From: Sandy King (sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Date: 05/01/01-09:46:46 PM Z
Where is the Mexico Meeting of the Popular Culture of the 5th Annual
Congress of the Americas to be held?
S. Carl King
>CALL FOR PAPERS: Mexico Meeting of the Popular Culture
>Association in Conjunction with the 5th Annual Congress of the Americas
>October 17 - 21, 2001.
>
>Searching for papers and photographic presentations that relate to:
>
>Photography and Culture Within the Western Hemisphere
>
>Photographic images are among the primary common denominators that serve as
>linkages between cultures around the world. Since its inception,
>photography has served as an educational and informational tool,
>documenting humanityís highs and lows as well as serving as a multifaceted
>venue for creative expression.
>
>Photographic expression encompasses the total experience of global village
>as its theme. The camera has been present throughout Mexico, Latin, and
>Central America, the Caribbean and the United States since the mid 1800ís.
>The dilution, melding, and preservation of multiple cultures within the
>hemisphere has told its story on film. This conference offers a unique
>setting within which to present and discuss this tradition of image making.
>
>Please send a typed abstract of 250 words. Give the name and academic title
>of each presenter and give the name and complete address of the main
>presenter. Include the telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of
>the main author. Must indicate all AV and space requirements; performances
>should be manageable without any complex production.
>Abstracts may be sent via email, fax or mail to the addresses and numbers
>below.
>
>Deadline for proposals is 1 June, 2001, but early proposals find the most
>compatible panels. Exhibits, displays, poster sessions are also invited.
>This Area is a strand within the Popular Culture Association meeting in
>Puebla, Mexico. For full information about the conference, check the
>conference web site: www.udlap.mx/congress
>
>(This meeting is one of the international activities of the national Popular
>Culture Association and the Program Chair is Peter Rollins, RollinsPC@aol.com)
>
>
>PLEASE CONTACT AREA CHAIR:
>Thomas F. Morrissey, Professor of Fine Arts, Gallery Director
>Community College of Rhode Island
>Lincoln Campus
>1762 Louisquisset Pike
>Lincoln, RI 02865
>
>Office: (401) 333-7270
>Fax: (401) 333-7111
>Email: tmorrissey@ccri.cc.ri.us
>
>Professor Morrissey will be leading two small cultural study programs to
>Cuba: July 2001 and January 2002. Interested persons may contact via
>email: tmorrissey@ccri.cc.ri.us for information. Space is limited.
>
>Thomas F. Morrissey, Professor of Fine Arts, Gallery Director
>Community College of Rhode Island
>Lincoln Campus
>1762 Louisquisset Pike
>Lincoln, RI 02865
>
>Office: (401) 333-7270
>Fax: (401) 333-7111
>Email: tmorrissey@ccri.cc.ri.us
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