[Commlist] Call for Papers: MIX Amplified Publishing

MIX 2021: Amplified Publishing

3rd - 6th July 2021

www.mixconference.org <http://www.mixconference.org>

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Are you interested in the future of content publishing? Are you a 
writer, artist, technologist or researcher engaged in finding new ways 
to tell stories to new audiences? Are you keen to hear from people 
working across books, digital, sound, video, AR, VR, and games? MIX 2021 
offers an opportunity to join us as we think about the future of content 
creation and publishing.

MIX <http://mixconference.org/>is a four-day conference that explores 
the intersection of writing and technology, bringing together people 
from around the world to make, think and talk. We are looking for 
writers, artists, practitioners, researchers and creative technologists 
to share their projects, research and practice through papers or 
presentations.

In 2021, MIX will be a collaboration with Bristol+Bath Creative R+D’s 
<https://bristolbathcreative.org/>project, Amplified Publishing 
<https://bristolbathcreative.org/pathfinders/pathfinder-3>, exploring 
future models of content creation, discovery and distribution, alongside 
our industry partners Epic and Future. B+B Creative R+D is funded by the 
UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council, exploring new and innovative 
applications of technology across the sector and boosting the creative 
economy. Our other partners will include Paper Nations 
<http://papernations.org/>, a creative writing incubator championing 
approaches to the art of writing that are inclusive, playful and 
exploratory.

After the success of the last fiveMIX conferences, held across our Bath 
Spa University campuses, the conference returns in a hybrid form with an 
increased focus on making alongside two of our other favourite 
activities, thinking and talking. We are currently planning for a 
blended event that brings people together online and, if possible, at 
our gorgeous new Locksbrook campus 
<https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/be-bath-spa/campuses/locksbrook-campus/>, 
which houses our schools of art and design. We will be hosting two days 
of making on Saturday 3rd July and Sunday 4th July followed by two days 
of papers, presentations and discussions on Monday 5th July and Tues 6th 
July. This includes a poetry film screening on the theme of Amplified 
Voices curated by Adrian B Earle from Think/Write/Fly 
<https://www.thinkwritefly.com/>and Sarah Tremlett form Liberated Words 
<http://liberatedwords.com/>.


We are proud that Bath Spa University is the UK’s foremost provider of 
creative writing programmes at undergraduate, masters and PhD level and 
MIX is situated within theCentre for Cultural and Creative Industries 
<https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/research-centres/centre-for-cultural-and-creative-industries/>, 
in collaboration with theCentre for Media Research 
<https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/liberal-arts/research/centre-for-media-research>,Creative 
Writing Research Centre 
<https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/liberal-arts/research/creative-writing-centre/>, 
and the online magazine of writing and technology,The Writing Platform 
<http://thewritingplatform.com/>.

Papers and Presentations


This first of two Calls is for our two-day conference, 5-6 July, 2021. 
We will be issuing a separate call for people to run workshops for our 
Maker Sessions on 3-4 July, 2021.


We are looking for papers and presentations from writers, artists, 
practitioners, researchers and creative technologists; we are 
particularly interested in the work and views of writers, creators, 
audiences and communities currently underrepresented across writing and 
technology. Papers and presentations focused on teaching and pedagogy 
are also welcome.


  Our themes are:


- Amplified Publishing:Publishing and content creation online is 
changing rapidly and crossing traditional boundaries, from games to 
video to audio to literature and beyond. We wonder whether this makes 
these forms more accessible to creators and audiences. What can people 
working in different sectors and disciplines learn from each other?

-     Personalisation: The content we find online is often personalised, 
from advertising to algorithmic recommendations. We want to discuss the 
creative potential of personalisation for content creators, publishers 
and audiences. Is the future personalised?

- Audio Storytelling: From podcasts and interactive storytelling using 
smart speakers, to binaural storyscapes and audio walks, publishers 
across many sectors are excited about audio. We want to think about 
experimentation, personalisation and playfulness across audio forms. 
What will innovation in audio look like over the next decade?

- Audiences: We know that there are audiences for new models of 
publishing and content creation and we want to talk about how to reach 
them. How are relationships between creators and audiences enhanced or 
disrupted by emerging platforms, new ways of working and shifts in 
audience demographics? How can these new models of publishing reach, and 
be relevant to, new audiences?

- Funding Innovation: From Patreon to crowdfunding, we see that the 
models of paying for creative content online are changing from those of 
traditional publishing. We want to think about how we are paying for the 
creative content we find online and what this means for creators. What 
are the new, robust business models?


We welcome in-person or virtual presentations but you don’t need to have 
decided which is best for you at the time of submission.


MIX is collaborating with the International Journal of Creative Media 
Research <https://www.creativemediaresearch.org/>to produce a special 
issue on Amplified Publishing, open to anyone who presents at MIX 2021.


MIX 2021 FEES


Tickets will be on sale from March 2021.


If you attend in person:

Full pass (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th July 2021) £150

Conference pass (5th and 6th July 2021) £80

Maker Sessions pass (3rd and 4th July 2021) £80

(Please note that some of the Maker Festival will be virtual)


If you attend virtually;

Full pass (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th July 2021) £75

Conference pass (5th and 6th July 2021) £40

Maker Sessions pass (3rd and 4th July 2021) £40


HOW TO SUBMIT


We would like to hear from you if you have an abstract or proposal for a 
15-20 minute paper or presentation or a 60 minute panel (composed of 
three papers or presentations).


In our blended conference format, if your submission is accepted you 
will need to submit your full paper or presentation in advance of the 
conference, either in video, audio, or written format, by 1st June 2021. 
At the conference, you will present a live 5 minute summary of your 
paper, followed by discussion. You will be given full details of this 
process if your paper or presentation is accepted.


We welcome in-person or virtual presentations but you don’t need to have 
decided which is best for you at the time of submission.


To submit, please send us a 300 word abstract or summary of each paper 
or presentation you are proposing viahttp://mixconference.org/submit/ 
<http://mixconference.org/submit/>. When you submit, please select which 
of the themes your submission best fits. Please include a 100 word 
biography (include biographies of all other speakers if you are 
proposing a panel). The deadline for submission is Monday 22nd February 
2021.


We will let you know whether your submission has been successful by 
early March 2021.For queries on your conference submission, email 
(mix /at/ bathspa.ac.uk) <mailto:(mix /at/ bathspa.ac.uk)>, or take a look at the FAQs 
on our website.

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