Call for Abstracts, Papers, & Special Session Proposals
CONSUMER CULTURE THEORY CONFERENCE

University of Notre Dame
August 2-3, 2006
(just before AMA Conference in Chicago)

Organizers:
John Sherry, University of Notre Dame
Russ Belk, University of Utah

Conference Theme: The conference focuses on the Consumer Culture Theory Approach explicated by Eric Arnould and Craig Thompson in the March, 2005 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research. Qualitative, interpretive, ethnographic, videographic, netnographic, poetic, and phenomenological consumer research is sought. The intent is to provide a forum for work in early stages (abstracts), completed work (papers), and thematic topics addressed by several projects (special session proposals). Methodological papers will be welcome as well as substantive papers. Organizers are seeking a publisher to produce an edited book of the best papers presented at the conference.

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2006

Notification: June 15, 2006

Submission Requirements:

Abstracts: Early stage work, videographies (20-minutes +/- 5 minutes, and other work not seeking publication in the book to emerge from the conference should provide the following:

Page 1: Title, format (film, paper, other) author/filmmaker, and full contact information (including e-mail)

Pages 2-3: Double-spaced abstract of the paper or film

Videos/Multimedia/Poetry: In addition to abstract (above) provide a VHS-tape, or VHS-DVD, or CD-ROM of your work for jurying. If yours is a slide show, please provide it on a self-playing disc. If your entry is poetic, consider a video or slide show of a reading with visual and possibly musical background. Presentations should be no less than 15 minutes and no more than 25 minutes in length.

Papers: If you submit a full paper it will be eligible for publication in the book emerging from the conference, unless you specify otherwise. Please provide:

Page 1: Title, author, and full contact information (including e-mail)

Pages 2-21 (maximum) Double-spaced paper and references

Special Session Proposals: Special session proposals should include 3-4 paper or multimedia abstracts with or without a discussant. Proposals should include:

Page 1: Session title, presentation titles, session chairperson, and full contact information (including e-mail) for chairperson and each presentation

Pages 2-4 (maximum): Double-spaced description of session and Rationale

Pages 5-9 (maximum): Approximately 500-word abstracts for each Presentation

Submission Instructions:

Papers, Proposals, and Abstracts: Submit as Word attachments via e-mail to both co-chairs

• John F. Sherry, Jr. (jsherry@nd.edu)
• Russ Belk (mktrwb@business.utah.edu)

Videos/Multimedia: Submit abstracts to both e-mail addresses above and send 2 copies of video/DVD/CD-ROM to each chair:

• John F. Sherry, Jr.
  102B MCOB
  Marketing Department
  University of Notre Dame
  Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
• Russell Belk
  University of Utah, DESB
  1645 E. Campus Center Dr.
  Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9305 USA