[ecrea] ICA 2011/Boston: CFP Visual Communication Studies Division

>VISUAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES DIVISION
>Program Chair:
>Michael Griffin
>Macalester college
>Email: (mgriffi1 /at/ macalester.edu)
>
>DEAR MEMBERS,
>
>We would like to invite you to submit your work 
>to the Visual Communication Studies Division for next year's ICA in Boston.
>
>The Conference Theme for ICA 2011 in Boston is 
>Communication @ the Center. If it once was 
>possible - as many in the academy did and some 
>still do - to view communication studies as 
>peripheral to the central mission and focus of 
>the academic universe, that is no longer a 
>defensible position. Communication studies can 
>rightfully claim a central role not only in the 
>basic general education of an informed 
>citizenry, but also in understanding and 
>clarifying many of the central challenges of our rapidly changing world.
>
>The Visual Communication Studies Division of ICA 
>seeks to enhance the understanding of the visual 
>in all its communicational forms, from still and 
>moving images and displays in television, video, 
>film, and photography; to art and design, print 
>and digital media. The division provides a forum 
>for the discussion of theory and research in the 
>creation, processing, function, meaning, and 
>critical consequences of visual representation, 
>encompassing diverse research traditions from 
>the social sciences and the humanities.
>
>As an area that intersects with other 
>communication fields and ICA divisions, the 
>Visual Communication Studies Division welcomes 
>interdisciplinary study as well as targeted 
>analyses of all aspects of visual representation 
>and the visual communication experience.
>
>The Division invites paper and interactive paper 
>(poster) submissions as well as panel proposals 
>focusing on the production, content, 
>interpretation and reception of visuals in the 
>broadest sense. Both empirical and theoretical 
>submissions are encouraged. However, proposals 
>that only nominally concern visual media, 
>without exploring or addressing issues that are 
>specifically visual in nature will likely be at 
>a competitive disadvantage. All proposals are 
>evaluated through a blind peer review process.
>
>Full papers are preferred. Extended abstracts 
>will be taken into consideration. Abstracts 
>should be substantial and present synopses of 
>well-developed or continuing research projects. 
>Sketchy proposals for nascent or future work are considered inappropriate.
>
>Submission formats:
>- Full papers (35 pages max, including tables, figures, references etc.)
>- Extended abstracts (8 pages minimum)
>- Posters (= Interactive papers) (8-35 pages, including tables,
>references etc.)
>- Panel proposals (400-word rationale for the panel, 250-word
>extended abstract from each participant). A round table proposal will
>be considered as a panel proposal and has to be submitted in that
>category.
>
>All submissions (also panel proposals) should be 
>accompanied by a file that is uploaded to the 
>ICA Conference website. Please make sure that 
>this upload is successful, otherwise your 
>submission will only be reviewed on the basis of 
>the short abstract, and is thus unlikely to be successful.
>
>Student submissions should be clearly identified 
>as such so that, upon acceptance, they may be 
>considered for student travel grants.
>
>Finally, the division will experiment with ICAâ¬"s virtual format for 2011.
>More information on the Virtual Conference will 
>be available through the ICA and Division 
>websites and newsletters in the coming weeks.
>
>Deadline: All submissions must be completed 
>online no later than 11p.m. EST, November 1, 
>2010. To avoid technical problems, early 
>submission is strongly encouraged. To reach the 
>conference website, go to the ICA homepage at 
>http://www.icahdq.org and follow the link for 2011 Conference Submission.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Michael Griffin

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