[Commlist] Call for Contributions: Symposium on Survival Media at the University of St Andrews

'Last Symposium Standing: Inter-disciplinary Symposium on Survival 
Media' at the University of St Andrews.

Since the early 2000s, a wide range of 'survival' media has been 
created, watched, played and explored. Alongside the rise in the 
production of survival media, this popularity is also evidenced by the 
prevalence of survival narratives in more traditionally established 
genres such as horror, disaster and thrillers. From reality TV shows 
like 'Survivor' to video games such as The Long Dark, from advertising 
to films such as 'Trapped' and '127 Hours', this symposium explores what 
can be learnt from examining these narratives which foreground human 
survival. What does the popularity of survival narratives in 
contemporary media tell us about the realities and concerns of 
individual and collective survival across the world? Positioning 
survival media as a 21st century global phenomenon, how can we 
understand the challenges of our survival in the contemporary world such 
as climate change by exploring the landscapes and terrains imagined by 
survival media?
This symposium aims to engage with these questions and bring together 
all who are who working on survival media across the disciplines. 
Inviting works on survival films, reality and fictional television, 
literature, video games, advertising and other forms to a symposium, all 
work will be shared in a day-long event on April 30th 2019 at the 
University of St Andrews. We invite conference-style papers of 20 
minutes, more informal 5 minute interventions and debates, and other 
more experimental presentations of both academic and practice-based 
work. There will also be a survival media-themed activity followed by a 
plenary Q&A. The symposium is designed to facilitate discussion on this 
engaging topic, aid inter-disciplinary networking and provoke new 
questions on the notion of ‘survival’.
Proposals of no more than 250 words and a 50 word bio should be sent no 
later than February 15th 2019 to:
Cassice Last- (cl225 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk)
Shruti Narayanswamy- (sn52 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk)
There are a few travel bursaries available for PG students and ECRs 
which will be assigned by a lottery system.

This conference is brought to you with financial support from the St 
Leonard's Doctoral and Postgraduate College Community Fund, the 
University of St Andrews CAPOD GRADskills Innovation Grant / PG 
Conference Fund and the BAFTSS Event Grant Scheme.

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