CFP: CINEMA AND THE POSTMETROPOLIS



Submissions are sought for a panel entitled _Cinema and the  

Postmetropolis_ at the 2009 Society for Cinema and Media Studies  

Conference in Tokyo, Japan (May 21-24, 2009).



Urban geographer Edward Soja has developed the term postmetropolis to  

describe the future-oriented urbanism of the late capitalist age of  

globalization. From the fractal city to the simcity, and from the  

cosmopolis to the exopolis, the postmetropolis can take on many  

forms. Drawing on Soja's constructions but also looking beyond his  

work to other ways of conceptualizing the contemporary city, this  

panel considers how cinema engages the new kinds of urban spaces and  

experiences that have emerged as a consequence of globalization.



Papers addressing cinema and the postmetropolis in ways that relate  

to the overall conference theme (mobilizing the future/screening the  

past) are particularly welcome. Please visit the SCMS website for  

more details about the 2009 conference : http://www.cmstudies.org/



Send 300-word abstract and a full academic CV (as separate email  

attachments) by August 1, 2008, to: Christoph Lindner ([log in to unmask])



Christoph Lindner

Assistant Professor of Film and Literature

Department of English

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL 60115, USA

Email: [log in to unmask]

http://www.engl.niu.edu/clindner















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