CALL FOR PAPERS Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2012 Conference Proposed Panel : Girls' and Women's Media Production Organizer Name: Mary Celeste Kearney E-Mail Address: [log in to unmask] This panel will explore girls' and women's production of all types of media (film, TV, music, print, Internet) in youth cultures, alternative media, and the media industries. Historical perspectives are encouraged. Possible paper topics include: - equipment/technology - training and mentoring - employment and advancement - distribution - exhibition practices - aesthetics/formal strategies - activism and politics - play and performance - identity and community - professional organizations Please send a 250-word abstract with at least 5 references and a brief biographical note to Mary Celeste Kearney <[log in to unmask]> by August 8, 2011. (Text pasted into the body of an email is preferred over an attached Word document.) Selections for the panel will be made by August 15, 2011. -- Mary Celeste Kearney Graduate Advisor, Media Studies Associate Professor Department of Radio-Television-Film The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station A0800 Austin, TX 78712-0108 Office: 512-475-8648 Fax: 512-471-4077 [log in to unmask] http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/mckearney.html ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu