Popular Culture and World Politics: Practices of Production and Consumption
University of Bristol, UK
Monday 13 July 2009
Call for submissions
We welcome submissions for this one-day workshop on any aspect of
the relationship(s) between popular culture and politics, from the
local to the global level, and especially encourage submissions concerned with:
* interpreting popular cultural practices
* the politics of mass-produced popular culture
* the politics of consumption
* audience interpretations of popular culture
* new media / interactivity / 'audiences' as producers
In addition to conventional paper presentations, we are also keen to
find new and more informal ways of providing feedback on research
and of engaging with academic debates about the politics of popular
culture. Possible panel formats include:
* informal sessions specifically oriented towards receiving input on
'early works in progress' (projects that are in the initial stages
of conception/research design and data collection)
* poster sessions
* short film screenings / Q&A sessions with film-maker(s)
* presentations by workers in popular cultural industries
* 'conversations' plenary sessions
Proposals can be submitted as conventional abstracts (100-200 words)
or, for those who wish to present 'early works in progress', an
email containing a brief outline of the proposed research, and
specifying any aspects of the research design/process for which
input is particularly sought.
We encourage those who have prepared posters on relevant topics for
other conferences to send us these for display during the workshop,
even if they are unable to attend in person.
We invite academic and other film-makers to submit short films (5-15
minutes) that they feel are relevant to the themes of the workshop.
Finally, we also welcome suggestions for issues/themes/questions
surrounding research into the politics of popular culture, to be
discussed in the plenary sessions involving all workshop
participants. Topics might be empirical, theoretical or
methodological in nature, or might focus on (for example) the
connection between scholarship and activism or the teaching of
politics through popular culture.
The deadline for all submissions is Friday 29 May 2009.
To submit a proposal and/or for more information, please email
(christina.rowley /at/ bristol.ac.uk).
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Nathan Farrell
Department of Politics
University of Bristol
10 Priory Road
Bristol, BS8 1TU
email: (Nathan.Farrell /at/ bristol.ac.uk)
