[Commlist] CPF: The Third Media Anthropology Conference

Call for Papers

The Third Media Anthropology Conference

Revisiting global/local Communities: Media, (im)mobilities and 
(dis)placement

Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United 
International College, Zhuhai, China

For this interdisciplinary conference held 8-10 June 2023, we invite 
paper abstracts that are close to the central topic related to media, 
mobilities, and communities in the global context.

What is the new phrase of globalisation? The question has become a 
common concern of vast communities on this planet. The ‘global village’, 
to some extent, exists as a McLuhanian illusion mediated with fluid and 
fragments behind the semblance of the accord. Given the speeding up 
iterations of techno-driven infrastructure and digital apparatuses, is 
the intensified ‘hypermobility’ in the last wave of globalisation 
dwindling or by contrast being augmented with a new face? Encountering 
drastic changes and great uncertainties in the global complex, how do 
people represent and (re)locate themselves in everyday scenarios? 
Probing from a media-centred perspective, we call for an empirical 
revisit of global/local ‘communities’ – the binding and rebinding of 
people – from multifaceted approaches. Themes may include but are not 
limited to:

 1. Empirical studies about media and
    nationalism/multiculturalism/cosmopolitanism;
 2. (im)Mobile spatiality and temporality in the digital era;
 3. Migrants, diaspora and (dis)placement related to media studies;
 4. Ethnographic research on media, family and kinship;
 5. Subcultural groups and their media practices;
 6. Media and social diversities (i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, age,
    religion, class, disability).
 7. Media and spatial attachments to home, land and virtual corners on
    digital platforms alike;
 8. Media archaeology on the touch/abandon of specific media for
    particular social groups.

Guidelines for abstracts:

Abstracts should have between 800-1200 words with title, author(s)’ 
name(s) and affiliation(s), and email address(es) and be submitted by 
email to (meijierenleixue /at/ 163.com) <mailto:(meijierenleixue /at/ 163.com)>.

10 April 2023, deadline for abstract submission;

25 April 2023, abstract decisions announcement;

30 May 2023, deadline for full-paper submission;

9-10 June 2023, Zhuhai, conference.

Language: English/Chinese

The conference is organised by Dr Dianjing Li, Dr Qiaoyun Zhang and Dr 
Xiaomeng Lan from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science at 
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United 
International College (UIC). There is no registration fee for this 
conference. Meals and tea breaks during the conference will be provided 
by the organiser. Attendees are responsible for their own transport and 
accommodation expenses.

The conference will take place on 8-10 June 2023 at UIC, Zhuhai, 
Guangdong, PRC. We hope you will be able to participate in the offline 
conference although an online meeting room will be organised.

For further information about the conference, its themes, abstract 
submissions, and panels please contact: Ms Jiaqi Liang, 
(jiaqiliang /at/ uic.edu.cn) <mailto:(jiaqiliang /at/ uic.edu.cn)>.

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