1st Global Conference
Writing
Saturday 12th November – Monday 14th November 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
Call For Papers:
The inaugural launch of this global research and
publications project on Writing will explore the
many facets of writing from an interdisciplinary
perspective. It seeks to explore the many
intertextual and intersemiotic facets of writing
as they exist in the digital age; but also take
into account the historical forces, process and
mechanisms, their relationships to contemporary
writing forms, and the possibilities of future
directions. 'All writing comes from somewhere'
and with this axiom in mind this project will not
only examine the pragmatic elements of writing but
also the complex issues concerning the
metafunctions of writing as a creative and
purposeful process across various disciplines.
Papers, presentations, reports, workshops and
pre-formed panels are invited on, but not limited
to any of the following focus areas;
1. Writing as a Creative Process: Theory and Practice
* What are the origins and forms of creative writing?
* What are the personal and interpersonal
relationships between creativity and writing?
* How is effective and creative writing developed
and nurtured?
* How do various disciplines understand the
pragmatic elements of writing and the thought
processes that underpin writing?
* What are the similarities/differences in
understanding between the related research
disciplines?
* How can creative writing be fostered in a world
dominated by measurement, outcomes and benchmarks?
* How do authors actually write?
2. Writing across the Disciplines: Theory and Practice
* How do various disciplines define writing?
* The psychology, philosophy and pedagogy of
writing of various fields of thought
* What is creativity in theory and practice in the
business world?
* Can writing be taught?
* How do readers engage with writing?
* What does engagement with writing and the
writing process mean for adults and for children?
* How does writing develop in all age groups or
across age groups?
* What are the various forms Inter-disciplinary
approaches to teaching writing?
* Historical and contemporary representations of
writing as art, in film and literature?
* The future role of writing?
* How will the visual media be related to writing
in the next decade or beyond?
* The relationships between children's engagement
with television, film, visual literacy and writing?
* Traditional forms of writing: what are they and
how do they fit in the visual age?
* The role and nature of learning theories and
their view of writing
3. Critical and Cultural Thinking
* How is writing linked to critical thinking? Is
it the same as critical literacy?
* Where does this writing ability come from?
* What is the role of the 'significant other' in
developing critical engagement with writing at
home, school and beyond?
* What are the conditions that foster critical
thinking and critical writing?
* How is writing engendered and produced in
different contexts of cultural contexts?
* Developing writing as life skills, social issues
and education for citizenship in the 21st century
Papers will be considered on any related theme.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
29th July 2011. If an abstract is accepted
for the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 23rd September 2011.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to the
Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word,
WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
E-mails should be entitled: Writing Abstract
Submission
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using any special formatting, characters or
emphasis (such as bold, italics or
underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to
all paper proposals submitted. If you do not
receive a reply from us in a week you should
assume we did not receive your proposal; it might
be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look
for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Phil Fitzsimmons
Faculty of Education,
Avondale College of Higher Learning
New South Wales, Australia
E-mail: phil.fitzsimmons@avondale.edu.au
Rob Fisher
Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
E-Mail: write@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the Education Hub series
of research projects, which in turn belong to the
At the Interface programmes of
Inter-Disciplinary.Net. It aims to bring together
people from different areas and interests to share
ideas and explore discussions which are
innovative and challenging. All papers accepted
for and presented at this conference are eligible
for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected
papers may be invited to go forward for
development into a themed ISBN hard copy volume or
volumes.
For further details of the project, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/education/writing/
For further details of the conference, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/education/writing/call-for-papers/
Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a
not-for-profit network and we are not in a
position to be able to assist with conference
travel or
subsistence.
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