Carolina Rhetoric Conference 2022: Rhetoric(s) for Survival
The Rhetoric Society of America chapter at North Carolina State University will be hosting the Carolina Rhetoric Conference (CRC) for 2022. The conference will take place virtually from Friday, February 25th to Saturday, February 26th, 2022.
The past two years have been focused on survival. Surviving the pandemic. Surviving political turmoil and social unrest. Surviving our day-to-day lives in our new normal. This year at CRC, we would like to invite presenters and panelists to discuss our theme, Rhetoric(s) for Survival, from many different perspectives. Survival situations, especially those that are new and unfamiliar, tend to induce fear and panic that need to be alleviated by using various tools and means of communication. These tools of communication can be considered strategies for survival which -- whether implemented on an individual or collective basis -- have various social, political, colonial, and environmental consequences that involve rhetoric. In addition, moments of survival require us to be involved in and cognizant of how digital and social spaces are formed, and how communication flows within and beyond those spaces. At CRC 2022, we would like to invite scholars for their contributions in understanding the ways that we practice, shape, and engage with rhetoric in handling survival situations.
Some potential topics may include:
Rhetoric and crisis communication
Rhetoric and diversity
Rhetoric and representation
Rhetoric and social change
Digital rhetoric
Rhetoric and composition pedagogy during the pandemic
Rhetoric and postcoloniality
Decolonizing rhetoric and/or composition
Environmental rhetoric
Cultural rhetoric(s)
Political rhetoric
All graduate students are encouraged to submit a proposal. Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words by 11:59 PM EDT on Wednesday, December 15th. To submit an abstract, please fill out the CRC 2022 Submission Form. Presenters will be notified via email on Monday, January 10th. Please contact Grace Caraway at gcarawa@ncsu.edu if you have any questions.