OCTOBER 24-25, 2014
University of Toronto
Call for Papers: International conference “Interactive Narratives, New
Media and Social Engagement”
Date: October 24th and 25th, 2014
Place: Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada
Submission deadline: May 1st, 2014
An interdisciplinary conference for researchers and
practitioners.
How has the digital
screen changed our world in general and narrative and visual arts in particular
is the broad focus of the second Department of Spanish and Portuguese at
the University of Toronto and BRAFFTV Film and Media international Conference.
We are interested, for
instance, in the evolution of narrative practices from text-based literature to
the advent of the digital revolution as storytelling moves from literacy to
so-called post-literacy.
The prevalence of new
interactive digital narrative in all areas from games, to literature, to films,
to video art has resulted in new forms of storytelling and, accordingly,
provoked new practices of reading that transforms readers/viewers into active
collaborators.
We are interested in
exploring transmedia, intermediality, the role of social media and digital
globalization as well as narratives in games and graphic novels. Also, the impact of the digital screen on art and
new exhibition practices.
Physical public space is
increasingly being substituted or augmented by virtual space through digital
screens (e.g. video, film, computer). What effect do these new developments
have on social space, seen here as encompassing both physical public spaces
(streets, hotels, coffee shops) as well as virtual space (YouTube, Vine, Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr, Orkut, etc.)? How do these novel practices effect
previously clearly demarcated frontiers between the public and the private?
Throughout the world,
from Brazil to Turkey to Canada, we have recently witness the influence of
social media on political participation. How have these new platforms
engendered innovative forms of expression?
The Conference aims to bring together
researchers, practitioners and theorists for a two-day conference at Victoria College
at the University of Toronto on October 24-25. The presented papers will be
evaluated for possible inclusion in a special issue of a journal on the
proceedings.
The following key topics/areas will be emphasized
during the conference:
1. Intermediality, Transmedia and Remediation
2. Expanded Cinema and Digital Screen Aesthetics
3. Transnational Cinema and International Co-Productions
4. Digital Animation and Games: Narrative and
Interactivity
5. Snack Media, Mobile Screens, Micro Movie, and
Microblogging
6. Social Media Engagement and New Technologies
7. Hacktivism and Political Engagement
8. Digital Art and Literature (eBooks, eReaders)
SUBMITTING PROPOSALS:
Send an Abstract
(between 180 and 300 words in length including the research objectives,
theoretical framework and methodology) and Brief Bio-CV (100 words maximum) by
May 1st, 2014 to brafftvconference@gmail.com Each proposal must
include title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email addresses
of the author(s).
Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by participants. The organizers will, on request, provide the necessary letters for the purposes of issuing visas to foreign visitors.
Email Contact: brafftvconference@gmail.com
Further information on our previous conference visit the website: http://brafftv.com/en/conference.html
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