Photos from FAAPI 2010

The XXXV FAAPI Conference organised by ACPI was a major academic event. We were proud to be there presenting both a panel and two papers, as detailed in previous posts.

If you couldn’t join us, take a look at some pictures and make sure you don’t miss the Conference next year.

Panel at FAAPI 2010

The panel PERSPECTIVES ON POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE will be presented at 2.00 pm on Thursday 23rd at Room 5 Facultad de Lenguas. (See full Conference schedule and this other post for other AROOO presentations)

This panel brings together the following papers:

Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe: a postmodern novel in verse (Cecilia R. ACQUARONE)

The purpose of this paper is to present a critical view of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel the Emperor’s Babe as a rare example of the writing of a novel in verse that displays all the issues of postmodernism in a highly aesthetic mode. The novel is original, not only in the choice of verse as a form but also in the skilful juxtaposition of multicultural, post-imperial 21^st century Britain and third century Londinium. The novelist is successful in making verse an appropriate medium to deal with issues of current validity while simultaneously making the ancient past vividly and pleasantly alive to contemporary eyes.

Unaccustomed Earth: striking roots in new lands (María José BUTELER) 

Jhumpa Lahiri writes about the Indian immigrants in America and about the lives of first generation Bengalis and their alienated children. The purpose of this paper is to explore how Lahiri in Unaccustomed Earth (2008) celebrates the interculturality which results from the immigrant experience and how she sees it as leading to cultural enrichment. This first generation of Indian-Americans produces novel cultural forms and practices through the merging of two separate cultures.

Anita Desai’s The Village By The Sea: Trapped between Two Discourses or Inhabiting a Third Place? (Florencia V. PERDUCA)

Postcolonial theory seems to explore the condition of formerly colonised subjects as inhabiting a crystallised space in which beings are trapped between two contending discourses (their culture’s and the other culture’s) and whose own voice is therefore silenced. Postcolonial literature, however, appears to deconstruct this inescapable condition by means of conjuring up scenarios which locate subjects in the in-betwenness of a “third place” which allows for self and cultural identity to be voiced out. This is particularly seen in the novel The Village by the Sea by Indian writer Anita Desai.

We are all extremely proud to have these talented colleagues share their expertise in the Conference.

Cecilia Acquarone: Profesora en Inglés. Licenciada en Lengua y Literatura Inglesas. Professor of Literature in English at IES Olga Cossettini. Professor of Contemporary Literature in English and Introduction to Literary Analysis at UCEL. Head of English Department  at Colegio Español de Rosario.

María José Buteler: Licenciada, Translator and Teacher of English, Facultad de Lenguas (UNC). Prof. Adjunta DSE in “Introduction to Literary Studies”, “Theory and Analysis of Literary Discourse” and “American Literature” at Facultad de Lenguas, National University of Cordoba.

Florencia Perduca: Literary Translator and English Teacher from IES en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernandez” (Buenos Aires), she holds an MA in Literary Linguistics from the University of Nottingham (UK). She teaches Introduction to Literary Studies, Literature in Englishes and Contemporary Literature at Lenguas Vivas (Buenos Aires) and Postcolonial Studies at Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa (Universidad Nacional del Litoral). She is the director of the IES en Lenguas Vivas Research Group on “Intercultural Awareness through Literatures in Englishes” and is  the author and materials designer of magazines and resource packs on literatures in Englishes.

Papers to be presented at FAAPI 2010

A Room of One’s Own will offer two papers at 7 pm, Thursday 23rd, Room 4, Facultad de Lenguas:

Evaluating and E-valuating in the College Literature Class: A many-sided task (María Susana Ibáñez and Raquel Lothringer)

That teaching involves evaluating is undeniable, and that this task is often confined to final exams to decide if students can complete a course is common practice. In this light, evaluation is deprived of crucial functions and carried out exclusively by teachers. In this presentation we explore the issue in a wider perspective, focus on evaluation in the college Literature class and propose instruments to be used in face-to-face interaction and in online learning environments.  

María Susana Ibáñez received a degree in English from Universidad Nacional del Litoral, and an M. A. degree from Universidad de Córdoba, where she is a doctoral candidate.  She teaches Literature at I.S.P. “Alte. Brown” (Teacher training and Translation Programmes) and Literary Theory at UNL (Licenciatura en Inglés).

Raquel Lothringer, teacher of English and of Literature from Instituto del Profesorado (Paraná) where she taught English Literature and former Head of the Modern Languages Department (Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación-UNER), is currently an on-line tutor at Licenciatura en Inglés (UNL) and at Área de Educación a Distancia (UNER).

From learner to prosumer: interactions between art and literature from a connectivist perspective (Mariel Amez)

Nowadays, there is widespread agreement in our country that ICTs need to play a key role in education, but it remains to be seen whether they will be effective in improving the quality of learning. This presentation reviews recommendations for teacher education in this field, and examines the potential of SNSs (social network sites) to meet such requirements. It draws on the implementation of a SNS in Literature classes to illustrate how this environment can contribute to the creation of content which moves beyond the purely textual, to the construction of collective knowledge, and to student empowerment in general.

Mariel Amez is a Teacher of English (INSP Rosario and UNR). She is currently a lecturer in English Literature at IES “O. Cossettini” and ISPI “San Bartolomé” (Rosario), a Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiner and a member of the APrIR Committee. She has published articles and given presentations on literature, language teaching and teacher education.

See details of the panel to be offered in this other post, and check out the complete schedule at the Conference site.