ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Thematic ​Issue in the International Journal of Communication

Deadline: October 31, 2021

Guest-edited by:

• Prof Dr Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, ZeMKI (ahepp@uni-bremen.de)
• Prof Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado Boulder (nathan.schneider@colorado.edu)
• MA Anne Schmitz, University of Bremen, ZeMKI (a.schmitz@uni-bremen.de)

Overview

In their 1996 publication of the same name, Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron characterized what they called the “Californian ideology” as a combination of “the free-wheeling spirit of the hippies and the entrepreneurial zeal of the yuppies” (Barbrook & Cameron 1996: 44). At its core, this Californian ideology is defined by the notion of a society characterized simultaneously by libertarian markets, alternative ideas of community and individual freedom—shaped by technology more than other social forces. Such notions were driven by networks such as those that emerged around the Whole Earth Catalog, and later, Wired magazine (Turner 2006), which communicated these ideas far beyond the American West Coast. Many of today’s platforms and digital infrastructures, which drive the current “deep mediatization” (Hepp 2020) of society, were created in the spirit of such an ideology, supported by ideas of “global scalability” of once found "technical solutions”.

At the same time, there were groups early on that seem to be opposed to such ideas. Examples of this are the Hacker, Open Source, or Civic Hacking movements, which are interested in critically questioning tendencies of commercialization. Such groups exert their influence by developing alternative “sociotechnical imaginaries” (Jasanoff & Sang-Hyun 2015) about possible futures – thus creating a space of possibility. However, if one also looks at emerging communities today such as the Maker, Quantified Self, or Biohacking movements, it becomes evident that many “alternative” imaginaries are closely interwoven with the Californian ideology. On closer inspection, the boundaries do not appear to be so easily drawn; there are manifold connections, fractures, affinities, and differences in the various communities.

Against this background, the aim of this special issue is to look at different technology-oriented communities and to ask what “alternative imaginaries” of a deeply mediatized society they develop as well as what their possible impact on future developments might be.

Submissions should address questions like these:

• What imaginaries of possible futures are tech communities developing?
• In which areas are they experimenting and which future developments are they opening up?
• Where is a Californian ideology reproduced in the practices and discourses of these communities?
• How does the departure to other models and concepts of technological development succeed?

Formatting and Requirements

To be considered for this collection, a paper should range between 6,000 and 8,900 words (all-inclusive, which includes the abstract, keywords, images with captions, footnotes, references, and appendices, if any) must be submitted by October 31, 2021 to the editors and adhere to the following formal requirements:

• Formatting according to the most recent version of the APA style-guide (including in-text citations and references).
• Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes.
• Papers must include the author(s) name(s), title, affiliation and email-address. (Your paper will subsequently be anonymized for double-blind peer review.)
• All articles should include an abstract of 150 words.
• All spelling must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
• See “Author Guidelines/Submission Preparation Checklist” at https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Any papers that do not follow these guidelines will not be submitted for peer review.

The International Journal of Communication is an open access journal (ijoc.org). All articles will be available online at the point of publication. The anticipated publication timeframe for this Special Issue is October 2022.

Contact Information

All submissions should be uploaded to https://cloud.medlab.host/s/pt43t39ZrHtXcnD by October 31, 2021. Late submissions will not be included for consideration.

University of the Arts London

Vacancy ID: 6903

College/Service: London College of Communication

Main location: LCC - Elephant and Castle, London UK

Job type: Full time

Unit: School of Media

Job term: Permanent

DBS check required?: No

Closing date: 20 June 2021 23:55

Scheduled interview date: 19 July 2021

Salary: £46,423 to £55,932 per annum

The role

We are looking to recruit an established academic in the field of Public Relations. You will join our team of academics and practitioners working on our BA and MA Public Relations courses in the Communications and Media programme. The role requires specialism in Public Relations, including PR planning processes, research methods (qualitative and quantitative), promotional PR, consumer behaviour, branding, and digital marketing.

You will proactively contribute to pedagogic and curriculum development that stimulate thought and practice that challenge the canon of public relations with the aim of promoting diversity and inclusivity.

You will have substantial teaching experience in Higher Education and have a proven track record of delivering high quality student experience, including curriculum delivery, development and assessment. You will take responsibility for leading, teaching and learning on relevant units, as well as supervising final projects and dissertations.

You will bring an advanced knowledge of your subject area and be able to apply this to broader processes of change through innovative pedagogy, knowledge exchange and/or research.

Why choose us?

London College of Communication is a pioneering world leader in creative communications education. With the communications sector constantly evolving at a rapid speed, we work at the cutting edge of new thinking and developments to prepare our students for successful careers in the creative industries of the future. Our course provision reflects the breadth of expertise housed within the most diverse creative agency including: journalism, advertising, PR and publishing; photography; film, television and sound; communications and media; graphic communication; spatial communication; design cultures; and interactive and visual communication.

Your profile

Before completing an application form, candidates should please download the candidate information pack and the job description/person specification for the role and read the full list of requirements and selection criteria before applying as this will be the criteria on which your application will be assessed.

Requirements of the role:

• Experience of teaching & assessment in a higher education environment
• Considers and promotes equality, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of teaching, assessment and scholarly practice
• Collaborates and works effectively within team and across different professional groups
• Evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/or practice that contributes to the advancement of public relations and is relevant to the goals of the Programme, College and University
• Plans, prioritises and manages resources effectively to achieve objectives
• PhD or Higher level research degree and/or equivalent publications

UAL is committed to addressing the under-representation of staff from Black and Minority Ethnic communities, using our student profile as a reference point. During the Academic Futures recruitment campaign of 2021, we will therefore be offering application consultations to prospective candidates from this under-represented group.

If you identify as a Black or Minority Ethnic candidate and would like to book an application consultation, please fill in this short form Academic Futures Consultation Expression of Interest.

Posting date – Thursday, 27 May 2021

Closing date – Sunday, 20 June 2021

Should you have any queries, please contact the Recruitment Team via email lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

Candidates are advised to submit applications early.

Job description and personal specification

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University of the Arts London

Vacancy ID: 6906

College/Service: London College of Communication

Main location: LCC - Elephant and Castle, London UK

Job type: Full time

Unit: School of Media

Job term: Permanent

DBS check required?: No

Closing date: 20 June 2021 23:55

Scheduled interview date: 9 July 2021

Salary: £46,423 to £55,932 per annum

Apply here: https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/xf-2ce0e13d6456/candidate/so/pm/6/pl/1/opp/6906-Senior-Lecturer-in-Creative-Digital-Practice-Communications-and-Media/en-GB

The role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Media School at London College of Communication. We are looking to recruit an established educator in creative digital practice. You will join our team of academics and practitioners working in the Communications and Media programme at LCC. The programme consists of courses in Advertising, Media Communications, Contemporary Media Cultures, Public Relations. We are expanding our creative digital practice and your role will be pivotal in helping us to achieve this.

The role requires a specific focus on creative digital practice. Current specialism may include but is not limited to: digital and social media, digital content production, digital research methods, digital ecosystems, creative industries, creativity, audio-visual expression, and/or digital storytelling.

You will bring an advanced knowledge of your subject area and be able to apply this through innovative pedagogy, knowledge exchange and/or research. You will hold a qualification in a relevant discipline at least to postgraduate level or have a substantial track record in industry alongside substantial teaching experience in Higher Education with a proven track record of delivering high quality student experience. You will have a strong commitment to the advancement of your field and to stimulate thought and practice and promotes diversity and inclusivity.

Why choose us?

London College of Communication is a pioneering world leader in creative communications education. With the communications sector constantly evolving at a rapid speed, we work at the cutting edge of new thinking and developments to prepare our students for successful careers in the creative industries of the future. Our course provision reflects the breadth of expertise housed within the most diverse creative agency including: journalism, advertising, PR and publishing; photography; film, television and sound; communications and media; graphic communication; and interactive and visual communication.

Your profile

Before completing an application form, candidates should please download the candidate information pack and the job description/person specification for the role and read the full list of requirements and selection criteria before applying as this will be the criteria on which your application will be assessed.

Requirements of the role:

• Experience of teaching & assessment in a higher education environment
• Considers and promotes equality, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of teaching, assessment and scholarly practice
• Evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/ or professional practice that contributes to the advancement of creative digital practice and is relevant to the goals of the Programme, College and University
• Evidence of pedagogic leadership for curriculum development and growth on subject specialism
• PhD or Higher level research degree and/or equivalent professional experience

UAL is committed to addressing the under-representation of staff from Black and Minority Ethnic communities, using our student profile as a reference point. During the Academic Futures recruitment campaign of 2021, we will therefore be offering application consultations to prospective candidates from this under-represented group.

If you identify as a Black or Minority Ethnic candidate and would like to book an application consultation, please fill in this short form Academic Futures Consultation Expression of Interest.

Posting date – Thursday, 27 May 2021.

Closing date – Sunday, 20 June 2021.

Should you have any queries, please contact the Recruitment Team via email lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

Candidates are advised to submit applications early.

Job description and personal specification

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University of the Arts London

Vacancy ID: 6902

College/Service: London College of Communication

Main location: LCC - Elephant and Castle, London UK

Job type: Full time

Unit" School of Media

Job term: Permanent

DBS check required?: No

Closing date: 20 June 2021 23:55

Scheduled interview date: 20 July 2021

Salary: £46,423 to £55,932 per annum

Apply here: https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/xf-2ce0e13d6456/candidate/so/pm/6/pl/1/opp/6902-Senior-Lecturer-in-Communications-and-Media-Media-Communications/en-GB

The role

We are looking to recruit an established academic in the field of communications and media. You will join our team of academics and practitioners working on BA (Hons) Media Communications and the Communications and Media programme. The role requires a specific focus on digital media communications, including (but not limited to): digital cultures; networked technologies; participatory cultures; established, innovative and digital research methods; media theory, including media regulation and power structures; race, diversity and inclusion.

You will have substantial teaching experience in Higher Education and have a proven track record of delivering high quality student experience through curriculum delivery, development and assessment. You will take responsibility for leading, teaching and learning on relevant units as well as supervising final major projects and dissertations. You will have experience of providing academic and pastoral support to students, of monitoring student progress and maintaining appropriate records.

Why choose us?

London College of Communication is a pioneering world leader in creative communications education. With the communications sector constantly evolving at a rapid speed, we work at the cutting edge of new thinking and developments to prepare our students for successful careers in the creative industries of the future. Our course provision reflects the breadth of expertise housed within the most diverse creative agency including: journalism, advertising, PR and publishing; photography; film, television and sound; communications and media; graphic communication; spatial communication; design cultures; and interactive and visual communication.

Your profile

Before completing an application form, candidates should please download the candidate information pack and the job description/person specification for the role and read the full list of requirements and selection criteria before applying as this will be the criteria on which your application will be assessed.

Requirements of the role:

• Experience of teaching & assessment in a higher education environment
• Considers and promotes equality, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of teaching, assessment and scholarly practice
• Collaborates and works effectively within team and across different professional groups
• Evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/or practice that contributes to the advancement of the field and is relevant to the goals of the Programme, College and University
• Plans, prioritises and manages resources effectively to achieve objectives
• PhD or Higher level research degree and/or equivalent professional experience

UAL is committed to addressing the under-representation of staff from Black and Minority Ethnic communities, using our student profile as a reference point. During the Academic Futures recruitment campaign of 2021, we will therefore be offering application consultations to prospective candidates from this under-represented group.

If you identify as a Black or Minority Ethnic candidate and would like to book an application consultation, please fill in this short form Academic Futures Consultation Expression of Interest.

Posting date – Thursday, 27 May 2021.

Closing date – Sunday, 20 June 2021.

Should you have any queries, please contact the Recruitment Team via email lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

Candidates are advised to submit applications early.

Job description and personal specification

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October 28-29, 2021

Online Conference

Deadline: July 16, 2021

Menzies Australia Institute (King’s College London)

distantshoresconf.wordpress.com

/ @distshoresconf

INVITED SPEAKERS

Bruce Beresford (film director)

Jonathan Rayner (University of Sheffield)

Allison Craven (James Cook University)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of both /Wake in Fright/ (Kotcheff, 1971) and /Walkabout/ (Roeg, 1971) appearing in London cinemas on the same weekend, this two-day online conference seeks to explore the range of international and transnational perspectives that helped shape the Australian New Wave of the 1970s and 80s.

Coming after a prolonged period of production ‘drought’, the Australian New Wave has typically been framed via the rhetoric of cultural nationalism, and celebrated for its articulation of a range of ideas, histories, and narratives about the Australian nation. Although there have been occasional efforts to address the New Australian Cinema’s place within global networks – either directly (Lewis, 1987; Macfarlane and Mayer, 1992) or as minor components of recent transnational re-examinations (Danks and Verevis, 2010; Khoo, Smaill and Yue, 2013; Davis, Gibson and Moore, 2014; Danks, Gaunson and Kunze, 2018) – the dominance of parochial approaches have often served to obscure the many international dimensions that drove Australian film production in the 1970s and ‘80s, from international funding models and co-productions, to imported stars and the significance of international circulation and reception.

As Tom O’Regan remarked in his landmark work Australian National Cinema: ‘If national cinemas are implicated internationally, Australian cinema has been remarkably implicated.’ (1996, 51). Building on those implications, this conference seeks to address the inherently international and transnational nature of the Australian New Wave, and we welcome proposals that draw upon a wide range of historical and/or methodological approaches to Australian cinema and film culture between 1965 and 1985.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• National cinema and settler colonialism
• International circulation and/or reception
• Global film festivals and the New Wave
• Ozploitation and global exploitation cinemas
• Genre, commercialism and international influence
• Australia and global art cinema
• International financing and co-productions
• The role of foreign-owned production companies
• Relationships with international state-funding models (e.g. Canada)
• ‘Runaway’ productions and location filmmaking
• Imported stars and international stardom
• Filmmakers returning from overseas to work in the local industry
• The international careers of Australian filmmakers
• International filmmakers in Australia
• Local and global film cultures

Proposals for individual papers (15-20 minutes) are welcome, and should include an abstract outlining your paper (max. 300 words), and a short author biography (100 words). The organisers are also planning an edited collection based on the conference themes, so please indicate if you would be interested in contributing.

Deadline for submission of proposals: Friday 16 July 2021

Please send proposals (or any queries) to the conference team via: distantshoresconference@gmail.com

CONFERENCE ORGANISERS

Dr Stephen Morgan (Menzies Australia Institute, King’s College London)

Liam Bell (PhD candidate, University of Sheffield)

Isabella Macleod (PhD candidate, University of Queensland)

Deadline: July 1, 2021

Communications and media scholars are warmly invited to submit papers for an edited volume/special issue under the working title: "Europeanisation through the European Universities Initiative: Identity and Higher Education Perspectives".

Context: The European Universities Initiative (EUI), launched by the European Commission in 2018 within the Erasmus+ programme to promote further integration in the European Higher Education sector, can be taken as a new object of study in the European political and higher education landscape (Gunn, 2020). The initial pilot phase encourages universities in the first 41 selected "alliances" to aim for a level of cooperation which goes beyond existing actions within the Erasmus+ programme, in order to develop "European campuses" and a shared sense of belonging between partner universities. As such, the initiative raises questions for political scientists, and law scholars interested in the European Union and its institutions, in Higher Education policy, for sociologists and communication scholars working on questions of European identity and intercultural communication, for education scholars and linguists studying the impact of student mobility and multilingual education on learning outcomes.

This call for papers will bring together, in an edited volume or special issue, research which considers the EUI in the light of different forms of Europeanization with which it may be associated (Radaelli, 2003). In one of its core approaches higher education cooperation is positioned in context of political imperatives aiming at promoting 'ever closer union' (Bache, 2006).

In terms of the Europeanization of Higher Education, from an institutional perspective, this may include questions of European-level and national Higher Education policy and the evolving legal framework, but also the way the initiative is being implemented during the pilot phase and the forms of cooperation set up by the universities involved, especially through external incentives (funding) and social learning (Vucasovic, 2013). The Europeanizing potential of the initiative in bringing about or reinforcing the conditions of an "imagined community" of European students and staff is a complementary line of study, including both top-down and bottom-up approaches, in the light of the existing body of literature dealing with European and national identities (Cram, 2009; Frame, 2016; Skey & Antonsich, 2017).

Contents: The editors see the forthcoming volume as making an early contribution to scholarship on the EUI in multi-theoretical, multi-dimensional and multi-factor analysis. They welcome conceptual or empirical-based studies on or around the following themes:

Approaching the EUI as an object of scientific study: conceptual and methodological frameworks - The EUI in the light of Europeanisation theories: integration / disintegration - The EUI in the context of EU public diplomacy and decision-making

• Europeanizing identities through the EUI
• The EUI from a legal perspective
• The EUI in context of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

The political dimension

• The evolving context of the EHEA and the emergence of the EUI
• EU stakeholders' politics, policies and discourse on the EUI: from calls to implementation
• European University Networks (EUNs) between European and national governance: political stakes and tensions experienced around the EUI.

Emerging forms of collaboration within EUNs: case-study-based approaches

• Organisational perspectives: tensions experienced and solutions found
• Advanced institutional and staff integration within EUNs - Student involvement and emerging forms of cooperation
• Governance structures adopted within EUNs - The challenges of multilingualism and inclusiveness
• Digitalization and forms of virtual cooperation in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
• Everyday Europeanhood - building European identities through practice
• EUNs as learning environments - Networking and competition between EUNs.

Future perspectives for the EUI

• Common higher education strategies: towards a European Degree?
• Synergies between the EHEA and the European Research Area (ERA): funding the global missions of EUNs
• The legal status of EUNs: ensuring continuity, enlargement and the future of the EUI
• Mobility and sustainability in the context of the Green Deal
• Quality assurance, harmonisation, micro-accreditation.

Paper proposals in English, of around 800 words including a short bibliography, should be sent by email to the editors, Barbara Curyło (bcurylo[at]uni.opole.pl) and Alex Frame (alexander.frame[at]u-bourgogne.fr), by 1st July 2021. Please contact us also if you wish to receive a pdf version of this cfp.

A seminar for authors will be organised on 12th November 2021, in order to discuss first versions of the papers submitted and to work on the structure and key themes and concepts of the edited volume. No payment will be required from authors for either the publication or the seminar. The editors wish to also use the seminar to formalise a research network around the EUI as a scientific object, with a view to building a consortium for a future research funding proposal.

Calendar:

Deadline for abstract submission: 1st July 2021

Feedback from editors: 15th July 2021

Texts (4000-6000 words) submitted for circulation prior to authors' seminar:

15th October 2021

Authors' seminar: 12th November 2021

Full texts submitted for publication: 3rd January 2022

Feedback to authors: 1st April 2022

Final versions of texts: 1st June 2022

Publication: December 2022

York St John, School of the Arts

Location: York

Salary: £33,797 to £39,152 per annum pro rata

Hours: 14.8

Closing Date: Wednesday 16 June 2021 at midnight

Interview Date: Thursday 08 July 2021

Reference: 070-21

Part time, permanent

Location: York

Salary is £33,797 to £39,152 per annum (£13,518 to £15,660 pro rata)

York St John is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

As one of the fastest growing universities in the U.K over recent years, we have a new strategy for the next decade, emphasising our commitment to widening opportunity through the power of education and contributing our talents to creating a fairer world, and a more prosperous region. We are putting inspirational learning and impactful research at the heart of this strategy, recognising our academic expertise as our greatest asset.

This role sits within the School of the Arts – a creative community of students and teachers – and within the team of nine specialist academic and four specialist technical staff delivering our media production course suite.

Our BA (Hons) Journalism course is BJTC-accredited and taught by current and former industry professionals.

You will be joining an experienced team at a key development stage for journalism at YSJU, with proposals to expand the number and range of journalism courses offered and to develop community-engaged journalism partnerships.

This is an ideal role for a current or very recent broadcast journalist looking to move into academia.

We are looking for a highly-skilled journalist with current or recent (within last 18months) experience of working within radio or TV news.

We are particularly looking for someone with experience of radio journalism, factual podcasting, and/or audio features.

You should also be able to demonstrate experience in around building content for digital audiences and have a genuine interest in developing your experience and expertise around learning and teaching.

You must have experience of teaching or of working with young people and/or supporting the professional development of young journalists.

You must also have:

• An Honours degree.
• Post-graduate qualification in journalism or post-graduate research qualification desirable but not essential.
• Research or professional portfolio of journalism

Contact for informal candidate queries Tracy Willits, Senior Lecturer within media production team: t.willits@yorksj.ac.uk

In addition to a competitive salary, YSJ employees enjoy access to a superb range of benefits including –

• Generous annual leave entitlement (plus additional leave days during our Christmas closure period)
• Pension scheme
• Health cash plan
• Training and development
• Discounts at a range of local companies, including shops, cafes and restaurants.

The University is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff networks and a multi-faith space to support staff from different background

As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.

Please note that CVs are not accepted in place of the application form.

Interviews are currently taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams. Further guidance will be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.

Please note that this vacancy may close early if a large volume of applications are received to ensure that we can meet the above timescales. Any applications currently in progress at this time will be notified and given the opportunity to complete their application prior to closure.

Closing Date - Wednesday 16 June 2021 at midnight

Provisional Interview Date - Thursday 08 July 2021

Further details: Job Description Further Information

Gender/sexuality/italy 9:I, 2022 (special Themed Issue)

Deadline: July 15, 2021

Guest Editors: Giovanna Maina (University of Turin), Sergio Rigoletto (University of Oregon), Federico Zecca (University of Bari)

Email:

giovanna.maina@unito.it ;

srigolet@uoregon.edu ;

federico.zecca@uniba.it

No payment from the authors will be required.

This themed section seeks to examine pornography as a nexus of practices, knowledges, institutions, and economies primarily concerned with bodily pleasure. It considers pornography as a rich cultural field: a terrain on which is staged an ongoing struggle over the politics of representation, the social legitimacy, and the cultural visibility of desires, bodies and intimacies. Pornography has long been the object of censorship, surveillance and intense political critique. Once principally associated with exploitative sexual practices and methods of distribution, as well as a source for oppressive conceptualizations of gender roles, it has now become a central sphere of intervention for queer and feminist activists, and for radical political work. Within pornography, consumption practices often intersect with participatory spheres of culture production and community-making dynamics. This intersection tests the thin line between social practice, representation and fantasy within which porn operates as a cultural and media domain.

In Italy, pornography first emerged as a noteworthy cultural phenomenon in the mid-1970s, with the proliferation of adult magazines and the first hard-core films by directors like Joe D’Amato. In the 1980s, Italian media (print, cinema, and intermittently even television) were flooded with sexually explicit images, the production and circulation of pornographic materials paralleling and sometimes exceeding the exploits of North-European countries such as France or Germany. During this time, a significant process of deregulation and legitimization of sexually explicit materials transformed what had largely been seen as a predominantly Catholic country prone to censorship into a libertarian paradise for pornographers and their publics. From the 1980s onwards, this process contributed to the blurring of the boundaries between porn cultural production and mainstream culture, with eminent representatives of the Italian porn industry who were able to cross over to mass entertainment and even politics (e.g., Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, was elected member of the Italian Parliament between 1987 and 1991).

Over the last 30 years, no other country seems to have embraced porn icons (e.g., Rocco Siffredi, Moana Pozzi, Jessica Rizzo, and Valentina Nappi) so enthusiastically within its mainstream cultural fabrics. This peculiar relation between pornography and the mainstream represents one of the major objects of inquiry that this special issue proposes to consider.

Currently, the Italian porn industry has been engulfed and somehow erased by the processes of global conglomeration and delocalization that have reshaped porn production world-wide in the digital age – significantly, important ‘national’ players like Rocco Siffredi and Mario Salieri have offshored their operations to Eastern Europe. In other words, much of what we may call ‘Italian porn’ is now inextricably linked to the distinctive global networks of cultural production, distribution and consumption within which pornography operates.

Nevertheless, the idea of a nationally-specific porn imaginary still seems to occupy a peculiar position in the globalization of pornography, one that self-consciously marks its imagined national boundaries, while also shedding light on their permeability. What does Italian porn culture look like then? Can ‘Italian’ function as a term that ‘localizes’ the global production and circulation of porn? What would this local perspective open up? And, finally, what would this eccentric cultural field say about Italian culture and about its relation to globalization and global media?

We invite proposals that explore, but are not restricted to, the following topics:

• The history of Italian pornography: from classic stag films to the ‘double versions’ and adult magazines of the 1970s, from the glorious video era of the 1980s and 1990s to the digital revolution and beyond
• Circulation and consumption of pornography in Italy, from illegality to the advent of web 2.0
• Italian performers, directors, producers
• Dissident and alternative pornographies, feminist/queer/anti-racist experimentations, the relation between pornography and activism
• Italian ‘cross-over’ porn stars (Cicciolina, Moana, Selen, Rocco Siffredi, Eva Henger, etc.) and their relationship with the Italian ‘mainstream’ entertainment industry, and with Italian culture, society and politics more in general
• Italian porn stars in US and European production, past and present
• The national industry: past productions practices and studios (e.g., Diva Futura), and present delocalization to Eastern Europe
• Nationally-specific trends, genres, styles, tropes
• Regional varieties and subgenres (e.g. Concetta Licata, Mario Salieri, 1994)
• Gender, age and dis/ability in Italian porn
• Sexualization of race and ethnicity in Italian porn
•  ‘Italian porn’ as a (commercial and aesthetic) brand
• The notion of ‘Italian’ as an exotic signifier when related to the perception and the branding of specific stars, performers, and directors
• ‘Italian’ as a marker of ‘otherness’ and exoticism when related to specific series or products (e.g., Gape in Italy, Omar Galanti, 2013, Evil Angel)
• ‘Italian’ as a category in pornographic aggregators (pornhub, youporn, xvideos, etc.)
• Grassroots practices in Italian pornography and ‘local’ pro-am micro-celebrities
• Intersections between pornography and ‘legitimate’ Italian cinema
• Critical discourses on pornography circulating in the Italian public sphere

Deadline for proposals: July 15, 2021

Send your proposals to:

giovanna.maina@unito.it

srigolet@uoregon.edu

federico.zecca@uniba.it

The proposal should include a 500-word abstract, bibliography (max 5 sources), and bio for each contributor.

The Guest Editors will evaluate the proposals and submit them to the Advisory Board. If the proposal passes these steps, the Guest-Editors will send a g/s/i formal request to the contributors.

Deadline for article submission: January 31, 2022.

The articles will be sent to reviewers for a process of double blind peer review, according to the g/s/i policies for guest edited volumes (see http://www.gendersexualityitaly.com/…es/ ). Comments and feedback will be returned to authors in Spring 2022, for final editing.

Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation (Special issue)

Deadline: June 15, 2021

Sciendo/De Gruyter, https://www.sciendo.com/…JCP

This special issue of "Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participatio"n invites contributions that explore children's play as cultural participation and production empirically and theoretically, especially in how we can design for cultural participation and production. The recognition of the importance of play in childhood is deeply rooted in the Nordic research on child culture.

For years the Nordic studies of children have been defending children's right to unguided play, driven by the participants as a fundamental condition for participatory cultural practice in childhood. At the same time, the conditions for children's play have changed fundamentally, and as a result of this, the conditions for children having the possibilities to explore their capacity as cultural producers have also changed. We have seen a decline in children’s traditional and self-governed participatory play culture. The unguarded play has become scarce, replaced by monitored places and transparent architecture in day-care, kindergarten, schools, and homes. This creates new challenges for contemporary play research and practices if we still want to promote play as cultural participation and production.

The question is how we can design for play, driven by the participants. Design for play in that sense demands high awareness of how we think and define play in theory as well as in everyday practice, addressing the possibilities for participation as productive play culture.

Topics may include:

Designing for

• Play in children's everyday life
• Play and technology
• Play and materialities
• Play and creativity
• Playful in institutional settings
• Play and music
• Play as aesthetic practices
• Play as a democratic practice
• Play and digital media
• Play and humour

Articles should be between 6000-7000 words, incl. references, endnotes, captions and headings. All articles will undergo blind peer-review for final selection in the special edition. No APCs are required.

Timeline:

• June 15, 2021: Submission of abstracts (500 words, title incl., 5 keywords and author bio)
• July 1, 2021: Editors´ decision on selection of abstracts for the special issue
• November 1, 2021: Submission of full papers (7000 words, references and notes included)
• November 2021-March 2022: Review phase
• April 2022: Final submission of revised papers
• June 2022: Publication of special issues

Any questions related to this special edition can be sent to the guest editors:

Helle Marie Skovbjerg, Professor. Design School Kolding. Denmark. skovbjerg@dskd.dk

Tilde Bekker, Professor. Eindhoven Technical University. Nederland. M.M.Bekker@tue.nl

Anne-Lene Sand. Post.doc. Design School Kolding. Denmark. als@dskd.dk

Liv Torunn Grindheimn. Professor. HVL, Norway. Liv.Torunn.Grindheim@hvl.no

About the journal: https://www.sciendo.com/…JCP

Marymount University School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Marymount University School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, housed in the College of Sciences and Humanities, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor in Communication, beginning August 2021 (the successful candidate may choose to defer the start date until January, 2022).

Faculty are expected to teach high-quality courses in online and face-to-face settings. The College’s assistant professors have the opportunity to work with undergraduate students in our student-centric, agile environment. The most desirable candidates will be interested in conducting high-impact research with our faculty in our commitment to advancing research across disciplines in communication and the social sciences.

The College of Sciences and Humanities is located on Marymount University’s Main Campus. Our college is committed to preparing students for success in various settings within the field of communication. The program also supports minors in Communication, Public Relations, and Journalism.

For this position, a Ph.D. in Communication is required by 2021.

Teaching experience is preferred, with an academic and/or professional emphasis on strategic communication and/or critical and cultural communication.

A three course undergraduate teaching load per semester is likely to include a combination of the following courses: Public Speaking, Career and Professional Communication, Broadcast Writing and Delivery, Writing for Digital Media, Media Communication, Intercultural Communication, Organizational Communication, Gender and Communication, and Media Criticism. Leadership ability and experience in course development and curriculum design desired. Other duties to include: advising majors, supervising internships, participating in service and committee work, advising the Marymount chapter of the NCA student honor society Lambda Pi Eta, and publishing scholarly research.

We seek applicants who have a passion for teaching and desire to ignite intellectual curiosity among our students. The selected applicants will each teach three 3-credit communication courses per semester, pursue an active research agenda, and participate in service to the program, school, and university as requested.

Please submit a letter of interest indicating the position for which you are applying and describing your academic and professional experiences, scholarly interests and teaching philosophy; a diversity statement; a current C.V.; and a list of three professional references. The committee will begin reviewing applications on June 18, 2021, and accept applications until the position is filled. Please submit applications via https://marymount.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/…878

Marymount University welcomes and values all members of our community. Guided by the mission of our founders, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), to achieve unity through diversity, Marymount honors our diversity as a source of strength. Our differences inspire intellectual curiosity and collectively allow us to tackle the challenges of the world. We seek to foster an inclusive community in which each person’s race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, ability, class, national origin, and immigration status are fully respected and celebrated. According to the vision of the RSHM that “ALL may have life, and have it to the FULL,” we strive to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, cooperation, and civility where all community members are S.A.I.N.T.S—Safe, Accepted, Included, Needed, Treasured, and Seen.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support and integrate the mission and core values of Marymount University and Academic Affairs, including our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Teach a 3/3 course load each year, including courses from undergraduate and graduate levels;
• Maintain a successful record of quality, peer reviewed scholarship;
• Maintain office hours at times which provide appropriate access to students.

OTHER DUTIES AND ASSIGNMENTS

• Assume professional responsibilities as requested by the Dean of the College and/or School Director.
• Engage in on-going professional development which will include scholarship activities such as research, presentations, and participation with professional organizations.
• Contribute to the University, College of Sciences and Humanities, and

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences’ functions and services, including assessments, and continuous improvement activities.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education

Ph.D. (or ABD with completion by 8/15/2021) in Communication or closely related Social Science from an accredited institution.

SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS

Marymount provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.