FYI. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- WE are in the process of getting together the registration forms and confirming speakers for some of the events. However the general program has been set. This is outlined below as is the call for papers. Note all those interested in giving a paper the due date for abstracts is now 23 Feb. SUB/VERSIONS: Challening feminisms in contempory formations. Call for papers and the program outline. call for papers o call for papers o call for papers o call for papers SUBVERSIONS 27 - 28 April 1996 Graduate Centre, The University of Melbourne The conference aims to explore the impact which feminisms in the academy have on social change, and to discuss the directions of feminisms in the academy are going and how they are being informed by issues of race, class and technologies. The first day of the conference will focus on the coincidence of activism and academia, by looking at the intersections and collisions of feminist theories and practices. A critical examination of the viability of feminism as a site of identification will be the point of departure in a discussion of activisms and community politics, including such issues as land rights, representation, environmentalism, anti-racism, law, sexual violence and human rights issues. The second day will focus on technologies and subversive practices. Issues arising may include: What connections can be mapped between virtuality and activisms in terms of class, race, gender, age and sexuality? Is cyberspace likely to prove a fertile terrain for the creation of new feminist subversions and the building of alternative, virtual communities? What are the potentialities of virtuality for identity formation and for reformulating approaches to subjectivity and feminist practices? Practical hands-on workshops on how to use the net will also be conducted. It is anticipated that papers will not only critically discuss feminisms' relations to technology, but also the politics of virtuality around and beyond technology. The conference will end with a plenary on _Tactical Identities_ - a look at how identity and subjectivity may be understood as the "necessary error of identity" (G. Spivak) and what this "error" could mean for the formation of a variety of political agendas. All correspondence is to be directed to: Subversions University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association Graduate Centre, The University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria 3052 Phone: (03) 9344 8657 Fax: (03) 9347 1257 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Abstracts are due 23 February, 1996. The abstract should be no more than 300 words. Successful applicants will be notified by Thursday 29 th February and invited to submit a full paper by 12 April, 1996 for purpose of publishing a conference proceedings journal. Presentations can be in any format and can be individual or group papers. The following information should accompany the abstract: Title of submission; Names of all contributors; Address, Phone number and, if applicable, email address of contact person. PROGRAM OUTLINE Saturday 27 April 10 - 11|Registration 11 - 12||Keynote Speaker : The subversive potentials of feminisms within the academy - where is feminism going? how is it informed by issues of race, class and technologies? Possible speakers for this include Dr Vandana Shiva, Dr Annamarie Jagose, Dr Moira Gatens. All of these women are professional, well known figures in the field of feminism. It is intended that the keynote speaker will speak in their area of expertise relating it to the coincidence of activism and academia in their own writings and experience, as well as how they understand feminisms as points of depature for subversive practices within and outside of the academy. 12 - 1||Lunch 1.15 - 3.00|Forum for papers: Theory vs Practice: Feminism in the academy today. This section will be composed of papers that arise from the call for papers. Issues presented will be contingent on those raised by the keynote speaker and by submissions received for papers. Topics anticipated include activism and community politics; where feminism is located in the academy and its location in "non traditional" areas for women, and feminist pedagogy and epistemology. 3.00 - 3.15|Afternoon Tea|| 3.15 - 5.00|Panel Discussion: The political potentialities of feminism. Issues to be underscored here include exploring how feminism may provide a site from which to become involved in politics at all levels. e.g. land rights, law, activism, policy formation, state and human rights issues. Speakers organised for this session are Adrian Howe, Jenna Mead, Catherine Gow and Lesley Podesta. 7.00 pm||Dinner and entertainment Sunday 28 April New technologies and new subversions 10 am ||Feminist Politics on the net Panel discussion on how feminists are using technology as a medium for subversion. Audrey Yue, Zoe Sofoulis and Virginia Barret will be among the panel members presenting papers in this section. 11.30||Morning Tea 12 - 1||Workshops and forum for papers: A feminist critique of the internet It is anticipated that the workshops will provide practical sessions in which delegates will gain hands on experience in using the internet for research, networking and activism. In addition forums will run concurrently in which there will be critical discussions relating to the use of the internet as a medium for feminist activism and feminist based research. || 1 - 2 pm||LUNCH 2.00||Workshops and forum for papers: The Political Climate of Virtuality An exploration of the potentialities of virtuality for identity formation and for reformulating approaches to subjectivity and feminist practices. It is anticipated that papers will not only crtically discuss feminisms' relations with technology, but also the politics of virtuality around and beyond technology. 4.00 pm||Afternoon tea 4.30 pm||Closing panel: Tactical Identities. A look at how identity and subjectivity may be understood as the necessary error of identity ( Spivak) and what this error could mean for the formation of a variety of political agendas. Speakers for this session include: Adele Murdolo and Sue O'Sullivan. 5.30 pm||Drinks JOAN C. 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