[ecrea] Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Conference November 23-25 2016, Wellington

SSAAANZ Conference First Call for Papers

Sea Change: Transforming Industries, Screens, Texts

The Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 
conjunction with Victoria University of Wellington will hold the first 
biennial SSAAANZ conference in Wellington from November 23-25 2016. This 
inaugural conference (which incorporates FHAANZ) presents a unique 
opportunity to reassess the links between film, media, culture and 
society in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. While categories such as 
location and nation remain important to the cultural industries of both 
countries, significant economic, technological and social developments 
mean that our understandings of identity and place are evolving 
constantly. Australia and New Zealand are not only nations, but also 
islands that share an ocean with numerous other countries and cultures. 
The changing mediascapes are evident in the continuing relationships 
with media industries of the United States, but also in emerging 
connections and cultural exchanges with Asia and the Pacific.

We invite scholarly presentations that address the conference themes, 
including:
•	The relationship between Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and/or 
Pacific rim screen industries and cultures
•	Local and regional cinemas
•	Geographies of Australia, New Zealand and Pasifika media
•	New histories of Australian and/or Aotearoa New Zealand screen 
industries and cultures
•	Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori, and Pasifika 
film and television practices
•	Economic, government and regulatory influences on Australia and 
Aotearoa New Zealand screen industries
•	Creative personnel and Trans-Tasman success
•	New theoretical approaches to Screen Studies
•	Changing distribution and exhibition practices
•	Gender and sexuality in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand screen 
cultures
•	Critiques of labour circulation and practices in the Australian and 
Aotearoa New Zealand screen industries
•	New perspectives on local and regional screen audiences
•	Digital media and transnationalism
•	The effects of globalization on local and regional film and media
•	New interpretations of Australian and New Zealand film and media 
texts, genres, cycles and aesthetics

We also welcome general papers on any area of Film, Television and Media 
Studies
Individual papers will be 20 minutes in length. Pre-constituted panels 
arehttp://(ssaaanz2016 /at/ gmail.com) welcome.

Please send abstracts of 150-200 words to (ssaaanz2016 /at/ gmail.com)  by June 
15, 2016. Abstracts should include name, institutional affiliation, full 
contact details, and a short biographical note.
Please visit our website at www.ssaaanz2016.info   for conference 
information and regular updates.

Kindest regards
Mark Ryan


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