Call for papers – Patterns of Miscommunication in Contemporary East-Central European Cinema
International Conference | Bucharest, September 28th-29th, 2023
We would like to invite scholars from the fields of film, media and communication studies, but also of linguistics, literary studies, political studies, anthropology, etc., to a joint reflection on East-Central European contemporary cinema. More precisely, we want to explore issues related, but not restricted, to:
● communicational barriers
● typologies of abortive communication
● (audio)visual representations of communication failures
● impact of collective and/or individual trauma on communication
● (in/a/non)communicating across spaces and borders
● gender, ethnic or racial discrimination as undercurrents of communication failure
● interspecies non-communication as reinforcement of the anthropocentric paradigm
● political dimensions of the refusal to communicate
● national waves and alternative modes of cinematic expression ● creative solidarity networks across East-Central Europe
Authors wishing to contribute to the conference program are kindly invited to submit an abstract of maximum 300 words and a short bio note at the following address: snspa.unatc.conference@gmail.com. They should also clearly specify whether they intend to participate in-person or online.
Conference proceedings will be published.
Important dates
Abstracts and bio note submission: June 30th, 2023
Decision date: July 31st, 2023
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