[ecrea] CFP - Cultural Industry: Bridging Theory and Practice

I enclose a second call for papers for this year's Cyfrwng conference, 
to be held in Bangor, Wales. Could I please encourage you to submit 
proposals, but also to share this with your postgraduate students. 
Thanks to the MECCSA practise section, we have bursaries that will cover 
the conference costs of PG students.


Second Call for Papers - 10th Anniversary Cyfrwng Conference.


Creative industry: Bridging theory and practice


24th and 25th of July, 2014


Bangor, Wales, UK



Conference Theme


Over the past decade, Cyfrwng has worked to build bridges between the 
scholarly community and the creative industries in Wales. The aim of 
this conference is to examine the relationship between theoretical and 
practical approaches to the media, film, performance, writing, music and 
the creative industries more generally. Proposals are invited from 
academics, practitioners and those who seek to combine both roles.


Areas of interested may include, but are not limited to


    *

      The development of the creative industries in Wales and beyond
    *

      Practice-led approaches to research and scholarship
    *

      Production studies as an academic discipline
    *

      The theory and practice of cultural work
    *

      Media education and training
    *

      Partnerships between industry and academia


Proposals which focus on Wales, the Celtic nations, minority and 
lesser-used languages and smaller nations will be prioritised when 
selecting participants. However, proposals that examine the conference 
themes from all nations and regions will be considered.


Cyfrwng's 10th Anniversary


Cyfrwng is the Welsh association for media studies and associated 
disciplines. Formed at Bangor in 2004, Cyfrwng has spent the past decade 
working with academics and media professionals both in Wales and beyond. 
As Cyfrwng enters into its second decade, it is keen to expand the scope 
of its activities, and to increase its engagement with both academics 
and practitioners the world over.


Keynote speakers


Prof. Mike Pearson (Aberystwyth University) Confirmed


Prof. Pearson is a highly respected academic who has written extensively 
on the relationship between performance and place. His books include a 
history of the Mickery Theatre in Amsterdam and a highly influential 
work on site-specific theatre. In addition to his scholarly work, Prof. 
Pearson remains active in the field of performance, most recently 
working as dramaturg and co-director on the National Theatre Wales / 
Royal Shakespeare Company's site-specific production of Coriolan/us that 
formed part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.



Prof. Joram ten Brink (University of Westminster) Confirmed


Prof. Ten Brink is the director of the Centre for Production and 
Research in Documentary Film (CPRD) at the University of Westminster. He 
has worked as a director and writer of film and TV in the UK, Holland, 
Israel, Austria and other European countries. His films and videos have 
been shown internationally on broadcast television and at major film 
festivals , film venues and galleries. He recently worked as a Producer 
/ Executive Producer on award winning documentary film The Act of 
Killing (Oppenheimer and ten Brink, 2012), which has been short-listed 
for the 2014 Best Documentary Feature Oscar.


Prof.Gideon Koppel (Aberystwyth University) Confirmed


Koppel’s work as an artist and film maker has been broadcast 
internationally and exhibited in galleries from The Tate Modern London, 
to MoMA New York. Koppel is also an award-winning director of film 
commercials and has made films for several of the world’s leading 
fashion designers such as Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons.

His most recent film ‘sleep furiously’ was nominated for a Golden 
Leopard at 2008 The Locarno International Film Festival and then became 
one of the most critically acclaimed new British films of the year, 
winning The 2009 Guardian First Feature Film Award. Koppel is currently 
working on a feature-length film for BFI/Film Agency for Wales; a 
feature-length documentary with producers Margaret Matheson and Serge 
Lalou and in pre-production on a two-screen film installation for Arts 
Council of Wales.



Ian Jones (S4C) Confirmed


Ian Jones was part of the team that established S4C in 1982. Following a 
period working for ITV and as an independent producer, he returned to 
the channel again between 1992 and 1997, before returning to work in the 
international television market. He served as President of National 
Geographic Television between 2004 and 2007, and in 2010 was made 
Managing Director (Content Distribution and Commercial Development) for 
A&E Networks. 2011 saw him return to S4C for a third time, this time 
taking the reins as Chief Executive, where he remains today.



Submissions


Cyfrwng invites submissions for individual papers, panels, screenings, 
readings or performances related to the conference theme. Papers, panels 
and readings may be delivered through the medium of Welsh or English. 
Proposals for performances and screenings in languages other than Welsh 
or English will be considered.



Proposals for panels and individual papers can be submitted by email to 
(dyfrig.jones /at/ bangor.ac.uk)



Abstracts should be written either in English or Welsh and contain a 
clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, and, where 
applicable, methodology and results. The preferred length of the 
individual abstracts is between 250 and 400 words. Panel proposals, 
which should consist of three individual contributions, should combine a 
panel abstract with five individual abstracts, each of which are between 
250 and 400 words.



Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2014

Notification of Acceptance: 30 May 2014


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