[Commlist] CFP MeCCSA 2020, 'Media Interactions and Environments' conference

*MeCCSA 2020, University of Brighton, UK*

*Conference Theme – Media Interactions and Environments*

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We invite you to submit abstracts, panel proposals and practice-based 
contributions for the next Annual MeCCSA Conference, to be held from 
*8-10 January 2020 *at the University of Brighton, UK. The theme of the 
MeCCSA 2020 conference is *Media Interactions and Environments.*

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/Interactions/with media are increasingly pervasive, woven into the 
textures and cultural politics of everyday lives. And when the spaces of 
our homes, shops, schools, offices and cities are so intensively 
mediatised, media becomes our /environment/, brought to life through our 
mundane, personal, professional, creative, commercial and ideological 
interactions. But what are the social, political and material 
implications of these media and cultural experiences and encounters? 
Whose voices and perspectives are included or excluded, and how is power 
and agency reconfigured, realigned or reproduced in this complex media 
landscape? The theme *Media Interactions and Environments *is 
designed**to address this critical moment in contemporary media culture, 
and appeal to a broad range of media, communication and cultural studies 
interests and approaches.

This conference approaches the theme of media interactions and 
environments in an expansive sense, to include, amongst others, media 
texts, technologies, practices, audiences, institutions and experiences. 
Media interactions might be digital, cultural, political, emotional and 
imaginative. Environments could be spatial, political, representational, 
urban, local, physical, virtual and ecological. This conference theme 
will also enable the MeCCSA community to question how we should live 
responsibly and ethically in a politically and ecologically changing 
world, through an exploration of the central role of media cultures and 
creative practices in addressing social, political and climate-based 
challenges.

We invite proposals for scholarly papers, themed panels, posters, film 
screenings and other practice-based contributions. Proposals might 
engage with the various social, political, economic, artistic, 
individual, collective, institutional, representational and 
technological dimensions of media interactions and environments. 
Potential topics could include, but are not limited to:

·Media, communication and inequality: exploring race, gender, sexuality, 
class and (dis)ability

·Datafication, agency and power

·Ecologies of media industries

·Social movements, activism and civic engagement

·Transformative learning environments and pedagogy

·Participatory media and collective engagement

·Popular culture, media and representations of the environment


·Media archaeology, sustainability and archives

·Digital cultures and immersive technologies, practices, audiences and 
experiences 


·Communicating and envisioning futures

·Critical and creative responses to the anthropocene

·Visual cultures, representations and experiences

We welcome contributions across the full range of interests represented 
by MeCCSA and its networks, including, but not limited to:

  * Race, ethnicity and postcolonial studies
  * Representation, identity, ideology
  * Film and television studies and practice
  * Radio studies and practice
  * Cultural and media policy
  * Social movements and activism
  * Climate change, sustainability and environment
  * Digital culture and games studies
  * Gender and sexuality studies
  * Disability studies within media studies
  * Media pedagogy
  * BAME experiences of media and culture industries
  * Children, young people and media
  * Diasporic and ethnic minority media
  * Political communication
  * Methodological approaches
  * Media practice research and teaching
  * Community media

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*Submitting a proposal*

Individual abstracts should be up to 250 words, and include a 200 word 
biog. Panel proposals should include a short description and rationale 
(200 words) together with abstracts for each of the 3-4 papers, and the 
name and contact details of the panel proposer. The panel proposer 
should coordinate the submissions for that panel as a single proposal.

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*Practice-based work*

We actively support the presentation of practice-as-research and have a 
flexible approach to practice papers and presentations. This may include 
opportunities to present papers and screenings in the same sessions or 
as part of a separate screening strand. We also welcome shorter papers 
in association with short screenings. We also have dedicated 
presentation spaces to display practice artefacts including screenings, 
posters and computer-based work. For displaying practice work, please 
include specific technical data (e.g. duration, format) and a URL 
pointing to any support material when submitting your abstract. We 
expect delegates who are showing screenings to be present at the conference.

Please note that all proposals (abstracts and practice-based work) will 
be peer reviewed. PGRs are welcome to submit.

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*Submission deadline:*31 July 2019

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*Submit proposals to*: (meccsa2020 /at/ brighton.ac.uk)

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*Website*: http://www.meccsabrighton2020.co.uk 
<http://www.meccsabrighton2020.co.uk/>

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*Twitter: *@MeCCSA2020

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