Call for Posters The Community as Intellectual Space conference invites graduate students and other scholars to submit posters for a presentation session at the conference, to be held June 13th-June 15, 2008 The Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. We invite posters that present studies/research related to conference theme of Aesthetics as Resistance. Research could be from a variety of disciplines, including (but not limited to): Library & Information Science, Education, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Art/Music, Ethnic Studies, and Women’s Studies. Presentations might address any of the following topics and themes: The role of communities in creating and producing knowledge Methodological and ethical issues related to conducting research in communities The role of art and culture in community settings Educational programs or approaches Community informatics Community members’ perspectives on particular issues Grassroots and community-based social and political movements
Conference description What is "Aesthetics as Resistance?" Our vision at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center has been and is to build community grounded in cultural practice. Our work surrounds us in our art: from murals to poetry, music to the People’s Parade. These aesthetic practices represent deeply creative—and political—acts to build community that draw on our local social ecology. Community building is, in itself, a collaborative aesthetic that transforms the social, political, and educational. Join us as we--along with the Community Informatics Initiative at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign—engage in an active dialogue on art, identity, and cross-cultural community building with community leaders, artists, educators, activists, students, and residents. We invite you to participate in meaningful lived moments in the heart of Paseo Boricua as together we redefine knowledge. Poster Session Format Poster sessions are intended to provide opportunities for interested individuals to participate in a dialogue with the presenter of the poster. Presenters will be provided space for a tri-fold poster (36“x48“) around which interested individuals can meet to discuss the information presented. Presenters may choose to provide handouts to supplement their presentation. Proposals for posters should include: (1) Objectives, goals, or purposes (2) Perspective(s) and/ or theoretical framework (3) Methods and or techniques (data sources, instruments, procedures) (4) Results and conclusions (5) Importance of the work (6) 100-150 abstract Please email to: Laura Ruth Johnson, lrjohnson@niu.edu Deadline for submission: May 2nd, 2008 Notification: May 16th, 2008