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[ecrea] Call for Papers "Sexualities and digital culture in Europe"
Fri Feb 03 01:37:33 GMT 2017
Call for Papers "Sexualities and digital culture in Europe"
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 14/02/2017
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 14/02/2017.
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 14/02/2017 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-athensor
https://dccecrea.wordpress.comfor 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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