{"id":813,"date":"2018-10-19T11:26:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/midwestswip\/?page_id=813"},"modified":"2018-10-19T11:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:39:25","slug":"fall-2018-program-and-travel-info","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/midwestswip\/meetings\/fall-2018-call-for-abstracts\/fall-2018-program-and-travel-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2018 Program and Travel Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. MIDWEST SWIP 2018 CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOVEMBER 2ND<\/sup> \u2013 4TH<\/sup> AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY<\/p>\n

NASHVILLE, TN<\/p>\n

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Friday, November 2nd<\/sup> <\/strong>6:30-8:30pm\u00a0\u2013 Welcome gathering<\/p>\n

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Nada Restaurant<\/strong> in Nashville \u2013 202 21st<\/sup> Ave S, 37203<\/p>\n

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Saturday, November 3rd<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n

All food and sessions are scheduled for Alumni Hall 201<\/p>\n

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8:00am-8:25am Coffee and snacks provided by Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

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8:30-9:20am\u00a0 \u201cIncarcerated Consent: Surrogate Medical Decision Making Under the Conditions of Mass Incarceration\u201d<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Lanphier (Vanderbilt University)<\/p>\n

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9:30-10:20am \u201cThe Curious Case of Cramblett vs. Midwest Sperm Bank<\/em>: Centering a Sociopolitical Reading of Race and Disability in Liberatory-Coalitional Politics\u201d<\/p>\n

Desiree Valentine (Marquette University)<\/p>\n

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10:30-11:20am \u201cBlame, Empathy, and Mass Incarceration\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy McKiernan (Dickinson College)<\/p>\n

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11:30-12:20pm \u201cBlack is the Old Orange: An Ethical Response to Social Injustice for Ratchet-Acting (Nasty) Girls\u201d<\/p>\n

CL Nash (Independent Researcher)<\/p>\n

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12:20-1:50pm Lunch Break <\/strong>(a list of nearby eateries will be provided at the conference)<\/p>\n

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2:00-2:50pm \u201cQuivering Paralysis and Internal Motion: Passivity, Stasis, and the Impetus to Speak Up\u201d<\/p>\n

Kris McLain (Penn State University)<\/p>\n

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3:00-3:50pm \u201cHow Words Can Hurt: A Standpoint Epistemological Reply to Critics of the Microaggression Program\u201d<\/p>\n

Lauren Freeman and Heather Stewart<\/p>\n

(University of Louisville and University of Western Ontario)<\/p>\n

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4:00-4:50pm \u201cExplorer\/ing: Using Lugones’ ‘Pluralist’ as a Map\u201d<\/p>\n

M\u00e9lanie\u00a0Walton (Belmont University)<\/p>\n

5:00-5:50pm \u201cGetting to the Roots: A Phenomenological Account of Race and Black Women’s Hair\u201d<\/p>\n

Tempest M. Henning (Vanderbilt University)<\/p>\n

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6:00-6:45pm\u00a0\u00a0 Business Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

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7:30pm \u2013 Dinner Gathering at Rosepepper Cantina<\/strong> in Nashville (reservations required)<\/p>\n

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******Don\u2019t forget to set your clocks back for Daylight Savings******<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, November 4th<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n

All food and sessions are scheduled for Alumni Hall 201<\/p>\n

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8:00-8:25am Coffee and snacks provided by Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

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8:30-9:20am \u201cExistential Indeterminacy as Modern Political Subjecthood: How Drones Expose the Limits of the State of Exception\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabeen Ahmed (Vanderbilt University)<\/p>\n

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9:30-10:20am \u201cIdentity Politics: Reproducing Essentialism or Challenging Intersectional Oppressions?\u201d<\/p>\n

Youjin Kong (Michigan State University)<\/p>\n

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10:30-11:20am \u201cCollective Ignorance, Epistemic Viciousness, and the Possibility of Mutiny\u201d<\/p>\n

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  1. Brooke Rudow-Abouharb (Georgia College and State University)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    11:30-12:20pm \u201cTowards a Queer Epistemology\u201d<\/p>\n

    Elaine M. Blum (University of West Georgia)<\/p>\n

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    12:20-1:50pm \u00a0\u00a0 Lunch Break <\/strong>(a list of nearby eateries will be provided at the conference)<\/p>\n

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    2:00-2:50pm \u201cThe Imperative of Participation: why do we need to support the Black Lives Matter movement\u201d<\/p>\n

    Sahar Heydari Fard (University of Cincinnati)<\/p>\n

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    3:00-3:50pm \u201cAnti-Social Habit and Critical Disruption\u201d<\/p>\n

    Lisa M. Madura (Vanderbilt University)<\/p>\n

    Other Important Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Lodging <\/em><\/p>\n

    Rooms for MWSWIP have been reserved at Home2 Suites ($209\/night) and the Hilton Garden Inn ($199\/night)\u2014both are located in midtown, about a mile walk to campus. The Home2 Suites rooms feature a queen bed and a fold-out sofa, so it\u2019s possible to double up with another attendee to make the cost more affordable. See links below to reserve rooms by October 25th<\/sup><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Other, slightly more affordable options:<\/p>\n