[Commlist] CFP Still Having Fun? The Role of Leisure, Pleasure, and the Popular in Cultural Studies (Crossroads 2026, Brazil)

CFP Still Having Fun? The Role of Leisure, Pleasure, and the Popular in 
Cultural Studies

A call for brief proposals to contribute to an English-language panel to 
be submitted to the Crossroads 2026 conference 
<https://crossroads2026.com/en/> to be held at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 
July 27-31. Conference organizers have indicated a preference for 
pre-formed panels.
This proposed panel will explore the status and role of leisure, 
pleasure, and fun in contemporary Cultural Studies. Once pleasure and 
the popular were central sites of concern in Cultural Studies research. 
Scholars sought to explain popular practices and texts, and the 
enjoyment they engendered, as part of a broader picture of power, 
negotiation, identity, and knowledge. However, these days such work is 
now relatively minor and sometimes almost entirely absent. Instead, the 
emphasis would seem to be on more immediately serious and frequently 
grim topics: violence, suffering, antagonism, and death often take 
centre stage.
I am seeking contributions that consider whether ideas of leisure, 
pleasure, fun, and entertainment are still relevant and appropriate 
topics of study during what are often framed as dark times. Do these 
concepts still have a role to play in Cultural Studies and, if so, what 
might they be?
Proposals should include a title, short abstract (150-200 words) and 
short bio note (maximum 150 words). Please send proposals to 
(nhfholm /at/ massey.ac.nz) <mailto:(nhfholm /at/ massey.ac.nz)> by Dec 15.


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