Shima
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Call for Papers for conference on: Islands and Audiovisual Media
Islands and Audiovisual Media
University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, June 26–28 2024
Held in collaboration with SICRI (the Small Island Cultures Research Initiative) and Shima journal
Focus:
Islands have been extensively represented in cinema, television and various forms of video. Local community film and video productions and documentaries by outside producers have often looked at the minutiae of island life and the nuances of living on islands. There is also the expedition genre, representing journeys to islands (with the outsider’s impressions as the key topic). YouTube has many examples of personal travel videos. Many fictional and documentary productions have utilised familiar tropes of island paradises and their opposite, island ‘hells’ — places of confinement, menace and despair. Island paradises have been the subject of comedy and romance whereas hellish islands have been featured in genres such as horror, action and SciFi. Reality television has also drawn on these paradigms and a number of music videos have also represented islands in various ways.
Proposals:
Proposals from researchers from any Humanities field are invited that address one or more of the following topics:
- The representation of actual islands in one or multiple audiovisual texts
- The representation of fictional islands in one or multiple audiovisual texts
- The representation of islands in particular genres and/or national cinemas
- The relationship of island-themed audiovisual productions to broader social political factors and histories
- Gender issues in island themed audiovisual productions
- Colonial and postcolonial discourses in island-themed audiovisual productions
- Island community media productions and/or organisations
- Ethnographic approaches to island themed audiovisual productions
- Reconstructions of historical island life in audiovisual productions
- Issues of film/video style with regard to representations of islands
Proposals (300–400 words long) should be sent to Dr Firouz Gaini (FirouzG@setur.fo) and Dr Philip Hayward (phayward21c@gmail.com)
An early acceptance program is in place, for those wishing to apply for travel funding from their institutions. All proposals received by August 20th 2023 will be considered and replied to by September 21st 2023. Final deadline for submissions of proposals will be January 30th 2024.
NB cheaper accommodation in Torshavn tends to book out early, so the earliest possible submission of proposals is advised.
There will be a special issue of Shima on the topic of Islands and Audiovisual media published in late 2024. Conference delegates are invited to submit extended versions of their accepted papers for consideration for publication by August 1st (absolute latest) and may submit these prior to the conference for online publication in advance of the special issue (at the editor’s discretion) — contact Dr Philip Hayward at phayward21c@gmail.com for further information.
Inland Waterscapes, Udine 22–25 May 2024
International Conference on Inland Waterscapes: Nature, Society and Culture in Hydrography
The International Conference on Inland Waterscapes (Udine, Italy 22–25 May 2024) is collaboratively organized by The University of Udine (Italy), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy), the River Cities Network (Netherlands) and Shima (Australia).
Our aim is to internationalise the emergent field of Waterways Studies and to give researchers from different regions the opportunity to understand the nature of waterways as cultural water-/landscapes in differing locations across the world.
For information and registration, visit the conference website: https://inlandwaterscapes.uniud.it/
Supported by:
- University of Udine
- Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
- River Cities Network — International Institute for Asian Studies
In cooperation with:
- Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET)