2nd Global Conference
Urban Popcultures
Friday 9th March- Sunday 11th March 2012
Prague, Czech Republic
Call for Papers:
This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims
to examine, explore and critically engage with
issues related to urban life. The project
will promote the ongoing analysis of the varied
creative trends and alternative cultural movements
that comprise urban popultures and
subcultures. In particular the conference will
encourage equally theoretical and practical
debates which surround the cultural and
political contexts within which alternative urban
subcultures are flourishing.
Papers, reports, work-in-progress, workshops and
pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to
any of the following themes:
1. Popular, Alternative, and Underground Music
Cultures; Alternative and Underground Dance,
Electronica, Hip Hop, Gothic, Punk
and Post-Rock Scenes. Local, Regional, and Global
Scenes. The Mass-Appropriation of Underground
Music. Independent Music Cultures. Popular Music
Theory.
2. Subcultures, Communities, and Codes
Underground and Alternative Ideologies and
Lifestyles. Issues of Gender,Sexuality, and
Identity. The Avantgarde and Urban Codes. Urban
Religion and Religious Expressions. D.I.Y.
3. Theories and Critical Studies of Popular
Culture Histories, Representations, and Discourses
on Independent Scenes. The
Frankfurt School. The Visual Turn. Urban
Intertextualities and Intermedialities. Cultural
Appropriations. Postmodernity and Beyond.
4. Popular and Subversive Expressions in Fashion,
Art, Film, and Literature Urban and Contemporary
Life and Themes Considered in Music, Literature,
Art and Film. Urban Fashion, Style, and Branding.
Pop Art. Graffiti. Low vs. High Culture.
5. The City as Creative Subject/Object
Virtual Urbanity – Online Communities and the
Impact of Social Networking. Urban Identity and
Membership. Globalization/Localization of
Urban Experience. Recent trends in
copyright/Copyleft. The Role of Internet in the
Transformation of Music Industry. The Impact of
User-generated Content.
6. Conflict, Popular Revolt, and Politics
Music and Politics. Race and Music Styles. Music
Revolutions. Generational Conflicts. Class
Divisions. Ageing Music Fans and
Cross-generational Cool. New Schools vs. Old Schools.
7. Popular Culture Online and in Mass media
The Visual Aspects of Urban Entertainment. The
Evolution of Music and Thematic Television. Media
Structure of Music Video. Explicit TV and
Censorship.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
30th September 2011. All submissions are minimally
double blind peer reviewed where
appropriate. If an abstract is accepted for the
conference, a full draft paper should be submitted
by Friday 27th January 2012. Abstracts should be
submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs;
abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF
formats with the following information and
in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e)body of abstract
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using footnotes and any special formatting,
characters or emphasis (such as bold,
italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and
answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do
not receive a reply from us in a week you
should assume we did not receive your proposal; it
might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to
look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Jordan Copeland
La Salle University,
Philadelphia, USA
Emial: copeland@lasalle.edu
Daniel Riha
Hub Leader (Cyber), Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
Email: rihad@inter-disciplinary.net
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK
Email: up2@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the 'Critical Issues'
programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and
interests to share ideas and explore various
discussions which are innovative and exciting.
All papers accepted for and presented at this
conference will be eligible for publication in an
ISBN eBook. Selected papers maybe invited
for development for publication in a themed hard
copy volume(s) or for inclusion in a new Cyber
journal (launching 2011).
For further details of the project, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/urban-popcultures/
For further details of the conference, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/urban-popcultures/call-for-papers/
Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a
not-for-profit network and we are not in a
position to be able to assist with conference
travel or
subsistence.
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