fw: call for section 'terror' @ obn conference

[anna balint]

From: Cornelia Sollfrank <cornelia at snafu.de>

dear all, due to the radical changes which have happend since september 11, 
we, the organizers of the obn-conference decided to dedicate one part of the 
conference to a section called: "The borders of 'terror' -- media- and war 
techniques" For this section at the old boys network's conference  
'very cyberfeminist international' (December 13-16th) we are looking for 
speakers addressing one or more of the following questions: - How to 
approach the (mass) media presentation of the events since September 11th? 
Is it a 'propaganda war'?
- Which strategy can be analyzed regarding the career of the word 'terror' in 
the western mass media ?
- How does the meaning of 'terrorism' shift compared to the related terms of 
'armed struggle for liberation' or 'war'?
- Can 'terrorism' mean symbolic acts of purposefully applying violence of any 
kind or is it reserved to a questionable 'reality' of physical violence?
- Has killing and/or the destruction of material or cultural symbols become a 
new guarantee of 'reality' of today's western popular metaphysics? so far, 
we have invited RAWA - revolutionary association of women from 
afghanistan - to speak at this section. please forward this call to anyone who
might be competent and interested to come to Hamburg to attend the 
conference. Call for contributions- urgent! please send your 
recommendations and/or proposals to <boys at obn.org>
best,
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