[Commlist] CFP "Transnational families and media practices: methods, ethics and critical approaches"

on behalf of the Diaspora, Migration and the Media and the International 
and Intercultural Communication sections of ECREA, I would like to 
remind you that there are less than two weeks left to submit an abstract 
for our joint conference on:

*Transnational families and media practices: methods, ethics and 
critical approaches*.

*Venue: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands*
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*Hosted by the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication and 
the Department of Media and Communication*
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*Date: 7-9 December 2023 *
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_Submission deadline: 28 April 2023_
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_https://ecrea.eu/event-5179455 <https://ecrea.eu/event-5179455>
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Transnational families, through their ability to cross borders, connect 
cultures, expand the meanings and limits of national belonging, and 
negotiate the cultural, linguistic and psychological challenges of 
migration, have become exemplary models of “mobile lives” (Elliott and 
Urry, 2010). Transnational families offer insights into the 
contradictions and complexities of interculturality (Dervin, 2017) as a 
lived reality permeating more and less intimate interpersonal 
experiences. The centrality of transnational family communication in 
today’s world is enhanced by everyday digital media usage, the ubiquity 
of portable devices and the new technical affordances of platforms and 
apps. Transnational families therefore help us apprehend historical 
transformations connected to mediated experiences of crossing borders 
and interculturality.

While the attention of scholars has intensified around how transnational 
families both shape and are shaped by the (urban) spaces they leave and 
enter, we contend that more attention needs to be paid to the 
methodological and ethical challenges researchers face when studying 
transnational families and communities. This conference provides an 
opportunity for scholars to discuss the assumptions underpinning their 
research and to share critical reflections on the ethical 
responsibilities that researchers have when observing transnational 
families and communities, including through digital platforms and their 
connection with mobility processes in and through cities.

We invite scholars and PhD researchers to submit abstract proposals that 
engage with new theoretical, methodological and ethical approaches to 
the study of transnational families and their communication practices in 
Europe and beyond. We also welcome submissions that can provide 
historical perspectives into the (dis)continuities characterizing 
transnational families and their media practices. Contributions that 
call into question Eurocentric forms of knowledge through decolonial 
narratives and frameworks are especially welcome.
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*Keynote speakers:*

Professor Myria Georgiou (The London School of Economics and Political 
Science, UK)
Associate Professor Amanda Paz Alencar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 
the Netherlands)

For the list of potential topics and the submission guidelines please 
click here <https://ecrea.eu/event-5179455>

In addition to the conference, we will be hosting a joint workshop for 
PhD students on the 6th of December 2023, in Rotterdam. The workshop 
will focus upon innovative methods in studying transnational 
families/communities, digital media usage, and ethical challenges 
associated with this. The separate application for this one-day workshop 
can be found here 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OEPKIbFtwRh7jE0ckALHMgTyt3Zc8AS16vfZxV9JIUs/edit>.

Please note that it is possible for Doctoral researchers to attend both 
the workshop and the conference, or only one event.

The conference will be in person only. Proposal acceptance notification: 
mid-June.


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