July 7-9, 2020
Auckland University of Technology (USA)
Deadline: January 17, 2020
https://www.popculturecentre.org/cfp
The Popular Culture Research Centre (Auckland University of Technology) welcomes papers for its upcoming interdisciplinary conference on the theme of ‘storytelling and identity’ in popular culture. The conference will be held in Auckland on 7-9 July 2020.
The conference aims to bring together researchers in the field, and foster important interdisciplinary scholarly conversations in popular culture. Practices of storytelling are at the centre of the ways in which popular culture disseminates information.
From film to television, from Twitter accounts to the latest fandom trend, popular culture provides us with an arena where our narratives of the everyday can transform from immaterial notions to very material and tangible objects of consumption. Popular culture is privileged in its ability to both reflect and influence our identities, and the way we live, in our twenty-first century context.
Please email abstracts to the attention of the conference organisers at: pop.centre@aut.ac.nz
Your abstracts should include your name, affiliation, e-mail address, the title of your proposed paper, and a short bio (100 words max).
The deadline for submissions is 17 January 2020
The conference invites abstracts for presentations related to the theme of ‘storytelling and identity’ in popular culture. Topics can include, but are not limited to:
Fictional narratives (from film to literature, television, comics, and beyond)
- Popular genres and media
- Social/online media, sharing cultures and cult followings
- Fandom and celebrity
- Popular icons, trends and fads
- Depicting ‘reality’ in popular media and culture
- Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs
- Practices of remaking and re-adaptation
- Fashion, design, and culture
- Aesthetics and desire
- Consumerism and (im)materiality
- Food cultures, histories, and representations
- All matters of taste, cuisine, and identity
- Gender identities and politics
- Sex and sexualities
- Family matters (including functions and disjunctions)
- Spirituality and religion
- Matters of life and death
- Gothic and horror (in all their guises, as related to storytelling and identity)
- Memory, remembering, and mis/remembering
- Popular performances
- Environmental matters
- Education, pedagogy and popular culture
- Popular culture and the news
- Authenticity and accuracy
- Heritage and historiography
- National politics and identities
- Global vs local narratives and identities
Please email abstracts to the attention of the conference organisers at: pop.centre@aut.ac.nz
When submitting abstracts please make sure to include your name, affiliation, e-mail address, the title of your proposed paper, and a short bio (100 words max).
