[ecrea] CFP Sexualities and Digital Culture in Europe

Call for Papers: "Sexualities and digital culture in Europe"
A Joint ECREA Symposium, organized by the Gender and Communication 
Section and Digital Culture and Communication Section

Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
26 May – 27 May 2017

Rationale

The Gender and Communication and Digital Culture Sections of ECREA are 
organizing a symposium on sexualities and digital culture. The focus of 
this symposium is on sexual politics in and around the digital, which 
means a critical understanding of sexualities in European digital 
culture. Thereby, focusing on changes in sexual life-worlds, but also 
continuities; how are certain intimate sexualities valued, while others 
are stigmatized? How are diverse sexual life-worlds flourishing in the 
digital public sphere, or how are diverse sexual life-worlds protested, 
controlled, managed or strictly regulated? To answer such questions, 
this symposium is interested in contributions dealing with processes of 
power that are currently surrounding the digital and sexualities. The 
symposium will focus on three key areas:

(1) sexual experiences, practices and digital culture,
(2) intimate/sexual citizenship and the digital, and
(3) online sexual content and representations.

The emphasis is on research exploring sexual politics, challenges, 
opportunities and continuities surrounding the digital, with a specific 
focus on European contexts and that reflect, from diverse viewpoints, on 
the European sphere. This includes taking into account the specific 
European socio-cultural, political-economic and legal contexts. We 
particularly welcome contributions on topical matters in European 
societies and politics, among which: the regulation of online 
pornographic content in discussions on sexuality, children and the 
internet, LGBTQ challenges and opportunities related to the digital, the 
rise of conservative grass-roots movements in Europe that protest 
against what is called ‘gender ideology’ (such movements question and 
protest pro-gender equality legislations, abortion laws, same-sex 
marriage laws and transgender laws, while advocating for traditional 
family values and ‘restoring’ the naturalness of male and female bodies).

Format

To encourage debate and fortify coherence, all presenters will be able 
to attend all panels. Instead of parallel sessions, the conference 
program will consist of plenary panel sessions and keynote 
presentations. We invite presentation proposals that are engaged in 
understanding sexualities in European digital culture. A non-exhaustive 
list of topics can be found on the website (see below).

Application procedure

All proposals should be submitted in English. Please submit an abstract 
of 350 words with a brief biographical note up to 150 words.
Proposals must be submitted by 02/02/2017 to 
((sexualitydigitalculture /at/ gmail.com)). Presenters whose proposals are 
accepted will be notified by 24/02/2017.

Go to 
http://gcecrea.wixsite.com/gendercommunication/symposium-2016-athens or 
https://dccecrea.wordpress.com for more information on the conference 
venue and registration.

Keynote Speaker: Professor Susanna Paasonen
Susanna Paasonen is a professor of media studies at University of Turku, 
Finland. Her work focuses on internet research, affect theory, 
pornography, materiality and media. Her most recent work deals with the 
affective dimensions of technological failure, monster toon porn, 
theories of boredom and distraction connected to networked media, and 
the notion of sexual play.

Conference location: Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, 
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Scientific committee: Despina Chronaki, Sander De Ridder, Frederik 
Dhaenens, Aristea Fotopoulou, Ana Jorge, Marco Scarcelli



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