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[ecrea] Society for Animation Studies - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2015 (Canterbury, UK)- cfp

Tue Aug 12 13:39:01 GMT 2014



Call for Proposals: SAS Conference 2015



27th Annual International Society for Animation Studies Conference

July 13-16, 2015

Hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University



www.sasbeyondtheframe.com



Deadline for submissions: December 19, 2014



The Society for Animation Studies has, in recent years, enjoyed great success bringing together the richly diverse interests and activities of the animation community at its annual conference. Critical to this has been a desire to break down the perceived barriers between practice and scholarship. Our ambition with ‘Beyond The Frame 2015’ is to enable this valuable work to continue, and to encourage the SAS to think afresh about how we frame animation – both conceptually and practically.



The 2015 conference will include presentations, screenings and roundtable discussion. We are also delighted to announce two confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Maureen Furniss (California Institute of the Arts) and Dr Nichola Dobson (Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh).





Suggested Topics

We invite proposals on a wide range of animation topics for papers and micro-talks. Topics may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:



· Animation beyond the frame (e.g. animation and live performance, projection mapping, animation installation)

· Animation: frames of reference (e.g. rethinking/reclaiming animation histories, practice-research, asking (again) what is animation?

· Animation in other art forms & industries (e.g. theatre, music, science, architecture)

· Immersive, interactive, experiential animation (e.g. gaming, transmedia, stereoscopy, augmented & virtual reality

· Critical and theoretical approaches to animation histories or national movements/identities

·      Animation and documentary

· Animation production (e.g. industrial contexts, auteurial production, the importance of the frame)

· Animation pedagogy (e.g. theory and practice in curricula, traditional and online learning)

· Beyond the event (e.g. archiving animation, local/national/international preservation initiatives, the scholarly community – SAS/SCMS-AMSIG)



You will need to be a fully paid member of the SAS to present at the conference, but you can submit a proposal for consideration even if you are not currently a member.



Panel Presentations

Panels are 90 minutes and include three 20 minute paper presentations and time for discussion. Panel presentations provide panellists the opportunity to share perspectives, exchange experiences, and engage in discussion with each other and audience members.



Pre-constituted Panel proposals are accepted and encouraged. They should be limited to 3-4 speakers (all of whom must be members of the SAS by the date of the conference). The chair of the proposed panel is expected to submit abstracts and contact information for all the panellists and co-ordinate communication between the panellists and the conference organizers. Please Email the Conference Chair directly and include the following information:



·      Panel title/theme

·      Name and contact information for the panel chair

· Titles and abstracts for each paper as noted above (1500 characters max each)

·      Biography (1000 characters) contact information for each presenter

· A high resolution head shot photo of yourself (suitable for print publication – portrait orientation, 250X300pixels, under 1 megabyte in size)

· International panels representing two or more countries are especially sought





Micro-talk Presentations

Micro talks are 5 minutes in length. The sessions will be 30 minutes in length. It is a timed presentation (e.g. PowerPoint of 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) that can include images, clips, and text. There will be no Q & A period for the micro-talks.





Acceptance Process

Proposals will be blind reviewed by a panel of SAS members, and acceptance will be announced in January, 2015. Please be aware that spaces for presentations are limited. Late proposals will not be considered until all other proposals have been read. Late proposals and non-members of SAS at the time of submission will be given lower consideration.



Membership/renewal in the Society for Animation Studies for 2015 is mandatory for all conference presenters. For more information on the Society, go to its webpage at http://www.animationstudies.org or contact the SAS treasurer, Robert Musburger, at (rmusburger /at/ comcast.net).





Submission Protocol

Interested individuals should use the Submission Form on the website for their submission (you should receive a confirmation e-mail shortly after submission).



You will need the following information:



·      Name

·      Email

·      Twitter username (if you have one)

·      Affiliation (if any)

·      Title

·      Abstract (no more than 1500 characters)

·      Bio (no more than 1000 characters)

·      Whether you will be presenting as a 20 min paper or 5 min Micro-talk

· A high resolution head shot photo of yourself (suitable for print publication – portrait orientation, 250X300pixels, under 1 megabyte in size)

·      Keywords





Financial aid for travel will be available on a limited basis; details will be forthcoming.



For questions regarding the conference or submission, please contact conference chair Chris Pallant at (sas2015 /at/ canterbury.ac.uk)



Please circulate this CFP to anyone you think might be interested.



Follow us on Twitter: @sas2015beyond




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Dr Chris Pallant

Senior Lecturer in Film Studies | Programme Director: MA by Research



Department of Media, Art and Design

Canterbury Christ Church University

North Holmes Road | Canterbury | Kent CT1 1QU



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