[Commlist] The Mediation of Sustainability Part V - Call for Papers

The Mediation of Sustainability Part V Call for Papers

On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development came into force. The UN 
describes its Sustainable Development Goals as ‘a shared blueprint for 
peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the 
future’. Consisting of 17 inter-connected fields of activity, the UNSDGs 
are framed as a moral intervention, and couched in the language of 
development. It is this perspective – an apparently progressive 
commitment to justice combined with adherence to the expansion of the 
economy – that has encountered both support and some criticism from 
academic commentators. While Kopnina believed that the UNSDGs will lead 
to ‘a greater spread of unsustainable production and consumption’ 
(2015), the sheer scale of the UN’s ambitions prompted Biermann et al 
(2017) to note that ‘[the Goals] collective success will depend on a 
number of institutional factors such as the extent to which states … 
translate the global ambitions into national contexts’.
The SDGs address a number of ‘stakeholders’- ranging from multinationals 
to Governments; NGO’s and of course are regarded as objectives that 
should apply to all citizens of the world. Over the remaining seven 
years of this programme, the UN intends to readdress its efforts to end 
all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, 
while ensuring that ‘no one is left behind’.
Invariably, at the midway point for this ambitious venture, and reeling 
from the repercussions of i) the global pandemic, ii) ongoing conflict 
in several theatres of war, iii) a worldwide financial crisis, and iv) 
the fragmentation of international trade agreements or political unions, 
the conference poses the question – is accomplishing sustainability 
still possible within the designated timeframe?
The intention of this conference is to examine the progress made in the 
fight to end poverty, to promote health, to develop sustainable smart 
cities, to prevent further climate change, to facilitate economic 
growth, to protect the oceans, and to end world hunger.
Conference themes include: •	sustainable media, media practice, and 
sustainability research
•	how the objectives above are communicated or promoted within 
‘developed’ and ‘developing’ nations •	the extent to which these goals 
being encouraged, measured, enacted or resisted •	the local, autonomous, 
grassroots initiatives that may embrace or go beyond the framework set 
by the UN •	the social, political, cultural and economic barriers to the 
successful attainment of the UNSDGs •	the application of 
discourse/multi-modal approaches to the textual material produced within 
a material/symbolic environment •	the representation of those groups 
identified as vulnerable and in need of support •	the ways in which the 
rights of women, notions of gendered identity, descriptions of class 
location, and ideas about race/ethnicity are articulated (or not) within 
the UNSDGs •	the use by state and corporate authority of discourses that 
attempt to reproduce the symbolic references employed by the UN •	who, 
within the various DAC territories and within ‘developed’ nations, are 
presented as the main proponents, actors, or opponents of the UNSDGs • 
the relationship between the UNSDGs and the concept and practice of 
globalisation •	the role of policing, surveillance, regimes of 
border-control, and other barriers and impediments to collective social 
action •	the relationship between the Goals and the activity of social 
movements •	how ‘existential’ and other threats are constituted through 
the language and images used in the SDGs •	the media ecology/context of 
the call and the responses it creates •	case studies covering the 
successes or failures of the initiatives
For those submitting papers please note …
250 Word Abstract and Bio are required by Friday 28th April 2023 – send 
to (ab9227 /at/ coventry.ac.uk)
Feedback and acceptance will be offered by the following Monday, 1st May 
2023.  The conference will feature a book launch for work previously 
undertaken by scholars attending the event.  Original research generated 
from this phase of the conference series will be considered for 
publication in our next volume TBC.  Venue and General information  The 
conference itself will take place on Weds 7th June 2023 at the LSPR 
Business and Communications Institute, Bekasi, Jakarta. The event 
organizers will host the conference as a hybrid event for delegates 
wishing to present their work or attend remotely. Pre-recorded sessions 
will also be accepted.
 Tickets will available via Eventbrite in due course.

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