ATOLL Conference 2004 CFP

[Francis M Hult]

> Dear colleague,
> Please find hereunder the first call for papers for the next ATOLL
> conference. It would be highly appreciated if you could circulate the
> information among your colleagues within your institution but also
> outside it. Thank you in advance,
> Karen Ferreira-Meyers, Head Modern Languages, UNISWA.
>
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> ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
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>
> CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE
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> 7TH ATOLL GENERAL CONFERENCE
>
> to be held on 1-5 August 2004
> at
> the UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND
> Kwaluseni, Swaziland
>
>
> THEME: Language, Literature and Communication in an African Context:
> Challenges for the 21st century.
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>
>
>  		FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> We hereby invite submissions from colleagues world-wide. You will find
> more detailed information regarding the Conference on our Website
> (www.uniswa.sz).
>
> Format: abstracts should be between 100 and 200 words (for full papers
> of about 20 minutes-presentations, followed by a 10-minute discussion).
> The submission should be prepared using MS Word.
> If the article is accepted, we will request a copy of the paper on a
> diskette or via email (atoll at uniswacc.uniswa.sz).
>
> Our address is:
> ATOLL Conference
> c/o Mrs. Karen Ferreira-Meyers
> Head Department of Modern Languages
> University of Swaziland
> Private Bag 4
> Kwaluseni
> Swaziland
>
> We ask that all submissions be written in English and reach us by 31st
> January 2004.
>
> ATOLL SUB-THEMES
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> 1. Language, Literature and Communication Media
> - Orality
> - Literacy and the development of language
> - Literacy and ‘pulp fiction’
> - Publishing, readership and the development of language and literature
> - Media and the development of literacy and language
> - The teaching of academic literacy in a tertiary setting
> - The new IT and the teaching of Language/Literature/Communication
> - Different systems of communication (sign language, Braille, etc.)
>
> 2. On Identities and Boundaries
> - Multiculturalism and racial identities
> - Linguistic and literary/aesthetical responses to multiculturalism and
> racial identities
> - National and ethnic identities
> - Gender and sexual identities
> - Religious identities
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> 3. Postcoloniality and Postcolonial Theory
> - Postcoloniality
> - The language issue revisited
> - Language, literature and the African Renaissance
> - Theorizing African languages and literature
> - Teaching African/Western/Foreign Language and Literature in an African
> context
> - Language, literature and development
> - Visual/performance arts in an African context
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> 4. Power, Culture, Language and Literature
> - On globalization
> - Language, literature and politics
> - Language, literature and economics
> - Neo-coloniality and language and literature
> - State and society in contemporary language and literature
> - Schools and the present state of language and literature
> - Education, pedagogy and language and literature
> - The use of English as a primary source for academic and professional
> growth
>