Call for papers: Storytelling for Cultural Identity and Survival - DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 31 JANUARY 2003

[McGinnis, Scott]

> CALL FOR PAPERS
> Storytelling for Cultural Identity and Survival
> Ausgust 26-28, 2003
> Brock University
> St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
>
> The primary focus of this conference is the power of storytelling in
the
> recuperation of memory, collective identity formation, resistance to
> globalitarian homogenization, and the prophecy of new horizons. All
forms
> of storytelling: narrative (oral and written), performative,
cinematic,
> musical, and hybrid as well as methodologies (linguistic,
sociological,
> political, anthropological, etc.) will be considered as long as they
> relate to the framework of cultural identity, survival, and freedom.
We
> welcome the submission of abstracts for 20-minute talks that may be
> preformed as stories or presented as theoretical commentary. Specific
> areas of inquiry include:
> Collective Forms of Journalism          Story as Literature and
History
> Intercultural Children's Stories        The Contemporary Chronicle
> Rave Culture and Musical Narratives     Storytelling and Transnational
> Media
> Aboriginal Memory and Prophecy          Storytelling and New
Technologies
> The Politics of Storytelling            Testimonio: Stories about
Human
> Rights
> Contemporary Retellings of Folktales    Anthropology and Oral Cultures
>
> The deadline for receiving abstracts and a concise bio is January 31st
> 2003.  Acceptance of your paper for presentation implies a commitment
on
> your part to register and attend the conference. Notification of
> acceptance will be sent out on March 15th, 2003. Only one individual
and
> one joint abstract per author will be accepted. Scholars interested in
> organizing sessions should contact the members of the organizing
committee
> for details. Send 3 copies of a 400 word abstract. Include the title
of
> the paper on the abstract but not author's name. Please include a
separate
> cover page with the following:
> Author's name and affiliation           email
> Title of Presentation                   fax number
> Mailing address
> Submissions by email are also encouraged. Abstracts should be sent to
> either contact below.
> Storytelling for Cultural Identity and Survival
> c/o Dr. Irene M. F. Blayer and Dr. Martha Nandorfy
> Dept. of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
> Brock University
> St. Catharines, Ontario
> Canada L2S 3A1                  OR      ics at www.brocku.ca
>
> NOTE: Publications from the previous conferences (1999, 2001):
> Storytelling:
> Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2002); Latin
American
> Narratives and Cultural Identity:  Selected Readings.(Forthcoming);
> Canadian Voices: Identity and Cross-Cultural Narratives (Forthcoming).