[Commlist] CFP - 2023 ECREA Communication and Democracy Section Conference

The Communication & Democracy section of the European Communication 
Research and Education Association (ECREA) is pleased to invite 
submissions for next year’s section conference titled TECHNOLOGY IN 
MOVEMENT, MOVEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY to be held at the University of 
Copenhagen from May 08-10, 2023. The event, which includes a for-credit 
PhD course, is co-organized by the grant project "To Use or Not to Use? 
A Relational Approach to ICTs as Repertoire of Contention" (Independent 
Research Fund Denmark) and and The Center on Digital Culture and 
Communication (Annenberg School for Communication, University of 
Pennsylvania). Abstracts of 300-500 words are due by December 15, 2022. 
See full call below. For inquiries, feel free to contact the section 
management: Jun Liu(liujun[at]hum[dot]ku[dot]dk) or Giuliana Sorce 
(giuliana.sorce[at]uni-tuebingen[dot]de).

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ECREA Communication & Democracy international section conference and PhD 
course "Technology in Movement, Movement in Technology"

Conference Website:
https://comm.ku.dk/research/information-technology-and-connections/to-use-or-not-to-use/tim-talks/international-conference-phd-course/ 
<https://comm.ku.dk/research/information-technology-and-connections/to-use-or-not-to-use/tim-talks/international-conference-phd-course/>

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Donatella della Porta / W. Lance Bennett / Hazem Kandil / Guobin Yang

Scope:
Rapidly emerging technologies have become a crucial component of 
movement and contention, ranging from strikes and protests to riots and 
civil disobedience to revolution and war. We have witnessed the 
widespread use of digitally mediated communication during large-scale 
political protests in promoting social justice like Black Lives Matter 
and the #MeToo movement, but also intelligence and information warfare 
that contribute to precise strikes, effective surveillance, and 
reconnaissance in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Interest in this field 
endures, while interrogation of the role of technology in movement 
proliferates. Still, contestation over the nature and degree of 
effectiveness of technology in movement and contention remains. And 
theoretical and methodological reflections are badly needed to identify 
challenges and opportunities for advancing the field.

This international conference seeks to address and advance such 
discussion. We look for original, rigorous, and creative contributions 
and reflections that examine technology and movement/contention. 
Submissions can be primarily theoretical or based on empirical studies 
but may also include innovative suggestions for overcoming 
methodological challenges. In all forms, the submissions should make 
explicit, original, and substantial contributions to the relevance and 
implications of the role of technology in movement.

PhD Course:
An international PhD course with the same theme on technology and 
movement will be offered in the conference. The participant will receive 
3 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) if s/he join 
both the conference with presentation and the PhD seminar (on 10 May, 
2023), or 1.5 ECTS (for those who only join the PhD seminar).

Possible Submission Topics:
• Theoretical developments in the sociology of technology in movement
• The historical, social, and political contingency of the role of 
technology in movement
• Technology and gender, sexuality, feminism, and LGBTQI issues in movement
• Technology and class, social, and digital inequalities in movement
• Big data and computational approaches to studying technology and 
movement (as well as critiques of these approaches)
• Safety and security issues of technology and movement
• Comparative empirical analyses of technology and movement across (a) 
historical eras and/or (b) countries, regions, and societies
• Legal, social and ethical issues of technology and movement
• Promise and peril of technology and movement

Key Dates:
Deadline: Abstracts of 300-500 words excluding references must be sent 
to (techinmovement /at/ ku.dk) <mailto:(techinmovement /at/ ku.dk)> by December 15, 2022.
Notification of Acceptance: January 31, 2023
Deadline for Registration: February 28, 2023
Conference: May 8 - 9, 2023 (9:00-17:00 CEST)
PhD Course: May 10, 2023 (9:00-17:00 CEST)

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