[ecrea] CFP for Post Asia Film, Media and Popular Culture Conference, Jul 14-16, 2014, Macau SAR

> CALL FOR PAPER
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> Post-Asia Film, Media and Popular Culture Conference,
> July 14-16, 2014
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> If the historical experiences of colonialism and imperialism, both 
internal and external, have produced the asymmetries of Asia versus the 
Rest, how does one address the problematics of Asia as an identity 
category? Indeed how can one define ‘Asia’ or ‘Asian-ness’ without 
falling into the traps of essentialism that glosses over the diversity 
of experiences not only within the Asian region but also beyond -- where 
sites of Asian-ness come to being, and where sights of Asian-ness float 
about? How do film, media and popular culture and other cultural 
artifacts expressive of the changing spectra of representations and 
identities -- whether created inside or outside Asia -- imagine that 
diversity in the past and the present, as well as for the future? Do 
they otherwise articulate sameness that cuts between Asia and the Rest? 
If essentialist notions of identity can be tolerated as expedient means 
for political ends, at what point do they become unquestioned categories 
for academic inquiry? Can an interdisciplinary lingua frança be found to 
rethink Asia beyond the terms of geographical, cultural, ethnic and 
national essentialisms? Can ecologies of the ‘Inter-Asia’ and the 
‘Sinophone’, and other new critical categories, including the renewed 
take on cosmopolitanism, de-territorialize ‘Asia’ and ‘Asian-ness’ 
without reinscribing existing ontological dilemmas? Can ‘Asia’ and 
‘Asian-ness’ be de-Asianized? What is post-Asia?
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> To these ends, we call for paper and panel proposals for the 11th 
Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference: Post-Asia Film, Media and 
Popular Culture. With the support of the Department of Communication, 
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, in conjunction with the 
Asian Cinema Studies Society, the conference is planned for July 14-16, 
2014, in Macau SAR. Topics include, but are not limited to, the 
following areas:
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> Asia Cinema studies
> Asian Media studies
> Asian Popular Culture studies
> Asian Cultural Studies
> Cosmopolitan cinemas
> Creative/Cultural Industries
> Cross-media formats
> Cultural and Media Ecologies
> Cultural Policies
> Genders and Sexualities
> Global Communication
> Identities and Representations
> Media Communication
> Nationalism and Transnationalism
> New Media studies
> Postcolonial Theories and Criticisms
> Postmodern cultures
> Print media
> Sinophone Communication
> TV studies
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> Language: English and Chinese.
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> Please send proposals of 200-300 words in RTF or WORD format. For all 
proposals, be certain to include the title, author(s) name(s), 
institutional affiliation, mailing address, and email contacts, as well 
as a brief biography of each contributor. For panel, workshop, and group 
submissions, be certain to provide a brief description (100 words) of 
the contribution of each participant. Sessions will be 1 1/2 hours in 
duration, and time limits will be strictly enforced.
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> The deadline for submission of proposals is 15thFebruary 2014. 
Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by early March 2014.
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> Selected papers will be published in the peer-reviewed biannual Asian 
Cinema. Now published by Intellect Press (UK), this seminal journal has 
long been the flagship publication of the Asian Cinema Studies Society. 
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=219/
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> Registration fee*:
> Regular rate: USD200
> Discount rate: USD125. This applies to participants from developing 
countries in Asia such as India, Indonesia, Philippines, People’s 
Republic of China (except Hong Kong) and Thailand, as well as full-time 
students (with proof of identification).
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> * The registration includes access to all sessions, one-year ACSS 
membership, one-year subscription to the Asian Cinema journal, 
tea/coffee breaks, and one closing conference dinner.
>
> Please submit your proposals to XU Xiaying, Richard (University of 
Macau): (asiancinema2014 /at/ gmail.com).
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> All updated information will posted at: http://www.umac.mo/fss/comm/acss/
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> Principal organizing members:
> Tony SCHIRATO (University of Macau): (tonyschirato /at/ umac.mo)
> TAN See Kam (University of Macau): (tsktan /at/ umac.mo)
> Gary BETTINSON (University of Lancaster): (g.bettinson /at/ lancaster.ac.uk).
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>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Prof. Tan See Kam
> Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University 
of Macau
> Chair, Asian Cinema Studies Society
> Editor, ASIAN CINEMA
>



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