[Commlist] Call for Members - International Visual Methods Conference Steering Committee

The International Visual Methods Conference (IVMC) is an 
interdisciplinary conference bringing
visual scholars, creative practitioners and activists together. Held 
every two years, the IVMC
seeks to foster greater dialogue in the area of visual methods, in both 
theoretical and practical
aspects.

We are seeking at least three new members of the International Visual 
Methods Steering
Committee to commit for a minimum of a five-year term. Practitioners, 
academics (including
graduate students and early career researchers), and dual professionals 
are all encouraged to
apply. We are especially interested in recruiting a diverse steering 
committee, and in
candidates who can contribute a Global South perspective on the visual 
methods field.

As an equal member of the International Visual Methods Steering 
Committee, you will
participate in planning for future conferences. Meetings take place 
remotely, approximately
quarterly, with extra meetings during conference years in support of the 
local organisers.
This is an unpaid leadership position. As an advisory role, you will 
support conference
programming and help shape the directions of future conferences. You 
will be expected to
review a selection of paper submissions for the conference (2023, 2025, 
& 2027) as well as
review proposals from prospective host institutions for the 2025 and 
2027 conferences. You may
also be expected to chair conference sessions and help plan additional 
conference events in
line with your areas of interest (for example, an exhibition component, 
a workshop, or a small
film festival). Attendance and participation at the conference is expected.

We are looking for candidates skilled in one or more of the following areas
● Event organisation/leadership
● Social media and communications
● Website design and maintenance
● Fundraising and non-profit financial management
● Building and maintaining accessible and inclusive spaces
● Academic, practitioner, and/or community network development
● Collaborations between academia, practice and community

We are currently planning the 8th iteration of IVMC, hosted by Sapienza 
University of Rome and
MeltingPro in May, 2023. You will be expected to commit for at least 
three iterations of the
conference, up until 2027.

The past locations of the conference were: Leeds, UK (2009); Milton 
Keynes, UK (2011);
Wellington, New Zealand (2013); Brighton, UK (2015); Singapore (2017); 
Bucharest, Romania
(2019); Cape Town, South Africa (2021). The most recent conference, in 
Cape Town, took the
theme ‘Decolonising Design’ – a pressing concern for the creative arts 
in the Global South in
general and for post-apartheid South Africa in particular.

f you are interested in becoming a member of the International Visual 
Methods Steering
Committee committee please submit a one-page statement (cover letter) 
describing your
interest in the position and your vision for how you would contribute to 
the IVMC, and a 2-5
page CV by October 28, 2022

Your one-page statement and 2-5 page CV can be emailed as a single .PDF to
(ivmc /at/ visualmethods.info) by October 28, 2022

We will inform all candidates in December 2022 with a first meeting of 
the new Committee to be
held virtually in January 2023

If you have any questions, please contact Mark Dunford, Committee Chair, at
(m.dunford /at/ westminster.ac.uk)

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