For this interdisciplinary conference held in June 2023, we invite paper abstracts that are close to the central topic related to media, mobilities and communities in the global context.

What is the new phrase of globalisation? The question has become a common concern of vast communities on this planet. The ‘global village’, to some extent, exists as a McLuhanian illusion mediated with fluid and fragments behind the semblance of the accord. Given the speeding up iterations of techno-driven infrastructure and digital apparatuses, is the intensified ‘hypermobility’ in the last wave of globalisation dwindling or by contrast being augmented with a new face? Encountering drastic changes and great uncertainties in the global complex, how do people represent and (re)locate themselves in everyday scenarios? Probing from a media-centred perspective, we call for an empirical revisit of global/local ‘communities’ – the binding and rebinding of people – from multifaceted approaches. Themes may include but are not limited to:

1)Empirical studies about media and nationalism/multiculturalism/cosmopolitanism;

2)(im)Mobile spatiality and temporality in the digital era;

3)Migrants, diaspora and (dis)placement related to media studies;

4)Ethnographic research on media, family and kinship;

5)Subcultural groups and their media practices;

6)Media and social diversities (i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, class, disability).

7)Media and spatial attachments to home, land and virtual corners on digital platforms alike;

8)Media archaeology on the touch/abandon of specific media for particular social groups.

Guidelines for abstracts:

Abstracts should have between 800-1200 words with title, author(s)’ name(s) and affiliation(s), and email address(es) and be submitted by email to meijierenleixue@163.com.

10 April 2023, deadline for abstract submission;

25 April 2023, abstract decisions announcement;

30 May 2023, deadline for full-paper submission;

9-10 June 2023, Zhuhai, conference.

Language: English/Chinese

The conference is organised by Dr Dianjing Li, Dr Qiaoyun Zhang and Dr Xiaomeng Lan from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC). There is no registration fee for this conference. Meals and tea breaks during the conference will be provided by the organiser. Attendees are responsible for their own transport and accommodation expenses.

The conference will take place on 8-10 June 2023 at UIC, Zhuhai, Guangdong, PRC. We hope you will be able to participate in the offline conference although an online meeting room will be organised.

For further information about the conference, its themes, abstract submissions, and panels please contact: Ms Jiaqi Liang, jiaqiliang@uic.edu.cn.