SWPACA
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 41st Annual Conference 2020
Important Dates
About SWPACA
Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 40th annual SWPACA conference. One of the nation’s largest interdisciplinary academic conferences, SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas, each typically featuring multiple panels. In addition to our regular areas, the 2020 conference will also be seeking submissions for special one-time-only areas regarding the work of Rob Thomas and the Amazon series, Good Omens. For a full list of subject areas, area descriptions, and Area Chairs, please visit http://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for-papers/
Topics
Native american/indigenous studiesCall for Papers
Come present with us! Proposals are now being accepted for the Native/Indigenous Studies area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcomed and encouraged. Paper topics can include transnational and international Indigenous issues.
Topics in the area at past conferences have included:
- Cyberculture and social media
- Native representations in popular culture (television, comic books, graphic novels, video/computer games, etc.)
- Indigenous methodologies and interpretative frameworks
- Queer theory and Native Studies
- Teaching Native American Studies
- Native art and artists
- Popular culture and language preservation
- Native American and Indigenous Literature
- Indigenous resistance, regional or global (treaty rights, incarceration issues, sports mascots, etc.)
- Native peoples’ relationships with various Communities of Color
- Landscapes and Indigenous ecologies
- Travel, tourism, and Indigenous nations
- Native sovereignty and media
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