The International Communication Association's current and prospective members can, beginning September 15, submit full papers and abstracts-as well as interactive papers and panel presenation proposals. The online submission window will stay open for 8 weeks, closing at 11 pm EST on November 6. To read about the 2010 Conference setting (Singapore), theme ("Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural, & Technological Challenges"), and submission guidelines, check the ICA website at http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2009/2009CFP.pdf.
A dynamic city rich in contrast and color, Singapore is a harmonious blend of culture, cuisine, arts and architecture. Located at the southern tip of Malaysia on a main island with 63 surrounding islets, Singapore has grown into a thriving centre of commerce and industry in just 150 years. It is the busiest port in the world with over 600 shipping lines; one of the world's major oil refining and distribution centers; a major financial center; and the commercial hub of Asia - thus the gateway to a regional population of over 3 billion people. The strategic importance of Singapore was recognized many centuries ago and provided then, as now, the link between East and West. A single day's trail will take you from the past to the future, from exotic ethnic enclave to efficient business centre, from serene gardens to sleek skyscrapers. Brimming with unbridled energy, this little dynamo in Southeast Asia embodies the finest of both the Eastern and Western worlds.
"This theme - 'Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural, & Technological Challenges' - allows us to think about the relationship between communication and im/materiality in general," says Francois Cooren, ICA President-Elect and 2010 Conference Program Chair. "Things such as justice, equity, freedom, compassion, happiness, hatred, friendship, intelligence (just to name of few) are often presented as having an immaterial, incorporeal, intangible, insubstantial, impalpable, abstract dimension; however, we also know that they have to be embodied, incorporated, materialized, or concretized in order to be experienced and communicated. Communication, therefore, becomes this dislocated locus where abstracts figures can incarnate themselves while others are warded off."
Submit your papers soon and avoid the last-minute rush!
