2012 Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative (CSSC)
Call for Proposals
http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/cssc.html

The Planning Council of the Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative (CSSC) invites your submissions for the second annual meeting in the heart of historic Savannah, Georgia. The CSSC will bring together diverse individuals within and beyond the field of Curriculum Studies. The Collaborative was developed to promote dialogue and cooperative action among established and emerging curriculum scholars. It is a process-oriented, generative space intended to support the work of the field. The Collaborative seeks to:
" Forge connections between established and emerging scholars, practitioners, and graduate students with many backgrounds, associations, and roles.
" Explore ways to expand, complicate, and color Curriculum Studies and expand traditional understandings of educational research.
" Establish a space for the planning, development, and ongoing renewal of collaborative projects and proposals.
" Promote mentoring and professional development opportunities for graduate students and early career scholars.
" Provide a conference opportunity for classroom teachers who are unable to travel during the traditional academic year.

The second annual conference will commence with an evening reception and welcome session on Wednesday, June 20, followed by concurrent sessions on Thursday, June 21 and Friday June 22, as well as Saturday morning. The conference will conclude at noon on Saturday, June 23 to allow for return travel. We hope that you will join us for our second annual conference, and we look forward to receiving your submissions!

Description of Conference Strands
Four conference strands are organized to promote collaboration and dialogue among conference participants. CSSC also seeks to foster relationships among participants by providing opportunities for informal interaction during meals, leisure activities, and scheduled entertainment.

Please be sure to provide all required information. Proposals will not be considered if required fields are not completed. Please carefully read the strand description and clearly indicate how your proposal fits the proposed strand.

To submit a proposal, visit http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/csscproposals.html and fill out an online submission form.

*NOTE* Priority submission deadline for proposals is March 19, 2012. Submissions received after April 2, 2012 will not be considered.

CSSC will invite submissions for the following strands:

Curriculum Dialogues (CD)
This strand is designed to promote the sometimes difficult, but necessary, dialogue that must take place in order to expand, complicate, and articulate the field of curriculum in theory and practice. Sessions are structured as 15-20 minute paper or panelist presentations followed by a period of discussion. We seek submissions for papers and panels that present current issues impacting the field in order to promote discussions and invite theoretical-practical work. In particular, we seek proposals that discuss and critique contemporary directions in curriculum studies including (but not limited to): internationalization of the field, the "browning" and "mothering" of curriculum, the cannon project and new call for historicity, the curricula of autobiography and place, intercultural and cosmopolitan models of curriculum, amplifying and rethinking democratic traditions, uses of life history and narrative in curriculum, and finally, theoretical-practical curriculum design in sch!

ools and with student teachers. The goal of these sessions is not to seek resolution, but rather to generate new understandings and perspectives among diverse individuals.

Pushing Methodological Boundaries (PMB)
We invite the submission of completed and/or published work as well as performances and exhibits that push the boundaries of current "accepted" humanistic and human science methodological models. In this strand, we encourage arts and alternative inquiry (including performances and exhibits), social action, critical theory, cultural studies, public pedagogy, historical analysis, and any other method of inquiry that attempts to redefine or rework traditional understandings of research. Examples of research conducted by, for, or with practitioners, students, or community members, as well as submissions that experiment with new forms of research methodologies are especially welcome. Collaborative works, especially those that feature cross-disciplinary and inter-institutional partnerships are encouraged. In order to provide insight into the intricacies of methodological discussions, presenters are asked to explicitly discuss the context in which the work emerged and the process t!

hrough which alternative models were developed. Sessions are structured as abbreviated presentations (10 minutes) with an extended period of discussion to allow maximum interaction with each methodological approach.

Proposals within this strand can also be considered for special Book Talk sessions. These sessions will highlight published works and provide a forum for authors to promote and discuss their books. Authors may work with publishers to provide sale copies for conference attendees.

Works-In-Progress (WIP)
In this strand, we invite the submission of unpublished, developing work that will contribute to productive "working" sessions focused on collaboration and mutual development. Applicable work may include dissertations, articles, essays, and performances. Proposals for other types of working sessions (such as a focus group, where feedback is solicited and applied toward a developing project) will also be considered. The emphasis of these working sessions is discussion and development rather than presentation. Each session will be assigned a discussant to review the submissions prior to the conference and lead the conversation with participants and audience members about the presented pieces. This strand is designed to provide safe spaces for initial presentations, student work, hunches, and newly developed intuitions on the part of researchers, as well as opportunities to conduct the work of the field during the conference.

The Emergent Scholar (TES)
Do you have expertise and insight to share with graduate students, practitioners, and early career faculty in need of opportunities to develop new insights and understandings about curriculum work? Are you an emerging scholar seeking other individuals with whom to discuss important issues relating to establishing work in the field? If so, we invite you to propose sessions on academic publishing, research methodologies, dissertation writing, service opportunities and any other topics that are pertinent to the development and ongoing enrichment of academic work. These sessions should be structured as discussions that are both informative and interactive.

Proposals within this strand are also needed for our Breakfast Breakout sessions. Informal topical discussions will be scheduled from 8:00 - 9:15 a.m. in the Courtyard Cafe.

Southern Signature Sessions
As a former teachers college with more than a century of history as a southern institution, Georgia Southern University is uniquely positioned to highlight curriculum work with a particular focus on history and culture in the American South. Toward that end, we introduce Southern Signature sessions directed toward gathering a critical mass of regional and national scholars to further develop understandings of Southern history and culture as an integral component of the conference. A number of paper and panel sessions devoted particularly to southern studies, southern studies in curriculum, and the curriculum of place in the South will be highlighted in the conference program. Please indicate in your submission whether your proposal should be considered for this special designation.

For more information, contact:
Sybil Fickle at 912-478-5557 or [email protected]
Evan Floyd at 912-478-2495 or [email protected]