[Commlist] CFP: Methodological Approaches to Digital Spaces

*Call for Papers*

*Methodological Approaches to Digital Spaces (**MADS* 
<https://mads2025.com/>*)*

MADS (Methodological Approaches to Digital Spaces) is a FREE 
interdisciplinary symposium launched under the guidance and funding of 
NWCDTP to promote methodological and ontological advancements in the 
studies of digital spaces. MADS aims to explore diverse academic 
approaches to increasingly complex digital spaces, specifically focused on:

  * new methods for exploring and preserving digital archives
  * novel approaches to the collection and analysis of digital data
  * consideration of inclusivity and ethics-based concerns

Examples of contemporary digital spaces that might be explored at MADS 
are internet forums and interactive websites, social media, video games, 
and the concept of the metaverse. A diverse array of panels will invite 
researchers in a wide variety of fields, including theoretical, 
methodological, and practice-based spheres (as well as interdisciplinary 
combinations thereof) to present their findings and explore the 
continuously shifting landscape of digital spaces.

**

MADS welcomes researchers of diverse backgrounds and research that 
centres intersectionality and inclusivity.

/Please submit a 250-word abstract, contact information, and a 50-word 
biography through the following//form/ 
<https://forms.gle/XV3tYKwmSAoRAKwz7>/./

*_3rd January 2025 - Abstract submission deadline_*

*9th April 2025 - Symposium*

*Keynote information:*

The symposium will feature a keynote speech from Dr Łukasz Szulc, Senior 
Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture and Co-Director of the Centre for 
Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media at the University of Manchester. 
Dr Szulc's talk, entitled 'Doing Research in the Digital Age', reflects 
on his experiences of the challenges and opportunities that digital 
media can present whilst studying queer and other marginalised 
communities. See website for Dr Szulc's full bio and the abstract for 
his talk.

*Logistics:*

/The MADS symposium will take place in Room C1.18 and the Atrium of the 
Ellen Wilkinson Building at The University of Manchester, M15 6JA.  The 
building is wheelchair accessible./

/The event will include a complimentary vegetarian lunch and 
refreshments throughout the day. /

The conference will be conducted in a_hybrid format_and will also be 
live streamed on social networks.

*Travel Bursaries:*

This symposium can offer*15*travel bursaries to PGRs studying at any of 
the NWCDTP’s member institutions.

If you need additional information, please contact us 
at*(mads2025x /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(mads2025x /at/ gmail.com)>.*

/This symposium is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 
through the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership’s Cohort 
Development Fund./

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