[ecrea] Global Fusion 2013 Conference announcement, call, and graduate student competition

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Eileen R. Meehan (meehan /at/ siu.edu)



Call for Abstracts, Papers, Media Art, Panels, Workshops

Announcement of Graduate Student Competitions



Global Fusion 2013

Mediations: Movements and Markets

4-6 October 2013

A Global Media and Communication Conference

Global Media Research Center

College of Mass Communications and Media Arts

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, Illinois





This year’s theme for the Global Fusion conference is Mediations: 
Movements and Markets. Expanding the concept of global media to global 
mediation, we wish to highlight the processes through which media are 
integral to a world in which people

“do things with media” that constitute action in the public sphere as 
well as in the private sphere. We recognize that the often blurred 
boundaries between interpersonal and mediated communication are fostered 
in the contemporary age of convergence, of the manufacturing or 
fracturing of markets, and in the wake of large scale protests that have 
emerged in the Middle East and with the Occupy movement. These and other 
events have relied heavily on interpersonal networks and new information 
technologies. The notion of mediation also recognizes that media, 
especially small scale, local media, play more than an information 
transmission role but also perform important relational work by building 
communities and often emphasizing process over product. Thus, mediation 
includes attention not only to the production and consumption of media, 
but also to the ways in which media are used to shape our daily lives 
and the ways in which we use media to resist that shaping.



We invite submissions of abstracts, finished papers, proposals for 
panels or workshops, and media artworks that reflect any of the many 
traditions of scholarship, art practices, and documentary work in the 
media arts, mass communication, journalism, communication studies, and 
related fields. Although works addressing the 2013 theme are preferred, 
we also welcome submissions in any theoretical, methodological, or 
expressive traditional on all topics related to global media and 
international communication. Two awards will be presented to graduate 
students: one for the best paper and one for the best media work.



SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS



Graduate Student Competitions and Awards

This year’s conference offers two awards for graduate student work . One 
award will be given for a completed paper for which a graduate student 
is sole author or first author. The second award is for a completed 
media work created by a graduate student. If the work being submitted 
has been created through collaboration or by a collective, please 
include a brief (300 word) framing statement that outlines the varying 
contributions. All materials submitted for the competitions are due by 
11:59 p.m. (CST) on 15 June 2013. Details regarding each competition are 
given below under the headings Individual papers and Media Art.



Abstracts proposing paper presentations: abstracts of 300 words prepared 
for blind review describing the paper’s content; separate cover page 
must include and clearly state the following information: title of the 
paper, author’s name, affiliation, email address and telephone number. 
If multiple authors are involved, provide the same information for each 
person. Please submit in (.doc) or (.docx) file format -- NO pdfs, please.



Panel proposals: a proposal of 300 words prepared for blind review 
describing the panel and giving its title plus an abstract of 50-100 
words for each paper presentation with the paper’s title; a separate 
cover sheet with the panel’s title, the names of all authors along with 
their paper titles, as well as contact information for the person 
submitting the panel proposal and for each participant. Proposals with 
panelists from different departments or institutions and different areas 
of expertise are preferred. Please submit proposals in (.doc) or (.docx) 
file format -- NO pdfs, please.



Workshop proposals: a proposal of 300 words prepared for blind review 
describing the workshop with the workshop’s title; a separate cover 
sheet with the names of the workshop leader and all participants, their 
affiliations, email addresses, and telephone numbers. Of particular 
interest are workshops addressing professional issues faced by emerging 
artists or scholars. For example, a workshop on getting published in 
academic journals or submitting work to juried, international 
exhibitions would be welcome. Proposals with panelists from different 
departments or institutions and different areas of expertise are 
preferred. Please submit the proposal in (.doc) or (.docx) file format 
-- NO pdfs, please.



Individual papers: completed papers appropriate for a 15 minute 
presentation and prepared for blind review; cover sheet with the paper 
title as well as the first author’s name, affiliation, email address, 
and telephone number, which should be followed by the names, 
affiliations, email addresses, and telephone numbers of subsequent 
authors in order of each person’s contribution. Please submit papers in 
(.doc) or (.docx) file format. NO pdfs, please.



An award for best scholarly paper will be given to the graduate student 
scholar who best reflects on the theme "Mediations: Movements and 
Markets.” The full paper must have a graduate student as sole author or 
as first author. In the case of co-authored papers with multiple 
graduate students, all authors will share the prize equally. The cover 
sheet should state that the paper is intended for the competition and 
give full information about the author or authors. The paper itself 
should be prepared for blind review, which means that no identification 
of the author or co-authors should occur anywhere in the paper. 
Submission deadline: by 11:59 P.M. (CST) on 15 June 2013 Email to: 
(meehan /at/ siu.edu) and cc’d to (dtudor /at/ siu.edu) and <(lbrooten /at/ siu.edu)>





Media Art: completed works in the traditions of documentary, 
experimental, or fictional media are welcome, whether narrative or 
non-narrative or a novel mixture of forms. We invite all media formats 
(film/video, photography, internet, animation and sound) Proposals for 
installations and short duration performances are also encouraged. An 
award for best creative work will be given to the graduate student 
artist who best reflects on the theme "Mediations: Movements and 
Markets.” If a work is collaborative, please include a description of 
each artist’s role in the collaborative process. All submissions will be 
reviewed by our jury. Submit work on DVD, CD, or online.



Presentation Requirements: Please note on each submission what media 
support your presentation, workshop, or project requires. We have 
several rooms suitable for screenings, exhibitions, or performances as 
well as presentation rooms with internet access and projection 
capability. We are primarily an Apple facility.



Online submission deadline for the competition: 11:59 P.M. (CST) on 15 
June 2013. Email to: (jneedham63 /at/ gmail.com), cc’d (ajaguayo /at/ siu.edu).



Postal delivery deadline for the competition: 3 P.M. (CST) on 15 June 
2013. Delivery address:



Jay Needham

Global Fusion 2013 – Media Art Works

Department of Radio, Television, and Digital Media

Communication Building Room 1048

Mail Code 6609

1100 Lincoln Drive

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, Illinois 62901





Submission deadlines for work not included in the competition

Send abstracts, panel proposals, workshop proposals, and papers not 
intended for the competition to (meehan /at/ siu.edu) by 11:59 P.M. (CST) on 1 
June 2013.

Email artworks not intended for the competition should be sent to 
(jneedham63 /at/ gmail.com) by 11:59 P.M. (CST) on 1 June 2013. The deadline 
for artworks sent by mail is 3 P.M. (CST) on1 June 2013. Mail artworks to:



Jay Needham

Global Fusion 2013 – Media Art Works

Department of Radio, Television, and Digital Media

Communication Building Room 1048

Mail Code 6609

1100 Lincoln Drive

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, Illinois 62901



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