[ecrea] CFP: Indigenous innovation in social media - Abstracts due 15 June

*Call for Papers: Indigenous innovation in social media
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Media International Australia http://journals.sagepub.com/home/mia

Theme Issue: *Indigenous Innovation in Social Media
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Theme Issue Editors: Prof Bronwyn Carlson (Macquarie University), A/Prof 
Tanja Dreher (University of New South Wales)


*Abstracts due by 15 June 2017
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Despite often being stereotyped as somehow anti-technology, researchers 
have found that Indigenous people globally engage with social media at 
high rates—often higher than non-Indigenous people (Callinan 2014). 
Indigenous people use social media for a great variety of ends, 
including connecting with family and community (Carlson 2013; O’Carroll 
2013), mourning the death of loved ones (Carlson and Frazer 2015), and 
seeking and giving support (Carlson et al. 2015). Over the last decade, 
an important body of scholarly work has emerged focusing on Indigenous 
peoples’ use of social media for political activities (Petray 2013; 
Tupper 2014; Carlson and Frazer 2016; Berglund 2016). The ability to 
create international solidarity as well as elevating Indigenous issues 
to a global platform remain key strengths for Indigenous activism.


The theme of this Issue is ‘Indigenous innovation in social media’. It 
will foreground Indigenous voices on, and expertise with innovative uses 
of social media. Research and policy is too often framed by a ‘deficit 
discourse’ regarding Indigenous people (Fforde et al. 2013). In 
contrast, this Theme Issue aims to showcase Indigenous excellence, 
innovation and achievement. We welcome contributions that focus on, for 
example, comedic resistance on YouTube, Facebook-enabled cultural 
practices, campaigns such as #JustJustice, #IHMayDay and #IdleNoMore, 
new apps to stream Indigenous media and Deadly Bloggers, from social 
media activism to everyday social media creativity.


The collection also encourages papers from presenters at several highly 
successful events convened by the Forum for Indigenous Research 
Excellence (FIRE) at the University of Wollongong (UOW), including the 
symposiums, /Cultured Queer, Queering Cultures: Indigenous Perspectives 
on Queerness/ and /Reterritorialising/ /Social Media: Indigenous People 
Rise Up! /(UOW 2015); #IHMayDay16 (UOW 2016) and the Indigenous panel 
‘/Indigenous innovation in social media’ /(ANZCA 2016).


This Theme Issue privileges Indigenous voices, however non-Indigenous 
contributions will be considered if the primary author is Indigenous.


Support for less experienced Indigenous contributors, especially early 
career researchers and Post Graduate students, will be provided by 
facilitating opportunities to work with Indigenous and/or non-Indigenous 
co-authors.


We are inviting proposals for contributions that address the broad 
themes of Indigenous innovation in social media.


*Timeline:*

15 June 2017: abstracts due

15 July 2017: authors notified of decision

15 January 2018: paper due for refereeing

15 May 2018: revised papers due

November 2018: Theme Issue published by Media International Australia


*About the editors:
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*Prof Bronwyn Carlson (Macquarie University)*

Bronwyn Carlson is an Aboriginal woman who was born on and lives on 
D’harawal Country in NSW. She has been awarded two consecutive 
Australian Research Council Discovery Indigenous grants for her research 
on Indigenous people and social media. Aboriginal Studies Press has 
recently published her book, /The politics of identity: who counts as 
Aboriginal today? /which includes a chapter on identity and community on 
social media. She is currently a Professor of Indigenous Studies at 
Macquarie University. She has previously co-edited themed issues for the 
/Australasian Journal for Information Systems/, ‘Indigenous people and 
activism on social media’ Carlson, B., Wilson, A.& Sciascia, A. (2017) 
and /AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 
/‘Indigenous people, popular pleasure and the everyday’ Carlson, B. & 
Harris M. (2016).


*A/Prof Tanja Dreher (UNSW)*

Tanja Dreher is an ARC Future Fellow in the School of Arts and Media at 
the University of New South Wales. Tanja’s research focuses on the 
politics of speaking and listening in the context of media and 
multiculturalism, Indigenous sovereignties, feminisms and anti-racism. 
She has previously edited themed editions of /Continuum/, /borderlands/, 
and /Transforming Cultures /journals, as well as the book Dreher, T. and 
Ho, C. (eds) (2009), /Beyond the Hijab Debates: New conversations on 
gender, race and religion /with Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

For further details on the Theme Issue, or to submit an abstract for 
consideration, please email Tanja Dreher (t.dreher /at/ unsw.edu.au) 
<mailto:(t.dreher /at/ unsw.edu.au)>or Bronwyn Carlson (bronwyn.carlson /at/ mq.edu.au)
<mailto:(bronwyn.carlson /at/ mq.edu.au)>


<mailto:(bronwyn.carlson /at/ mq.edu.au)>

Submissions should include a Title, abstract (200 words) and author bio 
(150 words). Please attach these details in a WORD document and send via 
email to the Editors by 15 June, 2017


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