[Commlist] CFP Panel: Mediated portrayals of communities in the context of the war in Ukraine

CFP
PANEL ID=24 / Mediated portrayals of communities in the context of the 
war in Ukraine.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Finnish Anthropological Society Biennial Conference
16 – 18 June 2025, Helsinki
Home page: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/fasconference2025/
CFP: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/fasconference2025/call-for-papers/
Panels: 
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/fasconference2025/files/2024/12/FAS-Panels-Call-for-Papers-2025.pdf 


PANEL ABSTRACT for this CFP for 'Mediated portrayals of communities in 
the context of the war in Ukraine'

War often strengthens images, conceptions, and experiences of nations 
and international communities involved in or affected by the conflict. 
Citizens may feel more united with their nations, and national, 
international and other collective identities may become stronger, while 
views of outsiders might become more exclusionary. Divisions between 
“Us” and “Them” might deepen, and mediated narratives reflect these 
divisions.

This panel explores how different communities are portrayed and compared 
in media coverage of the war in Ukraine. It examines how states, 
societies, cultures, alliances, transnational organizations, or 
"civilizations" involved or perceived to be involved in the war are 
characterized, (re)defined, or (re/de)valued in the media. For example, 
what kinds of “West” and “non-West,” “Us” and “Them,” or pro-Ukraine and 
anti-Ukraine groups emerge through media coverage? Additionally, what 
global or local ideological, (geo)political, ethical, cultural, and 
other comparisons, hierarchies, and dichotomies of populations, nations, 
and communities are (re)produced in the media? How are the 
responsibilities, roles, and essences of different communities involved 
or not involved in the war portrayed and compared?

The panel adopts a flexible media anthropological approach and welcomes 
empirical or empirically informed papers from social and cultural 
anthropology, as well as related disciplines such as journalism, 
linguistics, media studies, philosophy, political science, sociology, 
and cultural studies. Participants should focus on how media represents, 
produces, and constructs reality, and reproduces images of communities.

CONTACT

Jukka Jouhki, Suvi Mononen / (jukka.jouhki /at/ tuni.fi) 
<mailto:(jukka.jouhki /at/ tuni.fi)>

Please note that Communication and Media Studies scholars are warmly 
welcome to propose their papers! No payment from the authors will be 
required.

Key dates:

Call for papers from the 5th December – 15th January 2025
Notification of acceptance of paper on 18th February 2025

Submissions should include:

Paper abstract, max 250 words
Name, institutional affiliation and email of author/s
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