[ecrea] CFP: Disruptions - Canadian Association of Cultural Studies 2016 Conference

CFP: Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Biennial Conference

January 14-17, 2016
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
*/Disruptions/*
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The Canadian Association of Cultural Studies invites proposals /on all
topics of relevance to cultural studies/ from both current and future
members for its upcoming conference.
The conference theme, /Disruptions/,//encourages submissions devoted to
exploring disruptions in and of culture. This may include papers that
investigate intentional and unintentional, local and global
disruptions of established systems or dominant orders; the potential of
disruptions to engender shifts in cultural, social, economic,
environmental, biopolitical, etc. conditions; forms of activism, social
mobilization, and other collective/grassroots based disruptions. Of
particular interest this year are papers that address disruptions of
cultural ideologies, assumptions, and hegemonies around race, racial
construction, and racialization in their various forms. We seek to
generate discussion about disruptive cultures and practices. Are such
disruptionsdestructive or productive? Cultural or countercultural? Brief
or enduring? Do they stem from utopic or dystopic social and cultural
visions? Do they produce new cultural forms or reify pre-existing ones?
Aredisruptions a normative dimension of culture? What are the ethics of
disruptive practices? Who/what is affected when disruptions fail,
backfire, or are appropriated? Do disruptive practices require privilege
or address disenfranchisement?
We particularly encourage and welcome papers that explore;
- Disruptions (or interruptions) of held assumptions about race, racial
identity, processes of racialization
-       Social mobilizations/cultural change that may result from such
disruptions (including, but not limited to, critical discussions about
racial profiling, carding, police brutality, truth and reconciliation,
idle no more, etc.)
-       Global disruptions of flows of people, goods, ideas and capital
-       (More specifically) disruptions in diasporic formation, refugee
crises, disruptions of human mobility, etc.
- Disruptions of systems of cultural production, consumption, and
representation
-       Disruptive technology and media
-       Forms of disruptions, ruptures, interruptions, or fractures in
political, economic, environmental, technical, communicative, education
and/or other cultural systems
-       The theoretical and methodological tools that help us understand
such disruptions
*/Submission Guidelines/*:
Please submit electronically to (cacs /at/ wlu.ca) <mailto:(cacs /at/ wlu.ca)> an
abstract (appended as a .doc or a .docx attachment) of no more than 300
words by Oct. 5, 2015. Please include with your proposal, a paper title,
your name and affiliation, 5-8 keywords that represent the major foci of
your proposal. Notifications will be sent out in early November. Early
bird registration for the conference will open Nov. 9, 2015 at
http://cacs-acec.ca/. Regular registration fees will apply after Dec. 4,
2015.
*/Host/Location/*:
This conference is hosted at Wilfrid Laurier University, located in
Waterloo, Ontario (Canada). Waterloo is located in southwestern Ontario,
approximately 110km from Toronto. The city is easily accessed from
Toronto Pearson Airport. There are also direct flights into the Waterloo
International Airport from Chicago and Calgary (with connections to
Vancouver, Edmonton, and other major western cities). VIA Rail service
runs to the city from Montreal, Toronto and points west (Windsor,
London, etc.). GO train and bus service also connects Waterloo to
Toronto. WLU is one of Canada's fastest growing universities and is home
to a vibrant Faculty of Arts, which houses one of only a handful of
dedicated Cultural Studies
<https://www.wlu.ca/programs/arts/undergraduate/cultural-studies-ba/> 
programs
in the country. It is also home to several research groups and centres
including conference co-sponsor the International Migration Research
Centre <http://imrc.ca/>, the Centre for International Governance
Innovation (CIGI <http://www.cigionline.org/>), and the Balsillie School
of International Affairs <https://www.balsillieschool.ca/>, where the
conference will be located. As a city located in the heart of Canada's
"Technology Triangle," home to institutions ranging from the Perimeter
Institute for Theoretical Physics <http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/> to
arts institutions including CAFKA <http://www.cafka.org/> (Contemporary
Art Forum, Kitchener and Area) and The Museum
<http://www.themuseum.ca/>, it is a place that often sees cultural
production at the intersection of science, technology and the arts.
Further information about Wilfrid Laurier University, and the Waterloo
Region (including transportation and accommodation) will be available on
our website; http://www.cacs-acec.ca/. Check back for updates.

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