[ecrea] IAMCR 2018 general CFP and sections and working groups CfPs

IAMCR 2018 | 20-24 June | Eugene, Oregon, USA | Call for Proposals

-General call: http://oregon2018.iamcr.org/cfp
-Convocatoria en español >>> http://oregon2018.iamcr.org/node/49
-The calls for proposals from the sections and working groups: 
http://oregon2018.iamcr.org/s-wg-cfp

The International Association for Media and Communication Research 
(IAMCR) invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals 
for the IAMCR 2018 conference to be held 20-24 June at the University of 
Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The deadline to submit abstracts is 23:59 
GMT on 31 January 2018.

Proposals for consideration by IAMCR’s thematic sections and working 
groups must be submitted via the Open Conference System.

Consult the individual CfPs of IAMCR's Sections and Working Groups >>>> 
http://oregon2018.iamcr.org/s-wg-cfp

Reimagining Sustainability: Communication and Media Research in a 
Changing World

IAMCR conferences address a wide diversity of topics defined by our 31 
thematic sections and working groups. We also propose a single central 
theme to be explored throughout the conference with the aim of 
generating and exploring multiple perspectives on a shared set of 
issues. This is accomplished through plenary and special sessions, and 
in the meetings of the sections and working groups. For IAMCR 2018, the 
central theme is Reimagining Sustainability: Communication and Media 
Research in a Changing World.

As part of its Sustainable Development Agenda, the United Nations 
defines sustainability as harmonizing three core elements, environmental 
protection, social inclusion, and economic growth, so as to meet the 
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future 
generations to meet their own needs. It calls for concerted efforts 
towards building an equitable and resilient future for people and planet.

There is an immediate need to promote responsible and sustainable 
management of natural resources and ecosystems that incorporate local 
and global reflection and action. This inevitably raises urgent issues 
of entrenched power, social justice, democracy, and the need to 
eradicate poverty, raise basic living standards, and address the present 
climate crisis.

This ambition is currently under attack. In spite of overwhelming 
scientific evidence, climate change denial is used to build public 
support for unsustainable environmental practices and policies while 
corporate greenwashing promotes the perception that these practices and 
policies are in fact environmentally friendly. Encouraged by the rise of 
populism and ever-smaller media bubbles, intolerance is on the upswing 
around the world. Inequality is outpacing economic growth. Wealth is 
ever more concentrated.

We find it imperative in these times that IAMCR and its members expand 
and extend our understanding of current and emerging models of 
sustainability, the struggles that surround them, and their multiple 
relationships with communication and media.

We encourage proposals that address these intersections by revising and 
remixing theories, practices, and institutions that move beyond merely 
sustaining—towards thriving societies and cultures.

The role of communication and media in both promoting and impeding 
sustainability has increasingly been the focus of commentary and 
research. Material communication systems consume energy in their 
manufacture and use, contribute to problems of pollution and waste, and 
in their dominant commercial forms, support and encourage a general 
culture of unsustainable hyperconsumption. What alternatives would 
advance the full and equal access to diverse information and 
comprehensive knowledge bases that UNESCO advocates as central to 
achieving sustainable societies?

We encourage participants to address these issues, in relation to both 
prevailing systems of communication and the systems now emerging around 
the application of artificial intelligence, the rise of automation and 
robotics, and the internet of things. We also welcome analysis that 
reassesses and reimagines sustainability in relation to openness, 
transparency, accessibility, and the recomposition of power, as we 
continue to explore the implications of media and communication in an 
interconnected world.
Eugene, Oregon, USA

The University of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest is an ideal location 
to discuss these issues and offers and opportunity to observe closeup 
how they are contended, globally, nationally and locally by a variety of 
actors including governments, industry, advocacy organisations, 
community groups, and the environmental justice movement.

The State of Oregon has a long history of commitment, vision, and 
innovation to sustainable lifestyles. When the Trump administration 
announced its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate 
change, Oregon committed to supporting the agreement, along with 
twenty-three other states and territories, together representing more 
than 50% of the country’s population and responsible for 40% of its CO2 
emissions.

The City of Eugene takes a comprehensive approach that places equal 
importance on advancing social equity, economic prosperity, and 
environmental health. This year’s conference organisers will actively 
recruit, involve and connect national, regional and local community 
groups and activists with IAMCR members and the conference events.

The University of Oregon is a national leader in campus sustainability 
through the efforts of administration, faculty, staff, students, and the 
larger community. The university is actively engaged in greening 
facility operations, innovative research, supporting and encouraging 
student initiatives, implementing environmentally and sustainability 
focused curriculum, and sponsoring many public service initiatives.

We look forward to IAMCR members engaging with these issues at the 2018 
conference hosted by the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon.
Submission of Abstracts

Each Section and Working Group of IAMCR will issue its own Call for 
Papers, based on the general thematic outline above. Abstracts should be 
submitted from 9 November 2017 through 31 January 2018. Both individual 
and panel submissions are welcome and early submission is strongly 
encouraged.


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