Proceedings of the Second Conference on Veterans in Society: Humanizing the Discourse

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dc.contributorVirginia Tech. Veterans Studies Groupen
dc.contributorVirginia Tech. Department of English. Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Societyen
dc.contributor.editorNobles, Heidien
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-10T03:25:14Zen
dc.date.available2015-08-10T03:25:14Zen
dc.date.copyright2015en
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.description.abstractThe second conference on Veterans in Society represented ongoing growth and continuity in our research program. Our first conference, “Changing the Discourse” (2013), marked the first academic conference solely focused on veteran-related research and brought together scholars from across the humanities and social sciences to start a conversation on the relationships between veterans and the broader society. Papers included work on the arts as therapeutic and expressive acts for veterans, U.S. citizens’ right to lie about military service, and discourse analysis of language affecting servicewomen. For this 2014 conference, our theme’s title, “Humanizing the Discourse,” speaks to a two-fold aim: We hoped to foster increasingly sophisticated dialogue regarding veterans, which required recognizing the individual humanity of people who can sometimes be turned into one-dimensional caricatures behind headlines, statistics, and stereotypes. To support this goal, we invited contributors to draw on the tools of the humanities, as well as the arts and social sciences, in addressing veterans’ issues and shaping policy. We hosted five panels of research projects from contemporary scholars—on topics including international veterans, veterans as intercultural educators, and the role of writing and film in expressing veterans’ experiences—and featured a series of relevant special events including live theatre, film screenings, and a featured panel on military-civilian dialogue. The proceedings that follow include all available print copies of papers and accompanying slides, along with the full original conference program. Due to the live nature of many events, as well as accompanying copyright issues, some written materials are not available.en
dc.description.notesThe Second Conference on Veterans in Society: Humanizing the Discourse was held at the Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, VA from April 27-28, 2014en
dc.description.notesCover photos and the image on the proceedings' second page come from Virginia Tech and feature the university’s War Memorial Pylons, which honor the more than 400 alumni who have died in military service and represent the distinct values of Brotherhood, Duty, Honor, Loyalty, Leadership, Service, and Sacrifice, all under the university’s motto of Ut Prosim (“that I may serve”). More information, as well as the parent photo gallery, is available at http://www.vt.edu/ about/buildings/war-memorial-chapel-pylons.html.en
dc.description.sponsorshipArmstrong Family Foundationen
dc.description.sponsorshipMallow, Brittainen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Center for Organizational and Technological Advancementen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Center for Peace Studies and Violence Preventionen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. College of Agriculture and Life Sciencesen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. College of Architecture and Urban Studiesen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. College of Engineeringen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciencesen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. College of Natural Resources and Environmenten
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Department of Communicationen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Department of Englishen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Department of Historyen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Department of Science and Technology in Societyen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Provosten
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Vice President for Administrative Servicesen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Vice President for Alumni Affairsen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusionen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Vice President for Graduate Educationen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Vice President for Outreach and International Affairsen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Vice President for Student Affairsen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Successen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Office of the Associate Vice President for Human Resourcesen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Pamplin College of Businessen
dc.description.sponsorshipWeimerskirch, Peteren
dc.description.sponsorshipSalem VA Medical Centeren
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. School of Performing Arts and Cinema. Department of Theateren
dc.description.sponsorshipStonewall Jackson Chapter of the Association of the United States Armyen
dc.description.sponsorshipVeterans at VTen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Foundation for the Humanitiesen
dc.description.sponsorshipVT Center for the Artsen
dc.description.sponsorshipVT Institute for Policy and Governanceen
dc.format.extent162 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationNobles, H. (Ed.). (2015). Proceedings of the Second Conference on Veterans in Society: Humanizing the Discourse. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/56351en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.ispartofSecond Conference on Veterans in Society: Humanizing the Discourseen
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dc.subjectVeteransen
dc.subjectRhetoricen
dc.subjectDiscourseen
dc.subjectViSen
dc.subjectVeterans in Societyen
dc.titleProceedings of the Second Conference on Veterans in Society: Humanizing the Discourseen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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