The call for presentations has been extended to February 13, 2005 (that's Monday). We might squeak a couple of more days out of that if you let me know.
Here's the call again for your information:
Call for Proposals
Inkshed Working Conference XXIII
May 4 - 7, 2006
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Context is Everything: Everything is Context
As we experience writing and writing instruction in our lives and in our pedagogies, we are continually bumping up against context. When, where, why, and under what conditions writing and writing instruction take place have profound impacts on the products and processes of writing and teaching. The contexts of writing and teaching imply particular kinds of decisions writers must make when crafting texts. Contextual conditions also have impacts on how we teach and on how our students write and learn about writing. Though less obvious but equally important, contexts shape the ways in which students read and learn to read. It could be argued that contexts are the most important elements in decisions readers and writers make when engaging with texts and that every engagement in itself transforms those contexts. Therefore, context is everything and everything is context.
The intent of this conference is to explore the influences of context on reading, writing, and learning literacies. We wish to explore not only the ways in which context constrains learning to read and write but also the ways in which it enables these processes.
Format
The Inkshed Conference format-which includes inkshedding, discussion, and no concurrent sessions-encourages a continuing conversation among all participants. As anyone who has attended Inkshed before will know, the conversations begun here often continue on the list and in the newsletter. For more information on CASLL, Inkshed, and inkshedding, please visit our website at http://www.stthomasu.ca/inkshed/.
As usual, we want to avoid the "talking heads-reading papers" model by encouraging participatory and unconventional approaches. We welcome a variety of modes of presentation: performances, case-studies, collaborative presentations, student involvement, workshops, research works-in-progress, or interactive demonstrations. We would also be willing to help with arranging an innovative presentation format to create variety.
We invite interested members of the Inkshed community to submit proposals on this topic. Sessions will be limited to half-hour presentations. In the interest of supporting graduate student participation, we will distribute graduate student works-in-progress sessions throughout the conference timetable.
Tentatively we are planning on each session being limited to 30 minutes, followed by inkshedding. Depending on the specific proposals we receive, timetable adjustments may be necessary.
All Proposals Should Include:
1. Contact person's name, e-mail, snail-mail address, and phone number(s),
2. Names of all presenters as you wish to have them appear in the program,
3. Title,
4. Brief abstract (approx. 400 words),
5. Brief description of the mode of presentation.
Deadline for Proposals: January 30, 2006 (Extended to February 13, 2006)
Decisions will be made and presenters contacted by February 28th.
Send All Proposals by E-mail Only (Word or WordPerfect) to:
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Members of the conference team:
Laura Atkinson
Diane Driedger
Pat Sadowy
Karen E. Smith
Stan Straw
stan straw, ph.d.
professor of language & literacy
faculty of education
university of manitoba
phone: 204-474-9074
FAX: 204-474-7550
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