[Commlist] CFP: Insidious Carleton Communications Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

INSIDIOUS
14th Annual Carleton Communication Graduate Caucus Conference
March 21–22, 2019 | Richcraft Hall | Carleton University | Ottawa, 
Ontario, Canada

Is progress always … progressive? Or can progression and regression 
occupy the same space? According to anthropologist Brian Larkin (2008), 
“progress can thus be seen as a mode of social ordering, of 
governmentality in Foucault’s sense that power works not by repression 
but by incorporation and internalizing modes of rule.” In other words, 
the tools of innovation often reimagine dominant ideologies with both 
positive and negative effects.

Insidious, the 14th Annual Communication Graduate Caucus (CGC) 
Conference, invites critical examinations of the slow, subtle, gradual 
changes facilitated by media technologies and communication processes. 
Most importantly, we are interested in insights regarding how we as 
scholars, citizens, and societies might challenge the potentially 
harmful aspect(s) of media and communication.

The Communication Graduate Caucus welcomes proposals for 15-minute 
individual paper presentations, research-creation (research that 
includes creative production, artistic experimentation, and innovation 
in understanding and mobilizing knowledge), or pre-constituted panels. 
Topics and themes may include but are not limited to:

+ Critical examinations of technological innovations
+ LGBTQIA+ representation in popular culture (e.g. queerbaiting, bury 
your gays trope, etc.)
+ Discursive constructions of utopian/dystopian futures
+ Histories of specific technologies and/or media
+ Remediation of niche/fan/subcultures
+ Regulation of communication and media
+ Environmental effects of digital commodities
+ Colonialism, race, and gender and the impacts of a “woke” society
+ Social and ethical impacts of cybernetics, robots, and Artificial 
Intelligence (AI)

The CGC Conference is proud to announce our keynote speaker, Dr. Mél 
Hogan, Assistant Professor of Environmental Media in the Communication, 
Media and Film Department at the University of Calgary.

All submissions should include a 250-word abstract (in .DOC, .DOCX, or 
.PDF) with the full name, current academic affiliation, biography of 
50-100 words, and contact information of the individual presenters. 
Panel proposals should include both a 250-word abstract for the panel, 
explaining how it relates to the conference theme, and abstracts for all 
individual papers submitted in one document. Research-creation proposals 
should also outline technical requirements needed for their 
presentation. Please send submissions to (insidiousconference /at/ gmail.com) 
by January 25th, 2019 with “CGC conference submission” in the email 
subject line.

The CGC Conference provides an opportunity for graduate students and 
emerging scholars alike to present their work, receive feedback, and 
participate in networking and professional development with colleagues 
from across Canada. Upon abstract acceptance, students are encouraged to 
submit their full paper for the Canadian Journal of Communication 
Student Paper Prize by February 14, 2019.

Xiaofei Han, Shaunel London & Carla McCutchin
2018-19 Carleton CGC Conference Co-Chairs


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