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UCHRI on behalf of Jonathan Alexander, UC Irvine:<br><br>
</font>Call for Papers and Call for Digital Artwork<br><br>
“The Future of Writing”<br>
University of California, Irvine<br>
November 6-7, 2008<br>
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Networked communications technologies have become a significant part of
American life, resulting in a nearly unprecedented generation of a
variety of multimediated texts, many graphically rich and collaboratively
written. The Pew Internet and American Life Project reports that
“Internet penetration has now reached 73% for all American adults.
Internet users note big improvements in their ability to shop and the way
they pursue hobbies and personal interests online.” The emergence and
growing use of social networking sites have contributed to a significant
rise in the production of individual and group Websites through which
people and communicates construct, debate, and disseminate online
identities, personal ideas, and group values. Again, Pew reports that
“Internet users ages 12 to 28 years old have embraced the online
applications that enable communicative, creative, and social uses”
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http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/c/2/topics.asp</a>).<br><br>
“The Future of Writing” is a mini-conference (November 6-7, 2008)
designed to bring together scholars across the UC system and a cadre of
nationally recognized experts to explore how the new communications
technologies, particularly the Internet, are challenging previous
conceptions of what “writing” is. Through a range of panels,
demonstrations, and an art exhibit, participants will consider the
following: How are new communications technologies changing the way
people "compose," "write," and "author"?
How do collaborative writing spaces and social networking challenge the
concepts of “text” and “author”? How are emerging emphases on visual
literacies shifting what we think of as writing? And, finally, how do
such changes and shifts challenge us as instructors to reconsider and
potentially re-conceive educational spaces?<br><br>
We invite proposals for panels (70 mins) and individual presentations (15
mins) that engage the conference themes and that addresstheoretically,
pedagogically, or bothwhat the “future of writing” might (or could, or
should) be.<br><br>
We also invite proposals for digital art work that addresses the themes
of the conference. Please submit a URL (linking to photos of work you
wish to present) with an accompanying abstract describing how your piece
speaks to the “future of writing.”<br><br>
Please limit your proposal abstract to 300-500 words and submit it via
email, by June 1, to Dr. Jonathan Alexander, UC Irvine:
<a href="mailto:jfalexan@uci.edu">jfalexan@uci.edu</a><br><br>
There will be no conference registration fees. Participants from out of
town will be expected to secure their own lodging.<br><br>
This conference is sponsored by UC, Irvine’s HumaniTech and the Office of
the Campus Writing Coordinator. For more information, contact Dr.
Jonathan Alexander at
<a href="mailto:jfalexan@uci.edu">jfalexan@uci.edu</a>.<br><br>
_____________________<br>
Jonathan Alexander, PhD<br>
Campus Writing Coordinator<br>
Associate Professor of English<br>
University of California, Irvine<br><br>
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