[Commlist] CfP: Online Conference Post-Media Studies in Asia 2024

Call for Papers: Online Conference “Post-Media Studies in Asia 2024”

https://instem.jp/article/2023/11/13/1252/ 
<https://instem.jp/article/2023/11/13/1252/>

Dates: January 20-21, 2024
Abstract Deadline: December 22, 2023

Organized by INSTeM (Inter-field Network for Science, Technology and 
Media Studies)
Coordinated by Yoshitaka Mōri (INSTeM/Professor, Tokyo University of the 
Arts)

Keynote Speakers:
Anthony Fung (Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Eva Tsai (Professor, National Taiwan Normal University)
Shin Mizukoshi (INSTeM/Professor, Kansai University)
and More

＊ This is an online event. All presentations will be made online (Zoom).

As entering the 2020s, the media landscape is changing dramatically. The 
COVID-19 pandemic has led to the proliferation of various net 
conferencing applications such as Zoom and Teams, and new subscription 
services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime have taken off. Meanwhile, new 
technologies such as new generative AI, represented by Catgut, are 
fundamentally transforming the relationship between humans and machines.

At the same time, the era of global centralization and homogenization 
driven by transnational capitalism, which has advanced since the end of 
the Cold War, is rapidly coming to an end, and the world is becoming 
increasingly fragmented. The digital media world is no exception. The 
multinational corporate platforms represented by GAFAM, which seemed to 
have everything under control, have come in for a variety of criticism, 
and the evolution of technology in China and other non-Western countries 
has been remarkable. Under these circumstances, the digital media 
environment will become more and more a mosaic, unstable, full of 
connections and disconnections, agreements and disagreements.

What will media studies look like in these times? In the late 1980s, 
when the Internet was not yet widespread, French philosopher Félix 
Guattari foresaw the arrival of a new interactive digital media and, in 
anticipation of its political possibilities, proposed the concept of 
“post-media”. In light of the current widespread use of the Internet, 
his vision may seem a bit too optimistic. However, the concept of 
“post-media,” which advocates a fundamental reformation of the 
relationship between man and machine, body and media, nature and 
environment, seems to have a new meaning now that media has spread to 
every corner of our lives.

“Post-Media Studies in Asia” is an online symposium that seeks to 
discuss how the media environment is changing in Asia. While strongly 
influenced by the US, Asian media is developing in its own unique way 
according to its own culture, economy, and politics. At the same time, 
globalization is accelerating the flow of transnational cultures. There 
is an urgent need to construct a new media theory that responds to the 
new media environment.

We established the Post-Media Research Network (PMRN) in 2020 and have 
regularly held symposia and workshops with guest speakers including Mike 
Featherstone, Tomoko Tamari, Scott Lash, Matthew Fuller, Ian Condry, and 
others. In April 2023, INSTeM has taken over this project and is 
reorganizing the PMRN.

This symposium will be the first project of the new PMRN. We hope that 
those who are interested in this field have an opportunity to give a 
presentation, exchange ideas and develop our network. Possible topics 
are listed below, but of course other topics are welcome.

・New Media Literacy
・Critical Pedagogy
・Media Technology & Body, Materiality, Space
・Robot & AI as Media
・Civic Technology, Public Interest Technology
・Science, Technology and Society
・Media Practice & Design
・Transformation of Capitalism, Communication and Media
・Digital Media, Gender and Sexuality
・Labor in Communicative Capitalism
・Infrastructural Theories

Please send the title, abstract (400 words) and short bio (200 words) by 
December 22, 2023. The result will be announced by December 29, 2023.

Please submit your abstract and short bio from this form:
https://forms.gle/2qvsot5EPSRQTNXV9 <https://forms.gle/2qvsot5EPSRQTNXV9>

(Those who have difficulty having access to the form can e-mail your 
abstract and bio to (web /at/ instem.jp) <mailto:(web /at/ instem.jp)> )

＊ This is an online event. All presentations will be made online (Zoom).

[Presentation length]
・Time allocated for individual presentations is 20 minutes, with another 
5-10 minutes for Q&A discussion. (Planned schedule subject to potential 
changes)
・Each session will have a maximum of 4 presentations.
・We recommend that you prepare some PowerPoint slides for your 
presentation.

［Presentation Registration Fee］
・Student/Part Time/Freelance: ¥2,000 (about 15USD)
・Full Time: ¥3,000（about 20USD)
・Payment method for the presentation registration fee will be informed 
when we contact you to accept your presentation proposal.

＊Presentation dates/times will be announced in early January.

＊If you have any questions regarding the submission, please e-mail 
INSTeM at (web /at/ instem.jp) <mailto:(web /at/ instem.jp)>

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