A three-day international conference devoted to the field of Indigenous Popular Culture, organized and hosted by the department of North American Literary and Cultural Studies of Saarland University, Germany. <\/p>\n
Indigenous Popular Culture is arguably one of the most vibrant and fastest-growing fields of contemporary cultural production not only in the United States and Canada, but across the globe. Indigenous artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs of all walks of life proliferate increasingly on contemporary popular cultural landscape in all its various incarnations, from popular fiction to animation to the fashion world. While doing so, diverse Indigenous practitioners of the popular throughout the world not only intervene powerfully into the landscape of popular culture and representation\u2014a cultural field which is notorious for its various appropriations and misrepresentations of Indigenous peoples\u2014but also draw attention to the pressing social issues which Indigenous communities of today are faced with. Thus, Indigenous popular culture is not only a field of a dynamic creative expression, but often also in one way or another stands in dialogue with contemporary Indigenous activist groups and causes working towards the goal of decolonization and resurgence.
\nThis conference is dedicated to a multifaceted, multifocal, and interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary Indigenous popular culture in all its various facets and geographical locations. We thus welcome papers from all disciplinary perspectives engaging with any aspect of Indigenous popular culture. Suggested thematic fields include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n
\u2022\tIndigenous Popular Culture and its role in the project of decolonization
\n\u2022\tIndigenous Feminism and Popular Culture
\n\u2022\tComparative approaches to Indigenous Popular Culture
\n\u2022\tIndigenous geek cultures
\n\u2022\tIndigenous fandoms
\n\u2022\tIndigenous Popular Culture and Social Media
\n\u2022\tIndigenous film, TV, and animation
\n\u2022\tThe role of marketing, publishing institutions, and distribution channels
\n\u2022\tIndigenous genre narratives of all kinds
\n\u2022\tIndigenous popular video and music cultures
\n\u2022\tIndigenous fashion<\/p>\n
Invited Speakers:
\nSonny Assu, visual artist
\nTaiaiake Alfred, University of Victoria
\nSarah Henzi, SFU and Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al <\/p>\n
Registration Fee: 30 \u20ac<\/p>\n
Abstracts of ca. 250-300 words and a short biography should be submitted to amerikanistik@mx.uni-saarland.de by March 15, 2017. Please include subject line \u201cIndigenous Popular Culture Conference Proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n
We are looking forward to welcoming you at our conference. <\/p>\n