WSRL Call for Proposals

Social, geographic, economic, disciplinary, cultural, and ecological realms (to name but a few) are in flux, influenced and shaped by events in the global arena from geopolitics and insurgencies to climate change and epidemics. More locally and regionally, such issues as institutional dependence on contingent educators, economic cutbacks, and shifts in education policies and practices impact on the professional and social futures of students and faculty. This year’s theme invites proposals on kinēsis in theories and practices of rhetoric and literacy, that is, the movement and activities of knowledge making, knowledge distribution, and knowledge disruption. We welcome proposals that draw on metaphors that will inspire and generate discussion as we share current research in rhetoric and literacy studies in contexts of uncertainty: flow, entropy, motivation, transformation, transition, and others that invite senses of shift and movement.
Possible inquiries may include but are not limited to the following:

Movements of people and things
Places in flux
Shifting identities
Innovating technologies
Evolving and emerging theories and practices
Constructing and reconstructing histories and futures
Transformations in higher education

Please submit your proposal and the following attached to WSRLC2015@gmail.com - subject line: WSRL MOTION PROPOSAL - by Friday, March 20, 2015 (the vernal equinox):

Your abstract in Word format or PDF prepared for blind review (max. 500 words) that describes the proposed talk and identifies the format for the presentation as:
(a) 20 minute paper, which will be combined with similar proposals to form a 90 minute panel.
(b) 90 minute panel, limited to 3 speakers.
A summary of your abstract in 50 words or less, also in Word format or PDF, containing the title of your paper, author's name(s) and affiliation(s), and email address(es).

Please note that the Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference has a NO MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS policy--only 1 submission per person.
For more information about the conference contact:
Peter Goggin - goggin1[at]asu.edu
or
Sarah Jackson Young - smjacks4[at]asu.edu

visit our website: http://www.public.asu.edu/~petergo/wsrl/wsrl.html

As is our tradition, there is no registration fee for this year's conference