Here's a forwarded conference announcement...Stefanie ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- CONFERENCE NOTICE AND SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS : FEMINISM/POSTMODERNISM/POSTFEMINISM November 17 - 19th 1995 at Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa (New Zealand). This conference offers a space for an encounter between feminist and postmodernist thinking in Aotearoa, along three thematic threads : (1) critiques of epistemology Participants might for example address issues around the claim that there can be no feminist politics without an ontologically grounded feminist subject; how are we to theorise the 'multiple subject' of feminism(s); the political implications of various standpoint theories; how can universalisms like 'patriarchy' and 'phallogocentrism' be reframed to avoid the implicit cultural imperialism of white feminist epistemologies ... (2) politics and power Participants might for example address issues around the implications of critiques of the binary logics for the location of the 'subaltern'; what are the critical relations between feminism's modernist conceptual structures and postcolonialism and poststructuralism; does the problematising of "the real" by poststructuralist informed feminism(s) lead to moral relativism and avoids addressing political strategising about rape, and sexual oppressions; ... (3) hybrid bodies Participants might for example articulate specific sites in which postmodern theorising of bodies problematises "real" bodies, while exploring the 'extra-discursive' - AIDS bodies; postcolonial bodies; the medicalisation of midwifery; legal discourses of transsexualism; male lesbianism; bodysize; mental health; queerness .... Participants are invited to address the theme(s) critically and imaginatively and (where possible) with reference to the cultural context of Aotearoa. Twelve papers only will be selected from those submitted by the deadline July 16th. Papers should be no longer than 30 pages and may be submitted on paper or disk to the address below. The selected papers will be circulated to all who have registered for the conference by Oct. 1st. It is intended that this will facilitate lively and useful debates over the conference weekend. The papers will be published as a book, edited by the conference facilitators : Dr Lynne Alice (Women's Studies) and Dr Lynne Star (Media Studies). An early registration form follows and should be reply emailed or posted to : FEMINISM/POSTMODERNISM/POSTFEMINISM Women's Studies Massey University Box 11 - 222 Palmerston North Aotearoa/New Zealand ___________________ REGISTRATION FORM FEMINISM/POSTMODERNISM/POSTFEMINISM November 17 - 19th 1995 at Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa (New Zealand). NAME........................................................................ UNIVERSITY/WORK AFFILIATION................... CONTACT ADDRESS................................................ I INTEND TO GIVE A PAPER : YES.......NO..... TITLE OF PAPER......................................................... WORKING ABSTRACT......................................... I INTEND TO COME AS A DISCUSSANT IN THE FOLLOWING AREA(S) : (1) critiques of epistemology................................ (2) politics and power........................................... (3) hybrid bodies.................................................... INFORMATION ABOUT FEES AND ACCOMODATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU ON RECEIPT OF THIS FORM ______________________________
