[ecrea] cfp: Interactive Narratives, New Media and Social Engagement International Conference

Extended Deadline – May 12, 2014

Call for Papers: Interactive Narratives, New Media and Social Engagement



October 24-25, 2014 University of Toronto

An interdisciplinary conference for researchers and practitioners



The call for papers has been extended, so you still have time to send 
your abstract.



How has the digital screen changed our world in general and narrative 
and visual arts in particular is the broad focus of the second 
Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto and 
BRAFFTV Film and Media international Conference.



We are interested, for instance, in the evolution of narrative practices 
from text-based literature to the advent of the digital revolution as 
storytelling moves from literacy to so-called post-literacy.



The prevalence of new interactive digital narrative in all areas from 
games, to literature, to films, to video art has resulted in new forms 
of storytelling and, accordingly, provoked new practices of reading that 
transforms readers/viewers into active collaborators.



We are interested in exploring transmedia, intermediality, the role of 
social media and digital globalization as well as narratives in games 
and graphic novels. Also, the impact of the digital screen on art and 
new exhibition practices.



Physical public space is increasingly being substituted or augmented by 
virtual space through digital screens (e.g. video, film, computer). What 
effect do these new developments have on social space, seen here as 
encompassing both physical public spaces (streets, hotels, coffee shops) 
as well as virtual space (YouTube, Vine, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, 
Orkut, etc.)? How do these novel practices effect previously clearly 
demarcated frontiers between the public and the private?



Throughout the world, from Brazil to Turkey to Canada, we have recently 
witness the influence of social media on political participation. How 
have these new platforms engendered innovative forms of expression?



The Conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners and 
theorists for a two-day conference at Victoria College at the University 
of Toronto on October 24-25. The presented papers will be evaluated for 
possible inclusion in a special issue of a journal on the proceedings.



The following key topics/areas will be emphasized during the conference:



1. Intermediality, Transmedia and Remediation

2. Expanded Cinema and Digital Screen Aesthetics

3. Transnational Cinema and International Co-Productions

4. Digital Animation and Games: Narrative and Interactivity

5. Snack Media, Mobile Screens, Micro Movie, and Microblogging

6. Social Media Engagement and New Technologies

7. Hacktivism and Political Engagement

8. Digital Art and Literature (eBooks, eReaders)

9. Communication and New Media



SUBMITTING PROPOSALS:

Send an Abstract (between 180 and 300 words in length including the 
research objectives, theoretical framework and methodology) and Brief 
Bio-CV (100 words maximum) by May 12, 2014 to 
(brafftvconference /at/ gmail.com) Each proposal must include title, name(s), 
affiliation, institutional address and email addresses of the author(s).



Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by participants. The 
organizers will, on request, provide the necessary letters for the 
purposes of issuing visas to foreign visitors.



Email Contact: (brafftvconference /at/ gmail.com)

Further information on our previous conference visit the websites:



http://www.brafftv.com/en/conference.html



http://spanport.utoronto.ca/news/brafftv-video





--
Dr. Hudson Moura
http://utoronto.academia.edu/HudsonMoura
(hudsonc.moura /at/ gmail.com)
(hudson.moura /at/ utoronto.ca)



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