[Commlist] Call for Papers: Influencers and Gender Politics in South East Asia symposium

*Call for Papers: Influencers and Gender Politics in South East Asia 
symposium, Friday, 9 May 2025 (Online).*

*Applications now open, closing 31 March 2025.*

Organised by Influencer Ethnography Research Lab (Curtin University) and 
Asian Cultural Research Hub (University of Melbourne).

Convenors: Dr Annisa R. Beta (University of Melbourne), Dr Hao Zheng 
(Curtin University), Prof Crystal Abidin (Curtin University).

*For more details, clickhere <https://ierlab.com/gender-politics/>*

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This symposium and the resulting edited volume aim to critically examine 
the relationship between influencers and gender politics in South East 
Asia. With a particular focus on South East Asia, the symposium aims to 
encompass studies and discussions based in or related to eleven 
countries—Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the 
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam—as well as 
the diverse migrants and diasporas in and from South East Asia, such as 
generations of Chinese migrants in Singapore and Malaysia and the 
growing population of digital nomads in Thailand and Indonesia. We 
welcome submissions from scholars, including graduate researchers and 
early-career researchers, who focus on influencers associated with, 
residing in, or otherwise closely connected to South East Asia. We 
encourage interdisciplinary work and collaborative research produced 
with non- academic partners.

We welcome theoretical and empirical contributions on (but not limited 
to) the topics listed below:

  * Influencer-led or centred activism and advocacy related to gender
    politics, for e.g. #MeToo, Women Also Know Stuff, Movember
  * Commercialisation of gender politics among influencers, for e.g.
    how-to manuals for tradwives, influencer-produced courses on various
    parenting tips
  * Audience responses to and engagement with influencer’s gender
    discourses, for e.g. fandoms or anti-fandoms
  * Gendered aesthetics of influencer cultures, for e.g. storytelling,
    self-branding, and the spectacle of empowerment
  * Intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion and
    ability discussed, represented, speculated and demonstrated by
    influencers, for e.g. Muslim feminist influencers in rural areas
  * Localised influencer cultures and gender politics, for e.g.
    navigating socio-cultural and political contexts in relation to
    geographical locations and origins
  * Roles of influencers and influencer cultures in shaping gender
    discourses, for e.g. digital activism, online debates on gender
    inequality, rhetorics of male supremacy, the promotion of
    conventional femininity


*Submission Guidelines*
We invite submissions of extended abstracts (800-1,000 words, excluding 
bibliography) addressing the symposium theme. You may use any citation 
style (APA, MLA, Chicago, or others) you prefer, as long as it is 
consistent. Please also provide a bibliography. Your bibliography is not 
included in the extended abstract word count limit. We suggest the 
extended abstract to include:

  * a brief discussion of the context of your research and how it
    addresses existing research literature or practices;
  * the research question(s) or issue(s) to be discussed;
  * the key argument/main finding and a brief explanation why it is
    important, relevant, and interesting;
  * the methodological approach and/or the methods/techniques used for
    the research;
  * a short discussion of data or research materials and analysis; and
  * a discussion of the (preliminary) findings.


The symposium conveners are currently pitching an edited volume to a 
leading publisher as an output of the symposium. Shortlisted presenters 
are expected to submit a full chapter (4-5,000 words) draft by 2 June 
2025 (three weeks after the symposium) for inclusion in the volume. As 
such, please ensure that you submit to the symposium only if the work is 
original and previously unpublished, and if you are willing to be 
considered for the edited volume.

Submit your application, including the extended abstract, via the 
*Google Form <https://forms.gle/o62pm6RFnHS7M3BZ7>* by *5pm (AEDT), 31 
March 2025*.

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*Important dates:*

  * Extended abstract submission deadline: *5pm (AEDT), 31 March 2025*
  * Notification of acceptance: *14 April 2025*
  * Symposium date: *9 May 2025 (Online)*
  * Full chapter submission deadline: *2 June 2025*
  * Anticipated edited volume publication: *2026*

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*Contact:*

If you have any enquiries regarding your submission, please email both 
Annisa R. Beta (annisa.beta [at]unimelb.edu.au) and Hao Zheng (hao.zheng 
[at]curtin.edu.au).


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