Cultural Diversity in/and Cyberspace
Call for Papers
May 5, 2000
University of Maryland
Co-sponsored by the Consortium on Race, Gender and
Ethnicity and the Cyberculture Working Group
As the Century turns, fundamental aspects of human experience including
individual and community identity formation, the mind-body relationship,
and the articulation and valuation of difference are becoming increasingly
tied to our ideas of Cyberspace. Computer literacy, particularly in terms
of the ability to access and use the Internet has become, on a global
scale, another boundary separating the haves from the have nots. And,
while non-dominant groups have made some in-roads onto the information
superhighway, these boundaries typically mirror existing borders of
difference. To understand the meaning of race, gender, and ethnicity in
the 21st Century, the project of examining and understanding cyberculture
must be undertaken.
Proposals for panels and papers dealing with cultural diversity in/and
Cyberspace are sought for this interdisciplinary conference. Suggested or
possible themes include the construction of race in Cyberspace: barriers
non-dominant groups face in obtaining internet access: the construction of
gendered, sexed, virtual bodies: teaching issues of diversity with
Cyberspace in the classroom: and the study of online communities,
particularly communities formulated around the articulation of difference.
Please submit one page proposals for papers (20 minutes in length) or a
two page proposal for complete panels (2-3 speakers plus a moderator - 1
hour in length) along with a current cv for all presenters by March 17,
2000.
Contact Information:
Cyberculture Working Group
c/o Ed Martini
Department of American Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-1354
or by e-mail at emartini@wam.umd.edu