Updated Information and Deadline Reminder
Images of the North Conference
24-26 February 2006
Reykjavik, Iceland
Abstract Submission Deadline: Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Registration Deadline: Friday, 17 February 2006
For further information, please go to:
http://www.akademia.is/imagesofthenorth/NORTHWORKSHOP/INDEX.htm
** Please note that conference dates and deadlines included in this
announcement have been updated and are not the same as in the ArcticInfo
announcement posted on 2 August 2005.
The Reykjavik Academy in collaboration with the Reykjavik Winter
Festival has organized an international conference entitled "Images of
the North" that will be held Reykjavik, Iceland on 24-26 February 2006.
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore the
various issues surrounding image construction, identity making and
representations of the North, as well as the interconnectedness between
those issues. The aim is to elucidate the multiple aspects of the idea
of the North, both as a mythological space and a discursive system
created and shaped by cultures outside the North as well as from within.
The North, whether an imaginary place or geographical locus, constitutes
a fascinating multiple mosaic shaped by myth, image, text, and
experience. In contemporary discourse the complex and often
contradictory images of the North co-exist at the same time, and as
their representations they have been in constant construction, shifting
and re-shaping through time and space.
Submissions must focus on the images, identities and/or representations
of the North, either in local, regional, or global perspective. Topics
can relate either to a specific geographical location or to a more
abstract idea of the North.
Papers are invited on issues related to the following themes:
- Images of single countries or specific regions in the North
- Tourism and the media
- Cultural heritage and institutions
- Nature and environmental issues
- The gendered North
- Urban culture and everyday life
- Multiculturalism and globalization
- Visual arts and literature
- Subsistence, food, and culture
Please send in an abstract in English (maximum of 500 words) by Tuesday,
15 November 2005, to images [at] akademia.is. The abstracts will be reviewed
by a committee and presenters will be informed about acceptance on or
before Thursday, 15 December 2005. If an abstract is accepted for the
conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Tuesday, 24
January 2006.
Registration will be available online at:
http://www.akademia.is/imagesofthenorth/NORTHWORKSHOP/INDEX.htm
or by sending an e-mail to:
images [at] akademia.is
For further information, please contact:
Olof Sigfusdottir, Conference Manager
E-mail: olof [at] akademia.is
Phone: +354 699 7066