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California State University, Dominguez Hills
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Created: July 3, 2004
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Latest Update: July 3, 2004
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Preparing IVSA Presentation

Jon Wagner of IVSA was kind enough to send along the reviewer's comments from our IVSA proposal for presentation in the August conference in San Francisco. For your convenience in commenting and adding to this presentation, we decided to put both the proposal abstract and the reviewers comments here for your edification. This is a tremendous guide to transparency, as you can see how our work is handled in the real world out there, as well as how we work back at Dear Habermas.

Reviewer Instructions:

In evaluating each proposal, we asked reviewers to answer the following five questions:

1. How important is it for us to find a place on the program for this proposal?
2. What are the most attractive or promising features of this proposal?
3. What concerns (if any) do you have about including this proposal on the program?
4. What suggestions can you make to the author that could strengthen this proposal or help ensure it leads to a successful presentation at the IVSA conference?
5. Other comments?

The Proposal Abstract:

"Naked space: A visual tool for bridging the gap between the academy and the community This model workshop offers exhibits including photography, video, art, and performance as stimuli for public discourse on major social issues. The exhibit title, Naked Space, was chosen to reflect art theory such as Deleuze's explanation of Francis Bacon's attempt to capture pure sensation and Bakhtin's answerability. Our premise is that the visual enhances human ability to communicate, especially to communicate the spiritual and sensual that often defy articulation in traditional discourse. We engage those who have created the visual projects together with those who visit the exhibit, students, parents, children, friends, and community members in sharing public discourse on the major issues adddressed in the projects exhibited. The workshop offers a sample of the exhibit, exactly as it has been offered at our schools over the last year."

The Reviewer Comments:

Reviewer A:

TITLE: Naked space: A visual tool for bridging the gap between the academy and the community

1. How important is it for us to find a place on the program for this proposal?

   (a) somewhat important

2. What are the most attractive or promising features of this proposal?

   Could stimulate interesting discussions and theoretically based.

3. What concerns (if any) do you have about including this proposal on the program?

   none

4. What suggestions can you make to the author that could strengthen this proposal or help ensure it leads to a successful presentation at the IVSA Conference?

   none

Reviewer B:

TITLE: Naked space: A visual tool for bridging the gap between the academy and the community

1. How important is it for us to find a place on the program for this proposal?

   (a) Very important

2. What are the most attractive or promising features of this proposal?

   Strong potential for participant engagement and dialogue and the potential for "enacting" the author's argument about communication

3. What concerns (if any) do you have about including this proposal on the program?

   none

4. What suggestions can you make to the author that could strengthen this proposal or help ensure it leads to a successful presentation at the IVSA Conference?

   It might be useful to understand a bit more about what the presenters have learned (and how they have applied that knowledge) in successive iterations of the exhibit. Additionally, it might be useful to understand how their experiences in these exhibits have reinforced or challenged their premise.

5. Other comments?