Media4All10: Media for All 10 University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium, July 5-7, 2023 |
Conference website | https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/media-for-all-10/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=media4all10 |
Submission deadline | August 31, 2022 |
Please follow these guidelines when submitting your proposal. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/l02i4vlkbq0mejr/Instructions%20for%20abstract%20submission.pdf?dl=0 |
The Transmedia research group organised its first conference in Barcelona in 2005. Ever since, Media for All has travelled all over Europe and beyond. Previous editions focused on various forms of Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility, quality and technology. Technology in particular plays a major role in our field. Many conferences and publications have been dedicated to exploring the impact of technology on the AVT landscape (Sketching Tomorrow’s Mediascape, Media for All 9 Barcelona 2021) and on how technology contributes to the field’s complexity (Complex Understandings; Media for All 8, Stockholm, 2019). Technology, after all, has been a key catalyst for the development of the field, both of Audiovisual Translation and of Media Accessibility. In this 10th edition of Media For All, we want to focus on the role of human agents in the translation process. We invite contributions that explore how the roles of users, translators, policy makers, industry and educators have changed over the past decade, under the influence of digitization and globalization. Media For All 10 aims to map the changing profiles of stakeholders in the field of AVT and MA, practice and research, and elicit the many complex relations in which human agents engage . A clear shift can be detected in our domain, (re)exploring the role of the concept of “agency” in translation today, particularly from the perspective of the complex networks these human and non-human agents are part of.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Research paper (15 min. + 5 min. Q&A.): presentation of finished or ongoing research in an advanced stage, with a focus on results.
- Research pitch (10 min. + 10 min. Q&A): brief presentation in which researchers pitch ongoing projects that are still in an early stage of development, without or with only preliminary results. The pitch format is designed to give scholars the opportunity to present new ideas in order to gain feedback from the research community at an early stage of the project and/or find potential research partners.
- Industry/practice report (15 min. + 5 min. Q&A): reports on industry R&D projects and/or case studies from practice. Industry/practice reports focus on a case study with general relevance for the community. They may not be conceived as a product pitch or promotional presentation.
- Panel discussion (60 min.): a session in which one issue related to a conference theme is discussed at length from different viewpoints by three to five panellists. The conveners of a panel will be responsible for chairing the debate and defining its topic, which must fall within the conference theme. They will select their panellists in accordance with their expertise to ensure the debate is relevant, lively and informative. Panellists may be academics and/or professionals working in the field.
- Pre-conference workshop (180 min.): a workshop related to a conference theme.
List of Topics
- Translators’ agency
- Interaction between agents in translation processes
- Human/user-centred research in AVT/MA
- AVT/MA training and education
- End-user involvement
- Inclusion and inclusive practices
- Human-machine interaction & technological development
- Collaborative practices
- Inter-and transdisciplinary research approaches
Committees
Steering Committee
- Nina Reviers
- Gert Vercauteren
- Iris Schrijver
- Sabien Hanoulle
- Anna Jankowska
- Isabelle Robert
Organizing committee
- Yanou Van Gauwbergen, secretary of the conference
- Alicja Zajdel, social media coordinator
- Kim Steyaert, website coordinator
Venue
The conference will be held at the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to mediaforall10@uantwerpen.be.