[AMS-announce] CFP: Text, Media and Improvisation, McGill University, June 2008

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Paper proposals are invited for an international, interdisciplinary conference on "Text, Media and Improvisation," to be held at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on June 21 and 22, 2008. 

This conference is organized by members of an inter-university, interdisciplinary research project, Improvisation, Community and Social Practice and by the "Improvisation, Text and Media" working group within the project. While papers may touch on a wide range of themes related to the conference title, areas of concern might include the following: (a) problems in the notation and description of improvisatory practice; (b) cross-media, multimedia or intermedial improvisatory practices; (c) the status of improvised practice as text or discourse; (d) the relationship of sonic and graphic forms in improvisation; (e) improvised practice and cultural memory; (f) social and technological issues in the transmission and reception of improvisational practice. While musical improvisation will be a core theme of the conference, papers on improvisation in relation to other cultural and social practices are welcome. 

Proposals for papers should include a title, the name and affiliation of the author and an abstract of 300-400 words. 

Please send proposals by January 15, 2008 to Will Straw at william.straw_at_mcgill.ca.