2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
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Call for Papers: Native/Indigenous Studies Area
2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
February 14-17, 2007
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's
28th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM
Proposals for both Panels and Individual Papers are now being accepted for
the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Listed below are some suggestions for
possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcome and
encouraged.
DEADLINE **UPDATED** December 15, 2006.
* Indigenous Methodologies
* Indians in Higher Education
* Teaching Popular Culture in Native American Studies
* Biography, autobiography, and nonfiction works by and/or about
Indigenous people
* Native Literature
* Public Health and Indigenous Peoples
* Popular culture and religion (or, religious popular culture)
* Native peoples in/and film
* Native representations in popular culture (television, comic books,
video/computer games, film, etc.)
* Politics and Native peoples
* Indigenous resistance, regional or global (whaling/fishing rights,
incarceration issues, sports mascots, etc.)
* More ideas encouraged!
Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words may be sent to
Sara Sutler-Cohen or John Miles at the contacts below. Please forward this
email to people who would be interested in participating.
Dr. Sara C. Sutler-Cohen
Area Co-Chair, Native Studies
PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences
ssutler@bcc.ctc.edu
Department of Sociology
Bellevue Community College
3000 Landerholm Circle, SE
Bellevue, WA 98007
(425) 564-5722
John Miles
Area Co-Chair, Native Studies
Literature Department
University of New Mexico
john.miles@comcast.net
The 2007 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at
the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque. Join us this year, as a returning or
first-time participant, as we celebrate the 28th year of this regional
popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference
(listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/ . PLEASE NOTE:
THE DEADLINE FOR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS DECEMBER 31, 2006.