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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> renata summo-o'connell [mailto:rsummooc@ailae.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sat 17/01/2009 12:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Rsummooc<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fw: 2d Imagined Australia International Research Forum-17-19 June 2009- Bari, Italy<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Garamond color=#ffffff size=5>2d IMAGINED AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FORUM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Garamond color=#ffffff size=5>17-19 june 2009</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><FONT color=#c0c0c0>Borders, theory, art and power</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 66.2pt 0pt 72pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#c0c0c0><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Contemporary borders, theory and art journeys </SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 66.2pt 0pt 72pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#c0c0c0><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">in the reciprocal construction of identity </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">between Australia and Europe</SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 66.2pt 0pt 72pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"></SPAN></B><FONT color=#ffffff><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #c6d9f1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">.</SPAN></I></B><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #c6d9f1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"></SPAN></I></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><I><SPAN lang=IT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><FONT color=#c0c0c0>Confini, teoria, arte e potere</FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#808080><B><SPAN lang=IT style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Confini contemporanei, teoria e percorsi artistici </SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#808080><B><SPAN lang=IT style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">nella <SPAN> </SPAN>costruzione reciproca di identita’ tra Australia ed Europa</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=IT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"></SPAN></B></FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=#c6a27b><FONT face=Cambria><FONT size=5>Aileen Moreton-Robinson-<SPAN> </SPAN>Ghassan Hage -Susan Petrilli-Ian McLean<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H4>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #fabf8f"><STRONG><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=5>Deadline call for papers: March 15 2009</FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt" align=justify><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #c6d9f1"><FONT face=Calibri size=4><STRONG>The second Imagined Australia International Forum continues its research and discussion of the relationship between Europe and the Oceania- Australia region in artistic and cultural terms. The specific focus this time is on contemporary Australia and the way European and Australian thought and arts<SPAN> </SPAN>have occupied themselves with each other's spaces and themes and why. </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt" align=justify><FONT face=Calibri><STRONG><FONT size=4><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #c6d9f1">Questions of </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #c6d9f1">Performing Difference, Recognition and Art Encounters with specific reference to Australia Whiteness Studies, questioning and developing theories of Hybridity and difference, issues of performativity, affect, recognition, sovereignty, borders, governmentality, states of exception are all relevant in this discussion. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #c6d9f1"></SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt" align=justify><FONT face=Calibri size=4><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #c6d9f1"><STRONG>From literature to music and film, Australian and European artists have frequently crossed paths, explored each others' themes and spaces in very different ways. This forum would like to challenge a new understanding of the way the two regions communicate , looking at the ways in which the media and the culture industries intersect with artistic discourse. This forum in fact will particularly welcome an active presence of artists who could , through workshops and discussions, make room for such exchanges.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt" align=justify><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #c6d9f1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #c6d9f1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><STRONG><FONT size=4>Borders have acquired an increased mobility and multiplicity in both regions, Europe and Australia. Governmental policies have implemented a continual dislocation and renewal of borders based on a differential regulation of migration and citizenship. In particular the current crisis in European identity and the recent Australian historic shift from the Howard 11 years of government may provide further keys to develop a fruitful and daring discussion.<SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #c6d9f1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"></SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Cambria><SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Dates:</SPAN><SPAN lang=IT style="COLOR: #c6d9f1"> <SPAN> </SPAN>June 17-19, 2009</SPAN><SPAN lang=IT></SPAN></FONT></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN><STRONG>Location:</STRONG><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=IT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #c6d9f1">Sala Aldo Moro, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, The Universita’ di Bari, Piazza C. Battisti, Bari, Italy</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#808080><FONT color=#c0c0c0 size=2>Dott. Renata Summo-O'Connell<BR>AILAE Founding Director<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.ailae.org/"><FONT color=#c0c0c0 size=2>www.ailae.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT color=#c0c0c0 size=2>email: rsummooc at ailae.org<BR>Ph.: +39 345 29 65 555<BR>SKYPE account: rsummooc</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>