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[Commlist] CfP 14th Screenwriting Research Network International Conference 2022
Mon Oct 18 12:41:04 GMT 2021
Call for Papers
14th Screenwriting Research Network International Conference:
Globalizing Screenwriting
22nd-24th September 2022
Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies, University of Vienna,
Vienna, Austria
UZA II-Rotunde, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien
Film Academy Vienna,
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Wien
Essential Information:
Deadline for abstracts: 15th December 2021
Shortlisting/notification of acceptance by: End of January 2022
Early-bird registration: From early March
until end of May 2022
Regular registration by: Mid-July 2022
Late registration by: End of August 2022
Submissions via email and contact: (stephanie.schwarz /at/ univie.ac.at)
Call for Papers:
The SRN is comprised of scholars, writers, and practice-based
researchers. Started in 2006, the network has achieved a substantial
critical mass over the years – _currently counting 700 members from 50+
countries.
The aim of the annual International Conference is to continue, and
expand, discussions around the screenplay and to strengthen a rapidly
emerging, and global, research network. So far, they have taken place in
Leeds (2008), Helsinki (2009), Copenhagen (2010), Brussels (2011),
Sydney (2012), Madison-Wisconsin (2013), Potsdam-Babelsberg (2014),
London (2015), Leeds (2016), Dunedin (2017), Milan (2018) and Porto
(2019) and due to pandemic online, organized by Oxford Brookes in 2021.
For more Information, please visit our website:
http://screenwritingresearch.com
Theme: Globalizing screenwriting
Throughout the long and troubled history of Europe, migration and
immigration influenced the continent. European filmmakers began to leave
for Hollywood. Their enduring impact on American cinema cannot be
overrated and lingers to this day. Vice versa migration into Europe has
had an enormous effect on European film production, both historically
speaking and even more so in recent times. The specific mixture of
storytelling modes in diasporic cinema, or what Hamid Naficy calls
“accented cinema” is a major point of investigation for screenwriting
studies.
Taking these simple facts as starting points the conference wants to
discuss the conditions of screenwriting in a globalized world. The
dominance of “western” paradigms as well as the influence of modes of
narration from the Global South, both historically and recently are the
main topics of the conference. These mutually influences should be
discussed on personal, structural, theoretical and practical levels.
We are thus particularly interested in abstracts for presentations on
(but not limited to) the following topics:
· Is there a universality of screenwriting and storytelling?
· How does Europe/Hollywood/the Global South tell (its) stories?
Are there a different or similar way of screenwriting?
· How does migrant filmmaking and screenwriting change the
narrative structure of films?
· Where can the influence of European screenwriters be detected
beyond Hollywood? (India, North Africa, South America etc.)
· How does Hollywood’s mode of storytelling repress other modes?
· How toxic is the doxa? Paradigms of screenwriting and their
global hegemony
· Should screenwriting be de-colonized? What would that mean?
· How does international public film funding influence modes of
storytelling und screenwriting?
· How does transnational cinema change screenwriting?
· Diasporic cinema and its modes of screenwriting
· Screenwriting teachers “gurus” and their influence around the globe
· Multiple language screenplays
· The influence of international festivals on the establishment of
screenwriting conventions
· Historical migration of screenwriters and screenwriting teachers
However, the above is not intended to be prescriptive and proposals for
presentations beyond the theme of the conference are also welcome. The
aim of the SRN being to foster research that rethinks the screenplay in
relation to its histories, theories, values and creative practices, any
proposal underpinned by such research will be considered.
Submission of abstracts/proposals
Proposals/Abstracts can be sent as either a Word or PDF document: please
indicate “yourname_PROPOSALTYPE” (i.e. paper, panel, or videoessay; see
below) clearly in the file title and in the subject heading of your
submission.
Format of presentations/abstracts
After the cancelling of the 2020 conference and the online seminar
series we are planning a face-to face conference, the first since Porto
2019.
All presentations, regardless of format, must therefore be delivered in
person (i.e. no pre-recorded presentations), in English, and be
underpinned by original research work being conducted by the presenter
(i.e. no recycling/repetitions from previous SRN or other conferences).
Multiple presenters (max. 2) for co-written papers are allowed.
We accept proposals for presentations in the following formats:
Individual papers
Proposals for traditional 20-minute papers, followed by Q&A. They should
include:
o Title
o Author’s name
o Affiliation (university, independent, practitioner, etc.)
o Contact details
o Abstract (max. 300 words)
o 4-6 keywords
o short bio (max 150 words), detailing your research activity,
publications and/or screenwriting practice.
Pre-constituted panels
3 individual papers + Q&A (as per guidelines above) on a shared topic.
Proposals for pre-constituted panels can be submitted by any of the
presenters or the Chair of the panel and should include:
· title of the panel
· brief outline (100 words maximum) of the overall topic
· abstracts of all the presentations – no more than 3 papers.
Abstracts should follow the guidelines for individual papers as above
and include short bios and contact details of both the speakers and the
panel Chair. Wherever possible, the Chair should NOT be one of the
presenters. If a proposal for a pre-constituted panel does not include a
Chair, the Conference Committee will appoint one.
All proposals should indicate “Panel Proposal SRN 2022 in the file title
and in the subject heading of the submission email.
Audiovisual essays
Proposals are invited to present an audiovisual essay of 15 minutes
maximum, in which the presenter(s) express a position on one of the
above topics. It should NOT be a recording of a traditional paper
presentation nor an experimental film; rather, it is an audiovisual
discourse on a theoretical position. Essays can be submitted both
individually or in panels of 3 videos grouped thematically (see
guidelines above). Note: the presence of the presenter at the conference
is required.
Shortlisting
We warmly recommend that the abstracts be as well-drafted as possible
with a well-defined research question, a clear focus, and a short
summary of the intended content of the presentation at the time of
submission.
We aim to notify acceptance/rejection of proposals by the end of January
2022.
Website and registration
The Website for the Vienna conference will include a wealth of useful
information (e.g., registration, travel arrangements, accommodation
options, Covid rules), as well as all the updates and the program
leading up to the Conference.
Registration will have the usual phased deadlines (early-bird, regular,
late-premium, student concession); the conference fee is expected to be
in the region of 100 Euro.
Contacts
Please address any query regarding abstracts, registration, program, etc. to
(claus.tieber /at/ univie.ac.at)
(stephanie.schwarz /at/ univie.ac.at)
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