[Commlist] CFP BAFTSS 2023 Annual Conference

The 2023 annual conference, taking place at the site of the inaugural 
BAFTSS conference of 2013 at the University of Lincoln, 3-5 April, takes 
as its theme ‘Sustainable Futures: Ethics, Responsibility and Care in 
Film, Television, Screen Studies and Practices’.
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Recent years have seen academics and practitioners grapple with the 
ethical dimensions of film, television and screen studies and of screen 
media production, distribution and consumption. This includes efforts to 
address the various forms of environmental and personal harm caused by 
screen media industries, both now and in the past, and to imagine new 
ways of doing things. It also includes ongoing debates about the future 
of film, television and screen theories, histories and practices, their 
sustainability in the current higher education landscape (in the UK and 
globally) and their ethical obligations to be more inclusive, socially 
responsible and politically engaged.

*_We invite proposals for papers and pre-formed panels_*on any aspect of 
the theme. Theoretical, historical and practice-based approaches are all 
equally welcome. Topics might include but are not restricted to:

  * Environmental, democratic, ethical, social, economic futures in
    film, television and screen storytelling or representation
  * Sustainable futures of the past: histories of screen reflections of
    sustainable discourses
  * Sustainable futures and screen archives
  * Theories and philosophies of sustainable, environmental and
    ecological filmmaking, representations and aesthetics
  * Environmental sustainability in film, television and screen production
  * Creative industries and the economic sustainability of current
    models of funding, distribution and exhibition
  * Creating sustainable working environments in screen cultures:
    ethical creative labour
  * Ethics of decolonizing and diversifying the discipline for a
    sustainable future
  * Sustaining the discipline: what next for film, television and screen
    studies?
  * The unsustainable academy? The impact of precarity, inequality and
    burnout on the future of Film, TV and Screen Studies


Panel proposals should consist of 250-word abstracts per paper and a bio 
of no more than 100 words per presenter, and a 150-word rationale for 
the panel.

Abstracts for individual papers should be 250 words plus a bio of no 
more than 100 words.​

Panels will be 90 minutes and will include three 20-minute papers plus 
30 minutes Q&A. Pre-formed panels may adopt a different structure and 
consist of four 15-minute papers, or two 20-minute papers and a 
response, or 3 x 20 minute presentations and Q&A. However, the maximum 
overall runtime should not exceed 90 minutes.

_*We are also inviting proposals for contributions to roundtables*_, 
which will take the place of keynotes as their more sustainable, 
egalitarian and dialogic alternative. Proposals should respond to the 
above or engage otherwise with the conference theme and should be 
aligned with one of the following topics:

  * Ethical/inclusive labour practices
  * Documentary ethics
  * Sustainability of the discipline

​Please indicate in your response which of the roundtables you are 
interested in contributing to.

Roundtables will be scheduled for 75 minutes total. The session will 
take the form of up to 5 lightning talks of circa 5 mins (combined talks 
to last no longer than 30 mins) followed by a period for discussion/Q&A. 
Proposals should include a brief description of the proposed 
contribution and a bio of no more than 100 words.
Proposals should be submitted to*(baftss2023 /at/ gmail.com)*no later than*8 
December 2022*. Decisions will be sent out by 11 January 2023. We will 
aim to circulate a draft programme by end of January 2023.
The call for submissions for the*PGR Research Poster Showcase*is now 
open. Click here for more information. The deadline is 7 February 2023.
All delegates must have a current membership of BAFTSS at least one 
month prior to the annual conference. You can join here.
Keywords:

  * Sustainability
  * Ethics
  * Care
  * Environmental degradation/depletion
  * Natural resources
  * Harm
  * Safety
  * Accountability
  * Longevity

Organizing Committee: Hannah Andrews; Gábor Gergely; Jeongmee Kim; Chris 
O’Rourke; Thomas Sutherland; Clare Watson.


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