From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP: Imagining Globality: China's Global Projects in
Culture, Edmonton, Univ of Alberta, 12-14 June 2013
> H-ASIA
> November 27, 2012
>
> Call for papers: Imagining Globality: China's Global Projects in Culture,
> University of Alberta, Edmonton, June 12-14, 2013
>
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> CFP: Imagining Globality: China's Global Projects in Culture
> Location: Alberta, Canada
>
> Call for Papers Date: 2013-01-31
> Date Submitted: 2012-11-22
> Announcement ID: 198981
> This conference will explore China's global projects in culture and how
> these projects variously imagine a global world and China's place in it.
> It will be held June 12-14, 2013 in Edmonton, Canada.
>
> Recent popular and academic discourses have speculated much on "China's
> rise" and its implications for the future global order. Representations of
> China, which oscillate between a positive 'rise' or negative 'threat',
> bestow on the Chinese state, explicitly or implicitly, the power to make
> the world over according to its own desires. The concept of global
> projects (as theorized by Anna Tsing) enables us, however, to analyse
> larger global processes as a composite of projects. Such global projects
> may work together or to conflicting ends, but each is culturally and
> institutionally specific and thereby circumscribed in its ability to shape
> the global order according to its own imagined globality.
>
> As 'soft power' issues increasingly make their way into China's official
> state discourse, it becomes necessary to consider the ways in which
> individuals and organizations in and from China are engaging with the
> world through culture, both officially and unofficially. The images and
> imaginaries being generated through the various cultural global projects
> emanating from China are significant in understanding how Chinese
> individuals and organizations see China, how they hope to be seen by
> others, and how they are discursively negotiating China's shifting place
> in the world.
>
> This interdisciplinary conference will bring together scholars from
> diverse backgrounds to explore the ways in which China has in the recent
> past and is today engaging with the world culturally. We invite
> submissions from scholars in the social sciences and humanities whose
> research engages with the following broad themes: 1) China Imagined: In
> what ways are the Chinese state, organizations and individuals portraying
> China? Who are the key actors (or what are the key events) shaping
> projected images of China? To what ends do such representations work? What
> tensions and/or contradictions may exist across different depictions or in
> what ways might they be mutually reinforcing? 2) Globalities Imagined: In
> what ways do China's various global projects imagine the world, and in
> particular China's role/place in it? In what ways do depictions intended
> for global circulation and consumption reinforce or contradict narratives
> intended for home audiences? What intellectual/social/cultural
> contributions is China generating to address global issues? 3) Cultural
> Political Economy: In what ways is Chinese culture being used as a
> resource in global engagements (cultural, political, economic, or
> otherwise) and to what purpose? In what ways is cultural power tied to
> China's growing economic and political interests?
>
> Possible topics include but are not limited to: China's culture
> industries in global context (e.g. media, film, music, cultural products)
> Confucius Institutes China's soft power and/or cultural diplomacy
> China's mega-events Popularization and/or circulation of Chinese culture
> outside China (e.g. TCM, Chinese New Year) China's contributions to
> issues of global concern (e.g. development, governance) China's cultural
> engagements with different regions such as Africa, Asia, North America,
> Europe, etc. (i.e. how does China engage differently with different
> geographical regions?) Chinese culture and transnational capitalism (e.g.
> corporate diplomacy)
>
> The deadline for submission of presentation proposals is January 31, 2013.
>
> Proposals should be approximately 300 words in length and submitted by
> email (preferably in the text of the email) to
> imagingglobality@ualberta.ca. Please also include your name, designation,
> department, and institution. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by
> late February 2013.
>
> Accommodations and some meals will be provided to panelists.
>
> For additional information, please contact the conference organizers at:
> imagingglobality@ualberta.ca.
>
> If you feel your question(s) may be pertinent to others, please also feel
> free to contact us through our facebook page:
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/China-Institute-at-the-University-of-Alberta/171003582915953
>
> Conference webpage:
> http://www.china.ualberta.ca/Conferences/ImaginingGlobality.aspx
>
> Heather Schmidt
> University of Alberta
> China Institute
> 203 Telus Ctr
> Edmonton, AB T6G 2R1
> tel: 780-492-1263
> Email: imaginingglobality@ualberta.ca
> Visit the website at
> http://www.china.ualberta.ca/en/Conferences/ImaginingGlobality.aspx
>
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