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Building Bridges in the City and Beyond: Languages, Communities, and Cultures Conference April 11 & 12, 2008
Call For Papers
The goal of this conference is to build bridges among educators, scholars, artists, activists, residents, city planners, and public officials whose respective work engages issues of "the city" or "city life." The conference will have two main thrusts: 1) to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue about issues of language, community and culture in the contemporary city and its surroundings; 2) to promote dialogue about these issues as they relate specifically to Baltimore City.
Possible Topics
- art
- borders
- mapping
- city/counties
- murals
- citizenship
- neighborhoods
- communication
- outsiders and outlaws
- communities
- places
- cultures
- planning
- ethnography
- policy
- filmmaking
- political economy
- genders
- pragmatics
- gentrification
- public discourse
- geographies
- storytelling
- graffiti
- spaces
- identities
- sexualities
- immigrants
- urban/suburban
- intercultural
- verbal/visual languages
Papers and presentations will be selected for inclusion on the basis of merit. All submissions must contain the following information for all proposed speakers.
- Name
- Affiliation
- E-mail address
- Mailing address, phone, and fax number
- Title of paper or presentation
- Brief description / summary of paper or presentation (250-300 words)
Organizers of panels, workshops, discussion circles or breakout sessions must provide the above information for each participant, together with their own contact information, and a brief description/summary (250-300 words) of the overall rationale for the proposed panel or session.
The preferred method of communication is e-mail. Be sure to include your e-mail address when contacting conference organizers. Please send inquiries and abstracts to: llcbaltimore@gmail.com