A Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) Conference (May 5-7, 2016)

Deadline for proposals: January 15, 2016

The C21 conference landbody considers the implications of Native ontologies and epistemologies, emphasizing the animate, living nature of place and the conceptual primacy of connection and locale. Despite colonial incursions, Native communities continue tribal lifeways, constructing and reconstructing systems of reciprocal survival in regions and localized spaces throughout lands and other spaces occupied by and contested by colonial powers and people. Place is not a neutral backdrop. An ontological connection to a specific land comprises a central component of indigenous being, a commitment to place contrary to current celebrations of migration, individualism, and cosmopolitanism.

The attached CFP provides greater details and application instructions. The CFP is also available from our conference website:

http://www.c21uwm.com/landbody/