[Commlist] Call for Submissions: ECREA online pre-conference: From unruliness to collective action: Resisting norms on gender and sexuality in media

ECREA online pre-conference: Call for Submissions: From unruliness to 
collective action: Resisting norms on gender and sexuality in media

•             Date: 7th of October 2022 (online)

•             Deadline: 1st of June 2022

•             Open to submissions by academics, activists, creative and 
media practitioners

How can we challenge norms on gender and sexuality? How can we disrupt 
the status quo and propose alternative, more inclusive narratives? Forms 
of unruliness, dissent, and going against the grain are expressed in 
various ways and transcend boundaries between research, activism, 
artistic and media practices.

Resistance exists in individual subversive acts and forms of collective 
action. For example, challenging systems of oppression in media 
production, representations going beyond stereotypes, and audiences 
engaging in oppositional reading practices. In Europe, resistance takes 
on additional meaning in the current context of the war in Ukraine, the 
horrible violations of human rights and the ongoing struggle against 
attacks on the press and disinformation.

In order to foster change, it is important to have opportunities for 
exchanging ideas and connecting with each other. As feminist scholar 
Sara Ahmed notes: collective movements are created by how we are moved 
in dialogue with others. This online pre-conference aims to create a 
space for sharing knowledge and having these constructive interactions.

*Format*

The program will consist of roundtable sessions exploring different 
aspects of resistance to norms on sexuality and gender in media. 
Speakers will be asked to prepare a 7-10-minute presentation. After the 
presentations, there will be plenty of time to discuss, share insights, 
and explore ways to collaborate.

Presentations can be inspired by research, creative, media, activist, 
and interdisciplinary practices. We are open to contributions by 
academics, activists, creative and media practitioners (e.g., 
journalists, filmmakers, podcasters, zine makers, slam poets, bloggers, 
artists, …). Submissions can cover diverse geographical areas and 
explore the intersection of gender and sexuality with other social 
categories such as age, ethnicity, class and (dis)ability.

Participation in the event is free.

We look forward to submissions on (but not limited to) the following topics:

●            Collaborations between researchers, activists, artists, and 
media producers to resist norms on gender and sexuality

●            Counter-hegemonic media and artistic practices (e.g., 
zine-making, podcasting, crafting, feminist and queer media, slam poetry)

●            Challenging norms on ageing, gender and sexuality, 
subversive portrayals of older women, queer ageing in media and art

●            Expressions of revolt by older women in media and art, 
tackling the intersection of ageing and sexism

●            Resistance strategies in digital spaces and online 
articulations of feminist, queer, anti-racist, anti-ageist, anti-ableist 
activism

●            Queer resistance in popular culture, expressions of unruly 
(queer) intimacies and sexualities in art, film, television, and literature

●            Strategies for countering (online) attacks on women and 
minority journalists

●            Feminist acts of mediated resistance during military conflicts

●            Protests, activism and acts aimed at challenging gender 
inequality and intersecting systems of oppression in media production 
and journalism

●            …

*Submission*

Please email a proposal (max. 250 words) that highlights how your work 
relates to the pre-conference topic, methods used, and perspectives you 
would like to bring to the discussion to 
(genderandcommunication.ecrea /at/ gmail.com). Proposals may include video, 
audio, images, text, hyperlinks and multimedia that illustrate your 
reflections in the proposal.

Individual submissions will be arranged in roundtables by the organizing 
team. If you would like to submit a pre-constituted roundtable (four or 
five presentations), please send a maximum 800-word proposal with the 
overall theme and the contribution of each speaker.

*Organization*

The ECREA pre-conference is organized by the ECREA Gender, Sexuality and 
Communication section in collaboration with the ERC-funded Later-in-Life 
Intimacy: Women’s Unruly Practices, Representations and Places research 
project (LiLI). For questions, please send an email to 
(genderandcommunication.ecrea /at/ gmail.com)

* Timeline*

•             The deadline for submissions is the 1st of June 2022.

•             We will notify all contributors by the 15th of June 2022.

•             The event will take place on the 7th of October 2022.

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