REMINDER: MeCCSA 2024 Conference, 4-6th September 2024, Manchester Metropolitan University
Theme: Transcending the Permacrisis
Call for Papers:
Although a crisis is commonly understood to be a temporary state and an exception to ‘normality’, we have entered the state of permacrisis: a continuation of challenges. Living in the permacrisis has consequences for individuals and society at large. The absence of any notion of normality, a lack of certainty about the future, and high levels of anxiety might lead to a notion of political and societal instability that has not been experienced for a long time. Stability and predictability are absent in the face of a poly-crisis: many interconnected crises that affect all aspects of human life. This conference seeks to address the issues related to a permanent state of crisis but it also, and perhaps more importantly, aims to discuss possible solutions.
We envisage the conference to be a mix of scholarly papers, themed panels, posters, film screenings, installations, and other practice-based contributions, and we would welcome submissions across the full range of interests represented by MeCCSA.
Particular focus is placed on interdisciplinary approaches that allow for a multi-faceted interrogation of phenomena related to the permacrisis.
We welcome submissions aligned either with the conference theme or any area covered by MeCCSA and its networks.
Possible topics can include, but are not limited to:
• Environmentalism
• Resilience
• Extremism
• Populism
• Culture Wars
• Resistance
• Cancel Cultures
• Wokeism
• Citizenship
• Activism
• Racism
• Misinformation
Submitting your proposal for an individual presentation: Please submit abstracts for individual papers (max 250 words) with presentation title, up to 5 keywords, your name, affiliation, and email address via this Easychair link.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=meccsa2024
Submitting your proposal for a panel, roundtable, screening, practice-based session, or workshop: We actively support the presentation of practice-as-research and have a flexible approach to practice papers and presentations. This may include opportunities to present papers and screenings in the same sessions or as part of a separate strand.
Proposals should include a short description and rationale (200 words) together with abstracts for each of the 3-4 papers (150-200 words each including details of the contributor), and the name and contact details of the proposer with up to 5 keywords.
The proposer should coordinate the submissions as a single proposal. The proposal should be submitted via Easychair.
We welcome abstracts from early career and postgraduate researchers.
For any queries, please contact the organising committee: [log in to unmask]
Submission deadline: January 16th, 2024
Kirsty Fairclough (on behalf of the organising committee)
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