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[Commlist] CFP Lumina Magazine: Exhibition practices and cinema audiences in non-metropolitan contexts: Latin America and global south
Tue Mar 24 09:11:30 GMT 2026
*_CFP _*
*_LUMINA MAGAZINE (UFJF, BRAZIL)_*
*_DOSSIER “EXHIBITION PRACTICES AND CINEMA AUDIENCES IN NON-METROPOLITAN
CONTEXTS: LATIN AMERICA AND GLOBAL SOUTH”_*
*_SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 20 JUNE 2026_*
Lumina Magazine (Journal of the Postgraduate Programme in Communication
at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora - UFJF) invites researchers to
submit articles resulting from empirical and/or historiographical
research for the dossier "Exhibition Practices and Film Audiences in
Non-Metropolitan Contexts". Submissions are open from March 23rd to June
20th, and publication is scheduled for October 31st, 2026.
Articles must be submitted to the specific section of the dossier and
meet the Submission Conditions and Author Guidelines of Lumina,
available at
https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/lumina/about/submissions
<https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/lumina/about/submissions>
Articles that are approved and are suitable for the scope of the
magazine, but cannot be included in the dossier due to classification,
may be included in other issues, at the discretion of the editors and
the interest of the authors.
*Guest editors:*
* Prof. Dr. Talitha Ferraz (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cinema e
Audiovisual da Universidade Federal Fluminense - PPGCine-UFF,
Brazil), E-mail: (talitha.ferraz /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(talitha.ferraz /at/ gmail.com)>
* Prof. Dr. Filipe Gama (Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia,
Brazil), E-mail: (filipebgama /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(filipebgama /at/ gmail.com)>
* Prof. Dr. Clara Kriger (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina),
E-mail: (clarakriger /at/ hotmail.com) <mailto:(clarakriger /at/ hotmail.com)>
In recent years, a series of studies have emerged on the reception and
constitution of cinema audiences, in addition to extensive research on
cinema exhibition experiences in Latin America and other regions of the
Global South. In this sense, studies focus on the circulation,
consumption and forms of presentation of films in collective spaces,
examining these environments as places of social and cultural exchange.
Thus, oriented toward the investigation of cinema culture, this approach
operates alongside similar perspectives that are very active in Europe
and the US, such as New Cinema History (Biltereyst; Maltby; Meers, 2019;
Ferraz, 2017). In Latin America, it is now commonly known in Spanish as
“estudios de públicos” and “cultura de las pantallas” (Kriger, 2018a;
Kriger, 2018b; Kriger; Poppe, 2023; Meers; Biltereyst; Lozano, 2018;
Nieto Malpica; Tello; Rosas; Biltereyst, 2016; Rosas Mantecón, 2017;
Rosas Mantecón; González, 2020; Rosas Mantecón; Peirano; Pires, 2025)
and, in Portuguese, “histórias de cinemas” (Ferraz, 2024; Ferraz; Ebert,
2026, in press; Freire; Ferraz, 2018; Freire, Gama; Quintes, 2026; Gama,
2024; Gama; Coelho, 2024; Vieira, 2021), having also established itself
over time as a historiographical novelty in relation to traditional
studies of cinema history, whose central object mainly focused on film
production, the analysis of their meanings and senses, as well as the
performance of stars and directors. However, despite this turning point
in the field, most studies conducted in this way still focus on contexts
and cases in large urban centres and capital cities.
In light of this, the aim of the dossier “Exhibition practices and
cinema audiences in non-metropolitan contexts: Latin America and Global
South” is to compile a series of papers on cinema culture in small towns
and villages (of varying sizes) in countries in the Global South. The
focus will be on the historical and contemporary contexts of cinema
reception, exhibition and distribution practices.
How can audiences in cinemas located in urban areas far from large
cities and metropolises be characterised? What were and are the ways of
marketing films in these places and their influence on the programming
of local cinemas? What were and are the various business models and
characteristics of the exhibition market in non-metropolitan cities?
What were the usual practices of audiences in rural areas? What were the
film programmes like in religious spaces, cultural associations or
spaces that competed with cinemas in these locations? What were the
impacts of the systematic closure of cinema theatres on the
socio-cultural structure of small towns?
In short, we invite researchers to submit papers based both on memories
of cinema culture developed in local contexts and on archival research
on the experiences of cinema audiences outside major cities, conceived
here in the plural as social and historical groups that identify with a
discourse and practices of sociability and film enjoyment.
We also suggest the presentation of studies that delve deeper into the
topic of the cinema exhibition and distribution business, especially
historical investigations into the existence, permanence or
disappearance of spaces dedicated to collective access to films,
considering models that depended/depend on entrepreneurs based in major
urban centres or initiatives by independent local exhibitors.
*Thematic areas*
We invite submissions of papers in Portuguese, English, and Spanish that
engage with the following thematic areas (and other related topics):
* Cinema memories, oral histories and other sources related to cinema
cultures in small towns, interior cities, rural areas, villages and
hamlets.
* Film posters and other marketing, promotion and consumption tools in
non-metropolitan cinemas.
* Models, uses and circulation of different exhibition technologies
(from seminal exhibition scenarios to contemporary contexts) in
small towns.
* Relationships between exhibition/distribution circuits and transport
infrastructure and urban circulation in small towns and countryside
regions.
* Comparative studies between different film circuits in small towns.
* Historical and socio-geographical mapping of cinemas located in
small towns.
* Local cinemas and their relationship with political aspects in small
towns.
* The role of entrepreneurs, workers and enthusiasts in film
exhibition and distribution in non-metropolitan contexts.
* Proposals and tensions in terminology related to the cinema cultures
of non-metropolitan cities, considering the socio-cultural,
territorial and geographical particularities of their locations.
Examples include 'rural cinemas', 'interior cinemas' and cinemas in
regions with low social and economic development.
Case studies related to the dossier:
* Commercial cinemas, their historical development and practices;
* Parish cinemas and the relationship between film screening and
churches;
* Community cinemas;
* Film clubs;
* Experiences and projects involving film screening in rural areas, in
contrast to small urbanised towns;
* Travelling exhibitors and circulation in smaller towns;
* Film distribution and commercialization routes and their
relationship with forms of transportation and mobility.
**
*References*
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Cinema History. London: Routledge, 2019.
FERRAZ, T.; EBERT, S. La investigación sobre el público y la exhibición
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