[ecrea] CFP: Society for Animation Studies Conference June 2018

*SAS @ 30: Then | Now | Next*
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*Call for Papers*
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*Conference: June 19-21, 2018
Emerging Researchers Seminars & Workshops: June 18, 2018
Post-conference field trip: June 22, 2018
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Dec 15, 2017*

This occasion of the 30th Annual International Society for Animation 
Studies Conference prompts us to (re)consider the past present and 
future of animation and animation scholarship. Then | Now | Next is an 
invitation for reflection, prognostication, and critical reflection. It 
is an opportunity both to think about the state of union of animation 
production and animation studies, and a chance to suggest new directions 
for the next 30 years.

In popular understanding the past often seems settled, and the future 
itself has becomes predictable. How might animation practice and 
historical scholarship unsettle the past, interrogate the present, 
and reorient the future?

Animation has always been a critical component of rethinking the 
stability of the moving image and the recorded sound and their 
associated politics. This conference seeks interrogations into the 
temporalities of animation, the past/present/future of animation 
practices, the spatial locations and media conditions of its creation 
and study, and the orientations of this discipline of animation theory 
and practice. How can we re-infect our discipline with new narratives 
about the present, for the present, and into the future? How can these 
narratives reverberate outside animation studies, into the social, 
cultural, technological and political spheres?

*SAS@30: Then | Now | Next*

Montreal and Concordia University have historical ties to animation and 
animation scholarship. We want to hear about your research, and 
encourage applicants to present their investigations of less charted 
areas, including:
●      animation temporalities
●      histories and genealogies of animation or animation studies;
●      geographies of animation
●      colonialism & cultural appropriation
●      afrofuturism and animation
●      Indigenous animation
●      neurodiverse animation
●      community, care & activism
●      animated sound
●      animation and futurity
●      animation and indie game design
●      animation's​ media ecologies
●      animation and sustainability
●      animation and media industries
●      plasmaticity and (the future of) special effects

*Application formats (Deadline: Dec 15, 2017)*
Please send all applications in text format (eg Word) to 
(sas2018 /at/ concordia.ca) <mailto:(sas2018 /at/ concordia.ca)>. All applications 
should be accompanied by a 100-word bio with a second anonymized version 
of abstracts and keywords to facilitate blind review. Here are the 
recommended specifications for proposals:
●            6min microtalks: 150-word abstracts
●            20min conference papers and/or applications for the 
emerging researcher seminars* (please specify): 350-word abstracts + 3-5 
keywords
●            90min pre-constituted panels: 150-word panel abstracts + 
bios and 350-word paper abstracts/participant
●            Screenings/workshops/exhibitions: Proposals should be 
maximum 1 page with project descriptions and links to support material. 
Please indicate the duration of the event, the number of participants 
expected, and its requirements, including the facility (projection room, 
computer lab, studio with sinks, etc.), equipment, software, materials 
and the number of assistants (and skills) needed. We welcome 
applications for curated screenings, but request that accepted proposers 
secure exhibition rights from filmmakers or distributors. We may be able 
to offer small artist fees, but cannot cover travel and accommodation costs.

*Letters of Acceptance*
All letters of acceptance will be sent out by mid-March to facilitate 
applications for funding and travel visas. (Non-presenting participants 
who require travel visas should contact organizers by email as soon as 
possible, so we can write letters of invitation).

**Emerging Researchers Seminar (Monday, June 18)*
Pre-circulated papers will be discussed in small seminar-style sessions 
mentored by established scholars. Participants must submit papers (10-15 
pages in length) by June 1 for re-distribution and advanced reading by 
workshop mentors and other participants. We encourage applications from 
students at all levels (including your best undergraduates!), as well as 
recent graduates, new faculty members and independent researchers. 
Please indicate your affiliation and position. Participants may apply to 
present during the regular conference (June 19-21) with the same 
abstract, but please indicate if you have a preference. We will try to 
organize seminars according to topics and hope to offer financial 
assistance to some participants. Fees for Monday activities will be 
included in conference registration fees.

*Contact:*
● sas2018.hybrid.concordia.ca <http://sas2018.hybrid.concordia.ca/>
● (sas2018 /at/ concordia.ca) <mailto:(sas2018 /at/ concordia.ca)>


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