Language Matters: Social and Environmental Justice in Creative-Critical Practice
CALL FOR PAPERS: Language Matters Social and Environmental Justice in Creative-Critical Practice Friday 7 July, Nottingham Contemporary, UK.
Keynote Speakers: Malika Booker and Hanan Issa
Calls for social and environmental justice have, in recent years, been amplified in response to inequalities across race, gender, class and geography brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter and Hands Off My Hijab movements, and the acceleration of anthropogenic climate change. Across the cultural spectrum, institutions are beginning to reckon with their imperial legacies, publishers ...
Writing (About) Literature While the House Burns Down
Special Issue of Twentieth-Century Literature: Writing (About) Literature While the House Burns Down
As the climate house that allows for what we call “civilization” burns down, business as usual in the Global North keeps on fueling the fire. Indeed, the more climate change is talked about, the more greenhouse gas is emitted into the atmosphere.
As Greta Thunberg famously put it, “They’ve now had 30 years of blah, blah, blah and where has that led us?” Cleary, there is something wrong with the way we ...
Maintenance and Repair in Western American Literature (ASLE-sponsored panel @ WLA)
Western Literature Association Conference
Fort Hall, Idaho, Oct. 11-14, 2023
Abstract Deadline: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Abstract Length: Up to 250 words
According to Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel, founders of an interdisciplinary network of researchers who call themselves The Maintainers, “maintenance and repair, the building of infrastructures, the mundane labor that goes into sustaining functioning and efficient infrastructures, simply has more impact on people’s daily lives than the vast majority of technological innovations.” Narratives that privilege invention and innovation, Russell and Vinsel contend, frequently overlook the ...