[Commlist] CFP ICA 2025 Pre-conference – Frames of Transition: Visual Communication in Times of Social Change

Two weeks left to submit an abstract to the ICA 2025 Pre-conference – 
Frames of Transition: Visual Communication in Times of Social Change


Date: Wednesday 11 June 2025, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Location: University of Denver, Colorado, USA

Abstracts due: February 1, 2025: https://bit.ly/4fdwT68 
<https://bit.ly/4fdwT68>

Notifications: March 11, 2025


In a world marked by rapid technological advances and sociopolitical 
upheavals, visual communication plays a vital role in documenting and 
influencing these changes. By emphasizing the theme of transition and 
change, this pre-conference organized by ICA Visual Communication 
Studies Division seeks to contribute to academic scholarship and 
practical applications, demonstrating how visual communication can help 
navigate and make sense of change. It also aims to provide a platform 
for cross-divisional and interdisciplinary networking between emerging 
and senior scholars dealing with visual communication research, inviting 
extended abstracts with a focus on three perspectives:


 1.

    Phenomena-oriented perspective: From this perspective, we seek
    contributions examining events, movements, and trends represented
    visually, offering insights into the ways visual communication
    shapes and is shaped by transitional moments. We also aim to explore
    the impact of emerging visual production or editing technologies,
    such as generative AI, that contribute to new issues (e.g.,
    AI-generated visual disinformation, deepfakes, creative expression,
    etc.).

 2.

    Actor/agent (action)-oriented perspective: This perspective invites
    visual communication research with a focus on individuals, groups,
    and organizations involved in creating, editing, disseminating, and
    engaging with visual content during transitional periods. We also
    aim to explore how visual communication is used as a tool to address
    existing issues (e.g., through visual storytelling, photojournalism,
    novel forms of visual expression, etc.).

 3.

    Method-oriented perspective: Submissions from this perspective will
    delve into the methodologies and techniques used to study visual
    representation and meaning-making during periods of change. We also
    aim to provide a forum for collaborative learning about innovative
    approaches and tools for analyzing visual communication.


How to Participate:

Send usan extended abstract for one of the following formats by 1 
February 2025:


  *

    Traditional research (1,000 words): These abstracts should be
    anonymized for a review committee made up of senior Division members.

  *

    Research escalator (500 words): The session applications will be
    reviewed by potential mentors, and where matches are possible,
    mentees will be paired with a mentor.


Full CfP: 
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.org/resource/resmgr/conference/2025/pc-cfp-frames-transition.pdf 
<https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.org/resource/resmgr/conference/2025/pc-cfp-frames-transition.pdf>


Registration: we are planning with a fee of $50 (includes lunch and 
refreshments on the day). No fees to submit an abstract.


Organizers:

  *

    Dr. Nataliia Laba (University of Groningen), (n.laba /at/ rug.nl)
    <mailto:(n.laba /at/ rug.nl)>

  *

    Dr. Kareem El Damanhoury (University of Denver),
    (kareem.eldamanhoury /at/ du.edu) <mailto:(kareem.eldamanhoury /at/ du.edu)>


Contact for the division:

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    Dr. Saumava Mitra, Dublin City University, (saumava.mitra /at/ dcu.ie)
    <mailto:(saumava.mitra /at/ dcu.ie)>(Visual Communication Studies Division
    Chair)

  *

    Dr. Nataliia Laba, University of Groningen, (n.laba /at/ rug.nl)
    <mailto:(n.laba /at/ rug.nl)>(Visual Communication Studies Division Student
    and Early Career Representative)


Co-sponsor: ICA Global Communication and Social Change Division.


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