CALL FOR Submissions: NCA 2012-Orlando, Florida
Program Planner:
Andre E. Johnson, PhD
Memphis Theological Seminary
168 E. Parkway
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
ajohnson@memphisseminary.edu
(901) 334-5817
DEADLINE: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 11:59 Pacific Time
The African American Communication and Culture Division (AACCD) invites your competitive papers and paper session for the NCA 98th Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida on November 15-18, 2012. The theme for the 98th Annual Convention is “Celebrate COMMunity.”
Appropriate for a convention theme that seeks to “affirm the ideas that unify the communication discipline, as well as celebrate the diverse community of scholars, educators, and practitioners that constitutes the National Communication Association,” the AACCD feels particularly at “home” because much of what we teach, study, and research revolves around building, sustaining and empowering “community” across diverse audiences. Therefore, AACCD encourages you to submit competitive papers addressing issues that significantly contribute to our convention call but also ones that further the understanding of communication practices, processes, methods, discourse, and strategies involving and/or affect descendants of the African Diaspora.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
You must submit all papers and panel sessions electronically to NCA Submission Central linked at www.natcom.org/convention. In order to avoid unnecessary problems with submission and review, please carefully read the following guidelines:
SUBMITTING A COMPETITIVE PAPER
We will only consider fully completed papers. Each paper should include:
• A title
• An abstract (no more than 250 words)
• Maximum length of paper is 25, double-spaced pages, excluding references, tables, charts, and appendices.
• No information identifying the author(s) may appear in the body of your abstract or your paper.
SUBMITTING A PAPER SESSION
Submitted paper sessions should include:
• A title for the session
• A list of presenters, their institutional addresses, and their email addresses
• The names of the chair and respondent, their institutional addresses, and their email addresses
• Titles and abstracts (350 words maximum) for EACH presentation or paper
• A session abstract (75 words maximum)
• A session abstract (250 words maximum)
If you wish to submit a Panel Discussion that deals with issues related to African American Communication or descendents of the African Diaspora, you are encouraged to submit those proposals directly to the Black Caucus. Please specify any audiovisual needs at the time of submission.
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: Claiming a seat at the table: Feminism, Underserved Women Of Color, Voice and Resistance
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Claiming a seat at the table: Feminism, Underserved Women Of Color, Voice and Resistance
Edited by
Dr. Sonja M. Brown Givens
SUNY Empire State College
and
Dr. Keisha Edwards Tassie
Clayton State University
"Class is much more than Marx's definition of relationship to the means of production. Class involves behavior, your basic assumptions, how you are taught to behave, what you expect from yourself and from others, your concept of a future, how you understand problems and solve them, how you think, feel, act." – bell hooks, 2000 from Where we stand: Class matters
Project Overview
If taken literally, representations of women of color in popular culture suggest that they are more empowered, more influential and wealthier than ever before. Minute-by-minute presentations of the lavish lives of celebrity women like Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé Knowles and Kim Kardashian arguably imply that class elevation and exorbitant consumerism afford women of color the privilege of voice. By extension, women of color who are unable to acquire the commodity of voice (by means of their affluence) are relegated to a world of socio-political marginality and invisibility – a place often void of class consciousness with few avenues for active vocal participation (hooks, 2000). In this sense the terms poor and disprivileged provide limited means to understand the cognitive, behavioral, and psychological dimensions of class. In contrast, underserved women of color lack both material resources and acknowledgment – sometimes from within their own communities. This project illuminates the connections between class location(s) and communicative practices in relational, mediated, academic and interpersonal contexts.
Objective
This book will argue that (1) underserved women of color are virtually invisible in feminist scholarship; (2) their experiences communicating across class lines are challenging, at best; (3) their relegation is maximally institutional, and minimally material; (4) claiming voice for women of color is elusive because their role in feminist struggle is unclear.
Target Audience
The book is intended for use by scholars/professionals/practitioners in the areas of cultural studies, feminist/women’s studies, communication studies, sociology, psychology, community and human services, counseling and other related disciplines.
Call for Papers
Hiphop Literacies: The Globalization of Black Popular Culture, An Interdisciplinary Conference
The Ohio State University
May 9th-11th, 2012
Call For Papers/Proposals/Performers:
The 2012 Hiphop Literacies conference is designed to explore Hiphop as a site of knowledge formation, identity construction and learning. Various global Hiphop cultures have emerged as a response to numerous socioeconomic, political, and cultural factors influencing new youth identity formations so extensively that its methodology is now an important area of cross- and inter-disciplinary study. The diverse elements of Hiphop that have emerged from black and brown youth starting in the 70s have changed the ways in which we think about how identities are defined in social contexts. These Afro-diasporic cultural expressions have been significant points of interrogation for the extensive diversity of Hiphop. Emerging most publicly in the post-industrial age of global information, electronic mass media, and digital literacies, Hiphop affords new understandings of shifting of social boundaries that presents opportunities to uncover and legitimate new forms of learning.
A major goal of “Hiphop Literacies” is to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching around the value of Hiphop, stimulate ongoing dialogue and outreach across various disciplines in the university and communities. The conference will be held at The Ohio State University May 9th-11th, 2012. In addition to scheduled talks and workshops by renowned Hiphop scholars, artists and educators, the conference will host presentations and performances by scholars, students and community members. The conference will also feature a lecture and headline performance by a nationally recognized Hiphop artist.
We are seeking proposals that consider aspects of Black diasporic Hiphop and new ways of envisioning the roles of such in local and transnational cultures.
Possible Topics include:
Transnational Hiphop and Hybridity
Hiphop literacies and education
Hiphop Nation Language and Discourses
Politics of place, space and race
Information/Digital Technology
Hiphop methodologies
Sexualities, feminisms and gender in Hiphop
Hiphop arts: music, graffiti, rap, spoken word, dance, turntablism, entrepreneurism, literature, film
Music-Reggae/Dancehall, Reggaeton, Highlife, and Hiphop/rap
Global Hiphops
Hiphop activism
Global Hiphop economics
Global representations, appropriations, recontextualizations and interpretations of American Hiphop youth
Hiphop, social awareness and political consciousness.
Abstracts of 300 words for 20 minute paper presentations, 45 minute round table discussion on targeted issues or topics are welcome as well as other formats (i.e., ethnodrama, performance, poetry, autoethnography, and fiction). We are also seeking regional and local talent to perform on the bill with a national artist (TBA) on the final night of the conference.
Send abstracts for papers, round tables and other formats, along with contact information to Hiphopliteracies@gmail.com<htt
Local/regional performers should send link to performance video and bio to Hiphopliteracies@gmail.com<htt
A major goal of “Hiphop Literacies” is to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching around the value of Hiphop, stimulate ongoing dialogue and outreach across various disciplines in the university and communities. The conference will be held at The Ohio State University May 9th-11th, 2012. In addition to scheduled talks and workshops by renowned Hiphop scholars, artists and educators, the conference will host presentations and performances by scholars, students and community members. The conference will also feature a lecture and headline performance by a nationally recognized Hiphop artist.
We are seeking proposals that consider aspects of Black diasporic Hiphop and new ways of envisioning the roles of such in local and transnational cultures.
Possible Topics include:
Transnational Hiphop and Hybridity
Hiphop literacies and education
Hiphop Nation Language and Discourses
Politics of place, space and race
Information/Digital Technology
Hiphop methodologies
Sexualities, feminisms and gender in Hiphop
Hiphop arts: music, graffiti, rap, spoken word, dance, turntablism, entrepreneurism, literature, film
Music-Reggae/Dancehall, Reggaeton, Highlife, and Hiphop/rap
Global Hiphops
Hiphop activism
Global Hiphop economics
Global representations, appropriations, recontextualizations and interpretations of American Hiphop youth
Hiphop, social awareness and political consciousness.
Abstracts of 300 words for 20 minute paper presentations, 45 minute round table discussion on targeted issues or topics are welcome as well as other formats (i.e., ethnodrama, performance, poetry, autoethnography, and fiction). We are also seeking regional and local talent to perform on the bill with a national artist (TBA) on the final night of the conference.
Send abstracts for papers, round tables and other formats, along with contact information to Hiphopliteracies@gmail.com<htt
Local/regional performers should send link to performance video and bio to Hiphopliteracies@gmail.com<htt
Call for Papers, Workshops, Panels and Posters Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop Co-Hosted by Bowie State University and Howard University September 27-28, 2012 Howard University Washington, D.C.
Social Media and Intersections between Politics, Culture and Law
The second annual Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop will bring together scholars and professionals who are experts in the area of social media to share their perspectives on the technical, ethical, economic, legal, political and cultural implications of social media technological use. This two-day intensive conference will combine panel discussions, posters sessions, roundtables and hands-on workshops designed to enlighten scholars and practitioners about social media and provide them with the knowledge to create and effectively utilize social media in different contexts.
As social media continue to influence all areas of our lives, it is important to examine and debate not only the use of various social media tools in different contexts, but how they change the manner in which individuals, academics, business owners and the government make use of this medium. The purpose of this call is to solicit work focusing on the intersections between social media and politics, culture and the law. Respondents can send in papers, workshop themes, panels and poster proposals that address a myriad of topics, including:
• Explanations of how various cultures are influenced by social media
• Examples of individuals or populations who use social media to tell their stories
• Social media and pop culture
• Social media and the relationship between recent political revolutions and movements
• Legal pitfalls, laws and lawsuits involving social media
• Federal regulations and social media
• Best practices in the uses of social media and political campaigns
• Government agencies and officials and the use social media
• Social media and academics
• Social media and entrepreneurship
Paper, Poster and Roundtable Submissions Respondents should submit a one-page proposal that includes an overview of the study as well as brief review of the literature, methodology, sample and findings. Under this category are two special roundtables for those in the academic field. Faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in a “Research in Progress” roundtable as well as a “Teachathon” roundtable, in which participants can share best practices in teaching social media. All respondents in this category should send an abstract and one-page proposal through EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/
Workshop Submissions
Respondents should submit a proposal addressing the purpose of the workshop, details about the technology, social media trend or tool to be explored as what attendees will gain from attending it. The proposal should include a list of the confirmed guests or those who will be solicited for the panel as well as their biographies or resumes. All respondents in this category should send an abstract and proposal through EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/
Panel Submissions
Respondents should submit a proposal addressing the purpose of the panel and specific issue(s) to be covered. The proposal should include a list of the confirmed guests or those who will be solicited for the panel as well as their biographies or resumes. All respondents in this category should send an abstract and one-page proposal through EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/
For more information, please send an email to Dr. Tia C. M. Tyree at ttyree@howard.edu.
Dr. Tia C. M. Tyree
Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism
Howard University
525 Bryant Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20059
ttyree@howard.edu
drtiatyree.blogspot.com
@drtiacmtyree (Twitter)
(202) 806-5119 (Office)
(202) 806-9227 (Fax)
National Council of Black Studies
Every year NCBS hosts a nationwide student essay contest. Graduate and undergraduate students from all over participate in this event. The winners are recognized and honored at the annual Student Luncheon, which is held during the conference. Winners will be recognized at the Student Luncheon. If you or others are interested in submitting an essay for the Student Essay Contest, please do so by Friday January 20, 2012.
Award Amounts
UNDERGRADUATE WINNERS
1st Place-$350.00
2nd Place-$250.00
3rd Place- $125.00
GRADUATE WINNERS
1st Place- $450.00
2nd Place- $350.00
3rd Place- $225.00
National Council for Black Studies
36th Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA
March 7-10, 2012
ESSAY GUIDELINES:
Essays should focus on any aspects of the Africana experience, i.e. art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social issues, and policy issues.
The essay must be typed in MicroSoft Word format, 12-18 pages in length, double- spaced with one inch margins-left to right and -top to bottom.
Students are asked to document sources by with either MLA or the APA style guide.
Submissions must be mailed to the address below. Faxed or electronic essays are not accepted.
Cover sheet must include: your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, name of faculty advisor, name of the college you attend, and your class status (i.e., freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student).
Deadline: January 20, 2012
FAXED OR ELECTRONIC ESSAYS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!
Send all essays to:
National Office, NCBS
Department of African & African-American Studies
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210370
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370
Street/Overnight Address
2815 Commons Way
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370
