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Department of Mediatization of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin,
Wroclaw Academic Centre and
Academia Europaea Wroclaw Knowledge Hub

open a call for participation in the online workshop

Towards development of mediatization research VIII
Mediatization(s). Conversations of Theories, Concepts and Traditions

 

MS Teams, 22.11.2024

Continuing our research meetings focused on specific issues of mediatization research chaired by eminent experts (Göran Bolin (2017), Johan Fornäs (2018), Andreas Hepp (2019), Mark Deuze (2020) André Jansson (2021), Andrew Hoskins (2022), Kirsten Frandsen (2023), this year the workshop will take place online on the 22 November 2024 and it will be led by Professor Carlos A. Scolari, Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University.

The title of this year's edition is: Mediatization(s). Conversations of Theories, Concepts and Traditions

 

We invite all mediatization researchers who wish to discuss their own research projects in a narrow and closed group of media scholars under the guidance of an expert. 

The idea behind this year's edition

This year we would like to dedicate the workshop to such topics of contributions as interdisciplinarity in mediatization studies as well as new frontiers in mediatization studies, focusing on such issues as:

• possibilities of the transfer of schools, traditions, concepts etc. into mediatization studies
• methodological and conceptual innovations in mediatization studies
• clashes of ideas and incompatibility in mediatization studies
• theoretical and conceptual flexibility versus inflexibility in mediatization studies
• non-obviousness in mediatization studies
• boundaries and limits of mediatization studies.

We invite submissions that may be aimed at answering the following questions:

• If media construct realities, how should cognitive science and similar disciplines be integrated with mediatization studies?
• What are the relationships between mediatization studies and the emerging fields of new materialisms and non-anthropocentric approaches?
• How can mediatization studies be enriched through exchanges between the Global North and the Global South?
• How can the integration of eco-evolutionary approaches in mediatization studies enrich the field?
• What are the new (or expected in the near future) research objects, ideas, methodological, and conceptual innovations in mediatization studies?
• What are the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological challenges of mediatization studies?
• Concepts such as 'deep mediatization' and 'waves of mediatization' have been central to mediatization studies. What new concepts and metaphors could be introduced to enrich our understanding of mediatization processes?

The idea and principles of the workshop

The idea and format of the meeting is based on a closed specialization workshop in a formula proven in the previous editions, i.e.:

• participants work on different types of materials (articles, works in progress, proposals, theses, reports, presentations/slides, any other drafts etc.) under the guidance of the expert;
• meeting is preceded by substantive preparation by the expert and all participants on the basis of materials circulated among all participants in advance;
• during the meeting all participants focus on group discussion and expert feedback (presentations and speeches are limited to a minimum);
• seminar is preceded by an introductory lecture by the leader.

*There is no conference fee.

SCHEDULE

• [14.10.2024] - submissions of abstracts (no more than 500 words)

Please use the form available below (second page of this call); other submission will not be accepted.

• [16.10.2024] - notification of acceptance of proposals
• [5.11.2024] - submission of materials for discussion by all accepted participants (only pdf format is accepted)
• [7.11-21.11.2024] - preparation for the workshop by the leader and all participants
• [22.11.2024] - closed online workshop

THE REGISTRATION FORM

More info: 

https://www.umcs.pl/pl/towards-development-of-mediatization-research-viii-mediatization-s-conversations-of-theories-concepts-and-traditions,29680.htm

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Tom Mankowski
ICA
Washington DC
United States
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