[acc-cca-l] call for papers: Decolonising media futures

[Donald Matheson]

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Kia ora colleagues. A call for papers for Emerging Media below. Please note the very tight deadline.

Call for research and colloquium articles: Decolonising media futures
Special issue of Emerging Media

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/emm

Guest editors:
Donald Matheson, donald.matheson at canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:donald.matheson at canterbury.ac.nz>
Tara Ross, tara.ross at canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:tara.ross at canterbury.ac.nz>
Zita Joyce, zita.joyce at canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:zita.joyce at canterbury.ac.nz>

Research articles and colloquium articles are invited for this special issue. Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2024.

Media technologies are not neutral, but reflect the societies and cultures in which they arise and are made use of. A key issue for scholarship on emerging media is, then, the extent to which emerging media structures, forms and practices reproduce inequities and biases in society and culture and thereby privilege the interests and perspectives of some groups over others. That issue also has a flip side, that is, the extent to which groups that have been historically marginalised, colonised or disempowered can shape a different media future. These concerns are global ones and raise questions about how large-scale and enduring power imbalances between people can be critiqued or challenged. This special issue will contribute to this project of decolonising communication by drawing together work that explores emerging media in terms of the interests and understandings of those who have been colonised, including systematically oppressed groups, indigenous people and groups who have been structurally excluded from communication. That work may include:

-    analysis of the challenges and opportunities experienced in decolonising media projects
-    conceptual work on what emerging media mean in indigenous contexts
-    critique by indigenous scholars of neo-colonial practices in digital media
-    data sovereignty projects in the global South
-    research on the consequences of specific technologies such as AI for decolonisation

Original research articles (up to 6000 words): Submission of articles is invited, to be double-blind peer reviewed in addition to the special issue editors. Acceptance will be offered after peer review. Invitations will be made on the basis of excellence rather than a spread of contributions or authors. A special invitation to submit is extended to scholars from the global South, from indigenous scholars or researchers foregrounding the perspectives of those involved in decolonising media.

Colloquium articles (up to 3000 words): Articles will be reviewed by the editorial team. Researchers with ongoing work that promises to develop the field or lead to significant findings are invited to submit articles that set out highlights of their research, such as their research goals, the ways they have collaborated with communities or civil society groups, the innovativeness of their approach or is otherwise distinctive.

No author processing charges or other payment from authors will be required.

The deadline for submissions is 15 September 2024. Please email one of the guest editors if you have any questions.
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