/
or contact us at: gestureconference at hotmail.com

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