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[Commlist] Post-Brexit Digital Cultures: A Symposium - Call for Papers

Thu Apr 07 11:42:19 GMT 2022





The UK’s exit from the EU, triggered by the 2016 referendum, has proven less a decisive act of political sovereignty than the latest in a set of shifts challenging the legitimacy of the UK as a stable polity. This is evident not least in the fact that both Northern Ireland and Scotland voted Remain. Brexit was driven in part by a nostalgic fantasy of British autonomy, bolstered by a fractious public sphere in which digital communications played a major role. Recent revelations from Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen confirmed suspicions that Big Tech profits from, and in some cases actively foments, divisive discourses central to Brexit, Trumpism, and other forms of populism.

We invite papers for a half-day in-person symposium (27th May 2022) hosted by the Communications Programme at the University of Exeter (@ExeterComms). The symposium will interrogate popular cultural texts that manifest prominently across digital platforms and proffer insights into 21st century democratic processes, providing an essential augmentation to analyses of legacy media. Post-Brexit digital culture is characterised by polarisation, irreverence, and an absence of ideological coherence and these texts span a spectrum of political affiliations and national contexts across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. We therefore welcome short papers, think-pieces, and provocations from scholars working across the arts and humanities, and social sciences, that engage with Brexit-related digital material. The symposium will afford space to form a network of scholars working in this area and to discuss ideas for future collaborations in terms of publications and funding bids.

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

•	Meme culture and Brexit
•	Parody accounts (e.g. Parody Boris Johnson, Parody Laura Kuenssberg)
•	Brexit/Covid-19 conjuncture or parallels
• Digital responses from contemporary artists (e.g. Rachel Maclean’s video art, Emeka Ogboh’s sound installations) • Brexit as seen from abroad in digital media texts
•	Digital celebration and/or protest of Brexit
•	Brexit and Populism (Domestic/International)
•	Brexit and “home nations” nationalisms
•	Celebrity social media interventions during Brexit
•	Brexit, social media platforms, and politics
•	Brexit, contested citizenship, and digital communication
•	Jonathan Pie
•	@BorderIrish
•	Political celebrity content (e.g. Nigel Farage on Patreon)

Proposals for 10 to 15-minute papers should consist of:
 ·      Your name, email, and affiliation
·      The title of the talk
·      200-word abstract
·      75-word presenter bio
Please send proposals to Neil Ewen ((n.ewen /at/ exeter.ac.uk)) and Anthony McIntyre ((anthony.mcintyre /at/ ucd.ie)) by 20th April 2022. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 25th April 2022. We may be able to subsidise some travel costs for precariously employed colleagues who would otherwise not be able to attend. Please let us know you if you are in this position.

This is one of two research events that is being run by the University of Exeter's Communications Programme on 27th May. The other event is titled 'Digital Exhaustion: A Symposium'. If you would like more information about this event, please contact Dr. Alexander R.E. Taylor: (A.R.E.Taylor /at/ exeter.ac.uk) Both events are free and participants are welcome to attend both, which will run consecutively across the day.

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