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The Department of Liberal Arts at the Savannah College of
Art and Design (SCAD-Atlanta campus) is requesting proposals for
the Second Caribbean Arts and Culture Symposium to be held on
June 25-26, 2008.
The symposium will be held on the Atlanta, Georgia campus of
SCAD (www.scad.edu)
located at 1600 Peachtree Street, NE in Atlanta's popular
Midtown District and at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on
African American Culture and History located on Historic Auburn
Avenue in Downtown Atlanta.
The theme of the Second Caribbean Arts and Culture
Symposium is
The Caribbean Artistic and Cultural Tradition in a Globalizing
World.
Organizers of the symposium are interested in receiving
proposals from faculty, independent scholars, graduate students,
undergraduate students, artists, and designers working in the
literary, visual, performing, design, and communication arts as
well as social, cultural, and historical studies. ALL
TOPICS WILL BE CONSIDERED. POSSIBLE TOPICS MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO:
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*Criticism and
Popular Culture
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*The Global,
Postmodern, and Postcolonial
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*Caribbean Design:
Architecture and Fashion
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*Caribbean Influences
on Global Art and Design
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*Technology and
Transformation
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*Rastafarianism as a
Global Movement
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*Caribbean
Reflections in a Post - 9/11 World
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*Caribbean
Performance and Imitation
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*Tracing Traditions:
Art, History, and Politics
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*Carnival and
Junkanoo
Proposals
are sought in three categories:
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1) Professors,
independent scholars, artists, and designers
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2) Graduate students
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3) Undergraduate
students
Please indicate
your status in the proposal. Proposals should be no more than
one-page and provide the title and thesis of the paper, panel,
or roundtable discussion. For proposed panel sessions, the title
of the panel is requested as well as the title and thesis of
each presenter's paper. For proposed roundtable discussions,
provide the title of the discussion group, names of
participants, and tentative topics for discussion. All proposals
must include name, mailing address, email address, and telephone
number(s). Papers must have a reading time of no more than
twenty (20) minutes. Roundtable discussions are limited to
forty-five (45) minutes.
Please note AV and other equipment requests in the proposal.
Please submit proposals no later than Wednesday, May 1, 2008
by traditional mail or email to:
Dr. Akilah Emily Williams, Director
Caribbean Arts and Culture Symposium
Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta
Department of Liberal Arts
1600 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
ewilliam@scad.edu
Telephone inquiries may be made at 404-253-3194.
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