[ecrea] 1^st Brazil-France-Francophone Belgium Journalism Research Conference: /The Sociocultural Frontiers of Journalism in Brazil and in Francophone space

*Call for Proposals*

*1^st Brazil-France-Francophone Belgium Journalism Research Conference: 
/The Sociocultural Frontiers of Journalism in Brazil and in Francophone 
space/*

*November 12-13, 2018 in São Paulo, Brazil*

Historically, journalism has always nourished on neighboring spaces, 
such as literature, the fine arts and the social sciences<#_ftn1>. This 
relationship goes back to the very "birth" of journalism, marked by a 
flow of actors, practices and even epistemologies from different 
backgrounds. Yet this relationship has not disappeared despite the 
current automatization of journalism. In fact, journalism continues to 
borrow from this intellectual inheritance of which it is made. 
Diachronic research<#_ftn2> shows thatjournalism often changes in 
conjunction with other sociocultural practices, adopting common 
innovations, sharing conventions, and having a regular influence on 
other fields over time. In a way, the history of journalism intersects 
with the history of literature, the arts, the social sciences, cinema, etc.

In some cases, these exchanges may give rise to new segments situated in 
the gap between two sociocultural practices, enjoying an autonomous set 
of conventions, distinct forms of content production and diffusion, and 
specific audiences<#_ftn3>. The case that best illustrates this is 
literary journalism, a practice shared between journalists and writers 
that, throughout the 20th century, developed specific forms of 
production and narration of the themes in society, using literary 
fiction techniques and journalistic reporting. Yet there are more 
contemporary segments, such as web docs and new formats of storytelling, 
in which the languages ​​of journalism, cinema and the arts merge and 
form a new practice located at the interface of these social worlds. 
Something similar happens in the relationship between journalism and the 
social sciences where exchanges between journalists and academics are 
directed at specific audiences. This is what happens with vehicles of 
media criticism where the sociological practice of critical reading of 
the media is reappropriated from journalistic language.

Some segments, such as literary journalism, are so widespread and 
established in society that they are able to claim a kind of 
disciplinary autonomy<#_ftn4>. Others may have a more ephemeral or 
restricted existence, but they do not fail to produce long-term effects 
on the renewal of practices in journalism and literature. This is true 
with adopting ‘making of’ techniques in journalistic and literary 
narratives<#_ftn5> or the role of the experiments produced in cultural 
books of modernization of Brazilian journalism in the 1960s and 
1970s<#_ftn6>.

Therefore, studying the socio-cultural boundaries of journalism requires 
one to reflect on the dynamics of transformation, diversification and 
cooperation between journalists and other social spaces. This theme, so 
dear to the Brazilian, French and Belgian community of researchers, will 
be debated at the 1^st Brazil-France-Belgium Francophone Colloquium on 
Journalism Studies, organized by SBPJor, in partnership with 
GIS-Journalisme and the ReSIC-Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Proposals may be submitted by communication researchers from the three 
countries who are interested in discussing one of the five research axes 
described below:

1)/The cross-influences between journalism and other cultural practices 
throughout history./This axis prioritizes works that show the moments of 
sharing and exchanging conventions between journalism, literature, 
cinema and plastic arts, and their effects on the constitution and 
transformation of these practices. Papers that also analyze the 
circulation of these conventions between Brazil, France and Belgium are 
also welcome.

2)/Emerging segments of journalism constituted in the gap between 
different cultural practices/(ex: web docs, mooks etc.). The aim of this 
axis is to understand how the cooperation between journalism, 
literature, arts, social sciences, and other fields can lead to the 
development of new practices (often seen only from the point of view of 
technological innovation).

3)///The modalities of collaboration between journalists and actors from 
other cultural segments/. In this axis, we start with the concept of 
journalism as a collective practice where journalists depend on the 
collaboration with other actors to produce and disseminate information. 
More specifically, we would like to discuss the role of actors from 
other spheres of culture production (designers, illustrators, writers) 
in journalistic activity, including the conventional forms of 
cooperation they establish with journalists in activities such as 
computer graphics, data journalism, cultural supplements, etc.

4)/Hybrid statutes/. This axis adopts a professional sociology viewpoint 
when analyzing the emergence and processes of negotiation identity for 
actors located on the border of journalism and other cultural 
activities, such as journalist-writers and writer-journalists, 
journalist-filmmakers and filmmaker-journalists, journalist-painters and 
painter-journalists.

5)/Bridges with other fields of knowledge/. This axis intends to discuss 
theoretical, methodological and practical proposals between journalism 
and other fields of knowledge, such as sociology, ethnography, 
anthropology and psychology, among others. In a context of complex 
thinking, attempting to understand facts often demands partnerships with 
other contributions and specialists, whether in the productive sphere, 
as in the case of literary journalism, or in journalism research.

  Those interested are invited to submit an abstract*in English* of up 
to 1,000 words in length via SBPJor’s Open Conference System 
(http://sbpjor.org.br/congresso/index.php/BFFB/BFFB2018). The deadline 
for submissions is May 30, 2018.




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