[ecrea] CFP: becoming scotland: screen cultures in a small nation

BECOMING SCOTLAND: SCREEN CULTURES IN A SMALL NATION

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 28-29 August 2014



Deadline for proposals: 30th January 2014



Questions about Scotland and Scottish-ness seem especially urgent in the 
lead in to the Independence Referendum on 18 September 2014. Queen 
Margaret University’s Becoming Scotland conference will explore film and 
television production in Scotland across fiction and non-fiction genres, 
with an inclusive approach to medium. The conference will contextualise 
film and television production in Scotland within the political, 
industrial and cultural paradigms of the era, including a consideration 
of the transnational relationships involved in film and television 
production in a small nation, and the impact this has upon industry 
practices and the representation on screen of national and regional 
identities. The conference’s approach will be multiperspectival and will 
take advantage of Queen Margaret University’s geographical location near 
Edinburgh, combining academic research with practitioner participation, 
in order to enable a multi-faceted exploration of Scotland’s screen 
cultures.



Papers and panel proposals examining Scotland’s screen cultures are 
welcomed from all disciplines. Subjects may include, but are not limited to:

·        Adaptation

·        Space and place

·        Home, nation and the post-national

·        Austerity and the economy

·        Policy

·        Industry and production

·        Forgotten TV and film

·        Amateur film and TV

·        Comedy and humour

·        Children’s television

·        Audiences and consumption

·        Exhibition, promotion and distribution

·        Archive, history and memory

·        Sport

·        Tourism

·        Genre and realism

·        Character and performance

·        Social and cultural identities and relationships



Abstracts of approximately 300 words for 20 minute papers, or proposals 
(with abstracts) for three paper panels to be submitted by 30th January 
2014 to (mstewart /at/ qmu.ac.uk) and (dmcnaughton /at/ qmu.ac.uk). Please send any 
enquiries to these same two email addresses.



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