[ecrea] Society for Phenomenology and Media: 19th Annual Conference

Call for Papers / Panels


SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 30th, 2016
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Society for Phenomenology and Media
19th Annual Conference
‘Living in the Anthropocene’
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March 15-17, 2017
Free University of Brussels, Belgium
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The Society for Phenomenology and Media (SPM) is pleased to receive 
abstracts (200 words maximum) for consideration of inclusion in its 19th 
annual international conference. The conference will be sponsored and 
hosted by the Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium.
Proposals for 3-person panels are also accepted. These should be 
organized around specific media — for example: film, the Internet, 
mobile communication, medieval manuscripts, print media (books, 
newspapers, and magazines), stage drama, television, visual art, dance, 
etc. Panel proposals should include three papers, one of them by the 
panel organizer. Individual abstract submissions are assigned to a panel 
by the conference host.
The overarching theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Living in the 
Anthropocene.’ According to many climate and environmentalist 
scientists, we have entered a new phase in history: the anthropocene, in 
which the human (anthropos) has become the most influential factor, 
impacting significantly upon the earth’s atmosphere and biosphere – 
often in destructive ways. The notion of the anthropocene faces us with 
pressing questions concerning the status of technology, capitalism, 
industrialization, societal organization, and many more. At the 
conference, we want to investigate the anthropocene concept in the light 
of media – an underexposed angle up until now – and vice versa.
We kindly ask contributors to align their submission with the conference 
theme, but welcome proposals about all areas covered by the Society.
The Society for Phenomenology and Media encourages interdisciplinary 
approaches and theoretical diversity. Individual papers and panels need 
not be limited to phenomenological approaches. In the past, papers have 
come from diverse theoretical perspectives, including critical theory, 
cultural studies, hermeneutics, Marxism, New Historicism, post-colonial 
theory, pragmatism, semiotics, speech-act theory, and so on. 
Participants have come from a wide range of disciplines: philosophy, 
media studies, communications, psychology, history, political science, 
sociology, rhetoric, literary theory, cognitive science, cultural 
studies, and other fields.
Deadline for individual abstracts and panel proposals: October 30th, 2016.
Doctoral students are invited to submit proposals, but should note that 
SPM limits the number of papers from students.
Conference abstracts and panel proposals submitted are peer-reviewed. 
Papers accepted and presented are published in the SPM annual Conference 
Proceedings; selected papers are also published in Glimpse, the annual 
publication of SPM.
For consideration, submit abstracts/panel proposals by using the 
EasyChair system at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spm2017
For up-to-date information on the conference and the Society, see the 
SPM website:
http://phenomenologyandmedia.org
If you have questions about the conference hotel and getting to and from 
Brussels, see the SPM website:
http://phenomenologyandmedia.org
Other questions may be addressed to:
Dr. Francesca Dell'Orto,
SPM Secretary
(socphenmedia /at/ yahoo.com)
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Kind regards,
Francesca Dell'Orto
SPM Secretary
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