CALL FOR PAPERS Queering Paradigms 4 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[Rodrigo Borba]

[with apologies for cross-posting]

 

Please, help us spread the word of this conference
(http://alab.org.br/pt/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv) among fellow
researchers and graduate students. We hope to see you in Rio!

 

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Call For Papers – Queering Paradigms IV



Character of the conference and contributions:

Following the success of the three international, interdisciplinary Queering
Paradigms conferences held thus far on three continents, the
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics at the Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the Graduate Program in Social Memory
at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and the
Brazilian Association of Applied Linguistics (ALAB) are proud to announce
Queering Paradigms IV, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the 25th
to the 28th of July, 2012. Our confirmed keynote speakers are Annamarie
Jagose (University of Sydney, Australia), José Quiroga (Emory University,
USA), Alípio Sousa Filho (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte,
Brazil), Jack Halberstam (University of Southern California, USA), Luiz
Paulo da Moita Lopes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Jô
Gondar (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

As in the previous conferences, we use the term ‘queer’ to refer to an
indefinite, borderless domain of non-normative genders, sexualities and
bodily practices that is also affiliated with critical analytic approaches,
while recognizing that the term does not resonate globally as it emerged
from Western experience. ‘Queering’ thus questions, contrasts, challenges
and destabilizes heteronormativity, but is not restricted to it: homo-,
class-, religion-, race-, ethnic-, scientific- and academic-normativity are
also part of its scope of analysis.

The aim of the conference is thus to analyze the status quo and the future
challenges of Queer and LGBTIQ Studies from an ample,
inter/multidisciplinary perspective, in order to problematize/destabilize
(i.e. to queer) essentialized discourses and totalizing paradigms. Our
intention is to bring together researchers from many countries in an
exploration of queer and LGBTIQ social practices, presenting from
disciplines as diverse as, but not limited to, anthropology, sociology,
language studies, theology, political science, law, social medicine,
philosophy, geography and social psychology. 

Proposals for Papers and Panels:

 

 

Paper and panel proposals are invited on any aspect of Queer or LGBTIQ
Studies. They shall be grouped into the following areas:

·         Queering ethics

·         Queering institutions

·         Queering language practices

·         Queering art and literature

·         Queering media practices

·         Queering races and ethnicities

·         Queering epistemologies and methodologies

·         Queering activism

·         Queering temporalities and geographies

·         Queering bodies, embodiment and identities

 

The proposals will undergo a peer-review process by our international board
of reviewers and should be submitted through our website:
http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv, by 15 December 2012.

 

·         Proposals for individual papers: These should take the form of
abstracts with a minimum of 1500 and a maximum of 3500 characters, followed
by three keywords. 

·         Panel proposals: Panels may have between four and six
participants, one of whom shall be the organizer. The submission must
include a panel rationale of between 1500 and 3500 characters followed by
three keywords, as well as four to six paper abstracts of the same length,
each also including three keywords. The organizer is responsible for writing
the panel rationale, collecting the participants’ abstracts, and submitting
everything together through our website.

 

Proposals may be submitted, and papers may be presented, in English,
Portuguese or Spanish, but due to the international nature of the
conference, the use of English is highly encouraged. Abstracts should be
written in the intended language of presentation. For those who use English
as a second/foreign language, please note that what matters for our
conference is not a so-called near-native level fluency, but rather the
ability to communicate ideas clearly, which may be further enhanced by
visual props such as slides. Papers may be single- or co-authored. Potential
participants may submit up to two proposals.

The proceedings of this conference will be prepared for peer-reviewed
publication in the Queering Paradigms Series, made available by the
international academic publishers Peter Lang <http://www.peterlang.com/> .

Requests for further information can be sent by email to:
queeringparadigms4 at gmail.com. You can also learn more on our website (
<http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv>
http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv), and follow us on
Twitter (@QueeringP4) and on our Facebook page (Queering Paradigms 4).

 

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