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Call for Papers:

Constructing Cyberculture(s): Performance, Pedagogy, and Politics in
Online Spaces
April 6-7, 2001
University of Maryland

Co-Sponsored by The Chesapeake Chapter of the American Studies
Association and the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity
Coordinated by the Cyberculture Working Group

The Cyberculture Working Group is a collection of University of
Maryland and neighboring graduate students and faculty members from
across the disciplines interested in exploring the intersections
between the Internet, culture, and society. At our 1999 Conference,
"Cultural Diversity in/and Cyberspace," an international and
interdisciplinary group of scholars addressed such issues as what it
means to play online "identity games," how scholars of the humanities
and public policy can work together to affect the construction and
maintenance of cyberspaces, and how we can use online technologies to
teach and learn about cultural diversity.

This year's conference seeks to continue these and other discussions
by focusing on how different groups and communities construct and use
the virtual world. We are seeking scholars from around the world and
across the disciplines to discuss the ways that complex,
multi-layered identities are being created and performed in online
spaces, present case studies of virtual communities, and examine how
digital environments shape and are shaped by "real" and "virtual"
political and cultural dynamics. We hope to discuss possible
connections between the humanities, social sciences, and the
emerging, contested field of "cyberculture studies." We also welcome
papers that address the uses of online technologies in classrooms and
communities.

Proposals for individual papers (15-20 minutes) and full panels (2-3
papers plus a moderator/chair) should include a one page abstract and
a concise, one page C.V. for each presenter. The deadline for
submissions is December 10, 2000.

http://www.otal.umd.edu/amst/cwg/

Contact Information:
Cyberculture Working Group
c/o Ed Martini
Department of American Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-7621
or by e-mail at emartini AT wam.umd.edu 
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