The Department of English, University of Madras
&
Department of Journalism and Communication
in association with
Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective
and
The Association of Communication Teachers
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (ACTTNP)
invites you to participate in the
International Conference
on
Contemporary Communication Cultures, Controls and Becomings
16, 17 February 2018
[International Deleuze and Guattari Camp – 14, 15 February
2018]
The contemporary world
has been going through challenging times in the areas of information and
communication, crucially marked by novel surveillance modes and archiving
strategies. In particular, the modern state with its powerful techno-economic
infrastructure becomes the main protagonist here. Its capabilities of
information mapping and communication controls have expanded greatly in recent
times, bringing more and more segments of the people’s life under its panoptic
regime. Perhaps the most pernicious one in this context is the appropriation of
the biological and personal profiles of the citizenry, which is speciously
justified with reasons ranging from security and terrorism to welfare measures
in health and education. Such incursions, which have deep ethical and political
implications, are expedited by the melding of the biopolitical strategies of
the state with the technological sophistication of advanced capitalism.
More importantly, the
handle on communication and information has emboldened the state to further
annex more facets of citizens’ life to its jurisdiction and governmentality.
From what they should eat and wear to what they should believe and worship, the
states, especially in the developing part of the world, are articulating their
preferences and choices with an unabashed candor. Definitely such articulations
are politically suspect.
On the other side, the
semiotic and technological resources of communication and media are drawn upon
by the people to register their dissent and muster social resistance. Those
employed are forms like cinema, literature, painting, theatre, music,
sculpture, street plays, and numerous subaltern forms of representation. The
social media perhaps becomes the most powerful weapon of the weak at present to
fight the excesses of the state and the brutalities of the present global
order.
Deleuze’s paper on the
societies of control untangles the complex strands of the modern information
and communication regime with unusual clarity and verve. He clearly charts the
progression from the “disciplinary society” of yesteryears, so skillfully
analyzed by Foucault, to the present society of information and communication
controls. It is not that the mechanisms and the institutions of the
disciplinary society have disappeared, but that they are further supplemented
and strengthened at present by the new information regime. To our chagrin, the
kind of sophistication now achieved by modern science and technology in
converting everything into information and codes has gone beyond the
imagination of even Deleuze and Guattari. Nonetheless, it could also be
convincingly argued that Deleuze and Guattari provide one of the most
resourceful repertoire of theories and concepts to tackle both the wily and
benevolent legacies of information and communication in the present times.
The Chennai conference
on Deleuze and Guattari in February 2018 seeks to explore the different aspects
of information, communication and controls in the present mediatized world from
a Deleuzo-Guattarian perspective. It will provide a platform for academics,
students, philosophers, and activists across the world to present their papers
and exchange their ideas on the conference theme. The conference will be
preceded by the well-known International Deleuze Camp which will help the
aspiring students and scholars to hear and learn about Deleuzo-Guattarian
philosophy from the outstanding scholars in the field. Papers and abstracts for
the conference presentation are invited from wide-ranging areas associated with
information, communication and controls. Papers are also welcomed from relevant
areas, though not listed below.
Themes for the Conference Presentation
Machinic/digital
controls and new subjectivities
New panopticons and
new control societies
Cryptic
journalism/communication, encryption and hacking
State and corporate
surveillance and control systems
Bodies as site of
controls and becomings
Food cultures as site
of controls and communication
Biometric controls and
Biosecurity in the present globalized world
Agrarian cultures of
communication in the new age of controls
Industrial cultures of
communication in the new age of controls
Consumer cultures of
communication in the new age of controls
Mass media as site of
controls and communication
Social media as site
of controls and communication
New cultures of
protests and dissent
Neo feudalism,
casteism and neo liberalism as site of controls and communication
The Deleuze Camp Registration
Those who wish to
attend the two day Deleuze Camp which is conducted prior to the conference,
should send a Statement of Purpose (not exceeding 500 words, Times New Roman,
Single space, Font size 11, specifying all the details including the name of
applicant, institutional affiliation contact number and email address), not
exceeding 500 words, to the following email IDs: dgchennai2018@gmail.com and
deleuze.india@gmail.com
The deadline for the submission of the Statement of
Purpose is November 15, 2017. You will be notified about the acceptance of your
application within ten days of your submission after the scrutiny of your
Statement of Purpose. If the Statement of Purpose is accepted, one can proceed
to Registration and payment of the fee. Please see the section ‘Registration’
for the details of registration fees and mode of payment.
Registration
The last date for
paying the registration fee (for both conference and camp) is 30 November,
2017.
Registration Fees
Both Camp and
Conference (14-17, February 2018)
International Faculty:
220 USD
International Students
and Other Categories: 180 USD
Indian Students and
Other Categories: 4000 INR
Indian Faculty: 6000
INR
The last date for submission
of the Abstract of the Conference Paper is November 15, 2017. The Conference
Abstract should not exceed 500 words (Times New Roman, Single space, Font size
11) and also should specify the name of the applicant, gender, institutional
affiliation, contact number and email address.
The Conference Abstract should
be sent to the following email IDs: dgchennai2018@gmail.com and
deleuze.india@gmail.com You will be notified of the acceptance of the Paper after
the scrutiny of the Abstract within the ten days of your submission. If the
Abstract is accepted, one can proceed to the payment of the Registration Fee.
Call for Papers
The deadline for
submission of the Full Paper (3000-3500 words, Harvard/Chicago referencing,
Times New Roman, One and a half space, Font size 11, Justified text, PDF
format) is January 31, 2018 and should be sent to the above email IDs. We also
welcome participants who wish to attend the Conference without presenting a
paper. They can also start the process of Registration by submitting their
Statement of Purpose (not exceeding 500 words, Times New Roman, Single space,
Font size 11, with name of the applicant, institutional affiliation, contact
number and email address) to the email IDs given above on or before November
15, 2017. If selected, they will be intimated via email within the ten days of
your submission and thereafter can proceed to the final Registration and the
payment of fees. Please note that the seats are limited for this category.
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