[ecrea] CFP Spaces of Alterity: Conceptualising Counter-Hegemonic Sites, Practices and Narratives

>Conference: Call for Papers:
>
>Spaces of Alterity: Conceptualising 
>Counter-Hegemonic Sites, Practices and Narratives
>
>University of Nottingham, UK
>28th-29th April 2011
>
>Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
>China Miéville and Dr. Alberto Toscano
>
>This two day international conference for 
>postgraduate and early career researchers 
>explores interdisciplinary conceptions and 
>representations of radical, counter-hegemonic space.
>
>As concerns grow over such issues as spatial 
>privatisation, commodification and 
>homogenisation, surveillance, extra-legal 
>spaces, social and political â¬Ünon-spacesâ¬", 
>and the loss of common or public spaces, so too 
>a plethora of interventionsacross genre and 
>disciplinaary boundarieshave been launched in 
>opposition to these trends. EExamples are 
>diverse, and can be found, for example, in 
>literary studies of estranging narratives in 
>contemporary fiction; spatial representations in 
>film, TV and new media; the creation of critical 
>spaces of alterity in political activism (such 
>as semi-autonomous zones); psychogeographical 
>spatial strategies, and philosophical and 
>theoretical conceptions of counter-hegemonic space.
>
>We invite proposals for papers of 20 minutes 
>from candidates across the arts and humanities, 
>welcoming individual papers as well as group 
>panels that respond to these and other 
>conceptions of counter-hegemonic â¬SSpaces of 
>Alterity⬝. Possible research questions include, but are not limited to:
>
>What estranging utopian, dystopian, 
>post-apocalyptic and science fiction spaces of 
>alterity are being utilised in contemporary 
>aesthetic and cultural productions, e.g. film, 
>literature, TV, art, computer games?
>
>How do these narratives travel across media and 
>what changes occur when they are adapted, 
>reworked and transformed? What research 
>questions are raised by such collaborations, 
>transmissions and intermedial dialogues?
>
>How can we approach traditionally-understood 
>print and audio-visual texts in relation to 
>virtual spaces of alterity, such as fan-based 
>communities, social networking sites and other 
>sites developed through user-generated content (UGC)?
>
>What are the relationships between textual 
>spaces of alterity and non-textual forums, communities and dialogues?
>
>What physical spaces of alterity are being 
>constructed in contemporary urban environments?
>
>How are such spaces critical, oppositional or 
>subversive and how do they draw on the 
>contributions of local communities and organisations?
>  How do spaces of alterity which are informed 
> by traditionally-understood â¬Stexts⬝ 
> function on the Internet and how can they 
> inform our understanding of filmic, visual and 
> literary textual methodologies and approaches?
>
>What forms can counter-hegemonic, avant-garde, 
>or â¬Üsubtractiveâ¬" spaceswhich can be 
>spatial, but also temporal or conceptuualtake?
>  What political, artistic, or scientific 
> practices can such spaces foster? How does 
> distance from institutions help form 
> alternative political, literary and artistic practices?
>
>Abstracts of 250-300 words should be sent by 
>email as a Word attachment to 
>(spacesofalterity /at/ gmail.com) by Wednesday 3rd 
>November 2010 and should include name, 
>affiliation, e-mail address, title of paper and 4 keywords.
>
>Conference website:
>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cultural-studies/research/conferences.aspx
>
>Speakers:
>
>China Miéville is a distinguished â¬SWeird 
>Fiction⬝ novelist, activist, and lecturer in 
>creative writing at the University of Warwick. 
>His publications include King Rat (1998), Perido 
>Street Staion (2000), and Iron Council (2004). 
>In 2010 he won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for an 
>unprecedented second time with his latest novel, The City and the City (2009).
>
>Alberto Toscano is senior lecturer in Philosophy 
>at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has 
>published extensively on social and political 
>subjectivity, biopolitics, and the philosophy of Alain Badiou.

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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