[Commlist] MPCA Indigenous Studies Area CFP

MPCA Indigenous Studies Area CFP

CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND PANEL PROPOSALS

Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association 
Annual Conference: Indigenous Studies

Friday-Sunday, 6-8, October 2023

DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Address: DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: 
(312) 362-8000

The Indigenous Studies area of the Midwest Popular Culture 
Association/Midwest American Culture Association is now accepting 
proposals for its 2023 conference in Chicago. We welcome proposals 
related to new media projects that feature Indigenous identity, 
questions of representation in the media, and works by Indigenous 
creators. Suggested topics for paper or panel proposals include, but are 
not limited to:

Filmwork and art by Indigenous creators, such as Sky Hopinka’s Kicking 
Clouds (2021), Reservation Dogs (2021-2022), or Sundance International 
Film Festival’s Indigenous Shorts Tour

Indigenous media practices and Indigenous media industries

Indigenous theory and critique, and pedagogy

Indigenous (Indian Country) newspapers, podcasts, websites, blogs, and 
social media

Language sovereignty and survivance, especially considering the United 
Nations Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032)

Globalized representations of Pan-Indian identity in film, TV, video 
games, and other media

News media coverage of Indigenous issues such as boarding schools in 
Canada and the US, or Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)

Realizations of Indigenous oral stories and prophecy across generational 
boundaries as shown in media, social media, or other spaces of discourse

Settler-colonial practices in media, and decolonial/anticolonial 
critique and intervention

Indigenous work and representation in settler-colonial media industries, 
as well as reception in settler-colonial dominated audiences

Global perspectives, teachings, and theories of Indigeneity

Health communication in/of/by Indigenous groups and individuals, such as 
global flows of natural medicine and health perspectives including 
Ayurveda, shamanism, and spirituality

Please upload 250 word abstract proposals to the Indigenous Studies 
Subject Area on the Submissions website at 
https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels 
<https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels>.

Individuals may only submit one paper. Do not submit the same paper to 
more than one Area. Deadline for receipt of proposals is April 30, 2023.

If you have any questions about the Indigenous Studies Subject Area, 
please email Kendall Belopavlovich @ (kybelopa /at/ mtu.edu) 
<mailto:(kybelopa /at/ mtu.edu)> and Sumitra Srinivasan @ 
(Sumitra.Srinivasan /at/ utoledo.edu) 
<mailto:(Sumitra.Srinivasan /at/ utoledo.edu)>. For more information on the 
2023 conference, please visit 
https://www.mpcaaca.org/2023-mpca-aca-annual-conference 
<https://www.mpcaaca.org/2023-mpca-aca-annual-conference>.


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