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Annual Conference
2017 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Conference
Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (US)
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
25-27 May 2017
This Year's Theme: Culture in the Age of Mass Debt
The Cultural Studies Association (CSA) invites proposals from its
current (as well as past and future) members for participation in its
fifteenth annual meeting. Proposals on all topics of relevance to
cultural studies are welcome, with priority given to proposals that
critically and creatively engage this year's highlighted theme.
Our theme title suggests that debt is massive, held by the masses, that
this sort of debt is historically specific to our era, and that such
extensive debt has an impact on culture. All of this has potential for
lively debate and discussion. We hope this theme will invite an
exploration of both theory and method at our annual conference as we ask
and attempt to answer such questions as: What does a cultural studies
approach to debt entail? How does cultural studies theorize the relation
of economic to cultural phenomena? Is debt embedded in social life? A
transhistorical component of social relations? The social bond itself?
Or is debt a new or newly significant aspect of contemporary capitalism?
How have social movements claimed, refused or forgiven various “debts”?
What alternatives to state policies of austerity--such as jubilee or
forgiveness--exist to debt? How are these political or personal,
economic or moral choices? How is debt represented?
Some theorists and activists see debt as the defining issue of our time
(Maurizio Lazzarato, Richard Dienst, David Graeber, Andrew Ross),
shaping our subjectivity as production and consumption have done in
prior moments. Others have encouraged a focus on the financialization of
capitalism, in which context debt is one financial instrument among many
and maybe not as impactful on or epitomizing of the current era as the
derivative (Martin). For others, debt must be understood as the product
of performative representational practices of accounting, that
constitute and reiterate social hierarchies through attributions of
credits and debts (Joseph), not limited to the financial. The Cultural
Studies Association welcomes investigations of any of these approaches
as well as new interventions in thinking about debt. We encourage
proposals to define debt in innovative ways and to complicate it with
interdisciplinary methods, theories, and texts.
Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to:
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The history of debt as both a cultural practice and financial
product governed by specific government policies.
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Differences between debt as practice, policy, and product across
time and space.
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The ideological narratives that undergird debt, austerity, and
jubilee and the institutions that promote and support those
narratives, including but not limited to the church, think tanks,
universities, and the mass media.
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Uses of debt as a weapon, in interpersonal, carceral, and
international settings
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Debates over reparations
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The reproduction of racial hierarchies through debt, such as
criminalization and the financial obligations imposed by the
criminal (in)justice system
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The impact of student debt on our work in the academy
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The impact of financialization on our universities
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Actions of resistance against the imposition of debt, including but
not limited to the Store Debt movement, the Rolling Jubilee, and the
Jubilee 2000.
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Securitization, as deployed in financial and policing contexts, and
the relation between those uses.
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Risk and precarity, as deployed vis-a-vis individualized
responsibility for physical danger, “at risk” populations, and as a
central component of economic praxis.
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The shifting bonds of debt, from the debt owed to community and
family to the debt owed to faceless financial institutions.
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Neoliberalism as a project of preserving the value of debt, and more
fully shifting the burden of debt from states to individuals, as
evidenced in health care, education, and housing.
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The affect of debt. Indebtedness and feelings of obligation, from
the debt that criminals supposedly pay by spending time in prison,
to the responsibilities we feel to care for dependants, to the
reparations that might be owed to whole populations that have been
systematically enslaved, exploited, oppressed.
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Scales of debt, from the “mass debt” of our title to the debts held
by specific communities or individuals.
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Questions of value, from debt and credit to ethical and moral, and
their overlaps.
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Accounting and accountability.
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Site-specific interventions, including those engaging with the
conference location or with Georgetown University’s recent
acknowledgement of its history of owning slaves and selling them off
to pay its debts.
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The growing crisis in Higher Education funding, particularly in the
U.S., where student debt now tops US$1 trillion, spawning movements
like the Strike Debt to advocate for mass action against this
unsustainable model.
We welcome proposals from scholars contributing to cultural studies who
may be located in any discipline, inter-discipline, or scholarly field.
CSA aims to provide multiple and diverse spaces for the
cross-pollination of art, activism, pedagogy, design, and research by
bringing together participants from a variety of positions inside and
outside the university. Therefore, while we welcome traditional academic
papers and panels, we also encourage contributions that experiment with
alternative formats and challenge the traditional disciplinary
formations and exclusionary conceptions and practices of the academic
(see session format options listed below). We are particularly
interested in proposals for sessions designed to document and advance
existing forms of collective action or catalyze new collaborations. We
encourage submissions from individuals working beyond the boundaries of
the university: artists, activists, independent scholars, professionals,
community organizers, and community college educators.
Important Dates:
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November 15, 2016: Submission System Opens (Membership
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/assoc_subscribe.asp> and
Registration also open -- You must be a member to submit!)
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February 1, 2017: Last Date for Submissions
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March 15, 2017: Notifications Sent Out
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April 15, 2017: Early Registration Ends and Late Registration Begins
(Registration fees increase by $50 for all categories.)
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May 1, 2017: Last day to register to participate in the conference –
your name will be dropped from the program if you do not register by
this date.
LOCATION
The 2017 conference will be held at Georgetown University, Washington
DC. The closest airport is Reagan National Airport (20 minutes). Lodging
options will include campus housing and a CSA hotel block in the
surrounding Georgetown/Rosslyn locale.
SUBMISSION PROCESS AND TIMELINE
All proposals should be submitted through Easy Chair using the links
supplied on the member page for the Annual Conference. Submission of
proposals is limited to current CSA members. See the benefits of
membership and become a member: Membership Application
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/assoc_subscribe.asp>.
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS include three complimentary conference
registrations annually for students. Graduate students who wish to
submit proposals are strongly encouraged to speak with their Department
Chair or Program Director about institutional membership and where
possible, make use of the complimentary registrations. Full benefits of
institutional membership are described here:
http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/institutions.
The submission system will be open by November 15, 2016. Please prepare
all the materials required to propose your session according to the
given directions before you begin electronic submission. All program
information – names, presentation titles, and institutional affiliations
– will be based on initial conference submissions. Please avoid lengthy
presentation and session titles, use normal capitalization, and include
your name and affiliations as you would like them to appear on the
conference program schedule.
REGISTRATION:
In order to participate in the conference and be listed in the program,
all those accepted to participate must register before May 1, 2017.
Register here.
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/assoc_subscribe.asp>
TRAVEL GRANTS
CSA offers a limited number of travel grants, for which graduate and
advanced undergraduate students can apply. Only those who are individual
members, have been accepted to participate, and have registered for the
conference are eligible to apply for a travel grant. Other details and
criteria are listed here:
Travel grants may be found here.
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/travelgrants>
Important Note about Technology Requests
Accepted participants should send their technology requests to Michelle
Fehsenfeld at (contact /at/ culturalstudiesassociation.org). Technology
requests must be made by May 1st.
CONFERENCE FORMATS
Note: While we accept individual paper proposals, we especially
encourage submissions of pre-constituted sessions. Proposals with
participants from multiple institutions will be given preference.
All sessions are 90 minutes long. All conference formats are intended to
encourage the presentation and discussion of projects at different
stages of development and to foster intellectual exchange and
collaboration. Please feel free to adapt the suggested formats or
propose others in order to suit your session’s goals. If you have any
questions, please address them to Michelle Fehsenfeld at:
(contact /at/ culturalstudiesassociation.org)
PRE-CONSTITUTED PAPER PANELS: Pre-constituted panels allow 3-4
individuals to each offer 15-20 minute presentations, leaving 30-45
minutes of the session for questions and discussion. Panels should have
a chair/moderator and may have a discussant. Proposals for
pre-constituted panels must include: the title of the panel; the name,
title affiliation, and contact information of the panel organizer; the
names, titles, affiliations, and email addresses of all panelists, and a
chair and/or discussant; a description of the panel's topic (<500
words); and abstracts for each presentation (<150 words).
Pre-constituted panels are preferred to individual paper submissions.
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Individuals may submit a proposal to present a 15-20
minute paper. Selected papers will be combined into panels at the
discretion of the Program Committee. Individual paper proposals must
include: the title of the paper; the name, title, affiliation, and email
address of the author; and an abstract of the paper (<500 words).
ROUNDTABLES: Roundtables allow a group of participants to convene with
the goal of generating discussion around a shared concern. In contrast
to panels, roundtables typically involve shorter position or dialogue
statements (5-10 minutes) in response to questions distributed in
advance by the organizer. The majority of roundtable sessions should be
devoted to discussion. Roundtables are limited to no more than five
participants, including the organizer. We encourage roundtables
involving participants from different institutions, centers, and
organizations. Proposals for roundtables must include: the title of the
roundtable; the name, title,
affiliation, and contact information of the roundtable organizer; the
names, titles, affiliations, and email addresses of the proposed
roundtable participants; and a description of the position statements,
questions, or debates that will be under discussion (<500 words).
PRAXIS SESSIONS: Praxis sessions allow a facilitator or facilitating
team to set an agenda, pose opening questions, and/or organize hands-on
participant activities, collaborations, or skill-shares. Successful
praxis sessions will be organized around a specific objective,
productively engage a cultural studies audience, and orient itself
towards participants with minimal knowledge of the subject matter.
Sessions organized around the development of ongoing creative, artistic,
and activist projects are highly encouraged. The facilitator or team is
responsible for framing the session, gathering responses and results
from participants, helping
everyone digest them, and (where applicable) suggesting possible fora
for extending the discussion. Proposals for praxis sessions must
include: the title of the session; the name, title, affiliation, and
contact information the facilitators; a brief statement explaining the
session’s
connection to the conference theme and describing the activities to be
undertaken (<500 words) and a short description of the session (<150
words) to appear in the conference program. Please direct any questions
about praxis sessions to Michelle Fehsenfeld at
(contact /at/ culturalstudiesassociation.org)
SEMINARS: Seminars are small-group (maximum 15 individuals) discussion
sessions for which participants prepare in advance of the conference. In
previous years, preparation has involved shared readings, pre-circulated
''position papers'' by seminar leaders and/or participants, and other
forms of pre-conference collaboration. We particularly invite proposals
for seminars designed to advance emerging lines of inquiry and
research/teaching initiatives within cultural studies broadly construed.
We also invite seminars designed to generate future collaborations among
conference attendees, particularly through the formation of working
groups. A limited number of seminars will be selected. Once the seminars
are chosen, a call for participants in those seminars will be announced
on the CSA webpage and listserv. Those who wish to participate in a
particular seminar must apply the seminar leader(s) directly by March
31, 2017. Seminar leader(s) will be responsible for providing the
program committee with a confirmed list of participants (names,
affiliations, and email addresses required) for inclusion in the
conference program no later than May 1, 2017. Seminars will be marked in
the conference programs as either closed to non-participants or open to
all conference attendees. Proposals for seminars should include: the
title of the seminar; the name, title, affiliation, and contact
information of the seminar leader(s); and a description of the issues
and questions that will be raised in discussion and an overview of the
work to be completed by participants in advance of the seminar (<500
words). Individuals interested in participating in (rather than leading)
a seminar should consult the list of seminars and the instructions for
signing up for them, to be available on the conference website by March 1st.
Please direct questions about seminars
(seminars /at/ culturalstudiesassociation.org). Please note that for them to
run at the conference, seminars accepted for inclusion by the program
committee must garner a minimum of 8 participants, including the seminar
leader(s).
AUTHOR MEETS CRITIC SESSIONS: Author Meets Critic Sessions are designed
to bring authors of recent books deemed to be important contributions to
the field of cultural studies together with discussants selected to
provide different viewpoints. Books published one to three years before
the conference (for example, for the 2013 conference, only books
published between 2010-2012 can be nominated) are eligible for
nomination. Only CSA members may submit nominations. Self-nominations
are not accepted.
WORKING GROUP <http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/workinggroups>
CALLS FOR PROPOSAL
WORKING GROUP SESSIONS: CSA has a number of ongoing working groups.
Working groups are encouraged to organize two sessions each. Working
Group submissions can can either be an individual paper or
pre-constituted panel and must be made through CSA’s online EasyChair
submission portal. Choose either the Working Group Panel or Working
Group Paper tracks, complete the submission information, and choose the
appropriate working group from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the
page. Specific Themed calls for some working groups are listed below;
check the Working Groups page of the CSA website for the most updated
calls: http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/workinggroups.
The following Working Groups are also soliciting submissions. As about
half of attendees participate in a sessions sponsored by a working group
that serves as the conference home for many scholars.
MAKE(R) SPACE
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIsJ92DBSG2bTljDdlWS1Z9jGtporbyPmFSVZp29cdA/edit?invite=CMLyo-sK&ts=581cedd5#heading=h.fdpzl38rncpz>CRITICAL
FEMINIST STUDIES WORKING GROUP
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/criticalfeministstudies>CULTURE
AND WAR WORKING GROUP
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/cultureandwar>
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIsJ92DBSG2bTljDdlWS1Z9jGtporbyPmFSVZp29cdA/edit?invite=CMLyo-sK&ts=581cedd5#heading=h.d145qfna8i3w>ENVIRONMENT,
SPACE, AND PLACE WORKING GROUP
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/environmentspaceplace>
GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE WORKING
GROUP<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/globlizationandculture>
CRITICAL PEDAGOGY WORKING GROUP
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/criticalpedagogies>
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE WORKING
GROUP<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/technologyandculture>
THEORIES OF CULTURAL STUDIES WORKING GROUP
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/theories>
VISUAL CULTURE WORKING GROUP
<http://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/visualculture>
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIsJ92DBSG2bTljDdlWS1Z9jGtporbyPmFSVZp29cdA/edit?invite=CMLyo-sK&ts=581cedd5#heading=h.1k5qh6lpiupq>PERFORMANCE
WORKING GROUP
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIsJ92DBSG2bTljDdlWS1Z9jGtporbyPmFSVZp29cdA/edit?invite=CMLyo-sK&ts=581cedd5#heading=h.h8q9vvehvqs8>ETHNOGRAPHY
WORKING
GROUP<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIsJ92DBSG2bTljDdlWS1Z9jGtporbyPmFSVZp29cdA/edit?invite=CMLyo-sK&ts=581cedd5#heading=h.7pe3i0aygqyx>
MAKE(R) SPACE
The Make(r) Space is a space for the collaborative and praxis driven
portions of Cultural Studies – making space for art, making space for
political activism, making space for new modes of knowledge exchange. It
is our goal that this space will be created for those that
have been historically and systemically left out of these conversations:
artists, activists, poets, and other cultural critics and makers. We
want to create a space that helps the CSA fulfill some of the implicit
praxis portion of its goals to “create and promote an effective
community of cultural studies practitioners and scholars.” Building on
the poets, dancers, painters, and activists already interested in the
space, we welcome proposals for exhibits, performances, workshops, skill
shares, story telling, and other ways of meaning-making and art-making
in the world. We especially encourage Make(r) Space submissions from
individuals working beyond the boundaries of the university: artists,
activists, independent scholars, professionals, community organizers,
contingent faculty, and community college educators. In the spirit of
this year’s theme, Culture in the Age of Mass Debt, and building on the
work done at last year’s CSA conference we will be utilizing a portion
of the Make(r)Space to make space for a visual representation and
discussion of debt and risk.
Please email Make(r)Space submissions by February 1, 2017 to:
(makerspace /at/ culturalstudiesassociation.org)
(Notification and registration deadlines are the same as for all
conference participants.)
PANEL CHAIRS: We are always in need of people to serve as panel chairs.
To volunteer to do so please submit your name, title, affiliation, and
email address, as well as a brief list of your research interests to
(sean.johnson.andrews /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(sean.johnson.andrews /at/ gmail.com)>,
Chair of the Program Committee.
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