[Commlist] Call for Proposals – VisualModi 2025 Conference

*VisualModi 2025 – Call for Proposals*
*5th International Conference of the International Association for 
Research with Visual and Multimodal Methods*

/University of La Laguna, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tenerife (Spain)/
/19–21 November 2025/
*Deadline for submissions: 11 May 2025, 23:59 UTC*
🔗 /Conference platform:/ https://vm25.sciencesconf.org 
<https://vm25.sciencesconf.org>
The International Association for Research with Visual and Multimodal 
Methods (VisualModi) invites proposals for its 2025 conference, to be 
held in Tenerife, Spain. The event is dedicated to promoting innovative 
and multimodal approaches to social research, including textual, visual, 
audiovisual, interactive, and performative formats. We welcome 
contributions in the form of papers, videos, installations, 
performances, and other research-based media.
The conference is organized around five Working Groups and an Exhibition 
Space. As in previous editions, all proposals can align with one or more 
of the working groups, regardless of whether they directly address the 
central theme:

  *
    *WG1:* Technological Innovation and Visual Methodologies
  *
    *WG2:* Participatory and Expository Visual Methods
  *
    *WG3:* Epistemology and Visuality Studies
  *
    *WG4:* Urban Space, Territories, and Mobile Methods
  *
    *WG5:* Exhibition Space

This fifth edition will explore the theme *"Visual Methods and 
Artificial Intelligence: The Challenges of Surveillance Capitalism"*, 
which focuses on the critical intersection between visual research, data 
privacy, and the increasing use of AI in social monitoring and 
behavioral manipulation.
*Conference Theme – Summary:*
The conference examines the ethical, methodological, and social 
implications of using visual and multimodal methods in an age of 
AI-driven surveillance. Drawing on concepts such as “bricolage” and 
concerns over proprietary technologies, it explores how visual research 
tools both enable and restrict knowledge production. The theme draws 
attention to critical issues such as data privacy, manipulation of 
visual information, and the societal impacts of algorithmic image analysis.
We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners to reflect on these 
challenges and share research that uses visual and multimodal methods to 
interrogate surveillance capitalism and propose alternative 
epistemologies and practices.
*Submission Guidelines and Platform:*
Abstracts must be submitted through the conference platform:
- https://vm25.sciencesconf.org <https://vm25.sciencesconf.org>
Submission window: /15 February – 11 May 2025, 23:59 UTC/
More information about the themes, abstract guidelines, and key dates 
can be found at:
- https://visualmodi.hypotheses.org <https://visualmodi.hypotheses.org>

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