Call For Papers:
The inaugural launch of this global research and publications project on Writing will explore the many facets of writing from an interdisciplinary perspective. It seeks to explore the many intertextual and intersemiotic facets of writing as they exists in the digital age but also taking into account the historical forces, process and mechanisms, their relationships to contemporary writing forms, and the possibilities of future directions. 'All writing comes from somewhere' and with this axiom in mind this project will not only examine the pragmatic elements of writing but also the complex issues concerning the metafunctions of writing as a creative and purposeful process across various disciplines.

Papers, presentations, reports, workshops and pre-formed panels are invited on, but not limited to any of the following focus areas;

1. Writing as a Creative Process: Theory and Practice

* What are the origins and forms of creative writing?
* What are the personal and interpersonal relationship between
creativity and writing?
* How is effective and creative writing developed and nurtured?
* How do various disciplines understand the pragmatic elements of
writing and the thought processes that underpin writing?
* What are the similarities/differences in understanding between the
related research disciplines?
* How can creative writing be fostered in a world dominated by
measurement, outcomes and benchmarks?
* How do authors actually write?

2. Writing across the Disciplines: Theory and Practice

* How do various disciplines define writing?
* The psychology, philosophy and pedagogy of writing of various fields
of thought
* What is creativity in theory and practice in the business world?
* Can writing be taught?
* How do readers engage with writing?
* What does engagement with writing and the writing process mean for
adults and for children?
* How does writing develop in all age groups or across age groups?
* What are the various forms Inter-disciplinary approaches to teaching
writing?
* Historical and contemporary representations of writing as art, in film
and literature?
* The future role of writing?
* How will the visual media be related to writing in the next decade or
beyond?
* The relationships between children's engagement with television, film,
visual literacy and writing?
* Traditional forms of writing: what are they and how do they fit in the
visual age?
* The role and nature of learning theories and their view of writing

3. Critical and Cultural Thinking

* How is writing linked to critical thinking? Is it the same as critical
literacy?
* Where does this writing ability come from?
* What is the role of the 'significant other' in developing critical
engagement with writing at home, school and beyond?
* What are the conditions that foster critical thinking and critical
writing?
* How is writing engendered and produced in different contexts of
cultural contexts?
* Developing writing as life skills, social issues and education for
citizenship in the 21st century

Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts
should be submitted by Friday 29th July 2011. If an abstract is accepted
for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday
23rd September 2011.

300 word abstracts should be submitted to the Organising Chairs;
abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order:

a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e)
body of abstract
E-mails should be entitled: Writing Abstract Submission

Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using any
special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or
underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals
submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should
assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace!
We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.

Organising Chairs

Phil Fitzsimmons
Faculty of Education,
Avondale College of Higher Learning
New South Wales, Australia
E-mail: phil.fitzsimmons@avondale.edu.au

Rob Fisher
Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
E-Mail: write@inter-disciplinary.net

The conference is part of the Education Hub series of research projects,
which in turn belong to the At the Interface programmes of
Inter-Disciplinary.Net. It aims to bring together people from different
areas and interests to share ideas and explore discussions which are
innovative and challenging. All papers accepted for and presented at
this conference are eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected
papers may be invited to go forward for development into a themed ISBN
hard copy volume or volumes.

For further details of the project, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/education/writing/

For further details of the conference, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/education/writing/cal...

Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we
are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or
subsistence.