[Commlist] Call for papers for the 2025 Society For Phenomenology and Media

For the first time since its creation in 1998, the /Society For 
Phenomenology and Media is holding its annual conference/ in France. 
From March 11 to 16, 2025 in Chambéry, the Université Savoie Mont-Blanc 
and the LLSETI laboratory will be hosting the event.

Call for papers: 
https://www.societyforphenomenologyandmedia.org/call-for-papers-2025

This conference is part of the "Centenary of the Birth of Michel de 
Certeau" commemoration.

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The Society for Phenomenology and Media encourages submissions for the 
26th Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Media (SPM2025)

Social interaction and everyday life in offline and
online realities
Chambéry, France (Université Savoie Mont-Blanc), March 11-16, 2025
Applications must be made through EASYCHAIR
Deadline for consideration of abstracts and panels: January 3, 2025

This conference is part of the "Centenary of the Birth of Michel de 
Certeau" commemoration. Born in Chambéry, Michel de Certeau remains a 
globally influential interdisciplinary thinker whose work, particularly 
The Practice of Everyday Life, has impacted fields such as anthropology, 
media, and cultural studies. De Certeau explored how individuals resist 
and creatively navigate power structures, focusing on how everyday 
spaces and discourses are used. Central to his thought is the 
distinction between strategies, the methods through which institutions 
and power structures assert control and tactics, the spontaneous actions 
by which individuals appropriate and subvert these strategies. His work 
reveals that even in situations of apparent domination, there exist 
subtle, creative forms of resistance. As a historian, de Certeau also 
examined the process of writing history, particularly how dominant 
narratives often marginalize or exclude alternative perspectives. This 
conference seeks proposals that apply and expand on de Certeau's ideas 
in contemporary contexts. We encourage contributions that connect his 
work with evolving fields such as phenomenology of artificial 
intelligence, post-human and queer phenomenology, offering new 
perspectives on the complex and shifting dynamics of our societies.

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SPM general focus:

We also welcome proposals on these and related questions within 
different theoretical paradigms, including phenomenology, 
post-phenomenology, queer phenomenology,  affect theory, critical 
theory, cultural studies, hermeneutics, Marxism, New Historicism, 
post-colonial theory, pragmatism, semiotics, speech-act theory, etc. We 
encourage participation from a wide range of disciplines, including 
philosophy, media studies, communication, psychology, history, political 
science, sociology, rhetoric, literary theory, cognitive science, 
cultural studies, and other fields. Individual papers and panels need 
not be limited to phenomenological approaches.

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Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another 
journal or conference. Abstracts (150–250 words) for the following paper 
categories are welcome:

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    Full papers

    Posters

    Proposals for 3-person panels are also accepted. These can be 
organized around specific media. For example: film, the Internet, mobile 
communication, dance, performance, print media (books, newspapers, and 
magazines), mixed reality experience (VR and/or AR), television, visual 
art, etc. Panel proposals should include three abstracts, including one 
by the panel organizer. All members of the panel need to be listed on 
the panel abstract, including email addresses. Individual abstract 
submissions will be assigned to a panel by the conference host.

    While individual papers and panels are not limited to 
phenomenological approaches, SPM encourages interdisciplinary approaches 
and theoretical and philosophical diversity in the discussion of media.

    Doctoral students are invited to submit proposals but should note 
that SPM limits the number of papers from students.​

    Deadline for abstracts: January 3, 2025

    Acceptance rollout (occurring until the deadline of February 3, 2025)

    Deadline for conference registration (through PayPal): February 15, 
2025

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Registration

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Conference abstracts and panel proposals submitted are peer-reviewed. 
Papers accepted and presented are considered for publication in Glimpse, 
a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal published by the Society for 
Phenomenology and Media.

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Venue and Schedule

University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, France

All sessions of the conference will be held at the University Presidency 
building in the city centre and at the Fine Arts Museum
of Chambéry.

●      11 March: Arrivals, Welcome Reception in the evening and Board 
meetings (18h)

●      12-14 March: Conference Sessions

●      15-16 March: Phenomenological activities in the French Alps

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Organizing Committee

●      Jordan Fraser Emery, Ph.D, 2025 French organizer

●      Jacques Ibanez Bueno, Ph.D., 2025 Program Chair

●      Nicola Liberati, Ph.D., SPM President, 2022 Program Chair

●      Rita Niineste, 2024 Program Chair, Tallinn University

●      Stacey O. Irwin, Ph.D., SPM Vice President, 2023 Program Chair

●      Melinda Campbell, Ph.D., SPM Vice Chair, 2015 Program Chair

●      Luis Acebal, Ph.D., SPM Treasurer

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Contact

Please refer to the SPM website for further information:
https://www.societyforphenomenologyandmedia.org

Any questions regarding the conference and submissions may be directed to:
(jordan.emery /at/ univ-smb.fr)
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