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<p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class="">trans/forming feminisms: media, technology, identity</b><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoSubtitle" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font size="4" class="">an international conference at the University of Otago</font><font size="5" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoSubtitle" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">25<sup class="">th</sup>-27<sup class="">th</sup> November 2015</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoSubtitle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Keynote speakers include:</span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class="">-
</span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU" class="">Anja Kanngieser, Goldsmiths, University of London<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><!--[endif]--></span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Sandra Grey, Victoria University, Wellington / Tertiary Education Union President</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;" class="">The conference is organised by the Department of Media, Film and Communication, University of Otago, in conjunction with the following:</span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class="">- </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 14px; text-indent: -24pt;" class="">Fresh and Fruity Gallery Collective</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">trans/forming feminisms: media, technology, identity</b></font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Discussions of feminist theory and activism have taken on a new energy and dynamism in the past decade. Online media spaces – such as twitter, tumblr and blogs like
<i class="">Jezebel, feministing </i>and <i class="">autostraddle</i>– have provided a key site for the debate of what it means to be a feminist in the contemporary moment. Hashtag flashpoints over popular cultural figures such as Iggy Azalea, Miley Cyrus and
Lena Dunham as well #thisiswhatafeministlookslike and #slutwalk have generated broader popular/critical discussions around gender politics. Further, activists around feminist, trans* and Queer politics have integrated technology as an important means for consciousness-raising
as well as enabling broader struggles against patriarchy, hetero-normativity and non-inclusive forms of feminism. Alongside this, numerous academics (Sara Ahmed, Jack Halberstam, Tiziana Terranova) are moving ‘online’ to use web spaces as a means for disseminating
theoretical work to a broader audience. All this points to an invigoration of feminist theory an politics which we are signaling via the prefix ‘trans’ – as a way of gesturing towards not only trans* politics, but the notion of transformation, change and the
animation of new modes of being, thinking and doing ‘feminism’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">This conference brings together international scholars and activists from diverse disciplinary and radical political backgrounds to foster discussions around theorizing and doing feminist
activism. In particular <i class="">trans/forming feminisms</i> focuses on the intersections and tensions between contemporary feminist conceptualizing, activism and media technologies. It aims to combine theory with on-the-ground organizing in a productive
and transformative discussion, and to provide a forum to unpack the tensions between intellectual imperatives, praxis, and mediated modes of feminist communication and activism.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">trans/forming feminisms</span></i><span lang="EN-US" class=""> is organised collectively and we aim to produce a genuinely open space for the interaction between
activists and academics. Thus we also encourage creative and praxis / performance-based proposals and ideas for skillshares and workshops which will run alongside more traditional academic papers.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Topics and approaches on which we would welcome proposals for papers and panels include the following but are not confined to them, and are in no particular order:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: -24pt;" class="">-
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: -24pt;" class="">How does the ‘mediated self’ and Web 3.0 enable particular modes of feminist practice?</span></span></p>
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auto;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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</span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU" class="">How do media platforms, such as social networking sites, constitute and reproduce forms of white bourgeois feminism and how can intersectional feminism counter this?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class="">-
</span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU" class="">How are the politics of intersectional feminists performed and consolidated online?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span lang="EN-AU" class="">-
</span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU" class="">What are the cultural politics around ‘trigger warnings’ on social media platforms?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Dunedin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dunedin is a beautiful small city, located in the South Island of New Zealand. A true ‘university town’, it buzzes with student life and academic activity. It hosts a number
of independent art galleries, bookshops and radical institutions. Alongside these cultural sites, Dunedin offers stunning opportunities for nature tourism and is a perfect taste of New Zealand’s natural beauty. Tramping (hiking) tracks are within easy distance
of the town, as is the striking Otago Peninsula, home to albatross colonies and rare penguin breeds.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Heading1Char"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
14.0pt" class="">Please send panel proposal, paper abstracts, and proposals for info booths or skillshare / workshops to the collective at</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><u class="">t<a href="mailto:ransformingfeminisms@riseup.ne" class="">ransformingfeminisms@riseup.ne</a></u></i></b>t<a href="mailto:e.v.pollard@leeds.ac.uk" class=""></a>
by 2 April 2015 as an email attachment in Word. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Papers will be 20 minutes long, with ten minutes for questions. Panels will generally be made up of 3 speakers and a chairperson.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Skillshares will run for 1-2 hours and can take diverse and creative formats.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Infobooths with be stands in shared / communal space – tables and chairs will be provided.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Panel proposals should provide an outline of the panel idea and its relations to the conference theme (200 words max), and provide abstracts of the 3-4 speakers (250 words maximum per
abstract), and the name of a person who will chair the pane. Paper abstracts, infobooth ideas and skillshare proposals should be 250 words maximum and should explain the connection to the conference theme.</span></p>
<h1 class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Registration fees:
<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Academic: NZ$200<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Postgraduate / casual lecturer: NZ$75<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Activist: NZ$55</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Registration includes lunch and refreshments (including ‘cocktail function’) for the duration of the conference.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Researchers from countries where it is difficult to fund research travel should consult the conference organisers.</span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Collective members:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Rosemary Overell, Vijay Devadas. Massimiliana Urbano, Kevin Fletcher, Catherine Dale, Katherine Legun<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font size="4" class="">More information: </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Twitter:
<a href="https://twitter.com/transfem15" class="">https://twitter.com/transfem15</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Web page:
<a href="http://transformingfeminisms.noblogs.org/" class="">http://transformingfeminisms.noblogs.org/</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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