[ecrea] CFP for the 9th Radio Conference: A Transnational Forum in Prato, Italy

http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/mfj/radio-conference-2018-prato-italy/

The Monash University School of Media, Film and Journalism, in 
association with local and international committees and the MeCCSA Radio 
Studies Network, is pleased to host the 9th Radio Conference: A 
Transnational Forum in Prato, Italy, 10-13 July 2018. This prestigious 
international event will bring together radio and audio scholars and 
practitioners from across disciplines and continents.

Hosted at Monash University’s Prato Centre, this year’s conference takes 
inspiration from its location in Italy and the ‘Free Radio’ movement’s 
push for greater access to media.  In the 1970s, the Libertà d’antenna 
(Antenna Freedom) advocated strongly for media access by both civil 
society bodies and commercial interests, forcing an end to the state’s 
broadcasting monopoly. At the height of the movement, in mid-1978, more 
than 2000 independent radio stations were on air, making Italy the world 
leader in stations per capita. The movement not only freed up the 
Italian broadcasting landscape so new voices from across the political 
spectrum could be heard, but some stations also actively sought to break 
radio free from its established aesthetic through experiments in 
production technology, style and form.

We invite scholars to consider ‘free radio’ (in its broadest sense) in a 
contemporary mediascape where evolving forms, such as podcasting, are 
providing global audiences with unlimited free audio content and 
promises of increased access. Do recent radio/audio/sound practices and 
forms represent a state of being ‘free’ – free from dominant structures, 
commercial constraints, freedom from format and convention, freedom to 
participate and publish, messages of liberty, freedom and democracy, 
free voices? Alongside the contemporary, how can we reflect on the past? 
Notions of free radio have reached many corners – what can the diverse 
histories of radio/audio/sound media also teach us about the boundaries 
of practice, form and experience?

We invite papers that might explore these ideas and other radio studies 
themes from a range of disciplinary and methodological approaches. 
Following in the footsteps of previous Radio Conferences, we hope to 
gather the widest range of radio and audio media research and offer a 
forum to debate topics that may link to the general theme or extend 
beyond it, such as (but not limited to):

Reception and Interaction
Production and Aesthetics
Community Radio
Public Service and Policy
Commercial Industries
Technology and Innovation
Podcasting and Webstreaming
New and Old Forms
Sound and Radio History
Education and Training
Storytelling and Narrative
Art and Creative Practice
Radio & audio media translation
See below for detailed submission instructions.


Contact

General: (Radio.Conference.2018 /at/ monash.edu)

Mia Lindgren: (mia.lindgren /at/ monash.edu)

Rufus McEwan: (rufus.mcewan /at/ aut.ac.nz)

Chris Wilson: (christopher.wilson /at/ rmit.edu.au)


Connect

http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/mfj/radio-conference-2018-prato-italy/

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