Indigenous Writers of the Americas conference May 11-13, 2008, UC Davis

[awebster@siu.edu]

Thanks. It looks like an outstanding conference. Best, akw

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>Date: 28-apr-2008 21:17:18 -0500
>From: "ines" <ighernandez at UCDAVIS.EDU>
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>Subject: [ILAT] Indigenous Writers of the Americas conference 
May 11-13, 2008, UC Davis
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>PRESS RELEASE
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>More than forty distinguished and widely published Native 
>American/Indigenous writers, poets, and scholars from the 
United States, 
>Canada, and Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, 
Ecuador, Peru, 
>Chile) will be gathering at UC Davis May 11-13, 2008, for the 
conference 
>“Discursive Practices: The Formation of a Transnational 
Indigenous 
>Poetics,” organized by the UC Davis Department of Native 
American 
>Studies. The event is free and open to the public.
>
>This gathering is a historic occasion for Native American/ 
Indigenous 
>writers and intellectuals from throughout the Americas to meet 
and share 
>their work. The conference will provide a fertile space for 
the 
>participants to engage in dialogue about the role of 
literature in 
>cultural revitalization, autonomy, and intellectual 
sovereignty. The 
>writers who are attending the conference are participants in 
major 
>indigenous writers movements and organizations in their home 
countries. 
>Their work represents a wide range of literary genres, from 
the oral 
>tradition to fiction, poetry, and theater. Many of the writers 
produce 
>work in their indigenous languages. One feature of the 
conference will 
>be the literary readings each evening.
>
>The opening reception, on Sunday, May 11, 6-9pm, will take 
place in the 
>AGR room at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center and will 
feature 
>literary readings by Frank LaPena (Wintun), Jorge Cocom Pech 
(Yucatec 
>Maya), Victor Montejo (Jakaltek Maya), Graciela Huinao 
(Mapuche), and 
>Joy Harjo (Muscogee).
>
>On Monday and Tuesday, May 12-13, conference plenaries, 
roundtables, and 
>literary readings will take place at Freeborn Hall. Concurrent 
sessions 
>will take place at Freeborn Hall, MU Garrison, and the Risling 
room in 
>Hart Hall. See the conference website for the full program: 
>http://irca.ucdavis.edu/discursive-practices/en/.
>
>Co-sponsors of the event include: Department of Native 
American Studies, 
>Indigenous Research Center of the Americas, Rumsey Rancheria 
Endowed 
>Chair in California Indian Studies, Chicana/Latina Research 
Center, 
>Hemispheric Institute of the Americas, Davis Humanities 
Institute, 
>Department of Spanish & Portuguese, American Cultures & 
Politics (ACAP) 
>Research Cluster, and the Indigenous Research Cluster (UC 
Santa Cruz). 
>System-wide co-sponsors include: UC Humanities Research 
Institute at UC 
>Irvine, the UC Consortium for Language Learning & Teaching, 
and the UC 
>Office of the President. The Ford Foundation Knowledge, 
Creativity, & 
>Freedom Program has also provided support for this event.
>
>The conference co-organizers are Professor Inés Hernández-
Avila (Native 
>American Studies) and Professor Stefano Varese (Native 
American 
>Studies). For further information, please call the 
Chicana/Latina 
>Research Center at (530) 752-8882.
>
>
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Anthony K. Webster, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology &
Native American Studies Minor
Southern Illinois University
Mail Code 4502
Carbondale, IL 62901-4502
618-453-5027