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From: Adrienne Shaw <community at icahdq.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 9:49 AM
Subject: ICA GLBT: Preconference Reminder!
To: adrienneshaw13 at gmail.com


Greetings and Happy New Year to those on the Gregorian calendar,

Just a reminder that the deadline for submitting to our Preconference
is January 20th. The call is below as a reminder.

To clarify, following the unconference style you are not submitting
research papers to this preconference. You are proposing discussions,
workshops, skill shares, problem-solving sessions, etc. Unconferences
are all about participation and discussion. If you want to
participate, but not lead a session, you will still need to register
as a participant.

Let us know if you have any questions,
Adrienne Shaw and Travers Scott
ICA GLBT Chairs


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Call for Proposals
ICA Preconference/Unconference on
Technologies of Sex and Gender: Queer Theories and Subjects

Sponsored by the Gay Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Studies Interest Group
9 am- 4 pm, May 22, 2014
University of Washington, Department of Communication
Cost: Free

This ICA preconference brings together scholars, activists, and
artists working on gender, sexuality, communication, media, and
technology to examine, debate, and plan new projects, including:
· Investigating how the strategies activists and artists have
developed in this field can transform academic research practice, as
well as how academics can contribute to activist and artistic
technology projects

· Providing an interdisciplinary environment in which LGBT, queer, and
gender-nonconforming technology scholars, activists, and artists can
network with each other, learn about current work in these fields,
forge partnerships, and develop new collaborative projects

· Creating applications, games, and art that explore, celebrate, or
undermine sexualized and gendered subjectivities.

· Researching how LGBT, queer, and gender nonconforming populations
employ technologies in specific historical and cultural contexts
(particularly by looking at the intersections of gender, race,
nationality, class, and sexuality in these contexts)

· Discussing how queer, transgender, and feminist theories can be
brought to bear on technology research, and how these fields can and
must transform each other in the process

· Exploring how queer, transgender, and feminist theories can be
integrated into technology design practice

· Ascertaining how scholars have used and can use technologies to
study sexual- and gender-nonconforming communities, including their
own


The preconference’s goal is to provoke encounters that would set in
motion future collaborations and networks among artists, activists,
and scholars. It utilizes the “unconference” format, in which
participants, rather than organizers, decide on the agenda from among
their own submitted proposals. This allows for more intensive
interaction, higher-level conversations, and a more engaged,
productive experience than traditional academic conferences.

SCHEDULE AND FORMAT:
· Today: You read this CFP.

· By January 20: You submit a Session Leader or Participation proposal
to ica.glbt at gmail.com. See below for a description of the proposal
format.

· February 1: The organizers will send an acceptance letter to
everyone who has submitted a proposal. All proposals will be posted on
the Technologies of Sex and Gender website.

· February 1 – April 30: All applicants comment online on the
proposals, voting for the sessions they are likely to attend and
offering suggestions for changes and additions.

· May 10: The organizers create and post a working schedule for the
preconference and notify session applicants of the likelihood of their
session being included.


May 22: The unconference
· The first morning session will introduce the unconference format.
Attendees will take part in an open vote on the schedule, making
suggestions, changes, or additions. The schedule will be finalized in
this first session, after which the other sessions will begin.
Depending on level of interest and number of attendees, there may be
simultaneous sessions.

· Sessions will proceed throughout the morning following the
proposals, but with an openness to exploring new directions that may
organically arise (often new sessions are added throughout the day,
sessions are combined, or break-out groups are formed over the course
of unconferences).

· During the lunch break, attendees will give a series of “Speed
Presentations”: 1- to 2-minute, rapid-fire presentations about one of
their current projects. These are intended as very brief
introductions, not extended discussions. Attendees will have an
opportunity to contact each other later should they want to learn more
about or join a specific project.

· Afternoon sessions will proceed, following the same structure as the
morning sessions.

· At the end of the day, we will lead a concluding session in which
attendees can share and integrate the day’s explorations


SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
If you wish to participate in the unconference, please submit either a
Session Proposal or a Participation Proposal.

* Session Leaders will submit a 300 word proposal of a conversation
topic to explore, a research question to develop, a problem to grapple
with, a skill to teach, a technology application to demonstrate, or an
artwork to present. Each proposal should give enough information to
help attendees decide which sessions to vote for and participate in.
In particular, Session Leaders are encouraged to suggest how their
proposal fits with the unconference theme and to explain their
expertise and experience. Those who propose a session will be expected
to arrive prepared to facilitate that session.

* Participants will also submit 300 word proposal, including a
biographical statement describing their interests in the preconference
and an idea for a 2-minute rapid-fire research presentation.

All proposals should address the conference themes described above.
Sessions should be of interest to communication scholars, but we
warmly encourage interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, multimodal, or
media-based endeavors.

Session Leader and Participation proposals should be submitted by
January 20, 2014 to: ica.glbt at gmail.com

The unconference is co-sponsored by the Popular Communication,
Feminist Scholarship, Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Global
Communication and Social Change, Communication History, and Game
Studies Divisions/Interest Groups. It is also supported by the
Department of Communication at the University of Washington, the
School of Media and Communication at Temple University, The Stranger,
the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at UW Bothell, and the
Greater Seattle Business Association.

The organizers are Adrienne Shaw (Temple University), D. Travers Scott
(Clemson University), and David Phillips (University of Toronto).


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Adrienne Shaw
Assistant Professor
Temple University
Department of Media Studies and Production
2020 N. 13th St.
Annenberg Hall, room 203A
Philadelphia, PA 19122
telephone: 215-204-6201
fax: 215-214-5402
email: adrienne.shaw at temple.edu
smc.temple.edu/msp
www.adrienneshaw.com
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