Call for Papers

Image 2.0: Digital Media Futures
Interdisciplinary Conference 
University College Falmouth
Tremough Campus
Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Date: September 10th-11th September 2009
Proposal (250-500 words) deadline: 10th March 2009


Rationale:
This interdisciplinary conference aims to examine intersections between digital 
technologies and visual media. Organised by Falmouth’s School of Media, the conference 
will provide a space for debate on the present state and the future of visual media as 
they enter a new stage of development, where established boundaries between disciplines 
and practices, as well as between producers and consumers, are dissolving.
 
We invite both traditional academic research papers and practice-based presentations to 
promote cooperation and exchange of experience between scholars and media 
practitioners. The fields and disciplines that the conference will focus on include film 
studies, photography, web design, advertising and digital animation. Other academic or 
creative fields will be considered insofar as the exploration of their modes of practice 
refers to (or relies on) digital technologies.

Call for papers: 
We invite established scholars, emerging researchers and graduate students to present 
papers on a wide variety of topics but are particularly interested in theoretical and 
practice-based approaches to the following:
•	Textual/genre analysis (how digital media affects visual storytelling in film, 
photography and animation genres);
•	Distribution/production/exhibition of creative visual work in the global (or national) 
context (Internet film exhibition, web publishing, accessibility, interactivity, new forms of 
leisure and media consumption. Media 2.0, Web 2.0);
•	Representations (digitally based minority creative groups and subcultures, digital  
media  in relation to gender, sexuality, race, immigration, and visibility within the 
dominant culture);
•	The changing nature of the moving image (reception and audiences of digitally 
based film and animation, YouTube, MySpace, video streaming, digital archiving);
•	Art vs. commerce (the blurring distinction between the two, photography and 
creative advertising);
•	Learning and Teaching (digitally based research and methodologies for analysing 
visual media, vlogging, digital archives);
•	Alternative cinema (digital technologies and their impact on producing animation, 
documentary, pornography, experimental films, music videos, etc.);
•	Legal and ethical aspects of digitally based visual media (control, censorship, 
pressure groups, copyrights).

Submission guidelines (paper proposals):
Please email the title of your proposed presentation and 250-500 word abstract with a 
100 word biographical statement. Please note that long CVs will be rejected. All proposals 
must be included in the body of a single email.
There is no application form to fill out. 
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Deadline for paper proposals: 
10th March 2009
If your proposal is accepted we will notify you by the end of March. 

Call for creative work:
As a part of the event, we intend to put up an exhibition of digital photography and 
illustration, as well as a space with facilities for streaming videos. Therefore, we 
encourage entries of photographic, illustration, poster, and film work from media 
practitioners, artists, graduate and undergraduate students. Any piece of original work is 
invited as long as the images and films are digitally based. Those submitting will be fully 
responsible for any copyright clearance related to their work (including music).

Submission guidelines (creative work):

Photographs, illustrations and posters: Please send your works as email attachments (jpg 
files) and once your work is accepted we will ask you to forward either prints or high-
resolution files to us. Limit: 5 pieces per entrant.
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Short films and video installations (up to 10 minutes): 
Please send a clearly marked DVD to:
Anna Misiak 
Image 2.0 Conference
Film
Tremough Campus
University College Falmouth
Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ
England

Deadline for creative work:
1 May 2009
If your work is accepted we will notify you by 18th June 2009

University College Falmouth and Cornwall:
University College Falmouth nurtures a culture of excellence, exploration and 
collaboration that compels our students to produce groundbreaking work. This unique 
combination provides a backdrop that will fire your imagination. UCF has a reputation 
across the art, design, media and performance industries locally, nationally and 
internationally as a place to find innovation and the industry stars of the future. UCF is a 
member of Skillset Academy.
To find out more about our university and its location please visit: www.falmouth.ac.uk 
and www.visitcornwall.com/site/tourist-attractions

Contact: Anna Misiak, Jason Whittaker, and Mark Douglas at 
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