2 de julio de 2020

*CFP* INFORMATION, MEDIUM & SOCIETY: NINETEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLISHING STUDIES


2 July 2021

Founded in 2003, the Information, Medium & Society – The Publishing Studies Research Network is brought together by a shared interest in investigating publishing practices as distinctive modes of social knowledge production.

We are inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:


Theme 1: Informational Foundations

Considering the nature and forms of information, and the changing roles of creators, publishers, as mediators of social knowledge.

  • What is authorship? Individuals and collectives 
  • Who are audiences? Space and scale of information sharing 
  • More than texts? What are our definitional frames 
  • Whose information? Reconciling public and private domains of information production


Theme 2: Determining and Determined Mediums

On the changing processes of textual production and distribution from past to present, and the impacts of digitization and the internet on the future of publishing.

  • The work of media archaeology: from letterpress to photolithography, to print-on-demand and digital 
  • The demands of mediums: metadata, resource discovery, infrastructure 
  • The evolution of the manuscript: from rare books to archival practices, indexing and cataloguing in the electronic age 
  • Devices as interfaces: e-readers, tablets, phones 
  • Finding content: databases, datasets, portals, platforms and media collections as forms of publishing 
  • The curation of objects and artifacts


Theme 3: Societal Impacts

Distribution, collection and discovery of published artifacts. Consideration of the form, structure, and processes of libraries, archives, multi-media portals.

  • Whose content? Copyright, licensing and rights 
  • Impacts where? Assessment and evaluation of research and its impact 
  • Dominant cultures? languages, inclusion, and participation 
  • Who pays? Financial models for scholarly, technical, and trade publishing 
  • Public and private points of access? The changing roles and functions of libraries, repositories, and content aggregators


Important Dates
We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission. The dates below serve as a guideline for proposal submission based on our corresponding registration deadlines.


Proposal Deadlines
Advance Proposal Deadline: 2 September 2020
Early Proposal Deadline: 2 December 2020
Regular Proposal Deadline: 2 April 2021
Late Proposal Deadline: 2 June 2021


Registration Deadlines
Advance Proposal Deadline: 2 October 2020
Early Proposal Deadline: 2 January 2021
Regular Proposal Deadline: 2 June 2021
Late Proposal Deadline: 2 July 2021

The conference program groups together presentations along similar themes to facilitate knowledge sharing and community building, so the first schedule of sessions will be available when we're able to present a complete picture of the conference. In the meantime, you may view a list of all accepted proposals (both confirmed to attend and still pending registration) on our List of Accepted Proposals

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