TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA, AND CULTURE IN THE SPACE BETWEEN,1914-1945.

Submissions are invited for the seventh Annual Conference of The Space
Between: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945, at McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 27-29, 2005.

Beginning with the mass mechanization of the Great War, the period
through World War II catapulted people into a new kind of modernity.
New
technologies and media conjured up both awesome and frightful fantasies
and realities in the creative and critical imaginations of artists,
scientists, producers, consumers, and critics. Technology and media
excited and threatened domestic and international politics and
challenged
members of popular and elite cultures to reconfigure relationships
between selfhood, society, and the object world.

This interdisciplinary conference will explore the manifestations,
effects, and representations of the new technologies of the 1914-1945
period. Considering this distinct period in twentieth century history
will offer crucial perspectives and insights on the significance of
visual and auditory technologies, designed and built technologies,
technologies of the body, technologies of flight, speed and
simultaneity,
technologies of production, technologies of social engineering. We are
particularly interested in exploring the cultural relationships that
emerge as the roles of the media and technology shape each other in our
Space Between.

Possible topics include, but should not be limited to, the following:
--Technologies of media
--Textuality and technology
--Cultural responses to mass media
--Extensions and mediations of the body
--Medical and reproductive technologies
--Technology and economies
--Technology/media and psychology
--Propaganda and design
--Designs for living
--War, weaponry, and art
--The machine aesthetic
--Technology/media and constructions of nation, gender and class
--Technology/media and democracy, fascism, and communism
--Resistance through and/or to media and technology

Please send 300 word abstracts or 10 page double-spaced 12 pt. font
papers by February15, 2005 to
file:///mailto:robin.feenstra@mail.mcgill.ca>robin.feenstra@mail.mcgill.ca.
E-mail submissions are preferred, but hard copy proposals may be sent
to:
Robin Feenstra, Dept. of English, McGill University, Arts Building, 853
Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T6.
The Space Between Society is dedicated to the study of literature and
culture between the wars, providing an interdisciplinary forum for
discussion and research on overlooked texts, understudied authors, and
new approaches to traditionally canonical texts. It also encourages
fresh examination of art, society, and culture illuminating the war and
interwar period. For information about our journal and membership in
The
Space Between, please visit our website:
file:///http://www.precursors.org/home.htm>http://www.precursors.org.

Phyllis Lassner
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
phyllisl@northwestern.edu.