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