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Call for Papers
"Shifting the Geography of Reason: Music, Rhythm, and Movement"
2010 Annual Meeting
Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA)
University of Cartagena
Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
11-14 August 2010
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The Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA) invites proposals from
scholars in any discipline who aim to "shift the geography of reason"
by exploring critical, theoretical, and creative questions about or
relating to the Caribbean, its Diaspora, and the "global south" more
generally, including the South in the North. We particularly welcome
North-South and South-South intersections and/or dialogues. In
recognition of the central importance of music, dance, festivals, and
performance in the Caribbean, this meeting will focus on shifting the
geography and biography of reason through music, rhythm, and
movement. Both, paper and panel proposals that address the broader
and ongoing organizing theme of the CPA ("Shifting the Geography of
Reason"), and those that focus on any of the specific themes
highlighted in this year's conference, are welcome. We invite
explorations of race and racism, gender, colonization and
decolonization, sexuality, imperialism, and migration, social and
intellectual movements, and related areas, not only in the Caribbean,
but globally. We accept proposals in English, French, and Spanish.
Send submissions for panels and abstracts of individual presentations
by March 31st, 2010, by email to: [email protected]
Abstracts should succinctly state the problem(s) addressed and
identify the sources used in one paragraph to one page per individual
presentation. All titles must include the name of the presenter, the
highest university degree obtained, and the current institutional
affiliation, if any.
Panel presentations must include a description of the panel as well
as title and abstracts of individual presentations and the basic
biographical information (as listed above) of each presenter. The
maximum number of presenters per panel is four, in addition to a
moderator. The fourth panelist could be a presenter or a commentator.
We will also consider submissions of two to three interconnected
panels on key issues that relate to the main theme of the conference.
These panels will take place at different days and times throughout
the conference to be determined by the organizing committee. We also
encourage panels that seek to establish dialogues among scholars, and
artists, professionals, activists, and community leaders who are in
dialogue with intellectual and scholarly work.
Presenters are expected to pay conference fees and membership to the
association as well. More information and the form to submit payments
can be found at: http://www.caribbeanphilosophicalassociation.org
The Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA) is a non-profit
organization founded on June 14, 2002 at the Center for Caribbean
Thought at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica. The
principle goal of the CPA is to support the free exchange of ideas
and foster an intellectual community that is truly representative of
the diversity of voices and perspectives that is paradigmatic of, but
not limited to, the Caribbean. The Caribbean is thus understood not
solely as a geopolitical region, but more generally as a trope to
investigate certain dimensions of the multiple undersides of
modernity. Likewise, philosophy is conceived, not as an isolated
academic discipline, but as rigorous theoretical reflection about
fundamental problems faced by humanity. Understood in this way,
Caribbean philosophy is a transdisciplinary form of interrogation
informed by scholarly knowledges as well as by practices and artistic
expressions that elucidate fundamental questions that emerge in
contexts of *discovery,* conquest, racial, gender, and sexual
domination, genocide, dependency, and exploitation as well as
freedom, emancipation, and decolonization. Previous annual
conferences have taken place in Barbados, Puerto Rico, Montreal
(Canada), Jamaica, Guadaloupe, and Miami (USA). The CPA offers two
prizes every year: the Frantz Fanon prize for outstanding book on
Caribbean philosophy, and the Nicolás Guillén prize for outstanding
literary work.
Contact:
Caribbean Philosophical Association
Marquette University
PO Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
USA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.caribbeanphilosophicalassociation.org
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