[csaa-forum] Popular Culture and World Politics 7.0

[Baden Offord]

Popular Culture and World Politics 7.0
University of Ottawa
Nov. 21-22, 2014
Call for Papers:
Pop culture has never been just about entertainment. It keeps a finger on society’s ideological pulse and the subjects that matter to the everyday, including traditional topics that fall within the political arena.
International affairs is more than guns and butter, and constructions of national identity and the justification of policies are well-established fields of inquiry. What counts as Canadian and consequently a Canadian foreign policy? In addition to traditional studies of nationalism and national identity through official discourse, more research is being done on the quotidian or day-to-day popular culture of world politics (Grayson et al. 2009). Debrix (2008), Shapiro (1997), and Weber (2006) discuss the popular geopolitics of American foreign policy through analysis of films, journalism, and other popular media.
PCWP is a dynamic, multidisciplinary conference that seeks to explore the ways in which pop culture reflects, (re)imagines, and even disturbs the production, consumption, interpretation, and understanding of the political world. This year, the University of Ottawa seeks to push the agenda of inquiry into the digital space, where immediate access to information has created new forms of political engagement and altered existing forms. Compression of complex ideas into smaller packets further affects content diffusion and consumption. We are excited to host the conference in a new, national venue, the Canadian War Museum—to better highlight both Canada and the role of national institutions in the discourse on war and world politics.
We are seeking to attract work from social scientists, digital humanities, and activists/artists who interrogate questions of identity, culture, violence, power, militarism, political economy, and genre.
 
Suggested themes for panels, papers, and presentations include (but are not limited to):

- Canada’s role in the world
- Representations of the Arctic
- Agency and Culture
- Objects of pop culture
- Propaganda/branding
- Identity in film, literature, and ephemera
- Culture of security
- Violence and digital games
- Teaching politics through culture
 
 
Events include:

* special screening of “Joystick Warriors: Video Games, Violence, and the Culture of Militarism” at the Canadian War Museum.
* teaching workshop: “Teaching with Pop Culture”
* publication workshop: “Publishing on Pop Culture”


Please send title, 250 word abstract, and contact information to:
pcwpvii at gmail.com
 
Due: July 1, 2014
Decision: Sept 1, 2014
Conference: Nov 21-22, 2014 @ University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Tumblr: pcwp7.tumblr.com
 
 
Organizing Committee:
Mark B. Salter, Sandra Yao, David Grondin
School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa


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Baden Offord, Ph.D.
Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights

Director, Community Engagement
School of Arts and Social Sciences
Co-Director, Centre for Peace and Social Justice
Southern Cross University

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