[ecrea] CFP: MPE & MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium 2018

*CALL FOR PROPOSALS:*

*/Media Practice and Education/***

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*/MeCCSA Practice Network Annual Symposium/**2018*

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*‘CONTEXTS OF FILM PRACTICE’*

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*Hosted by: *

*LINCOLN SCHOOL OF FILM & MEDIA, UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN*

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*One day Symposium: Friday 15^th June 2018*

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*Confirmed Keynote Speakers:*

*Professor Brian Winston, Lincoln Chair, University of Lincoln*

*(CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER TBC)*

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LSFM is proudto be hosting the 2018 Media Practice and Education 
(/formerly Journal of Media Practice/) and MeCCSA Practice Network 
Annual Symposium. The symposium explores the theme of /‘Contexts of Film 
Practice’/ and will take place on *Friday 15th June 2018.*

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*CONTEXTS FOR FILM PRACTICE*

Acknowledging the growing interest in Practice as Research in film 
across the academy, this symposium will invite colleagues to address the 
ways in which traditional research methodologies and approaches might be 
broadened to allow for a more fluid use of practice as research in film 
studies.Papers, screenings and installations will initially focus on the 
distinctions between practice-led research, research-led practice and 
practice-based research in film and how those methods of research might 
additionally influence film pedagogy.The symposium will also focus on 
the developing debate identified by Bell as “the pressure to ‘publish or 
perish’ and to compete for scarce research funds” (Bell, 
2006).Traditional film research and scholarship, published in book-based 
formats or similar has tended to investigate film by seeking out 
associative theory, or analysed films and their contexts from a variety 
of perspectives, whereas filmmakers often suggest that their artefacts 
ought to speak for themselves.An influx of active filmmakers entering 
the HE environment, in part due to industry changes, has coincided with 
increasing pressure for production outputs in all forms to be framed and 
delivered as ‘REF-able’ in the research environment.This symposium aims 
to investigate these pressures and turn a spotlight on those engaged in 
practice as research in film.It will also explore how some of these film 
practitioners are bridging what might be seen as a dichotomy between 
those who make films and those who write about films and their 
contexts.We also ask how practice as research in the film production 
context impacts on wider society in REF terms; and how films and their 
makers might contribute to the progression of knowledge in the context 
of academic research.

References:

Bell, D. (2006) /Creative film and media practice as research: In 
pursuit of that obscure object of knowledge. /Journal of Media Practice 
Volume 7, Issue 2 [published online, 2014]

Proposal topics may address, but are not limited to:

·Current themes relating to practice as research in the context of film 
production

·The current relationship between industry and academic film

·Demonstrating excellence in practice as research

·Funding sources for filmmakers in HEIs

·How film practice as research impacts pedagogy

·The shape and future of film practice as research

All papers presented at the symposium will be considered for a special 
issue of/Media Practice and Education/ in 2019.

We invite proposals for either practice presentations, scholarly papers, 
media artworks or short film screenings across the full range of 
interests represented by MeCCSA that are relevant to the symposium theme.

Please send proposals (300 words approx.) for all presentations, papers, 
artworks or screenings, outlining its aim and form – along with a short 
biography to the symposium conveners: Dominique Webb 
((dwebb /at/ lincoln.ac.uk) <mailto:(dwebb /at/ lincoln.ac.uk)>) and Mikey Murray 
((mmurray /at/ lincoln.ac.uk) <mailto:(mmurray /at/ lincoln.ac.uk)>) by no later than 
*Friday 20th April 2018*.

The symposium, hosted by the Lincoln School of Film and Media and 
supported by the Media Practice and Education and MeCCSA Practice 
Network, will take place in SLT and MHT Buildings on the waterfront, at 
our city centre campus in the beautiful city of Lincoln.

In the twenty first century it is incumbent upon us all to understand 
better how life itself is mediated in order to negotiate the promise and 
the threat posed by ever new forms of mediation and the new expressions 
of power they bring with them. The stakes are enormous and there are no 
guarantees. One thing that is certain in this uncertain world is that 
the study of media and screen culture today, in both its practical and 
theoretical dimensions, is essential to wider prospects for a democratic 
future and peace in the world. It is only on that basis that media 
education and knowledge will foster ethical responsibility rather than 
unfettered instrumentality.

Research in the Lincoln School of Film and Media correspondingly engages 
with a wide array of themes and topics of wider concern and interest to 
culture, society and the creative industries. It is home to a community 
of practice-based researchers and media theorists undertaking projects 
relevant to life in societies characterised by the open sharing of 
information and resources, but in which the imperatives of global 
consumer culture threaten to stifle originality and creativity.’


The MeCCSA Practice Network champions practice within the Media, 
Communications and Cultural Studies Association, ensuring that those 
that teach and research practice have a strong voice within the subject 
association and beyond. We are dedicated to maintaining and developing 
links with the creative industries and relevant national and 
international networks and associations.


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