CFP: Fifth Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP)
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Traci Zimmerman
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Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Workshop of the International Society
for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP)
26-28 June 2013
Paris, France
Cultural Economy and Intellectual Property
The term “cultural economy” has been employed by scholars interested
in the cultural dimensions of financial and commercial activities as
well as by those interested in the economics of culture in societies
past and present. In pairing this term with intellectual property, the
fifth annual ISHTIP workshop seeks to stimulate interdisciplinary
discussion about the different ways culture and economy interact and
how their interactions shape norms and regulations pertaining to IP.
Case studies situated in a specific historical context are welcome, as
are papers that trace the flow of legal ideas and cultural practices
across time and space, whether the subject is copyright, patent,
trademark, or related rights. We invite contributions from established
and junior scholars working in the humanities and social sciences,
including literature, history, anthropology, philosophy, law,
economics, music, science studies, media studies and critical theory.
The following list is in no way exhaustive, but potential topics
include:
--the role of guilds, labor organizations and professional
associations in developing copyright, patent, trademark, or related
rights;
--the cultural and economic strategies developed by authors, inventors
and others for claiming ownership over their creations;
--the relationship between trade customs and IP laws in a particular
cultural or scientific domain;
--the interplay of business practices and IP laws in a given industry
or country;
--the varied ways legislation and case law have actually affected the
operations of book publishers, music distributors, designers, drug
producers, software developers, etc.;
--the shifting relationships among producers, distributors and
consumers and the role of each in determining IP norms;
--the interaction of state and market with respect to IP;
--the cultural implications of using competition law to protect IP;
--the cultural construction of economic theories related to IP;
--alternative economies and cultures of IP.
The workshop will be bilingual (English and French). To maximize time
for discussion, papers will be circulated in advance to registered
participants. At the workshop, each paper will be assigned a
commentator who will launch the discussion. There will also be a
special session for doctoral students (June 26), who will benefit from
the opportunity to share their work with leading specialists and other
graduate students from around the world. The workshop will be held at
Université Panthéon Assas (Paris 2) and at Université Paris Diderot
(Paris 7). Research groups from Université Paris 8 (Saint-Denis) and
Université Paris 13 (Villetaneuse) are co-sponsoring the event.
To be considered for the workshop, please submit a 300-word abstract
of your proposed paper, in English or French, as well as a 1-paragraph
biographical statement and 2-page CV by 15 December 2012 to
ishti...@gmail.com. Papers selected for the workshop will be
circulated in advance to registered participants and abstracts will be
made available in both languages of the conference. The recommended
maximum length for papers is 8,000 words. After the workshop,
presenters will be invited to submit revised papers for publication in
an edited volume.
Calendar:
Submission of paper proposal (300 word abstract of paper, 1 paragraph
author biography and 2-page CV): 15 December 2012 [send to:
ishti...@gmail.com]
Notification of acceptance: 1 February 2013
Submission of paper (8,000 words maximum) for circulation to workshop
participants: 27 May 2013
Workshop: 27-28 June 2013
About ISHTIP:
The International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual
Property (ISHTIP) promotes and supports scholarly investigation of the
national histories of patent, copyright, and “related” rights; the
diverse “roads not taken” in the evolution of these legal structures;
contemporary countertrends; and the laws, norms and customs that have
been devised in non European cultures around the world to manage
intellectual production and exchange.
Development of the Society is being carried out by legal and literary
scholars, cultural historians, and historians of science from the
U.S., Canada, Australia, and diverse countries of the EU. By working
to promote, coordinate, and disseminate critical inquiry into IP, the
Society aims to re-frame – to broaden and deepen – current IP debate.
Although contemporary mechanisms for regulating the production and use
of information are geared around globalized legal IP norms,
historical, ethnographic and related research reveals a wide and
diverse range of precursors and alternatives to such proprietary
norms. Research over the last decades indicates the huge potential for
further investigation of these other experiences (as well as the
enormous gaps that exist in our understanding of the historical
construction and operation of the proprietary norms that now dominate
the information field). Scholarly work that seeks to disclose,
articulate and evaluate the experiences of alternative practices can
provide important conceptual tools for those working on the critical
problems facing information regulation today. While recent years have
seen a rapid growth in the number of sophisticated researchers
interested in these matters, they tend to be dispersed across academic
departments and schools, government, NGOs, and the private sector.
Some mechanism to foster communication among them is greatly needed.
The Society aims to serve this function.
For more information please visit the Society’s website: www.ishtip.org.
Past conferences:
June 2012: Intellectual Property as Cultural Technology, London School
of Economics
July 2011: Colonial and Post-Colonial IP, Griffith University,
Brisbane Australia
Sept. 2010: Geographies of Intellectual Property, American University
Law School
June 2009: The Construction of Immateriality, Bocconi University Milan
for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP)
26-28 June 2013
Paris, France
Cultural Economy and Intellectual Property
The term “cultural economy” has been employed by scholars interested
in the cultural dimensions of financial and commercial activities as
well as by those interested in the economics of culture in societies
past and present. In pairing this term with intellectual property, the
fifth annual ISHTIP workshop seeks to stimulate interdisciplinary
discussion about the different ways culture and economy interact and
how their interactions shape norms and regulations pertaining to IP.
Case studies situated in a specific historical context are welcome, as
are papers that trace the flow of legal ideas and cultural practices
across time and space, whether the subject is copyright, patent,
trademark, or related rights. We invite contributions from established
and junior scholars working in the humanities and social sciences,
including literature, history, anthropology, philosophy, law,
economics, music, science studies, media studies and critical theory.
The following list is in no way exhaustive, but potential topics
include:
--the role of guilds, labor organizations and professional
associations in developing copyright, patent, trademark, or related
rights;
--the cultural and economic strategies developed by authors, inventors
and others for claiming ownership over their creations;
--the relationship between trade customs and IP laws in a particular
cultural or scientific domain;
--the interplay of business practices and IP laws in a given industry
or country;
--the varied ways legislation and case law have actually affected the
operations of book publishers, music distributors, designers, drug
producers, software developers, etc.;
--the shifting relationships among producers, distributors and
consumers and the role of each in determining IP norms;
--the interaction of state and market with respect to IP;
--the cultural implications of using competition law to protect IP;
--the cultural construction of economic theories related to IP;
--alternative economies and cultures of IP.
The workshop will be bilingual (English and French). To maximize time
for discussion, papers will be circulated in advance to registered
participants. At the workshop, each paper will be assigned a
commentator who will launch the discussion. There will also be a
special session for doctoral students (June 26), who will benefit from
the opportunity to share their work with leading specialists and other
graduate students from around the world. The workshop will be held at
Université Panthéon Assas (Paris 2) and at Université Paris Diderot
(Paris 7). Research groups from Université Paris 8 (Saint-Denis) and
Université Paris 13 (Villetaneuse) are co-sponsoring the event.
To be considered for the workshop, please submit a 300-word abstract
of your proposed paper, in English or French, as well as a 1-paragraph
biographical statement and 2-page CV by 15 December 2012 to
ishti...@gmail.com. Papers selected for the workshop will be
circulated in advance to registered participants and abstracts will be
made available in both languages of the conference. The recommended
maximum length for papers is 8,000 words. After the workshop,
presenters will be invited to submit revised papers for publication in
an edited volume.
Calendar:
Submission of paper proposal (300 word abstract of paper, 1 paragraph
author biography and 2-page CV): 15 December 2012 [send to:
ishti...@gmail.com]
Notification of acceptance: 1 February 2013
Submission of paper (8,000 words maximum) for circulation to workshop
participants: 27 May 2013
Workshop: 27-28 June 2013
About ISHTIP:
The International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual
Property (ISHTIP) promotes and supports scholarly investigation of the
national histories of patent, copyright, and “related” rights; the
diverse “roads not taken” in the evolution of these legal structures;
contemporary countertrends; and the laws, norms and customs that have
been devised in non European cultures around the world to manage
intellectual production and exchange.
Development of the Society is being carried out by legal and literary
scholars, cultural historians, and historians of science from the
U.S., Canada, Australia, and diverse countries of the EU. By working
to promote, coordinate, and disseminate critical inquiry into IP, the
Society aims to re-frame – to broaden and deepen – current IP debate.
Although contemporary mechanisms for regulating the production and use
of information are geared around globalized legal IP norms,
historical, ethnographic and related research reveals a wide and
diverse range of precursors and alternatives to such proprietary
norms. Research over the last decades indicates the huge potential for
further investigation of these other experiences (as well as the
enormous gaps that exist in our understanding of the historical
construction and operation of the proprietary norms that now dominate
the information field). Scholarly work that seeks to disclose,
articulate and evaluate the experiences of alternative practices can
provide important conceptual tools for those working on the critical
problems facing information regulation today. While recent years have
seen a rapid growth in the number of sophisticated researchers
interested in these matters, they tend to be dispersed across academic
departments and schools, government, NGOs, and the private sector.
Some mechanism to foster communication among them is greatly needed.
The Society aims to serve this function.
For more information please visit the Society’s website: www.ishtip.org.
Past conferences:
June 2012: Intellectual Property as Cultural Technology, London School
of Economics
July 2011: Colonial and Post-Colonial IP, Griffith University,
Brisbane Australia
Sept. 2010: Geographies of Intellectual Property, American University
Law School
June 2009: The Construction of Immateriality, Bocconi University Milan
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