[Englecturers] Call for Papers and Digital Artwork: The Future of Writing, UC Irvine

[John Ganim]

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>UCHRI on behalf of Jonathan Alexander, UC Irvine:
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>Call for Papers and Call for Digital Artwork
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>“The Future of Writing”
>University of California, Irvine
>November 6-7, 2008
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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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>“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?
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>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.
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>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.”
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>Please limit your proposal abstract to 300-500 
>words and submit it via email, by June 1, to Dr. 
>Jonathan Alexander, UC Irvine: <mailto:jfalexan at uci.edu>jfalexan at uci.edu
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>There will be no conference registration fees. 
>Participants from out of town will be expected to secure their own lodging.
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>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 <mailto:jfalexan at uci.edu>jfalexan at uci.edu.
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>Jonathan Alexander, PhD
>Campus Writing Coordinator
>Associate Professor of English
>University of California, Irvine
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