Announcement
Call for Papers
POLYLOG
- Journal for Intercultural Philosophy is a new German journal
dealing specifically with non-European philosophies. It aims to
make visible the wide variety of philosophical thinking all over
the world. The editors of POLYLOG invite submissions for
issue number 4, due December 1999. The theme of the issue is Relations
of Culture - Relations of Gender.
We seek contributions
of women philosophers from all over the world. Our new issue aims
on proving that feminism needs as much an intercultural perspective
as intercultural philosophy needs to take the problem of sex/gender
relations into consideration. Our issue will focus on three main
topics:
1. Hegemony
and Diversity
Feminist and
intercultural criticism states that certain dominant discourses
have shaped the concepts of mankind, of human action and liberation.
These dominant (occidental, male) discourses have influenced discourse,
even in different cultural contexts. Thus, for example, the concept
of woman and women liberation, born in the context of the occident,
became the dominant concepts of liberation in other societies/cultures.
Only the massive criticism of the dominant ideas made a variety
of feminist concepts possible. In this respect we are searching
for contributions describing local concepts of woman, women liberation
and feminism or womanism (like in the African context).
2. Difference
and Dominance
Postcolonial
and feminist theory put the term of difference into question.
It seems to be impossible to find a homogeneous concept of north/south,
masculine/feminine, etc., for each category includes a variety
of cultural and power relations etc., in itself. Thus, it is necessary
to connect the term of difference with dominance, for in relations
of difference, relations of dominance are always included.
3. The Construction
of Gender and Culture and its Consequences
The idea of
a construction of gender and culture implicates the deconstruction
of homogeneous concepts of gender and culture. What results is
a diversity of historical determined discursive practices. But
even the concept of construction has its limits. We are compelled
to recognize these limits in view of the existence of cultural
differences, local traditions or different world-views. We invite
submissions that deal with the importance and maybe dangers of
the concept of construction for an intercultural debate in feminist
perspective.
The next issue
of POLYLOG appears in December. There is still time to
contribute articles, reviews of book, reviews of conference, or
projects related to feminism and intercultural philosophy. Submissions
should be sent by mail or email to the following address:
POLYLOG,
Meiselstr. 73/3, A- 1140 Wien, Austria, or:
Anke Graness, Elsastr. 12, D-04315 Leipzig, Germany
e-mail: wigip@www.univie.ac.at
or agraness@hotmail.com
Please send
a print and an electronic version. Use microsoft word (*.doc)
or rich text format (*.rtf) to save the texts. If submitting by
email use rtf. Articles should not be longer than 30,000 words
and book reviews should not exceed 6 000 words. Please include
a short biographical note.
WEST
AFRICA REVIEW
West
Africa Review is seeking submissions for its Fall/Winter
2000 issue on the topic: "Gender Matters or Gender Confuses: Examining
the Relevance of Gender in ECOWAS region." Especially welcome
are papers that are either examining the relevance of gender as
an appropriate analytic category for interpreting cultures (broadly
defined), or its impact in understanding contemporary phenomena.
Contributors are encouraged to radically and imaginatively engage
the topic but to pay close attention to issues of historicity.
All submission must adhere to submission
guidelines and copyright requirement
of W.A.R. The deadline is March 30, 2000.
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
University
College Northampton (UCN) U.K. announces
COMMON
GROUNDS: THEATRE AND INTERCULTURALISM
An international conference, 14 - 16 APRIL 2000.
Organised
and hosted by the Division of Performance Studies, Avenue Campus.
The conference
is an extension of a period of experimental collaborative work
between the Nigerian playwright, Femi Osofisan, the Performance
Studies Division at UCN, choreographer / dancer and director of
Badejo Arts, Peter Badejo and a host of others. It will foreground
interculturalism both as theory and as practice in a programme
that will include workshops, demonstrations, discussions and presentations
aimed at artists, directors, scholars, researchers, teachers and
critics with eminent keynote speakers from across the continents.
They include the following: Biodun Jeyifo, Sandra Richards, Yvonne
Brewster (Talawa Theatre Company), David George, Kriszta Badonyi,
Baz Kershaw, John Martin and Malika Saravhai (Pan Project Intercultural
Arts), Clive Barker, Anuradha Kapur, Roberta Uno (New WORLD Theatre),
Femi Osofisan, Ian Watson, SuAndi and Femi Euba.
As practice
the roots of interculturalism in theatre are deep and its history
goes back in antiquity. Contemporary theatre practice, Patrice
Pavis argues, is moving more and more towards a theatre of cultures.
No doubt the 20th century will go down as a milestone in the history
and development of interculturalism. It has witnessed, for example
in the West, some highly innovative works from the likes of Antonin
Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, Eugenio Barba, Ariane Mnouchkine,
Robert Wilson as well as the rise of young directors and experimental
theatre companies. However, while the West appears to be the most
visible in the attempt to consciously and voluntarily appropriate
other cultures, it is obvious that interculturalism is a world
wide phenomenon. Therefore, it is the intention of the conference
to make visible the wide range of practices, from across the world,
their complex and varied forms ranging from the adaptation of
foreign classics to different levels of exchange of performance
traditions, conventions, techniques and styles across cultures.
It will provide
a forum for the sharing of skills and for continuing and extending
debates around issues of appropriation, ownership, authenticity
/ integrity, motives, boundaries, identity, power relations, aesthetic,
cultural context, relevance and even definition. Thus while the
theme and anticipated scope of the conference lend themselves
to a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach, the focus
will remain the interrogation of interculturalism from a diverse
range of perspectives under the following sub themes: Creation
and Devising; Presentation and Documentation; Audiences; Analysis
and Criticism; The Politics of Interculturalism; Interculturalism
and Theatre: What Possibilities? Which Directions? What Future?
Conference
Fee: An inclusive package covering conference fee, all meals(on
site),conference dinner, live theatre and entertainments : 215.00
pounds sterling (Concessionary and day rates will be available).
En suite accommodation
will be available in three bands: under 20.00 pounds sterling
per night in students halls of residence (UCN)under 40.00 pounds
sterling per night in Sunley Management Centre (UCN) Under 70.00
pounds sterling per night in a local hotel.
To register
interest please email: Jumai.Ewu@Northampton.ac.uk Fax: +44 (0)
1604 717813 Telephone: +44 (0)1604 735500 Ext.3166 or Ext. 3170
or Ext.3171
Postal
address: The Organising Committee International Conference
on Theatre and Interculturalism Performance Studies Division,
Avenue Campus University College Northampton NN2 6JD United Kingdom
THE
INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
(An Internatioanl Review of Social Thought & Development)
Call for Paper.
Theme:
The State and Democracy in Africa
Sub-themes:
i)
Democracy and the colonial hangover
ii) Liberal Democratic aspiration and the siege of traditional
institution
iii) The state, the media and democracy
iv) Democracy and the multinational states
v) Democracy and religious pluralism
vi) Democracy, law, order, and social justice
vii) Democracy and the military question
viii) Democracy and Economic empowerment
ix) Democracy and the Women question
x) The future of Democracy in Africa
Articles to
be published in The International Quarterly Conference
must be original--the articles must be thought-provoking and should
not have been published elsewhere. Being a multidisciplinary journal
empirical studies are accepted in so far as they are incisive
and rigorous in their analyses.
Dates and
tables are to be avoided as much as possible. Where they are unavoidable,
they should illuminate the theoretical framework of the issues
in discourse.
Because the
journal is focussed on general-interest issues, to be read and
comprehended by people with diverse educational backgrounds, competence,
and specialty, issues to be discussed must be written in clear
and jargon-free language. Contribution should accommodate a small
number of footnotes where considered absolutely necessary.
Style
and Format
i)Manuscripts for publication in The Quarterly International
Conference should be forwarded in duplicate copies, not exceeding
18 pages of A4-size paper. Articles should be typed on one side
of the paper, double-spaced, with ample margins, and bear the
title of the contribution. Each article should be accompanied
by an abstract/summary of not more than 200 words. All pages should
be numbered.
ii) Name(s)
of the author(s) and the address where the work was carried out
should only appear on a separate sheet apart from the title page.
The full postal address of the author who will check proofs and
receive correspondence and offprints should be included.
i)Unused articles
will not normally be returned by this journal. Authors who wish
to retrieve such manuscripts should endeavour to include self-addressed
envelope with appropriate postal stamps when sending his/her work.
iv) The
International Quarterly Journal will pay a token honorarium
for administrative and postal services involved in the preparation
of any published essay.
Address
All correspondence with The International Quarterly Conference
to: The Editor
The International Quarterly Conference
Department of Philosophy, Ogun State University
P.M.B. 2002, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria.
Or
Akinyemi Onigbinde, P.O. Box 24537, Mapo, Ibadan, Nigeria.
JOURNAL
EDUCACION SUPERIOR, (Mexico)
Professor
Roberto Rodríguez seeks contributions for a special issue of the
Journal Educación Superior on "Higher Education reforms in decade
of the 90s. An international perspective". Articles and monographs
that describe and analyze current reforms (academic, organizational
etc.) on national higher education systems in any African nation
are especially welcome. Regional and Africa-wide perspective are
also welcome to complement contributions from Argentina, Brazil,
Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Rusia,
Spain, France, UK, Canada and The Caribbean. Questions and submission
should be sent by email to Professor Roberto Rodríguez at roberto@servidor.unam.mx.
AFRICANS
IN THE AMERICAS: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
Dates: May 4-6, 2000
California
State University, Sacramento Center for African Peace & Conflict
Resolution in collaboration with African Studies Coalition & Pan
African Studies Program present: the 9th Annual African Diaspora
Conference
Keynote
Speaker: Professor Ali Mazrui,
Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University.
In spring
1999, the Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution in cooperation
with the African Studies Coalition at California State University,
Sacramento (CSUS), sponsored / hosted the 8th annual Africa diaspora
conference at CSUS on the theme of "Conflict Resolution & peace
education in Africa: lessons & opportunities." It was well attended
by distinguished scholars, diplomats, policymakers, community
groups, and and other Africanists. The panel topics were diverse,
covering research, policy, development, curricular, and pedagogical
issues. Selected papers from the conference are currently being
edited by E. Uwazie & S. Nyang for a book publication by Lexington
Books.
The 9th annual
conference on the "Africans in America" will assess the history,
contemporary experiences and contributions of the various generations
of Africans in the Americas, plus the challenges and prospects.
The conference will identify and define critical issues facing
the African disapora in America, as well as provide some perspectives
for understanding her socio-cultural dynamics and policy formulations.
Thus, the papers / discussions will attempt to suggest areas/
ideas that can lead to the sociocultural, economic, political,
and intellectual recognition, development and empowerment of Africans
and her diaspora.
Suggested
Topics:
- The changing
African family in America
- Gender
roles culture; domestic violence and prevention
- Africans
& US immigration law/policies
- US Welfare
reform & African familY
- Africans
& US Crime, victimization and punishment
- African
religions in the diaspora
- the African
continuum in diaspora
- inter-American
African connections
- Africa
in the Caribbean; Africa in Central & South America
- Brazil-the
Cloaked African colossus
- African/African
American relations
- building
African constituency in US
- youth
peace & cross-cultural education; youth mentoring
- Culture
Conflict & resolution
- community
& political organizing
- discrimination/civil
& human rights
- African
reparation & affirmative action
- race relations
- African
contributions/leadership in education, law/criminal justice,
politics, science, sports, arts, health, & etc.
- Other topics/papers
related to theme are welcome!
For questions
or paper presentation, please contact:
Dr. Ernest E. Uwazie, Director
Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution
California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819-6085
Ph. (916) 278 -6282; FAX (916) 278 -7692.
Email:uwazieee@csus.edu
CALIFORNIA
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCES 14 NEW AFRICAN RELEASES
California
Newsreel's Library of African Cinema has just published its 1999-2000
resource guide featuring 14 new releases, the largest number in
its history. This expands the collection to 55 titles from 21
African nations, making it the pre-eminent source for African
film and video in North America. At 64 pages, the African Cinema
2000 catalogue provides scholars, students and cineastes an overview
of the most important African films of the last decade. In addition,
the 14 current releases offer Americans unique insight into how
Africans are viewing the new millennium.
A highlight
of the new collection is Mweze Ngangura's comic thriller, PIÈCES
D'IDENTITÉS, winner of best film at the 1999 Pan-African Film
Festival in Ouagadougou and best foreign film at the 1999 Acapulco
Black Film Festival. It also features the release of LA PETITE
VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL, the long-awaited final film from the late
Senegalese master, Djibril Diop Mambety.
The African
Cinema 2000 coIlection includes features from two veteran directors:
Cheick Oumar Sissoko's lavish biblical epic LA GÈNESE the
only African feature screened at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
and Flora Gomes' revolutionary classic, MORTU NEGA. In
addition, it contains the first two films from Cape Verde to be
released in this country: O TESTAMENTO DO SENHOR NAPUMOCENO
and FINTAR O DESTINO. It deepens the Library's holdings
from post-apartheid South Africa with a searing drama about the
persistence of racism, A WALK IN THE NIGHT.
The 1999-2000
collection is especially rich in new documentaries including four
film essays on contemporary African politics and economics: CHEF!
and LA TÊTE DANS LES NUAGES by Cameroonian Jean-Marie Teno
and ROSTOV-LUANDA and LA VIE SUR TERRE by Mauritanian
Abderrahmane Sissako. DIVINE CARCASSE and THE LANGUAGE
YOU CRY IN are innovative ethnographic studies of cultural
change and continuity in contemporary Benin and Sierra Leone respectively.
Finally, WOUBI CHÉRI reveals for the first time on video
the no longer hidden world of gay and transgendered people in
Africa.
The breadth
of this 55 film collection assures that it has numerous multi-disciplinary
applications. It has been designed to enable schools to "teach
Africa across the curriculum," from Women's and Cinema Studies
to Anthropology and Political Science. Foreign language teachers
in particular will appreciate that its 22 Francophone and 6 Lusophone
releases demonstrate the international breadth of these languages.
Media arts
centers, film festivals, college film societies and museums have
the opportunity to screen 17 of these titles in 35mm format and
2 in 16mm. All 55 titles are available in ½" vhs with English
subtitles.
The publication
of this 64 page Library of African Cinema resource guide and the
acquisition of these 14 new releases was made possible by generous
grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the
Arts. For a free copy of this catalogue, please contact: California
Newsreel, 149 Ninth Street/ 420, San Francisco CA 94103. Telephone:
415-621-6196; Fax: 415-621-6522; E-mail: aj@newsreel.org;
Web: www.newsreel.org.
Please
send questions or comments to: editors@africaresource.com.
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