The Union for Democratic Communications-Project Censored 2019 conference invites contributions that reflect on the relationships between media, communication, and empire from a variety of perspectives. Contributions may examine these concepts through historical materialist, feminist, critical race, queer, and other critical approaches, and might be situated in interdisciplinary areas such as Latinx Studies, Black Studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and environmental studies. In particular, we invite contributions that highlight the means and methods for active resistance, democratic communication, and the promotion of social justice. New and established scholars, graduate students, activists, and media creators are encouraged to submit proposals. Please refer to https://bit.ly/2ZsKGjp for proposal submissions.
At this conference, we will ask: In what ways do we still exist in “American empire”? What are its prospects for the future, what alternatives are emerging and in what way? What role do media and communication networks play in solidifying or disrupting these possibilities? What continuities or disjunctures exist in the relations between the state, capital, labor, technology, and ideology? In what ways are the structures and ideologies of colonialism and imperialism (re)produced and experienced within national contexts?
Topics included but not limited to:
Individual Submissions as well as Panels, Workshops, Working Groups and Roundtables will be considered.
Please visit www.democraticcommunications.org for the complete call and further information.
Please send abstracts and proposals to: https://bit.ly/2ZsKGjp
Deadline: July 20, 2019
PC+UDC@CSUEB
October 31-November 3, 2019
California State University, East Bay
Accommodations in Oakland, CA
www.democraticcommunications.org