CFP Environments spaces and transformations - Otago June 2014

From: Maud Ceuterick [[email protected]]

Call for Papers

Environments, Spaces and Transformations

Thursday 5th =96 Friday 6th June 2014

Inaugural MFCO Early Career-Graduate Conference hosted by the Department of=
 Media, Film and Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand

Keynote speakers: Dr Fiona Allon, University of Sydney & Associate Professo=
r Vijay Devadas, University of Otago

Conference organisers: Maud Ceuterick and Alex Thong

This interdisciplinary conference invites papers addressing the shifting re=
lations between environments, spaces and their transformations.

Environment and space are critically contested concepts for understanding c=
ontemporary societies, locally and globally, and scholars have assigned eve=
r-shifting meanings and significations to them.

Environments evolve and transform, but what impact do they have on societie=
s and cultures? Similarly, spaces continuously change, but how do they gene=
rate new identities and different relations between people and their socio-=
politico and economic environments? Additionally, transformations might ref=
er to the production of space for inducing change, changing socio-cultural =
and economic practices, technological interventions in various environments=
, or progressive politics re-orienting deep-rooted social stratifications. =
In fact, recently emergent formations such as the green economy, spatial th=
inking, critical environmentalism, and new materialism, to name a few, cont=
inue to give rise to multi-faceted debates around environments, spaces and =
notions of transformation.

We invite post-graduates and early career scholars to explore how interrela=
tions between environments, spaces and transformations open toward a multit=
ude of sites for dialogue across disciplines and practices.

Possible areas of inquiry include:

=95       Mediated environments

=95       Environments, space and politics

=95       Citizenship, space and environment(s)

=95       Filmic narratives of environment, space and transformation

=95       Transformations in cinematic spaces

=95       Space, place and gender

=95       Spaces, transformations and their implications for mobility and g=
ender

=95       Environment and space in the archives

=95       Philosophical approaches to space

=95       Digital Environments

=95       Implications of biotechnology

=95       Neoliberal spaces

=95       Representations of environments

=95       Transforming ethics and value

=95       Science, ethics and politics

=95       Travel, tourism and the environment

=95       Socio-cultural impacts of landscape and spatial modifications

Deadline for abstracts: 20th February 2014

Responses will be given by 28th February 2014

We invite abstracts of 250-350 words along with a short (100 word) author b=
io, from areas of study such as anthropology, geography, media, film studie=
s, communications, biology, science communication, history, sociology, gend=
er studies, political science, philosophy, art history, physics, climate sc=
iences, phenomenology, law, architecture, tourism, postcolonial and indigen=
ous studies.

Registration: Free. Tea and coffee provided. There will be a conference din=
ner on Thursday 5th June at the cost of $25 NZ/person payable in cash on th=
e opening day. We will contact you regarding registration and dinner attend=
ance.

Publication: Selected papers will be offered for publication in the referee=
d Working Paper Series of the Department of Media Film and Communication.

Papers will take the form of a 20-minute presentation and 10-minute questio=
n and answer session. Panel suggestions are welcome. Please send abstracts =
to Maud Ceuterick and Alex Thong at [email protected]<mailto:mfco_ecg@ot=
ago.ac.nz>

Masterclass: Postgraduates will also be invited to attend a Masterclass wit=
h Dr. Fiona Allon on Wednesday 4th June 2014. Indicate if you wish to parti=
cipate. Those attending the masterclass will be asked to submit a research =
proposal and short biography.

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Maud Ceuterick
PhD candidate in Film Studies
Department of Media, Film and Communication
University of Otago,
New Zealand Aotearoa

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