Event overview
Confirmed speakers Prof Natalie Fenton (Goldsmiths, MeCCSA chair), Prof Jeremy Gilbert (University of East London), Prof Sue Clayton (Goldsmiths), Dr Myria Georgiou (LSE)
Our world is in the grip of a series of interrelated crises, many of which involve the creation, collapse & reconstitution of borders & boundaries – territorial (the “refugee crisis”, new forms of extractive neo-colonialism), socio-spatial (urban restructuring, segregation and displacement,) political (Brexit, Trump, the rise of the far-right globally) & personal (self-tracking, automated surveillance & digital labour). Even as some borders appear weakened due to technological change & the increased fluidity of social identities, new boundaries around national identity & ethnicity are erected in their place. The fracturing of the neoliberal consensus since 2008 has challenged conceptual boundaries relating to the economy, society & the role of the state, but no coherent alternative set of ideas has yet become apparent, let alone dominant. In Gramsci’s words, “the old is dying & the new cannot be born.”
Borders & Boundaries: Territories, Technologies, Transgressions locates itself in this historical moment, seeking to explore the forces of deterritorialization & reterritorialization active in this conjuncture. This conference – organised by PG students from the London School of Economics & Political Science & Goldsmiths College – seeks to disrupt & destabilise boundaries while creating productive border¬-zones where cultures & disciplines can interact.
We invite academics, students, activists, artists & others to submit proposals on a wide variety of themes related to the conference title incl, but not limited to:
Ideologies & hegemonies: techniques & practices of power (including: development & reproduction of dominant media narratives; statecraft; othering & erection of conceptual borders; participation as collusion & co-optation)
Oppositional communicative practices: participation, protest & rebellion: (incl: established & alternative forms of participation; the capacity of technologies to break boundaries & challenge hierarchies; social movement & protest politics)
Alternative & community media practices: transgressions & challenges: (incl: media & communicative practices of oppressed & marginalised groups; creation, disruption, rearticulation & reconstitution of personal & collective identities)
Altered media landscapes: political economies & technological change (including: the impact of new media on hierarchies & modalities of media power; changing political economies of data, digital infrastructure & mass media)
The politics of the sensory: modes & modalities of communication (incl; sensory technologies & methodologies; the internet & visual communication; transgressive and oppositional practice in arts; non-linguistic communication in mass media)
How to submit?
Submit your abstract by filling in the form at meccsapgn2017.com/submissions
by 21/03/17. If you are unable to fill in the online form, please contact us at info@meccsapgn2017.com
meccsapgn2017.com/submissions/
Dates & times
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26 Jun 2017 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | |
27 Jun 2017 | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
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