Call for Papers FLUID 28th Annual Conference for the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts October 9-12, 2014 Dallas, Texas

Call for Papers FLUID 28th Annual Conference for the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts October 9-12, 2014 Dallas, Texas



The concept of fluid in the arts, sciences, and humanities evokes
multiple, overlapping definitions that work across and around the edges
of disciplinary boundaries. Fluid can describe the property of flow,
particles that move freely among themselves and that form and deform
under pressure. It can refer to liquids both bodily and cultural, for
example, blood and capital. It evokes anything that is not solid, fixed,
or stable.


For this year’s conference, we encourage presentations, papers, and
artworks that explore fluid as a word, idea, and process applied to
borderlands, canvases (and other media in other art forms),
philosophical indeterminacies, or dynamic systems, to offer a few
suggestions. This is a deliberately expansive topic intended to appeal
to a broad range of work in fields, including

• bioarts
• critical media theory
• bioethics
• medical humanities
• new frontiers in digital media
• animal studies
• liminal studies
• environmentalism and ecological studies
• science and critical race studies
• the history and philosophy of science
• gender and/in science studies
• rhetoric

This list is suggestive, not exhaustive. Other topics falling within the boundaries of SLSA work will also be welcome.


Abstracts of 150-250 words are due by April 30. Panel proposals must include full contact information for all panelists.






FLUID
28th Annual Conference for the
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
October 9-12, 2014
Dallas, Texas

http://litsciarts.org/slsa14/call-for-papers/