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Conference Call for Papers: The Unacceptable" -
29th April - 1st May 2011
Host: Department of Media, Music and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
Venue: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
| Location: | Australia |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2010-09-30 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-08-24 |
| Announcement ID: |
178362 |
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Conference Call for Papers:
The Unacceptable"v
29th April - 1st May 2011
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Host: Department of Media, Music and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
Venue: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
It wasnt so long ago that with heroin chic and SM clubbing, what had been considered unacceptable became a voguish pretext for mass marketing. Now, with global hysteria about paedophilia, violent computer games and increasing calls for internet censorship, the unacceptable is being reinvented as an object of policing.
The issue of what is fit to present has always haunted culture, especially in its relationship with social institutions: the proscription of heresy, the erasure of bodies (because of their age, race or gender), the silencing of sexualities, the purging of languages, the classification of desires as pathologies . . . marking things as unacceptable has been a key strategy in governing the media, education, the arts as well as the practice of everyday life. Conversely, resistance to the banning of texts and practices has long been one of the hallmarks of movements for liberalisation.
Understanding how bodies, images and practices are judged unacceptable is key to understanding how culture, communication and creativity fit into society.
Issues:
What is now unacceptable?
Did the unacceptable ever go away or did it merely shift from what was outlaw to an object of voyeurism?
How does what is deemed unacceptable reflect the racial, gender and sexual fault-lines of a society?
From incineration to pathologization: how have strategies for policing the unacceptable evolved?
Abstracts are sought that engage with topics such as (but not limited to):
Body modification
Pornography
Transgression in the Arts
Political censorship
Youth Culture and Behaviour
Free speech
Hate speech
Excommunication
Sexual Subcultures
Outlaw Fashion
Social Networking sites
Political and aesthetic avant-gardes
Gangs
Imposture
Homophobia
Drug culture
Infidelity
Secret Lives
Welfare dependency
Internet censorship
Religious cults
Violence
Worklessness
Control of school and higher education curriculums
Obesity
Behaviour in Public Space
Racism
Please send abstracts of 300 words, or panel proposals, via email to unacceptableconference@gmail.com by Friday, 30th September 2010.
Sponsored and hosted by the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University, Australia.
For more details and keynotes:
http://unacceptableconference.wordpress.com/
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