[Commlist] CFP: Critical Studies in Television Slow (online) Conference

  Critical Studies in Television Slow Conference 2022

27 June – 15 July 2022

Online (Teams)


    The Outliers of Television (Studies)

Television has been widely theorised in relation to the everyday, the 
habitual and the repetitive. But there are a lot of phenomena that are 
surprising, and that require TV scholars to provide nuance to these 
observations. Take /Squid Game/ (Netflix, 2021) which was supposedly 
<https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/30/squid-game-no-threat-to-traditional-british-tv-hits-finds-barb> 
the streaming hit of the year 2021 in the UK and elsewhere. But as an 
example of a Korean TV drama, it is highly unusual. Similarly, when we 
asked British audiences what programme gave them the most comfort during 
Covid, /Grayson’s Art Club/ (Channel 4, 2020), a small, participatory 
and community-focused programme was voted winner of the Critical Awards 
in Television, instead of any of the expensive dramas that television 
critics spent so much time reviewing and writing about. There are 
stories to be told that need telling and that we don’t hear enough about 
because while television is complex and mutable, discussion of it 
remains entrapped with longstanding cultural hierarchies. On the other 
side of the spectrum is a subject area that still worries about its 
legitimacy and hence continues to produce more publications on high-end 
productions such as /Game of Thrones/ (HBO, 2011-2-19) over those that, 
in the daily lives of audiences, might actually play a more important 
role, such as the different versions of /Strictly Come Dancing /(BBC, 
since 2004), including /Dancing with the Stars/ (ABC, 2005). Thus, we 
want to put a particular focus this year at the Critical Studies in 
Television Conference at the outliers of television (studies). This 
includes, but is not restricted to:

  * Overlooked programmes
  * Aspects of television as a medium that have not attracted enough
    attention
  * Different forms of television
  * Innovative ways of working
  * Surprising audience behaviour
  * Marginalised voices
  * Failures of television (studies)
  * The invisible in television (studies)

We invite abstracts on any of these /and any other television/ related 
topics. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and should be 
submitted by 15 February. We are always looking for alternative ways of 
presenting, so if you want to submit an abstract for a screening, 
roundtable, etc. please feel free to do so too. We are hoping to send 
out acceptance emails by early March. Papers should be 20 minutes long, 
screenings should include a discussion element and should be no longer 
than 1 hour. Roundtables should also be no longer than 1 hour.

To submit your abstract please go to the Critical Studies in Television 
Conference Abstract Submission 
<https://edgehill.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/critical-studies-in-television-conference-abstract-submiss>.

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and the significant uncertainties 
regarding it, we will run the conference as an online slow conference 
again this year in the hope to return to a face-to-face conference the 
year after, after which we will alternate formats. We recognise that the 
slow conference format also enables a wider variety of voices to be 
heard and we will do our utmost to make it accessible in a number of ways.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the CST 
Conference team, (CSTConference /at/ edgehill.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(CSTConference /at/ edgehill.ac.uk)>, or Elke Weissmann 
(weissmae /at/ edgehill.ac.uk).


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