[Commlist] 2nd Mobile Studies Congress & MINA X

Mobile Studies Congress 2021
13-15 November 2021
Ningbo, China
Call for Submissions
Go Mobile, Stay Sustainable
The Institute for Mobile Studies (IMS), the Mobile Innovation Network & 
Association (MINA), VideoEssay.org and Mobile Studies International 
(MSI) collaborate on the second Mobile Studies Congress (MSC). The theme 
for the 2nd edition is “Go Mobile, Stay Sustainable”. Consisting of 
workshops, a conference, exhibition, video essay screening and a 
smartphone film festival, the congress aims to provide a forum for 
mobile media and beyond. We invite creative practitioners, researchers 
and policy-makers of mobile media, communication and the creative arts 
to submit their abstracts by 1st May 2021.
Proposals may address any aspect of mobile media & communication, mobile 
creativity & mobile innovation, video essay and/or smartphone 
filmmaking. The Mobile Storytelling Congress 2021 is scheduled for 
the 13-15 November 2021 (as online and physical event) at the University 
of Nottingham Ningbo China. We invite submissions of pre-constituted 
panels, pre-constituted workshops and individual paper proposals. We 
will accept both remote (pre-recorded and live-presentations via 
video-conferencing) and onsite presentations.

Submission Deadline 1st May 2021
Conference papers will be published in an edited collection. We will 
inform you of the selection results by 15 August 2021.
Submission for abstracts for research papers, workshops, project 
presentations and/or showcases via
https://bit.ly/MobileSC2021
or
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=eXV_35w-fkq4REICgPU4Wcc8W0c50p9NqUBcn0ErK-dUN09OVUoxUUVFT1o4Rlg0OE1ERUg4S1dCTi4u
Please submit your abstracts (in APA style) 350 words and a short 
biographical note (250 words).
Submission for smartphone films via https://filmfreeway.com/mina
All information about the categories for the 10th edition of the 
International Mobile Innovation Screening online (www.mina.pro) 
including the new category, #EcoSmartphoneFilms, for the Mobile Studies 
Congress 2021 theme Go Mobile, Stay Sustainable.

Submission for Video Essays via 
https://www.videoessay.org/upload-your-submission/
including your name, institutional affiliation, video essay title, 
project description (50 words) and project contextualisation (500 words).

The Institute for Mobile Studies (IMS) aims to promote and conduct 
studies of mobile media and communication as an emerging field of 
scientific research. In collaboration with the mobile industries and its 
counterparts in universities, IMS integrates its efforts in research, 
education and consultancy.
https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/humanities-and-social-sciences/international-communications/imsc/institute-for-mobile-studies.aspx
Contact: Dr Xiaoge Xu | (Xiaoge.Xu /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)
The Mobile Innovation Network & Association (MINA) is the longest 
running film festival dedicated to celebrating mobile and smartphone 
film-making in the Southern Hemisphere. MINA creates connections between 
smartphone filmmakers, communities and the creative industries.
https://mina.pro/
Contact: Dr Max Schleser | (Max /at/ mina.pro)
VideoEssay.org is a journal using academic peer review and publishing 
model advocated by the Common Ground Research Network, with the aim to 
widen the scope of academic research and media literacies around 
multimodal approaches to scholarly activities.
https://www.videoessay.org/
Contact: Dr Roy Wallace | (admin /at/ videoessay.org)

Mobile Studies International (MSI) is a global institute for mobile 
media and communication education, research and services.
International Mobile Storytelling Congress 2020:
https://youtu.be/zEB185hhEYQ


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