[Commlist] Call For Papers: JAM 2022

*Journeys Across Media: a Postgraduate Conference*

*28^th April 2022*

*Department of Film, Theatre & Television*

*University of Reading*

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Call for Papers*

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*“Narratives in the Global-Local"*

/An interdisciplinary conference/

/exploring narratives in theory and practice/

Our world has become a digitally connected global field, yet 
concurrently we are drawn to the analogue local: reigniting 
regional practices, emboldening domestic adventures, and rediscovering 
the pleasures of nearby spaces and their histories. Local media and 
theatre are disseminated globally via ubiquitous streaming giants, as 
well as through traditional broadcasters and online webcasts. What 
narratives are being told and re-told, how, and for whom through this 
post-COVID localised global world?

Narratives do not simply and neutrally reflect what is already there; 
they are generative forces in and of themselves with the power to 
structure, to discipline, and to compel. This conference proposes to 
explore narratives in film, theatre, television, and beyond that network 
and propagate local stories and histories. We welcome practice as 
research as well as traditional papers, including from disciplines 
outside traditional media that explore the functions and processes of 
narratives.

The conference seeks to draw together panels on topics including but not 
limited to:

  * Sharing research stories: engaging with the (virtual) audience
  * Sharing narratives across borders, cultures and communities
  * Transnational narratives
  * Regional media that travel (including formats)
  * Online/live narratives in TV and Theatre
  * Repairing exclusionary narratives
  * Practice and the ‘real’ environment
  * Sharing (post)human connections
  * The reality of staged screenings
  * Fictional world-building
  * Contemporary and historical storytellers

*Format*

We are delighted to announce that Professor Trish Reid will be our 
keynote speaker. Professor Reid recently joined the University of 
Reading as the new Head of the School of Arts and Communication Design, 
and her research focuses on the ways identity politics and politics in 
general intersect on contemporary UK stages.

The conference aims to take place live in Minghella Studios at the 
University of Reading and streamed to online audiences. We will include 
online and live presentations and panel members as a way of proposing 
how conferences might function in the future to include some of the 
positive legacies of productions during the pandemic.

We welcome proposals in a variety of forms, including:

  * 20-minute papers
  * Preconstituted panels with up to 3 papers
  * Video essays
  * Participatory workshops – both online and live

*Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words by 15^th  March, 2022 
to:*(andrew.philip /at/ reading.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(andrew.philip /at/ reading.ac.uk)>(andg.cutler-colcough /at/ reading.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(g.cutler-colcough /at/ reading.ac.uk)>

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*Indicative timings*

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Abstracts due:  15^th March, 2022

Spots offered: 22^nd March, 2022

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