EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 2020 SFU Communication Graduate Student Conference
Location
British Columbia,
Canada
Subject Fields
Communication,
Social Sciences,
Cultural History / Studies,
Graduate Studies,
Journalism and Media Studies
Deadline Extended: New Deadline 15 March 2020 (PST 11:59 PM) All You Need Is… Research and Possibility Beyond Communication Studies Harbour Centre Campus, Vancouver, BCSchool of CommunicationSimon Fraser University14 May 2020 Located at the intersection of a number of academic fields and engaging with concepts and phenomena that affect our perception of the world and our daily lives, communication studies is well-positioned to generate invigorating debate, out-of-the-box research, and anti-status-quo critique. In a context in which digital technology casts a shadow on democracy, transnational capital’s power grows exponentially, and the voices of citizen-activists become fainter as algorithms gain agency, how might we conceive of creative and critical research as an agent of possibility? Taking stock of contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental conditions, it is easy to get the impression that we are riding a collective train that is gathering speed en route to a dead end. What alternative possibilities can communication scholars produce, highlight, and call for through research? Drawing on the interdisciplinary potential of communication studies, the 2020 SFU School of Communication Graduate Caucus Conference aims to generate conversation by highlighting the ways in which graduate-level research can address, challenge, and rethink the issues and stakes of our times. Twenty years into the new millennium, we ask graduate students in communication studies and associated disciplines: How might we conceive of research as a motor of possibility, or, vice-versa, of possibility as a motor of research? Through this conference, we hope to create a space conducive to cross-disciplinary dialogue, engaged critique, creative proposals, and provocative re-imaginings from graduate students across Canada. The organizing team encourages graduate students not only at the School of Communication but also from outside of the department to participate in this annual event. We are now accepting proposals for papers (presentations), panels, workshops and roundtables that examine the following keywords (but not limited to):
- Communication studies
- Research
- Possibility
- Creativity
- Critique
- Imagination
- Alternatives
- Creative methodologies
- Interdisciplinarity
- Pedagogy and communication
- Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte mbourche@sfu.ca
- Hyejin Jo hyejinj@sfu.ca
Contact Information
Conference co-organizers:
- Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte, PhD Student, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada (email: mbourche@sfu.ca)
- Hyejin Jo, PhD Student, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada (email: hyejinj@sfu.ca)
Contact Email
sfucmnsgradconference2020@gmail.com