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<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sharing the below CFP for the Australian Media Traditions Conference on the topic of ‘Archives and Archetypes: Recovery and Renewal’: It is closing on 31 March.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cheers<br>
Damien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">14th Australian Media Traditions Conference<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">RMIT Melbourne, 4–5 September 2025<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">‘Archives and Archetypes: Recovery and Renewal’<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">CALL FOR PAPERS<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">RMIT School of Media and Communication is proud to announce it is hosting the 14th Australian Media Traditions biennial conference on Thursday 4<span class="s2"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th
</span></span>and Friday 5<span class="s2"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th
</span></span>of September 2025. The conference will be held in-person at RMIT University’s City Campus, 123 Swanston Street, Melbourne. There will also be a social event at the Capitol Theatre on the afternoon of Wednesday 3<span class="s2"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">rd
</span></span>of September.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We are calling for paper and panel proposals that speak to the theme ‘<b>Archives and Archetypes: Recovery and Renewal</b>’.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Archives and archetypes are each about conservation. Archives are materially conservative. By maintaining records in a specific location under certain conditions they secure historical
records. Archetypes is a dynamic framework within which endures universal identities complete with their own weaknesses and strengths. Yet this is only so within a tradition of western cultural thought.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We invite you to join us in challenging what media traditions may be. AMT2025 aims to recover an understanding of key ideas and approaches to media as we work to reveal past histories
of resisting the status quo and renew relationships to audiences and the public.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference submissions from academics, students, media practitioners, representatives of cultural institutions, and other scholars are warmly welcomed. Proposals can cover diverse areas
including media institutions, advertising, audiences, book publishing, digital gaming, journalism, libraries, media preservation, policy and regulation, publishers and printers, convergence and technological developments.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Submissions could consider:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="li4" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">New practices and methods shaping the future of archival collection and preservation<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="li4" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">New technologies enabling the creation of an archive<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="li4" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The role of archives in documenting marginalized voices and underrepresented histories<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="li3" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Challenges and gaps in preservation and accessibility<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Although submissions connected to the theme are encouraged, all proposals for papers and panels connected to media history will be considered.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A special journal issue is in planning. More details to come closer to the conference.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please send paper abstracts and panel proposals to
<span class="s3"><a href="mailto:ausmediatraditions2025@gmail.com">ausmediatraditions2025@gmail.com</a>
</span>by Monday 31 March.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Paper abstracts
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">should be no more than 200 words, and be accompanied by a title, author biographical note (up to 50 words), and up to 5 keywords.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Pre-constituted panel proposals
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(for up to 5 people) should include a title, up to 5 keywords, and a 200-word overview, plus 200 words from each participant on their contribution, as well as a biographical note of up
to 50 words for each speaker.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Further questions can be addressed to the conference convenors, Dr Josie Vine (<span class="s3"><a href="mailto:josie.vine@rmit.edu.au">josie.vine@rmit.edu.au</a></span>), Dr John Tebbutt
(<span class="s3"><a href="mailto:john.tebbutt@rmit.edu.au">john.tebbutt@rmit.edu.au</a></span>), Dr Alexa Scarlata (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#7C52D5;position:relative;top:-1.5pt;mso-text-raise:1.5pt"><a href="mailto:alexa.scarlata@rmit.edu.au">alexa.scarlata@rmit.edu.au</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">),
or Damien O’Meara (<a href="mailto:Damien.omeara@rmit.edu.au">Damien.omeara@rmit.edu.au</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://academics.rmit.edu.au/damien-omeara"><span style="color:#467886">Damien O'Meara</span></a>
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">[pronounced Oh-Mah-Rah] (he/him)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lecturer, Public Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">School of Media and Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">RMIT University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><img border="0" width="118" height="27" style="width:1.2291in;height:.2812in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB9A65.290BDFA0" alt="signature_2737717222"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#292625;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Recent publications</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">O’Meara, D.J. & Monaghan, W. (2024).
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X241236990"><span style="color:#467886">Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and nonbinary representation on Australian scripted television in the 2000s and 2010s</span></a>. Media International Australia, Online First.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">O’Meara, D. (2023). <a href="https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2023/pride-on-the-margins/meet-cute-in-the-margins-establishing-gay-community-contexts-in-the-gay-romcom/"><span style="color:#467886">Meet
Cute in the Margins: Establishing Gay Community Contexts in the Gay Romcom Genre</span></a>. Senses of Cinema, 106 (August, Online).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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