[Commlist] CFP: Community and activist media: Resistance and resurgence

*COMMUNITY AND ACTIVIST MEDIA: RESISTANCE AND RESURGENCE
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*/An official post-conference to the International Communication 
Association conference, May 2020
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*TO BE HELD: *

*Wednesday 27 May 2020, *

*Griffith University*

*Southbank, Brisbane*

*CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline 20 January 2020*

Authors notified by 15 February 2020


*This post-conference is affiliated with the *Activism, Communication 
and Social Justice Interest Group (ACSJ); and Ethnicity and Race in 
Communication (ERIC) Division of the ICA


*Venue:* The Ship Inn, a historic Brisbane venue on the Southbank of the 
Brisbane River

*10 am - 5pm* followed by optional drinks and dinner

*Registration fee:* None

*Convenors:* Professor Susan Forde, Griffith University and Dr Tanja 
Dreher, University of New South Wales

*Organising Committee:* Tanja Dreher (UNSW); and Susan Forde, Heather 
Anderson, Bridget Backhaus (Griffith)

*Sponsors: *Griffith Centre for Cultural and Social Research 
<https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-centre-social-cultural-research>, 
Griffith University; and the Media Futures Hub 
<https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesHub>, UNSW School of Arts and Media

For ICA delegates traveling to and from the Gold Coast for the 
post-conference in Brisbane, a free shuttle bus will be available. The 
venue is also very well served by public transport within Brisbane, and 
between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.


*Description:*

 From the resurgence of white supremacy and authoritarian rule to 
rapidly changing technologies and the rise of social media; and from the 
precarious state of journalism to state crackdowns on dissent and the 
‘free press’, community and activist media face multiple ‘disruptions’ 
and challenges. While the 21^st century media environment offers 
increasing opportunities for ‘voice’, the challenges for radical, 
dissenting or alternative media are practical, political and 
fundamental. This post-conference will bring together engaged scholars 
to explore the challenges and opportunities for community and activist 
media at a time of unprecedented pressures – considering new 
resurgences, and enhanced opportunities for resistance.

Paper proposals at the intersection of research and activism are most 
welcome.

Key questions to be explored include:

  * What is the role of activist and community media in contemporary
    social justice struggles – including anti-racist work in the context
    of resurgent racisms, and intersectional work in the context of
    anti-feminist backlash? What are the possibilities for resistance
    and transformation?
  * How can we best analyse and respond to white supremacist and
    far-right media?
  * How do community and alternative media enable voices that are
    marginalized or excluded from the ‘mainstream’ to be heard – what
    can we learn (or not) from their practices?
  * What is the role and value of established ‘community’ media when
    social media platforms enable a proliferation of voice?
  * What is the state of news and current affairs – including news
    journalisms and issues-based talks programming – at a time of both
    technological and professional ‘disruption’?
  * What does ‘community’ or ‘alternative’ media mean in the current
    digital media environment, which features a proliferation of
    non-mainstream voices?

Australia has a 40+ year history of publicly-funded, volunteer-run 
community broadcasting that serves as a benchmark for developments 
around the world. Despite chronic funding pressures, the sector is a 
platform for diverse and dissenting voices, including an extensive 
network of First Nations media, ethnic community media, radical radio, 
women of colour collectives, media by and for people with disability, 
prisoners’ radio, alternative journalism and much more. This 
post-conference will include invited practitioner panels to showcase key 
local community and alternative media organisations, including the 
Brisbane Indigenous Media Association, Radio 4EB Community Ethnic Radio; 
and 4ZZZ FM Community Radio. These outlets, in the digital media 
environment, extend well beyond their standard ‘radio’ programming to 
new forms of media communication -- podcasting, live web streaming, 
social media accounts and news feeds, announcer blogs, and activist 
media collaborations.

The post-conference welcomes participation from researchers and 
practitioners across community and activist media very broadly defined – 
including alternative media in all its guises, community media 
interventions, alternative journalism initiatives, citizens media, media 
activism and more.

Authors will be given the option for their papers to be considered for a 
themed issue of the /Journal of Community and Alternative Media/ 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-alternative-community-media>, 
to be published by Intellect Books from 2020.


*Other:* Participants who register for this post-conference//are also 
welcome to participate in visits to community and activist media 
organisations on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 26. This activity will be 
co-badged with the OURMedia network. Further details will be announced 
shortly.

Participants will be invited to informal drinks and dinner by the 
Brisbane River, at their own expense, following the post-conference. The 
shuttle bus will return delegates staying at the Gold Coast to their 
hotels following the dinner.


*/Abstract submission:/*/Please send abstracts and bio by email to: 
//(gcscr /at/ griffith.edu.au)/ <mailto:(gcscr /at/ griffith.edu.au)>/no later than 20 
January, 2020. Paper abstracts (150 words) should include a title and 
clearly address the post-conference themes. Author bio(s) (100 words) 
should include institutional or organisational affiliation./

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