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Lorien Hunter <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello,

Can you please circulate this CFP through the listserv? As always,
apologies for cross-postings.

Thanks!

Lorien

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*First Forum’s On the Fringe: Understanding Alternative and Subversive
Media *

*USC Critical Studies Graduate Conference, Los Angeles, California October
16th–17th, 2015*

First Forum, the 2015 USC Critical Studies Graduate Conference, seeks out
scholars examining a wide array of media existing on the “fringe” of
mainstream commercial industries and the theoretical and critical
frameworks that illuminate them. The areas of cinema and media this
encompasses—such as avant-garde/experimental, minor cinemas, guerrilla
television, YouTube and amateur internet media, B-movies, third cinema,
exploitation genre, or feminist filmmaking—have historically been
marginalized despite their rapid expansion and growing importance in the
field of media studies. These fringe texts represent how visual media
evolved over time speak to foundational questions of their surrounding
visual culture, satisfy niche consumers, or express ideological manifestos.
How does the fringe media serve as an alternative to the greater industry
it is surrounded by? How do they impact our notions of “cinema” or digital
media? What does it mean for a fringe media to become mainstream? What
theoretical or political issues arise as we understand marginalized media?
Topics are encouraged to draw from a wide variety of critical lenses, as
well as focus on any time period, genre, or medium.

In addition to panels showcasing graduate papers, this year’s conference
will include a roundtable discussion between Dr. David E. James, Dr. Kara
Keeling, Dr. Akira Lippit, and Dr. Michael Renov, as well as alumni
lectures, and a keynote address.

We welcome papers engaged with fringe studies, and encourage submissions
that take a fluid interpretation of this topic as well. Please submit an
abstract of no more than 300 words for a 20-minute panel presentation as
well as a brief bio of no more than 100 words. Non-traditional, creative
projects are welcome, as are individual papers or pre-constituted panels.

Please email your submissions and inquiries to Sophia Serrano at
[log in to unmask] by *May 26th, 2015*.


Possible topics include:

Avant-garde, B-movies/Genre films, Experimental video art, Third
Cinema, Guerrilla television, Blaxploitation, Feminist Theory/Media,
Underrepresented artists, Pornography, Citizen journalism, Expired
technologies, Found footage, Documentary, Forgotten media, Amateur Internet
media, Cult Films, Genre films, Alternative histories, Minor Cinemas, Race
politics and theory, Developing media

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