Social Sciences
1st Global Conference Urban Popcultures
Tuesday 8th March ? Thursday 10th March 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
Call for Papers
This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims
to examine, explore and critically engage with
issues related to urban life. The project
will promote the ongoing analysis of the varied
creative trends and alternative cultural movements
that comprise urban popcultures and
subcultures. In particular the conference will
encourage equally theoretical and practical
debates which surround the cultural and
political contexts within which alternative urban
subcultures are flourishing.
Papers, reports, work-in-progress, workshops and
pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to
any of the following themes:
1. Urban Space and the Landscape of the City
Urban Aesthetics and Architecture, Creative
Re-imagining and Revitalization of the City. The
Metropolis and Inner City Life: Urban Boredom vs.
Creativity.
2. Urban Music Cultures
Histories, Representations, Discourses and
Independent Scenes. Popular Music Theory. The
Visual Turn. Urban Intertextualities and
Intermedialities. Postmodernity and Beyond.
3. The City as Creative Subject/Object
Urban Life and Themes Considered in Music,
Literature, Art and Film, Urban Fashion, Style,
and Branding.
4. Urban Codes
Urban Popular Culture and Ideology, Politics of
Popcultures, D.I.Y, Alternative Ethics of the
City. Urban Religion and Religious Expressions.
The Avantgarde and Urban Codes.
5. The City and Cyberculture
Virtual Urbanity ? Online Communities and the
Impact of Social Networking. Urban Identity and
Membership. Globalization/Localization of Urban
Experience. Recent trends in Copyright/Copyleft.
The Role of Internet in the Transformation of
Music Industry. The Impact of User-generated Content.
6. The Urban Underground
The Rise and Fall of the Experimental Subcultures,
Scenes and Styles. Alternative and Underground
Dance, Hip Hop, and Punk Scenes. Queer Theory and
Urban Cultures. Gendered Music and Fashion. Free
Urban Exploration and Libertine Lifestyles.
7. Urban Activities in Massmedia
The Visual Aspects of Urban Entertainment. The
Evolution of Music and Thematic Television. Media
Structure of Music Video. Explicit TV and
Censorship. Urban Styles and Extreme Sports.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
1st October 2010. All submissions are minimally
double blind peer reviewed where appropriate.
If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a
full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 4th
February 2011. Abstracts should be submitted
simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts
may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with
the following information and in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using footnotes and any special formatting,
characters or emphasis (such as bold,
italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and
answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do
not receive a reply from us in a week you
should assume we did not receive your proposal; it
might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to
look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Jordan Copeland
La Salle University,
Philadelphia, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel Riha
Hub Leader (Cyber), Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
E-mail: [email protected]
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
The conference is part of the 'Critical Issues'
programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and
interests to share ideas and explore various
discussions which are innovative and exciting.
All papers accepted for and presented at this
conference will be eligible for publication in an
ISBN eBook. Selected papers maybe invited
for development for publication in a themed hard
copy volume(s) or for inclusion in a new Cyber
journal (launching 2011).
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/urban-popcultures/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/urban-popcultures/call-for-papers/
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Conference
1st Global Conference Urban Popcultures
Tuesday 8th March ? Thursday 10th March 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
Call for Papers
This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims
to examine, explore and critically engage with
issues related to urban life. The project
will promote the ongoing analysis of the varied
creative trends and alternative cultural movements
that comprise urban popcultures and
subcultures. In particular the conference will
encourage equally theoretical and practical
debates which surround the cultural and
political contexts within which alternative urban
subcultures are flourishing.
Papers, reports, work-in-progress, workshops and
pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to
any of the following themes:
1. Urban Space and the Landscape of the City
Urban Aesthetics and Architecture, Creative
Re-imagining and Revitalization of the City. The
Metropolis and Inner City Life: Urban Boredom vs.
Creativity.
2. Urban Music Cultures
Histories, Representations, Discourses and
Independent Scenes. Popular Music Theory. The
Visual Turn. Urban Intertextualities and
Intermedialities. Postmodernity and Beyond.
3. The City as Creative Subject/Object
Urban Life and Themes Considered in Music,
Literature, Art and Film, Urban Fashion, Style,
and Branding.
4. Urban Codes
Urban Popular Culture and Ideology, Politics of
Popcultures, D.I.Y, Alternative Ethics of the
City. Urban Religion and Religious Expressions.
The Avantgarde and Urban Codes.
5. The City and Cyberculture
Virtual Urbanity ? Online Communities and the
Impact of Social Networking. Urban Identity and
Membership. Globalization/Localization of Urban
Experience. Recent trends in Copyright/Copyleft.
The Role of Internet in the Transformation of
Music Industry. The Impact of User-generated Content.
6. The Urban Underground
The Rise and Fall of the Experimental Subcultures,
Scenes and Styles. Alternative and Underground
Dance, Hip Hop, and Punk Scenes. Queer Theory and
Urban Cultures. Gendered Music and Fashion. Free
Urban Exploration and Libertine Lifestyles.
7. Urban Activities in Massmedia
The Visual Aspects of Urban Entertainment. The
Evolution of Music and Thematic Television. Media
Structure of Music Video. Explicit TV and
Censorship. Urban Styles and Extreme Sports.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
1st October 2010. All submissions are minimally
double blind peer reviewed where appropriate.
If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a
full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 4th
February 2011. Abstracts should be submitted
simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts
may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with
the following information and in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using footnotes and any special formatting,
characters or emphasis (such as bold,
italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and
answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do
not receive a reply from us in a week you
should assume we did not receive your proposal; it
might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to
look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Jordan Copeland
La Salle University,
Philadelphia, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel Riha
Hub Leader (Cyber), Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
E-mail: [email protected]
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
The conference is part of the 'Critical Issues'
programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and
interests to share ideas and explore various
discussions which are innovative and exciting.
All papers accepted for and presented at this
conference will be eligible for publication in an
ISBN eBook. Selected papers maybe invited
for development for publication in a themed hard
copy volume(s) or for inclusion in a new Cyber
journal (launching 2011).
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/urban-popcultures/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/urban-popcultures/call-for-papers/
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