Dear colleagues,
The call for the 2023 Electronic Literature Organization Conference in
Coimbra, Portugal is here! Please, help us spread the word.
Looking forward to seeing you in Coimbra,
Alex
Link to the call
https://eliterature.org/2022/11/cfp-elo-2023-coimbra-jan-20-july-12-15-2023/
pdf. also attached
CFP: ELO 2023 COIMBRA (JAN 20; JULY 12-15, 2023)
ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION
2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND MEDIA ARTS SHOW
*OVERCOMING DIVIDES: ELECTRONIC LITERATURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE*
*JULY 12-15, 2023 – COIMBRA, PORTUGAL*
Join us this summer for four days of digital art and scholarship at the ELO
2023 Conference and Media Arts Show in beautiful Coimbra, Portugal, the 12th to
the 15th of July.
The 2023 conference, “Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social
Change,” advocates the dismantlement of economic, political, linguistic,
and cultural barriers, focusing on the relation between art and society, as
well as on the subversive potential of electronic literature.
Art and literature compulsively respond to undergoing socio-political
transformations. Whether overtly committed to social causes or inevitably
engulfed by waves of change, writers and artists are influenced by dramatic
shifts motivated by local or global issues such as climate change, economic
crisis, military conflicts, and repressive or coercive government policies.
The field of electronic literature, whose continuous reconfiguration is
deeply intertwined with technological advancements, is no exception to this
pattern. Equipped with the pervasiveness of network technology, as well as
with software that can analyze and portray reality with the utmost detail,
electronic literature is harnessed with adequate tools to voice
environmental and social concerns and to expose oppressive and corrupt
regimes. Highly experimental and focused on an introspective journey that
aims to explore the creative amplitude of emerging technologies, electronic
literature’s self-reflexive nature is also frequently mobilized to defy
normative perspectives over literature and art, as well as to challenge
deep-rooted cultural misconceptions.
During this conference, we aim to explore how electronic literature uses
its critical media approach, as well as its close affinity with
computation, to assume a socially engaged stance. In a time when walls are
being raised once again, this conference examines electronic literature’s
role in the dismantlement of new and old barriers between people.
ELO23 will be held in a national monument (Convento São Francisco),
overlooking the University of Coimbra as well as Coimbra’s Uptown and
Downtown areas, both designated World Heritage by UNESCO in 2013.
Challenging the social asymmetry represented by the uptown/downtown divide,
ELO23 will be extended from the university to the entire city center.
Performances will be opened to the public, and exhibitions will take place
at different locations in the city, thus integrating ELO Conference into
Coimbra’s rich cultural life. Remote (online) participation will be limited
to the scholarly dimension of the conference.
We welcome scholarly and artistic proposals that explore a connection
between electronic literature and the following themes, among others:
· the role of literature in social change;
· collaborative platforms and activist software;
· digital humanities and memory preservation (archive);
· environmental damage caused by digital technologies;
· the impact of climate change;
· language barriers, translation and linguistic diversity;
· disabilities and accessibility;
· mental health, trauma and cognitive diversity;
· social and economic inequality;
· digital literacy and societal transformation;
· gender divide and identity diversity;
· migrations and border enforcement;
· hybridity, recombination and multilinearity as aesthetics of
subversion;
· documentary forms and nonfiction narrative.
*ORGANIZERS *Electronic Literature Organization (ELO)
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (FLUC)
*Partners and Sponsors *Center for Portuguese Literature (CLP)
Instituto de Comunicação da NOVA (ICNOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Programa de Doutoramento em Materialidades da Literatura, Universidade de
Coimbra
Universidade Fernando Pessoa (UFP)
Câmara Municipal de Coimbra
Exploratório – Centro Ciência Viva de Coimbra
Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra
Berkeley Center for New Media
*HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSALS*
All proposals will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process.
Please read the instructions carefully. You may submit only one proposal
for each mode of participation (paper/panel; workshop; artwork;
performance).
*Academic Presentations: Panels and Papers *
We welcome submissions for stand-alone papers as well as organized panels.
Individual submissions for stand-alone papers should include an abstract
(250-350 words), as well as a short list of references (4-6 main works).
Individual papers will be presented as part of conference organized panels.
Each presentation will be 15 minutes long, followed by a 20-minute Q&A.
Please specify in your submission if this presentation will be in person or
online.
Three or four-person panels should include a brief overview of the panel’s
rationale (100-150 words), as well as individual abstracts of each
presentation: abstracts (250-350 words), including a short list of
references (4-6 main works). Panels will have a total presentation time of
one hour, and should allow for a 20 minute Q&A section. Please specify in
your submission whether this panel will be in person or fully online.
Hybrid panels will not be supported.
Please submit via Easy Chair <
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elo2023> by January 20, 2023,
11:59pm EST. While proposals should be in English, panels can be presented
in other languages. Note that no translation services will be offered. In
case of acceptance, abstracts will be included in the program and
proceedings.
Participants will be notified of acceptance by February 20, 2023.
*Workshops*
We welcome submissions for hands-on and participatory workshops. Proposals
should include a 250-350 word abstract (as well as a short list of
references if applicable; 4-6 main works). Please specify in your proposal
the structure of the workshop, any tangible outcomes (if any), pedagogical
goals, expectations from participants, requirements for participants
(previous knowledge, technical expertise, devices needed, etc.). Make sure
you describe any technical requirements for your workshop's implementation
at the conference.
All workshops will have an allocated time of 2 hours. Please specify in
your submission if this workshop will be in person or online.
Please submit via Easy Chair <
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elo2023> by January 20, 2023, by
11:59pm EST. While proposals should be in English, workshops can be
presented in other languages. Note that no translation services will be
offered. In case of acceptance, abstracts will be included in the program
and proceedings.
Participants will be notified of acceptance by February 20, 2023.
*Artwork: Exhibition of Digital Work *
We welcome submissions for two different public exhibitions addressing (1)
environmental issues and (2) social issues, i.e., repression, inequality,
and segregation.
Please send proposals including an artist statement (250-350 words)
detailing the aesthetic intentions, the structure of the piece, and its
relationship to the conference and chosen exhibition theme (Exhibition 1 or
Exhibition 2). In addition, provide documentation of the work (URLs),
author name(s), biographical note(s), and specific technical requirements
for display at the exhibition venue.
Please submit via Easy Chair <
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elo2023> by January 20, 2023,
11:59pm EST. Proposals should be in English, but displayed work can be in
other languages. In case of acceptance, artist statements will be included
in the program and proceedings.
Artists will be notified of acceptance by February 20, 2023.
*Performances*
ELO23 will host two nights of performances open to conference participants
and the general public. We welcome performance proposals addressing the
conference’s main theme of electronic literature and social change.
Please submit proposals including an artist statement (250-350 words)
detailing the aesthetic intentions, the structure of the piece, and its
relationship to the conference theme. In addition, provide the author
name(s), biographical note(s), and a description (250 words max.) of the
nature of the performance, as well as any technical requirements.
Please submit via Easy Chair <
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elo2023> by January 20, 2023,
11:59pm EST. Proposals should be in English, but performances can be in
other languages. In case of acceptance, artist statements will be included
in the program and proceedings.
Performers will be notified of acceptance by February 20, 2023.
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As with any ELO event, ELO23 will follow the organization’s code of
conduct. We are committed to providing an inclusive, equitable, and
harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender
identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical
appearance, body size, age, race, class, religion, or linguistic and
cultural background. For more information, please refer to
https://eliterature.org/about/code–of–conduct/
https://eliterature.org/about/code-of-conduct/
*CHAIRS*
Daniela Côrtes Maduro (Universidade de Coimbra)
Manuel Portela (Universidade de Coimbra)
Alex Saum-Pascual (University of California, Berkeley)
Rui Torres (Universidade Fernando Pessoa)
Feel free to contact us: eloconference