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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*Apologies for cross postings*</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Conference Committee of the 2007 Australian
Critical Race and<BR>Whiteness Studies Association conference is pleased to
announce its second<BR>call for papers. Information is included below and also
on the attached<BR>pdf document. Please feel free to circulate this information
to colleagues<BR>and we look forward to seeing you at the conference. The
conference website </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>listed below now includes full registration details
and registration is now open.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Conference Committee.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Australian Critical Race And Whiteness Studies
Association 2007 Conference:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Transforming Bodies, Nations &
Knowledges</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adelaide, South Australia, 10 -12 December,
2007</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since 1999 there have been a series of yearly
conferences held in<BR>Australia, united by their critique of race privilege and
their attention<BR>to matters of Indigenous sovereignty. Early conferences were
integral to<BR>the formation of the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness
Studies<BR>Association in 2004. These conferences have encouraged and supported
the<BR>development of a rapidly growing body of Indigenous voices and
knowledges<BR>within the Australian academy as well as an increased focus on
issues of<BR>race and whiteness.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This year's conference will be held in Adelaide,
South Australia, and will<BR>encourage continued reflection upon issues of
racial power and privilege<BR>in local and global contexts where Indigenous
sovereignties continue to be<BR>denied, and in which whiteness maintains
hegemony. It continues an<BR>explicit focus on issues of sovereignty and the
importance of ensuring<BR>spaces for open, supportive dialogue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The 2007 ACRAWSA conference, Transforming Bodies,
Nations & Knowledges,<BR>draws on the aforementioned history of
interventions into the cultural<BR>politics of race and whiteness both in
Australia and internationally. The<BR>notion of 'transforming' signifies a
commitment not only to examining and<BR>critiquing existing practices of
dominance and discrimination, but also to<BR>the ways in which these have been
challenged and transformed and continue<BR>to be so in the present and into the
future. The conference seeks to<BR>address ways in which processes of
transformation mutually implicate<BR>bodies, nations and knowledges. Possible
questions include: What kind of<BR>bodies are produced by the powers of racism
and colonialism? How do those<BR>bodies transform themselves into something else
to resist or avoid<BR>relations of dominance? How do knowledges create and
change bodies and<BR>nations? How can we challenge existing disciplines and
knowledges to<BR>recognise spaces for Indigenous sovereignty and to oppose
racism? How are<BR>nations being changed in contemporary global scenarios? How
do nations<BR>demand and produce embodied responses to their practices of
inclusion and<BR>exclusion?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Specific areas of concern may include:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>· Indigenous sovereignties<BR>· citizenship;<BR>·
borders;<BR>· the law;<BR>· bodies, affect and subjectivity;<BR>· gender,
sexuality and reproduction<BR>· religion;<BR>· power and knowledge
production;<BR>· writing and other creative arts;<BR>· families;<BR>·
professional knowledges and practices in education, health and
welfare</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Such themes are central to a conference that seeks
practical and<BR>politically orientated outcomes. The conference will appeal to
people<BR>working in the areas of Indigenous studies, whiteness and critical
race<BR>studies, gender/women's studies and sexuality studies, education,
law,<BR>history, psychology and social sciences, social work, cultural
studies,<BR>media studies, literary studies, philosophy, art and design theory
as well<BR>as those who are intellectually engaged in community and
activist<BR>settings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An invitation is extended to those wishing to
present on issues such as<BR>those outlined above to submit an abstract of no
more than 200 words,<BR>along with a short biographical statement, by the
31/07/2007 to the<BR>following email address: <A
href="">abstracts2007@acrawsa.org.au</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conference organisers welcome expressions of
interest for the following<BR>presentation formats:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>· 'traditional' 20 min papers<BR>· three-paper
symposia<BR>· round table discussions<BR>· artistic performances/installations
and other forms of information<BR>dissemination that operate outside of the
standard 20 minute presentation<BR>style.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>More information on submission guidelines,
conference details, and<BR>conference publications are available at:<BR><A
href="">http://www.conference2007.acrawsa.org.au</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Confirmed keynotes for the conference include Dr.
Sara Ahmed on the topic<BR>of 'The Politics of Good Feeling', Dr. Irene Watson,
Dr. Jackie Huggins and Dr. Tony
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