[Commlist] CFP - Multi-platform and Connecting Communities: Contemporary Challenges for Minority Language Media

International conference:

Multi-platform and Connecting Communities: Contemporary Challenges for 
Minority Language Media

14-15 October 2021, Europa Universität Flensburg (Germany)


https://www.ecmi.de/events/mlm-conference 
<https://www.ecmi.de/events/mlm-conference>


*** deadline for abstract submissions - 30th April 2021 ***

_Overview_

The guiding idea behind the second biennial conference on minority 
language media is to bring together academics and professionals from 
this field, as well as facilitating intensive exchange of research and 
practical experiences. This event aims to build upon the expertise of 
the International Association of Minority Language Media Research 
(IAMLMR) established in Edinburgh in 2019.


The upcoming conference will be held at the Europa Universität 
Flensburg, 10 years on from when the institution co-hosted the 13th 
International Conference on Minority Languages in 2011. Moreover, the 
core organisational partners at the European Centre for Minority Issues 
and the University of the Basque Country bring an expanded pan-European 
focus alongside the regional dimension. Indeed, the Danish-German 
borderlands provide a unique setting for debates concerning minority 
language media: it features multiple national minorities (with and 
without a kin-state), several languages, and long-established minority 
language media institutions cooperating across borders. The conference 
therefore aims to encourage a dialogue and facilitate nuanced debates 
concerning the challenges facing minority language media in local, 
regional and global contexts, with particular emphasis on an 
ever-evolving media landscape.

_Confirmed speakers_

The conference will feature two keynote addresses across the two days as 
well as a separate roundtable discussion. The keynote speakers are Jenny 
Stenberg-Sirén, University of Helsinki and Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, 
University of Wales Trinity St. David. The roundtable will focus on 
‘Minority languages in Germany / Denmark and the Digital Age’ and will 
feature a panel of local scholars and practitioners

_Venue_

The conference will be held at the Europa Universität Flensburg in 
Flensburg, Germany. The organisers intend for the conference to be held 
in person, however due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic a hybrid or full 
online format cannot be excluded at this stage.

_Call for papers_

We invite papers that address any of the issues listed below or other 
topics of relevance for the field of minority language media. Similarly, 
the organizers welcome contributions from all academic disciplines, 
including (but not limited to) economics, law, linguistics, 
media/journalism, sociology etc. Submission of abstracts concerning 
media of minority and indigenous communities beyond Europe is encouraged.


 1. Language revitalization and activism through media
 2. Digitalisation/the digital age in relation to traditional and
    new/social media
 3. Cultural policies and effects on identity through media
 4. Media and gender perspectives
 5. Effects on minority/majority relations, language legitimacy and
    social acceptance
 6. The role of the public sector, including in relation to educational
    use of media
 7. Translation, subtitling and dubbing (interlingual practices) in
    traditional and new media
 8. Commercialisation, advertising and language branding
 9. Programming strategies, production conditions and distribution
    opportunities
10. Audience, genres and content analysis
11. The role of international bodies, including the monitoring cycles of
    the ECRML/FCNM
12. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on minority language media.


Abstracts of a maximum of 250 words should be submitted by *_30th April 
2021_* to *(minlangmedia /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(minlangmedia /at/ gmail.com)>*.

Panels will be 90 minutes long, with four paper presentations of 15 
minutes and the remaining 30 minutes for questions/discussion.

The conference will be held entirely in English.

A post-conference publication is planned by the organisers.

Scientific Committee

·      Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska, Polish Academy of Sciences

·        Nils Langer, Europa Universität Flensburg

·        Aida Martori Muntsant, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

·        Bernadette O’Rourke, University of Glasgow

·        Abiodun Salawu, North-West University

Organising Committee

·         Sergiusz Bober, European Centre for Minority Issues

·         Miren Manias-Muñoz, University of the Basque Country

·         Craig Willis, European Centre for Minority Issues / Europa 
Universität Flensburg
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