Call for Papers: Not PowerPoint Again!
Presenting research on women in popular culture differently.
University of York, UK, 23rd April 2010
Are you bored of the traditional conference
paper? Tired of watching a presenter stand and
read off a script while pointing to an ill
thought-out PowerPoint display? Nervous of
presenting in a way that feels alien or doesn?t support your research?
Then come along to our Day School where we are
experimenting with different and alternative ways of presenting research.
Our aim for the day is to encourage
participants from all disciplines to deliver
research in inspiring ways. By thinking of
different ways to present our research we can
spark new perspectives, imagining different
angles and approaches that we may never have
considered before. We hope to attract
presenters from a range of disciplines and
thus intend to question the rigid lines of
disciplinary thought that we so often become
constrained by. The day school will facilitate
this interdisciplinary integration by
providing an atmosphere of experimentation and questioning.
We want to encompass presentations from as
many disciplines as possible; the topics may include, but are not limited to:
? Music
? Sporting women
? Representations of weddings, marriage and divorce
? Women on film and TV
? Magazine culture
? Books
? Gardening
? Representations of religion
? The Internet
We hope to encourage discussions around how
presenting differently may lead to thinking
differently about research in academia; how
presenting differently helps the researcher
and the audience to engage with ?papers?; and
whether experimental presentations really can
have a place in traditional academic circles.
As the day is geared to presenting in
innovative and engaging ways you may wish to
present your paper using, for example:
performance art, workshops, short films, live
experiments, music, dance or other interactive
methods. The design is entirely up to you.
To take part in this Day School please submit
a summary of your presentation or a Storyboard
(both of which must outline your proposed
topic, the mode of your presentation, how long
it will take, and what equipment you will
need) to (notpowerpointagain /at/ yahoo.co.uk) by 14th February 2010.
An example Storyboard is attached. If you have
any questions please email (notpowerpointagain /at/ yahoo.co.uk)
For more information see http://notpowerpointagain.blogspot.com/
We look forward to seeing you there!
Julia Carter and Rosemary Hill
Centre for Women?s Studies
University of York
