[ecrea] Screen Studies Conference

*SSAAANZ Conference First Call for Papers*

Sea Change: Transforming Industries, Screens, Texts

The Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in
conjunction with Victoria University of Wellington will hold the first
biennial SSAAANZ conference in Wellington from November 23-25 2016. This
inaugural conference (which incorporates FHAANZ) presents a unique
opportunity to reassess the links between film, media, culture and
society in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. While categories such as
location and nation remain important to the cultural industries of both
countries, significant economic, technological and social developments
mean that our understandings of identity and place are evolving
constantly. Australia and New Zealand are not only nations, but also
islands that share an ocean with numerous other countries and cultures.
The changing mediascapes are evident in the continuing relationships
with media industries of the United States, but also in emerging
connections and cultural exchanges with Asia and the Pacific.

We invite scholarly presentations that address the conference themes,
including:

¡¤The relationship between Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and/or
Pacific rim screen industries and cultures

¡¤Local and regional cinemas

¡¤Geographies of Australia, New Zealand and Pasifika media

¡¤New histories of Australian and/or Aotearoa New Zealand screen
industries and cultures

¡¤Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, M¨¡ori, and Pasifika
film and television practices

¡¤Economic, government and regulatory influences on Australia and
Aotearoa New Zealand screen industries

¡¤Creative personnel and Trans-Tasman success

¡¤New theoretical approaches to Screen Studies

¡¤Changing distribution and exhibition practices

¡¤Gender and sexuality in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand screen
cultures

¡¤Critiques of labour circulation and practices in the Australian and
Aotearoa New Zealand screen industries

¡¤New perspectives on local and regional screen audiences

¡¤Digital media and transnationalism

¡¤The effects of globalization on local and regional film and media

¡¤New interpretations of Australian and New Zealand film and media
texts, genres, cycles and aesthetics

We also welcome general papers on any area of Film, Television and Media
Studies

Individual papers will be 20 minutes in length. Pre-constituted panels
are welcome.

Please send abstracts of 150-200 words to (ssaaanz /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(ssaaanz /at/ gmail.com)>by June 15, 2016. Abstracts should include
name, institutional affiliation, full contact details, and a short
biographical note.

Please visit our website at ssaaanz2016.info for conference information
and regular updates.



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