[ecrea] CFP Lisbon 2018 Bridging Gaps: Where is Ethical Glamour in Celebrity Culture?

  Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 7th International 
Conference
  /Bridging Gaps/: Where is Ethical Glamour in Celebrity Culture?
  Lisbon, Portugal
  July 1 – 3, 2018

*_CALL FOR PAPERS:_*

The fashion modeling industry has occupied a significant area in 
celebrity culture. For the past forty decades, popular models, actors, 
authors, and athletes among many public figures have participated in 
photo shoots and runway shows, stylized their profile, and built their 
persona brand through visual and literary expressions of fashion. These 
expressions of fashion have played a key role in publicity and promotion 
of their brands. For fans, they are ‘role models’ who help constructing 
subjectivity and become objects of study, especially when it comes to 
beauty ideals and sexual objectification of the body. For Elizabeth 
Wissinger, the “glamour labour” involved in self-fashioning, 
surveillance, and branding is essential to production of consumer values 
and desire of bodies. However, is the labour sustainable from the 
perspective of social and environmental ethics?

As Rebecca Oxford suggests, sustainability not only supports human 
beings but all other species in our ecosystem. Therefore, the idea of 
modeling in contemporary practices of eco-fashion intends to reflect 
care towards the quality of all life, respect human rights, promote 
biodiversity, and bring balance among all species. In fact, modeling 
should be inclusive of all shapes, postures, and voices in diverse 
sectors of work and leisure. The exploitative use of human labour, 
animal skin and fur, fossil fuel, and emission of polluting agents in 
the garment industry prompts us to redefine what it means to be an 
eco-model as opposed to a role model that excludes diverse bodies.

How can we use academic study and cultural productions to expand 
traditional definitions and understandings of modeling? Can the body 
become a biological tool to re-fashion dominant notions of glamour?  
Would the use of the body include voices of diverse abilities and, in 
the process, contest ableism, lookism, and speciesism in ethical fashion 
and glamour? Can the skin, as in the case of PETA nudists, become a 
particular text and be semiotically read in a way that accepts, 
negotiates or disrupts what it means to be a green glamour model in 
celebrity culture? Can newly defined green glamour models lead to much 
needed liberal and democratic practices in celebrity activism and 
studies of celebrity culture?

The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) /Bridging 
Gaps/ conference series, in association with sponsors Centre for 
Ecological, Social, and Informatics Cognitive Research (ESI.CORE) and 
WaterHill Publishing uses a reflective practice paradigm and asks an 
urgent question, “Where is Ethical Glamour in Celebrity Culture?” The 
conference problematizes what it means to be a “model” and invites 
academics, models, journalists, publicists, producers and guests to 
attend, speak and collaborate for research and development in the field 
of study.

The format of the conference aims at being open and inclusive ranging 
from interdisciplinary academic scholars to practitioners involved in 
all areas of celebrity culture, fandom, fashion and journalism.  The 
conference combines paper presentations, workshop panels, roundtables, 
slideshows, and interviews that aim to bridge gaps in celebrity 
activism, persona branding, and fashion education. Working papers and 
media productions will be considered for the conference.

*_Registration includes_*: Your printed package for the complete 
conference, professional development workshop, access to evening 
receptions, complimentary evening drinks, consideration for publication, 
and the CMCS $100 best paper and $100 best screen awards.

*_Submission guidelines:_*

  * 250-word abstract or workshop / roundtable proposal
  * Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if
    applicable
  * Submit to conference Chairs Dr Ana Jorge and Dr Samita Nandy at
    email address: (celebstudies2018 /at/ gmail.com)
  * Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2018
  * Acceptance notification: February 28, 2018
  * Early bird deadline for hotel booking & conference
    registration: March 31, 2018
  * Conference reception and presentations: July 1-3, 2018

*_Celebrity Chat Video Submissions_:*

  * Video length should be 10-20 minutes
  * Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if
    applicable
  * Submit to Celebrity Chat producer Jackie Raphael at email address:
    (celebstudies2018 /at/ gmail.com)
  * Conference reception and presentations:  July 1-3, 2018

/Topics include but are not limited to:/

  * Celebrity
  * Branding and persona
  * Publicity and promotion
  * Glamour, beauty, and luxury
  * Skin as text
  * Wardrobe malfunction and scandals
  * Ethical fashion
  * Sustainable clothing
  * Garment industry
  * Fair trade
  * Human rights
  * Animal rights
  * Environmental ethics
  * Green carpet
  * Interviews
  * News
  * Journalism
  * Social media and online fame
  * Audiences
  * Fandom
  * Fiction
  * Art history
  * Performance
  * Theory and methods
  * Research agenda
  * Business models
  * Ethics and morality
  * Cognition and memory
  * Media literacy
  * Social innovation
  * Education and advocacy
  * International relations
  * Community building
  * Business and community partnerships

*Conference Chairs*: Dr Ana Jorge and Dr Samita Nandy
*Conference Committee*: Dr Jackie Raphael, Dr Nicole Bojko and Kiera Obbard
*Conference URL:* http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/lisbon2018/
<http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/lisbon2018/>*Conference E-mail*: 
(celebstudies2018 /at/ gmail.com)
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