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Call for Papers "Collected and Collective Identities" 2008 NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN (USA) 28-29 March 2008 __________________________________________________ This conference seeks to further conversation concerning the creation and structure of collectivities as well as the relationship of these collectivities to their members and the social world. Collectivities often serve as the public representations of the private self and, as such, provide an important intersection between internal subject and the external manifestation of identity. In short, these collectivities determine how we define ourselves, how others define us, and how the social world is organized. The nexus of presentation and representation in collectivities and their members suggests many questions about the construction of the self in the world: How can we connect to and communicate with one another? Are fragmentary, multiple, or hybrid identities possible to hold both publicly and privately? Is a global collectivity possible? What does it mean to be a member of a collective? How are multiple interpretations of a collective reconciled? Nexus 2008 seeks to discuss these questions of collectivity across disciplines, in the context of an increasingly global and virtually interconnected world. It is our hope that, by facilitating these discussions, we can explore the intersections of these forms of identification that we collect for ourselves and hold in common with others. We welcome submissions from all disciplines, including activists and scholars without academic affiliation. Abstracts (250-300 words) are invited on a broad range of topics including but not limited to the following: Cosmopolitanisms Counterpublics Border Cultures Virtual Communities Collective Memory Fraternity and Sorority: Gendered Communities Urban Planning National Identity Fundamentalist/Extremist Communities American and International Regionalisms Organized Dissent Queer Cultures Families and Domesticities Linguistic Communities Ethics of Interaction Exile, Immigration, and Refugee Deadlines for Submission: December 15, 2007. Keynote Speaker: Brent Hayes Edwards (Columbia University) Creative Speaker: Shelley Jackson (www.ineradicablestain.com) Contact: NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference 301 McClung Tower University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 USA Email: [email protected] Web: http://web.utk.edu/~nexus __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
