[ecrea] CFP: Besides the Screen: Piracy in Theory and Practice Workshop

PIRACY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Coventry University, UK, 9 - 10 April 2015
http://besidesthescreen.com/?p=366

We are looking for ongoing research projects to participate in a 
workshop associated with the AHRC funded Besides the Screen symposium 
PIRACY IN THEORY & PRACTICE, to be held at Coventry University, UK, on 
9-10 April 2015. The workshop will be on Thursday 9th April, during the 
first day of the event.

Departing from the relation of movie piracy with the economy and 
politics of content distribution, the symposium means to discuss the 
dynamics of authority embedded in contemporary systems of communication 
and explore how informal media practices might intervene with the 
development of new technologies, frame film curating, foster or inhibit 
particular scholarships, and even raise questions about the ontology of 
the moving image.

Confirmed speakers at the symposium include Ramon Lobato 
(Swinburne/Australia), Gabriel Menotti (UFES/Brazil), Pedro Mizukami 
(FGV/Brazil), Gary Hall (Coventry/UK) and Virginia Crisp (Coventry/UK).

We welcome proposals from a wide range of topics within this universe, 
and encourage the participation of PhD candidates and early career 
researchers. Participation in the workshop is free of charge (as is 
attendance at the symposium), but all participants must cover their own 
transportation and accommodation costs.

To submit a proposal, send a text file (doc, docx, rtf) containing a 
short abstract about your research (~250 words) and bio (~150 words) to 
the email (besidesthescreen /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(besidesthescreen /at/ gmail.com)> 
with the subject PROPOSAL – PIRACY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE.

The deadline is 2nd Feb 2015. Selected participants will be notified by 
9th Feb 2015.