We are complexly situated—across and within different domains and contexts–in globalized postmodernity, yet within the boundaries of the modern nation state. Through what politics and by what psycho-socio-logics and with what consequences are we in such situations today informed, managed, manipulated, oriented? Who are the authorized/appointed interpreters in/of this situation?
We shall make use of Zygmunt Bauman’s Legislators and Interpreters as common facilitating Seminar reader.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
THURSDAY EVENING
FRIDAY
9:00 – 10:00am Opening Session
Welcome; Introductions; Orientation
Director’s Address
Moderator: Timothy Sandoval
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10:15am – 12:15pm Seminar Session #1:
INTERPRETERS:
WHO ARE THEY? HOW/BY WHAT AUTHORITY/AGENCY ARE THEY CONSTRUCTED? WHAT ARE THEIR CONTEXTS/DOMAINS?
12:15 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:30pm Seminar Session #2:
WHAT ARE THEIR PRACTICES, PERFORMANCES, RITUALS/RITES?
3:30 – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 – 5:45pm Seminar Session #3:
WHAT ARE THEIR INTERESTS, AGENDA, POLITICS? THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR OFFICES?
5:45 – 8:00pm Dinner on Your Own
Evening Session
8:00 – 9:30pm Special Session #4
EMBODIMENT: PERFORMANCE, INTERACTIONS & CONVERSATION
SATURDAY
10:00am – 12:00noon Special Session #5
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT
INTRODUCTION & FIRST SESSION
12:00 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:00pm Special Session #6
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT
(CONTINUATION)
3:15 – 4:00 Business Meeting
4:00 – 6:00PM BREAK
6:00 – 7:15pm Plenary: Special Session:
INTERVIEW/CONVERSATION:
Tommy J. Curry, Texas A& M University, Philosophy, Africana Studies & V. L. Wimbush
7:30pm – 9:00pm CLOSING DINNER