*CFP* "ESTUDIOS DE FANS EN IBEROAMÉRICA", Nº38 (2022-2), REVISTA CONTRATEXTO

Estudios de fans en Latinoamérica

Revista Contratexto

Sección Dosier

Fecha límite: 15 de mayo de 2022

El número 38 de Contratexto se centrará en los estudios del fenómeno fan en Iberoamérica.

Editoras invitadas: María José Establés (Universidad de Nebrija, España), María del Mar Guerrero Pico (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, España), Johanna Montauban Bryce (Universidad de Lima, Perú). Se recibirán artículos originales o ensayos que aborden de modo preferente alguno(s) de lossiguientes ejes temáticos:

● Media fandom (series de televisión, cine, videojuegos, novelas, cómics y manga…)
● Otros objetos de fandom: música, deportes…
● Fandoms del ámbito hispanohablante y de la lusofonía (telenovelas, influencers, youtubers…)

*CFP* "EMERGING MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TOURIST ENCOUNTER", SPECIAL ISSUE, TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES JOURNAL

This special issue examines practices, meanings and impacts of emerging media technologies: digital, mobile, geo/locative and augmented reality technologies within tourism geographies. The special issue aims to situate emerging media technologies within processes of the production and transformation of space, spatial knowledge and social relations within the tourist encounter. We ask contributors to the special issue to consider: What are the configurations of different technologies involved with tourist experiences? In what ways do emerging media technologies shape tourism imaginaries and experiences? What are the particular cultural inflections in the relationship between digital and tourist practices? How do broader infrastructural and economic conditions shape the relationships between digital and tourist practices?

Papers in this special issue will explore the unfolding contexts of media, digital and emerging technologies in tourism geographies across breadth and depth and may include the following topics:

• Culturally and geographically situated explorations of digital practices in tourist sites (including empirical investigations into travel photography, virtual reality headsets, online travel writing, and travel vlogs) 

*CFP* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, TEBEC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021

TEBEC International Conference 2021

August 31st   – September 1st, 2021

Tel Aviv Israel

 

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the TEBEC International Conference 2021 which will be held in Israel, from August 31st – September 1st, 2021. The conference will be organized by TEBEC (Tourism, Economic, Business, education conference).

Given the continued global health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic, TEBEC 2021 will be held as a hybrid conference (online and offline), and further detailed information will be announced based on the status of COVID-19.

The TEBEC International Conference 2021 is to bring together international researchers, government officials and industry practitioners to share their research on the issues related to Media and communication, tourism, Economic, Business, education social science.

*CFP* "MEDIATING ITALY IN GLOBAL CULTURE", IV EDITION SUMMER SCHOOL

“Mediating Italy in Global Culture” Summer School, IV edition

June 28th-July 2nd 2021

Blended format (DAMSLab Bologna, Italy and live streamed)

 

The Department of the Arts of the University of Bologna, in collaboration with Brown University, Dickinson College, The University of Michigan, The Ohio State University, and Wesleyan University, invites applications for the 2021 “Mediating Italy in Global Culture” summer school, which will be held from Monday, June 28th to Friday, July 2nd, 2021. Given the ongoing uncertainty of the current situation, the intention for this year is to hold the course, if it will be possible, in a hybrid format, allowing students to attend either in person in Bologna or online. Otherwise, the summer school will be fully online. Updates will be given in due course to selected participants.

*CFP* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, TEBEC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021

TEBEC International Conference 2021

August 31st   – September 1st, 2021

Tel Aviv, Israel (hybrid conference)

 

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the TEBEC International Conference 2021 which will be held in Israel, from August 31st – September 1st, 2021. The conference will be organized by TEBEC (Tourism, Economic, Business, education conference).

Given the continued global health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic, TEBEC 2021 will be held as a hybrid conference (online and offline), and further detailed information will be announced based on the status of COVID-19.

The TEBEC International Conference 2021 is to bring together international researchers, government officials and industry practitioners to share their research on the issues related to Media and communication, tourism, Economic, Business, education social science.

*CFP* "INTERNATIONALISATION INTERRUPTED: JAPAN ON THE GLOBAL STAGE, THE ROLE OF THE 2020 OLYMPICS, AND THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC", RESEARCH WORKSHOP (HYBRID EVENT)

Internationalisation Interrupted: Japan on the Global Stage, the Role of the 2020 Olympics, and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Research Workshop

Thursday 1st – Friday 2nd July

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Norwich, UK 

(hybrid in-person and online)

 

The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures invite scholars to submit papers for a special two-day workshop event to discuss the global role of Japan in relation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The Olympics has historically provided an opportunity for hosting nations to showcase cultural and political strengths as well as their unity within the international community. However, Japan’s model of globalisation has been seen as more inward-looking and seeks to enhance a certain self-image rather than global ties (e.g. Iwabuchi 2015). Following this, Tokyo 2020 presents an ideal opportunity to discuss how Japan’s global role and ambitions have developed in the contemporary era.

*CFP* "COSMOPOLITAN ASPIRATIONS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING CINEMA AND TELEVISION", 26TH ANNUAL SERCIA CONFERENCE

Cosmopolitan Aspirations in English-Speaking Cinema and Television

26th Annual SERCIA Conference

Universidadde Zaragoza, Spain

September 8-10, 2021

 

It has become almost mandatory to start any piece on cosmopolitanism with a reference to Diogenes the Cynic (412-323 BC) and his famous claim “I am a citizen of the world”. Alluring as the phrase may sound to our 21st century ears, when uttered by Diogenes, it was an invitation to be a social outsider: the allegiance to humanity as a whole implied becoming an exile from the comforts of one’s place of birth and social group (Nussbaum 1994). Two thousand years later, Immanuel Kant considered that the achievement of a cosmopolitan order was a must “if the human race was not to consume itself in wars between nations and if the power of nation-states was not to overwhelm the freedom of individual” (Fine and Cohen 2002). 

*CFP* "GLOBAL JAMES BOND", CHAPTER BOOK

According to David Bordwell in Planet Hong Kong (2000), “a truly global cinema is one that claims significant space” in film markets around the world (82) beyond a film series (e.g. IP Man), cycle (e.g. kung fu craze of the 1970s), or era (e.g. “golden age” of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s and 1990s). While Hollywood is the only industry that meets this narrow definition, we question if a partial exception or even expanded demarcation could be made for the James Bond franchise given its long-term popularity, widespread cinematic influence, revenue generation, and cultural viability for nearly 6 decades or half of cinematic history.

As the Bond films have been released in more and more markets, the franchise has increasingly relied on audiences outside of the UK and US (such as China) for the majority of its box-office revenue. This was most evident when MGM contemplated releasing No Time To Die in November 2020 even as the cinemas of the UK and US were closing in response to the coronavirus pandemic. When additional countries began imposing restrictions that would impact cinema attendance, the release date for the film was pushed to April 2021.

*CFP* "CULTURES OF AUTHENTICITY", EDITED BOOK

Following the successful webinar series, hosted by Loughborough University this autumn, we are now seeking contribution for an edited collection on the topic of 'authenticity'. A widespread fascination with the authentic is said to have emerged as a response to the processes of homogenisation, rationalisation and standardisation at the heart of modernity. The concept of authenticity arose historically at a time of rapid social change and has again come to the fore where social, political, cultural and technological upheavals give rise to feelings of distrust, detachment and alienation against which supposedly authentic people, places and things are sought out for their reassuring certainty and value. Yet, there are huge contradictions and inequalities in who can make claim to authenticity and its construction and communication invariably involves competing narratives and oppositional assertions about what is authentic and how and why the authentic gains its value.

Thus, while the concept of authenticity has a long history, in recent years it has emerged as a prominent theme in many of the most pressing debates about contemporary communication and culture. In political communication there are ongoing concerns about misinformation and fake news, while the success of populist parties is often tied to their claims to be a more authentic representative of ‘the people’ than a detached and dispassionate elite. 

*CFP* "WORLDS OF IMAGINATION: MEDIA, PLACE AND TOURISM IN TODAY'S GLOBAL WORLD", ONLINE CONFERENCE

Worlds of Imagination: Media, Place and Tourism in Today’s Global World

April 7th- 9th 2021 Online conference

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

In today’s globalized, transnational and digitalized media environment, popular culture plays a significant role in the establishment and (re)negotiation of place identities and the ways in which people relate to physical locations. Traveling to film locations, participating in fan re-enactments or visiting theme parks are some of the varied and multifaceted ways in which the ties between people’s worlds of imagination and the real worlds they inhabit are made tangible through place. This conference highlights the interconnections between media, tourism and place and aims to bring together the diverse perspectives, approaches and actors involved in this process while focusing on critical issues accompanying this multifaceted phenomenon. We venture off the beaten track by adopting a decidedly global perspective and putting emphasis on the exploration, analysis and comparison of cases from around the world. 

*CFP* "WORLDS OF IMAGINATION: MEDIA, PLACE AND TOURISM IN TODAY'S GLOBAL WORLD", ONLINE 2021 CONFERENCE OF ROTTERDAM

Worlds of Imagination: Media, Place and Tourism in Today’s Global World

7th-9th April, 2021

Online conference, Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

In today’s globalized, transnational and digitalized media environment, popular culture plays a significant role in the establishment and (re)negotiation of place identities and the ways in which people relate to physical locations. Traveling to film locations, participating in fan re-enactments or visiting theme parks are some of the varied and multifaceted ways in which the ties between people’s worlds of imagination and the real worlds they inhabit are made tangible through place.

 

This conference highlights the interconnections between media, tourism and place and aims to bring together the diverse perspectives, approaches and actors involved in this process while focusing on critical issues accompanying this multifaceted phenomenon. 

13ª SESIÓN SEMINARIO DOIMECO, "TURISMO Y DOCUMENTAL EN LA ESPAÑA CONTEMPORÁNEA"

*CFP* "ENTROPÍA Y NUEVO ORDEN VISUAL (FORMAS, CONTEXTOS Y PRÁCTICAS PEDAGÓGICAS", VII CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE FOTOGRAFÍA CONTEMPORÁNEA UCM-CONFOCO 2020

VII Congreso Internacional de Fotografía Contemporánea UCM - CONFOCO 2020

Entropía y nuevo orden visual (Formas, contextos y prácticas pedagógicas)

Facultad de CC. de la Información de la UCM

14, 15 y 16 de diciembre de 2020

 

Líneas temáticas

• Nuevas prácticas tecnológicas.
• Transformación del paisaje turístico.
• Mutaciones del entorno social y sostenibilidad.
• Reflexiones sobre la entropía.
• Fotografías del yo.
• Fotografías del nosotros.
• Activismo y tendencias performativas.
• Patrimonio y conservación.
• Prácticas pedagógicas e innovación educativa.

*CFP* LLAMADA A CONTRIBUCIONES, X CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE COMUNICACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA

La ciencia y la investigación en el campo de la comunicación y la tecnología se dan de nuevo la mano en la 10ª edición del Congreso Comunica2, que se celebrará en el Campus de Gandia (Universitat Politècnica de València) los días 12 y 13 de noviembre de 2020. El marketing online, estrategias social media, escribir en Internet, Instagram… han sido algunos de los temas que hemos compartido en ediciones anteriores. La temática y, sobre todo, los ponentes que nos han acompañado nos han convertido en un congreso de referencia sobre comunicación y tecnología. Además, repetimos con la comunicación sobre experiencias profesionales donde tiene cabida una presentación más práctica.

Información relevante COVID-19

Debido a la situación derivada por la COVID-19, las comunicaciones se realizarían en modalidad telemática a través de la plataforma Teams. Se habilitarían diferentes salas de Teams en función de la temática de las comunicaciones. En dichas salas tendrían lugar las comunicaciones, así como las preguntas y debates que estas pudiesen suscitar entre los asistentes.

*CFP* "FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY", 2ND INCLUSIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

Fashion and Photography: 2nd Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference

Progressive Connexions

12th-13th March 2021

Lisbon, Portugal

Due to th epostponement of this event in relation to the Covid pandemic, we are delighted to be able to unexpectedly reopen the Call for Submissions for the newly rescheduled dates.

In the early 20th century, fashion and photography were indelibly wedded through the efforts of a number of photographers, fashion designers, and magazine publishers. Once these cultural power shapers created the form, fashion photography took on a life of its own and became—perhaps always was—art. This art form has since been elevated to heights such that being a fashion photographer can be seen as very important chapter in many well-known photographers’ career: designers rely on them; models request them; magazines use their work: celebrities choose them for shoots; and the power they have to represent others is beyond compare in today’s, 21st century image-driven world.

*CFP* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, TOURISM, ECONOMIC, BUSINESS, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

TEBEC invites you to participate in the Tourism, economic, business, education and social science academic conference that will be held online September 8, 2020

Due to the covid-19 situation and the limitation on international travel the conference will be held online

TEBEC is a multidisciplinary conference with the following topics, and Media and communication Studies scholars are welcome:

• Tourism 
• Economics 
• Business 
• Social Sciences 
• Teaching 
• Education 
• Media and communication

*CFP* "RE-CENTERING CULTURAL PERFORMANCE AND CREATIVE PRACTICE IN POST-COLONIAL AFRICA. DIPLOMACY, SOFT POWER, AND SUSTAINABILITY", EDITED BOOK

Africa’s fifty-four states are diverse, resilient and rich in culture and traditions. It is no doubt that the continent has had its share of phenomenal events that have created a turn in its growth and development – the slave trade, colonialism, civil wars, military coups etc. Also, “the danger of a single story”, the shameful realities of African politics, and the social-economic experiences of many Africans have given the continent a negative reputation and poor image in the world. Among other things, the above realities have created a generalized evaluation of the continent which negatively affects the identities, realities and inter-relations of the African in international spaces other than own. Unfortunate examples of racism, police brutality, unfavourable visa regimes, and undue politico-economic influence on Africans or people of African descent are prevalent today.

Yet, African cultural resources and traditions are still sought after. From the tangible to the intangible aspects of culture including but not limited to the Safaris, cultural festivals, architecture, performances, and film industry. African cultural resources remain so attractive that even the return of looted artefacts from colonial times has become a controversial debate, especially in Europe. These cultural facts, artefacts and materials serve as a poster for the world about the continent. While this in itself can be problematic, it is worth exploring how such cultural performances and creative practices can be converted to become an enabling tool for advancing transformation on the continent. 

*CFP* "COMUNICACIÓN Y TURISMO", VOL. IX, Nº 19, COMMUNICATION PAPERS

El turismo tiene mucha relevancia en la economía de muchos países. Es un fenómeno que en las últimas décadas ha crecido a nivel mundial convertido en un producto de masas. Los flujos turísticos son un interesante objeto de estudio tanto por su relevancia económica como por su influencia cultural, social y medioambiental. Sin duda, en el marco de los retos de futuro, en un contexto de tercialización de la economía de los países más desarrollados y frente a los retos planteados en la agenda 2030 encaminados a la consecución de los ODS (Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible), es necesario repensar y reconducir algunos modelos de desarrollo turístico, así como, la creación de nuevos productos acordes con los nuevos objetivos de desarrollo.

La comunicación es una variable y una herramienta clave para las instituciones, las empresas y las marcas turísticas. 

En este sentido, Communication Papers quiere proporcionar una plataforma de reflexión y difusión para los estudiosos, los investigadores y los distintos actores que forman parte de este importante sector en nuestro país y en el mundo.

*CFP* "THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND/IN THE PLANTATIONOCENE", SPECIAL ISSUE, THE GLOBAL SOUTH JOURNAL

According to the United Nations’ environmental risk index, a by-country report on the effects of global climate change, the inhabitants, locales, and economies of global south nations will be disproportionally affected as global warming intensifies. Many of these nations are projected to be hit by a triple whammy: rising populations, combined with already-vulnerable economies and spikes in severe weather events will result in massive disruptions to livelihoods and cultural practices, as well as mass migrations as environmental refugees flee to more habitable areas. The plantationocene, defined by Donna Haraway as a way of drawing attention to the planetary effects of extractive practices, monoculture development, and coercive labor structures that have undergirded modernity and climate change since at least the 1600s, can provide a useful rubric for thinking through human-agented ecological change, especially as these changes unevenly affect different populations and regions. Furthermore, the plantationocene calls attention to the indelible ecological and economic legacies of imperialism including patriarchal and race-based hierarchies, and inequities among diverse peoples based on race, gender, class, and sexual orientation.  This special issue of The Global South examines the productive tensions created by the operative phrase “and/in” when thinking, writing, and living through climate change from the perspective of the global south and/in the plantationocene.

*CFP* "TOURISM, ECONOMIC, BUSINESS, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE" ACADEMIC CONFERENCE TEBEC 2020

Tourism, economic business, education and social science academic conference

5-8 July 2020

Tel-Aviv Israel

Tebec invites you to submit abstracts for presentations focusing on: Tourism, Economics Business, Social Sciences, Teaching, and Education.

TEBEC is an interdisciplinary conference, and Media and communication  Studies scholars are welcome

TEBEC offers an unparalleled opportunity for individuals representing the governmental, educational, private, and Non-Profit sectors to share research findings, management experience and techniques, to advance knowledge.

The conference fee include a free tour to Jerusalem, which offer informal opportunity to meet scholars from different countries and different disciplines.

Additional tour to Nazareth and Tiberius is available at additional fee.

Types of Presentation:  1. Traditional Research Presentations: 15-minute oral presentations with 5-minute Q&A, grouped by topic.