*PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! Call for Papers: Native/Indigenous Studies Area*** * * *2009 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association* *February 24-28, 2009* *Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's 30th Annual Conference in* *Albuquerque, NM* Proposals for both Panels and Individual Papers are now being accepted for the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcome and encouraged. *DEADLINE November 15, 2008**.** * - Indigenous Methodologies - Indians in Higher Education - Teaching Popular Culture in Native American Studies - Biography, autobiography, and nonfiction works by and/or about Indigenous people - Native Literature - Public Health and Indigenous Peoples - Popular culture and religion (or, religious popular culture) - Native peoples across borders: racial/physical/economic/political… etc - Native representations in popular culture (television, comic books, video/computer games (etc) - Politics and Native peoples - Indigenous Women in Social Work - Indigenous resistance, regional or global (whaling/fishing rights, incarceration issues, sports mascots, etc.) - More ideas encouraged! Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words may be sent to L. Rain Cranford-Gomez at the contact below. Please forward this email to people who would be interested in participating. ** *L. Rain A Cranford-Gomez* Area Co-Chair, Native/Indigenous Studies PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] American Literature and Language Arts Cornelia Connelly School Or: *Dr. Sara Sutler-Cohen* Area Co-Chair, Native/Indigenous Studies PCA/ACA Annual Regional Conferences [log in to unmask] Sociology Department Chair Bellevue College * * The 2008 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate the 30 th year of this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/<https://mail.msu.edu/cgi-bin/webmail?timestamp=1187041691&md5=r%2B8zeYT8m2RajaxaGpmkeQ%3D%3D&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.h-net.org%2F%7Eswpca%2F><https://mail.msu.edu/cgi-bin/webmail?timestamp=1187041691&md5=r%2B8zeYT8m2RajaxaGpmkeQ%3D%3D&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swtexaspca.org%2F>. -- Sara Sutler-Cohen, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Sociology Bellevue College Programmer, American Indian Film Festival http://sarasutlercohen.com www.myspace.com/bccsoc www.bellevuecollege.edu/aiff http://www.wordcraftcircle.org/ "Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.'" -- Angela Y. Davis ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html