This year we'll be running workshops at the Australia & New Zealand American Studies Association in Auckland and at the US American Studies Association in Atlanta, in July and November respectively. The basic plan for the workshop will be the same for both, though of course we expect to have different groups of participants and different results. Our plan is here. We also have proposed a linked round table and workshop at the next IASA in Ottawa (fingers crossed). We want to add materials for the workshops and allow for comments here too, so watch this space!
In Auckland next month, we are also giving a paper about location and identity in American studies reading and writing practices. The abstract for that paper is available here.
Monday
Sheila's paper now online
Sheila's paper "Sharing Academic Space" is now in press and available on-line, details at the Geoforum website. This is the revised version of a paper that was part of a plenary panel on "The Spaces of Critical Geography" at the 3rd Biennial International Conference of Critical Geography, Békéscaba, Hungary, in 2002.
Sunday
our paper on geographical theory and AS
Another essay came out of our panel at the first conference of the International American Studies Association in Leiden, the Netherlands in 2002 (now in press in the proceedings). The aim of this group of presentations was to give examples of how geographical theory could be useful to Americanists who work with literature and cinema. The three papers were authored by Sheila, Julia, and Khadija. We'll link to the publication when we get the info; meanwhile here is the draft that combines the three papers.
Massey's latest article
Here is the latest issue of Geografiska Annaler, a Blackwell journal. It's free right now, so hurry up and download the essays while you can. The Doreen Massey piece "Geographies of Responsibility" is especially recommended!
