Body Modification: Changing Bodies, Changing Selves
Calls for papers: Abstracts are invited for an international conference to be held at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, on April 24th-26th 2003. Abstracts should be 300-500 words and should be forwarded to Dr Nikki Sullivan at the address listed below. Proposals for panels and for performance pieces are welcomed.
The aim of this conference is explore the many and varied ways in which bodies are modified, selves are formed and transformed, and culturally specific knowledges and practices are mediated and transfigured. We hope to include a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to the question of what constitutes body modification, as well as performative and visual presentations.
Deadline for abstracts: November 30th 2002
Further information:
The Body Modification Conference Committee
Department of Critical and Cultural Studies
Macquarie University
North Ryde
New South Wales 2109
Australia
Email: bodmod@scmp.mq.edu.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 9850 8760
Website: http://www.ccs.mq.edu.au/bodmod
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