[Commlist] CFP: Realizing Resistance Episode II: Uncharted Galaxies

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*CFP: Realizing Resistance Episode II: Uncharted Galaxies*
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With the end of the Skywalker era of the /Star Wars/ saga, and the 
emergence of spin-offs like /The Mandalorian/, /Resistance/, and 
/Rebels/, aca-fans from all disciplines have an opportunity to engage 
with nearly half a century of /Star Wars/ media. As with our previous 
event <https://digital-frontiers.org/past-events/resistance/>, this 
conference aims to bring together scholars from across disciplines to 
examine /Star Wars/ media as cultural texts. We invite scholarly and 
creative interventions with an explicit focus on themes of resistance 
and justice. How do these films and other media objects contribute to, 
reflect on, or depart from broader contemporary cultural practices and 
social discourses?

Since 2019, both the political and media worlds have experienced 
dramatic shifts and disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the 
Black Lives Matter movement, a contentious U.S. presidential election, 
and an increasing sense of the vulnerability of democratic institutions 
and processes. /Star Wars/, as a cultural phenomenon, has also been 
embroiled in controversies and transitions, from reactions to /The Rise 
of Skywalker/ and /The Mandalorian/ to the emergence of Disney+ as a 
principle platform for the continuation of the /Star Wars /legacy. /Star 
Wars/ has penetrated into the culture in surprising ways including 
martial arts classes offering lightsaber training, political protests 
that feature /Star Wars /iconography, the co-opting of the Empire and 
First Order by the alt-right, among many others. We encourage 
presentations that reflect on these contexts to offer new perspectives 
and innovative methodological and disciplinary approaches to /Star Wars 
/scholarship.

Digital Frontiers invites proposals of individual papers, panels, 
academic posters and infographics, media objects (critical making, 
comics, video, Twine, or performance), and methodology or other 
workshops. Topics may include but are by no means limited to:

  * Expanding the /Star Wars/ universe: where do we go from here?
  * Genres far, far away: /Star Wars/ as western, war story, dystopian
    fiction, caper movie, romance, etc.
  * The Transmedia /Star Wars/: memes, video games, board games, RPGs, etc.
  * Fan cultures and participatory practices.
  * /Star Wars /Style: costume and fashion in the /Star Wars /universe.
  * Animation as an artform and cultural object.
  * Comics and animated series as canon
  * The material culture of /Star Wars/: toys, branding, and collectibles
  * /Star Wars /DH: computational and quantitative approaches to /Star
    Wars/ scholarship
  * Ahsoka Tano, Rey, Ventress, and other Women Warriors
  * Queering /Star Wars/
  * The Fall of Skywalker
  * /Deus ex Exegol: /narrative studies and /Star Wars/
  * The /Star Wars /Family: Malignant paternity, missing moms, toxic
    relationships
  * “Much to learn, you still have.” /Star Wars /and Pedagogy
  * Pop culture precursors
  * Getting over “The Hero’s Journey”
  * Monsters of /Star Wars/

Submit 250-word abstracts via this Google Form 
<https://forms.gle/i7zShUVoUtJStTWe9> no later than midnight Central 
Time (US) on February 20, 2021.

All submissions will undergo transparent peer review. All participants 
will have the opportunity to publish their work in the RRII Proceedings 
in /Unbound: A Journal of Digital Scholarship/ 
<https://digital-frontiers.org/rrii/A%20Journal%20of%20Digital%20Scholarship>/. 
/Every effort will be made to accommodate international and early career 
and student scholars to facilitate their participation. All interactions 
are governed by the Digital Frontiers Statement of Inclusion and 
Accessibility <https://digital-frontiers.org/inclusion/>.

This virtual conference will take place May 4-7, 2021.  Registration 
will be Pay-What-You’re-Able with a recommended contribution of $45. 
Registration opens March 22, 2021.


      Collaborating Institutions

  * The University Library of the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign
  * The University of North Texas Libraries
  * The Department of Rhetoric and the Program for Critical Theory at
    the University of California Berkeley
  * The Departments of English and Environmental Studies at Aurora
    University
  * The Department of Communication & Media Studies at SUNY Cortland


      Organizing Committee

Bridgitte Barclay, Aurora University
Spencer D. C. Keralis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christina Knopf, SUNY Cortland
Samantha Langsdale, University of California Berkeley
John Edward Martin, University of North Texas


      Sponsorships

We invite organizations and institutions to sponsor /Realizing 
Resistance Episode II/. A $250 sponsorship will add your branding to 
this page, include coordinated social media announcements, and your 
branding during the virtual event. Sponsors can share a video or other 
personal message to be played during the event. To purchase a 
sponsorship, visit our Square Store 
<https://digital-frontiers.square.site/>, or contact 
(conference /at/ digital-frontiers.org) 
<mailto:(conference /at/ digital-frontiers.org)> for additional information.

CFP website <https://digital-frontiers.org/rrii/>. Follow @RealizeResist 
<https://twitter.com/RealizeResist> on Twitter.Questions? Email: 
(Conference /at/ digital-frontiers.org) <mailto:(Conference /at/ digital-frontiers.org)>

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