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SOCINE 2017
XXI SOCINE ANNUAL MEETING – THE STATE OF THE CRITIQUE
OCTOBER 17-20, 2017
UFPB – João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
SOCINE (Brazilian Society for Cinema and Audiovisual Studies) announces its call for proposals for the XXI SOCINE 2017 Annual Meeting, which is to be held at the Fedreal University of Paraíba (UFPB) – João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. The theme of the 2017 edition will be The state of the critique.

Beyond aesthetical evaluation, film critique has played the lead, in many countries, in the construction of a new model of curatorship, which confuses itself with the effort to preserve the memory of cinematic production. In Brazil, the work of Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes and Francisco Luís de Almeida Salles in the press of São Paulo concurs with their endeavor to create the Brazilian Cinematheque, which is a pivotal institution to the development of studies on films, filmmakers, and regional film cycles.

In Rio de Janeiro, the influential figure of Antonio Moniz Vianna partakes in the creation of the Cinematheque of the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM). Thanks to his curatorial effort, the generation that later on initiated the Cinema Novo had access to the classics of world cinema in the retrospectives of American, French and Italian cinema. Moniz Vianna also took part in the foundation of the Nacional Institute of Cinema (INC), which was the genesis of Embrafilme, and in the International Film Festival, which was a momentous event in the second half of the 1960’s.

Inspired by the São Paulo model of institutionalizing film production, Linduarte Noronha managed to launch the University Film Services (Serviço do Cinema Universitário) at the Federal University of Paraíba, but the project was aborted by the dictatorship of 1964. His importance as critic and filmmaker (he directed the classic Aruanda) contributed to reshaping the role of Northeastern Brazil in the national cinema: both as film scenery and as the cradle of socially engaged filmmakers.

This evident exchange between critique and filmmaking, which even produces the critic-filmmaker synthesis (there are countless examples in the history of cinema), constitutes a crucial subject for inquiry in film and audiovisual studies. To think, thus, of the critique activity as a major lever for curatorial and institutional movements that promote film production and film studies is an extremely relevant challenge, especially in times of political obscurantism, when the critical endeavor is fundamental to explore new aesthetical and cultural horizons.

Having all that in mind, the XXI SOCINE Annual Meeting calls for papers concerned with, but not limited to, the following topics: How can we think of the state of film critique in conjunction with the contemporary political, economic and aesthetical crises? What is the influence, to the academic formation in Brazil, of film critics in the intersection between journalism and academia? How do critique and curatorship concoct together strategies for preserving the memory of Brazilian cinema?  In times of proliferation of information and of opinions forged in the internet and social networks, what is the role of critique regarding the discussion of the deep questions of current film culture? How can comparative research of texts and films, in the case of a critic-filmmaker, shed light on her aesthetical choices and preferences? Considered as a form of reception, what are the theoretical and methodological challenges of thinking about the relationship between work and critique?

We hereby elucidate that this is a non-exclusive suggestive theme; the 2017 Conference Program Committee welcomes quality proposals on any topic related to film and media studies.

Applications should be chosen among the four categories below, according to the following requirements:

1. Oral Papers: Proposals from MA holders, PhD students/candidates, or PhD holders, containing title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters). Oral presentations should last up to 20 minutes each.

2. Thematic Seminars: Proposals from MA students, MA holders, PhD students/candidates or PhD holders must be made with the direct indication of the chosen seminar (the list of seminars is available on the website), and must contain title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters). Oral presentations should last up to 20 minutes each. Important notice: given that each seminar includes up to 18 presentations, seminar proposals might be approved and yet not included in any seminar session due to this limitation. In this case, all approved proposals not allocated in the seminar sessions will be automatically moved to other categories according to the proponent’s academic degree: MA students will be moved to discussion panels, while MA holders, PhD students/candidates and PhD holders will be moved to oral paper sessions.  

3. Pre-organized Roundtables: Each roundtable should have 3 participants, of which at least two PhD holders from different institutions and a third member that might be a MA holder, a PhD holder, or a PhD student/candidate who does not have a supervisor/supervisee relationship with any other member of the roundtable. Proposals for roundtables must contain: title (up to 70 characters) and summary of the table’s proposal (up to 1000 characters), which the coordinator of the table is responsible for, as well as title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters) for each individual proposal composing the table. Presentations should last up to 20 minutes each. Proposals for Pre-organized Roundtables should be submitted individually (following the model above established for Oral Papers) by each one of the three participants of the table (including the coordinator), at a moment subsequent to the table’s submission.

4. Panels: an exclusive category for MA students, consisting of 10-minute presentations for each participant. Proposals should contain title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters).

To apply and register for the XXI SOCINE Annual Conference, one should take the following steps:

STEP 1 – Register or update your profile at the SOCINE website (starting March 1st). Foreigners must contact us by email for further information about the payment of the annual fee.

STEP 2 – Electronic submission of proposals; only through the website (www.socine.org.br) and only one application per author, including cases of coauthoring.
  • Application submission period: March 5 – March 31.
STEP 3 – Register in the event, in case your paper was admitted. Foreigners must contact us by email for further information about the payment of the admission fee.
  • Registration period: June 5 – August 7.

Should you have any question, please write to  socine@socine.org.br

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SOCINE 2016
 
XX SOCINE Annual Meeting – Convergences of | in Cinema
October 18-21, 2016
UTP – Curitiba, PR, Brazil
 
SOCINE (Brazilian Society for Cinema and Audiovisual Studies) announces its call for proposals for the XX SOCINE Annual Meeting, which is to be held at Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (UTP), Curitiba, PR, Brazil. The theme of the 2016 edition will be Convergences of / in Cinema, with the Opening Keynote Address by Noël Caroll, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center at CUNY.
By convergences of cinema, we mean the interactions between film and other media as well as other areas of activity and thinking, such as history and education. Convergences in cinema, in contrast, refer to the strategies and elements that hybridize film narratives and aesthetics. More than any other mass or communication medium, the genitive use of the preposition of purports to refer to the unification of the various arts in the so-called seventh art, such as drama (performance, scenography), literature (texts, scripts, speech – even impromptu addresses), music (soundtrack), voice (poetry), photography, typography, as well as the various ways of thinking about the world and the other fields of knowledge that pervade cinema as a thinking form of expression. The locative use of the preposition in, on the other hand, refers to the technological processes used in filmmaking for a multitude of ends and aiming at the various purposes intended by films. Thus, it is common practice to have fragments of documentaries, news broadcast, YouTube videos, or other films, inserted into fiction films. Contrariwise, documentary films may contain fictional elements and other forms of hybridization, leading to convergences that go much beyond mere intertextuality. 
We hereby elucidate that this is a non-exclusive suggested theme; the 2016 Conference Program Committee welcomes quality proposals on any topic related to film and media studies.
Members are already able to register and pay the annual fee of 2016 on the SOCINE website (www.socine.org.br), in accordance with the available calendar. In order to start the process, one should click on “Members’ Area”. After updating the registration form, the user shall be directed to the members’ area in order to proceed to the payment process. Please bear in mind that the value of the annual fee is of US$ 120.00 for foreigners regardless of their academic standing.
The payment of the annual fee is indispensable to fulfill the registration and submission of proposals for the conference; hence, these two steps cannot be made on the same day (one should wait at least three working days for payment process and later access to the website).
Proposals for one of the four categories of the conference – oral papers, thematic seminars, pre-organized roundtables, or panels – shall be submitted electronically through the SOCINE website.
Bear in mind that applications sent by email will not be accepted; only those submitted through the website will be valid.
Applications should be chosen among the four categories below, according to the following requirements:
1 – Oral Papers: Proposals from MA holders, PhD students/candidates, or PhD holders, containing title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters). Oral presentations should last up to 20 minutes each.
2 – Thematic Seminars: Proposals from MA students, MA holders, PhD students/candidates or PhD holders must be made with the direct indication of the chosen seminar (the list of seminars is available on the website), and must contain title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters). Oral presentations should last up to 20 minutes each. Important notice: given that each seminar includes up to 18 presentations, seminar proposals might be approved and yet not included in any seminar session due to this limitation. In this case, all approved proposals not allocated in the seminar sessions will be automatically moved to other categories according to the proponent’s academic degree: MA students will be moved to discussion panels, while MA holders, PhD students/candidates and PhD holders will be moved to oral paper sessions.  
3 – Pre-organized Roundtables: Each roundtable should have 3 participants, of which at least two PhD holders from different institutions and a third member that might be a MA holder, a PhD holder, or a PhD student/candidate who does not have a supervisor/supervisee relationship with any other member of the roundtable. Proposals for roundtables must contain: title (up to 70 characters) and summary of the table’s proposal (up to 1000 characters), which the coordinator of the table is responsible for, as well as title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters) for each individual proposal composing the table. Presentations should last up to 20 minutes each. Proposals for Pre-organized Roundtables should be submitted individually (following the model above established for Oral Papers) by each one of the three participants of the table (including the coordinator), at a moment subsequent to the table’s submission.
4 – Panels: an exclusive category for MA students, consisting of 10-minute presentations for each participant. Proposals should contain title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), abstract (up to 500 characters), bibliography (up to 1000 characters), and author bio (up to 500 characters).
To apply and register for the XX SOCINE Annual Conference, one should take the following steps:
STEP 1 – Electronic registration of members and annual fee payment (through international wire transfer). Payment guidelines are available on the members’ area of SOCINE’s website. The annual fee payment is mandatory and required to advance to the next step.
Annual fee payment period: April 15 to May 15, 2016, during Brazilian bank opening hours.
STEP 2 – Electronic submission of proposals; only through the website (www.socine.org.br) and only one application per author, including cases of coauthoring.
Application submission period: April 18 to May 18, 2016.
 
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, PLEASE WRITE TO socine@socine.org.br
 
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XIX SOCINE Annual Meeting – Network Cinemas

October 20-23, 2015

UNICAMP – Campinas, SP

Call for Papers – XIX SOCINE Annual Meeting

SOCINE (Brazilian Society for Cinema and Audiovisual Studies) announces its call for proposals for the XIX SOCINE 2015 Meeting, which is to be held at Universidade de Campinas (Unicamp) – Campinas, SP. The theme of the conference will be Networked Cinemas.

Networked Cinemas is a provisory expression to address a set of significant changes within the scope of the moving image which uses digital technologies, or the digital ecosystems, as a framework for transformation and, simultaneously, as signposts of a historical border that places a spotlight in time: the analogical past, the present and the digital future. Speed, mobility and virtuality, therefore, operate as vectors of a new time/space order of images and sounds. In this sense, how should one deal with the preservation and the background of images? Would the artistic vocabularies inherent to cinema, television and video be deeply undermined by such technological, economic and cultural changes? How do markets, in the logic of geopolitics and transnational capital, (re)define themselves? And which political strategies of subjectivation would be activated within these processes? Finally, the term “network” operates as a concept here in both denotative and connotative perspectives, concerning not only “networking technologies” (hardware and software), but also social, non-machinic, technologies, the subjective processes, and any other framework in the cinema and the audiovisual field that requires a decentralizing integration, and cultural and artistic flows.

We hereby elucidate that this is a suggested theme and that the 2015 Conference Program Committee welcomes quality papers on any topic related to film and media studies.

Members are already able to register and pay the annual fee of 2015 on the Socine website (www.socine.org.br), in accordance with the available calendar. In order to start the process, one should click on “Members’ Area”. After updating the registration form, the user shall be directed to the members’ area in order to proceed to the payment process. Bear in mind that the value of the annual fee is of US$120.00 for foreigners regardless of their academic degree. The payment of the annual fee is indispensable to fulfill the registration and submission of proposals for the conference; therefore, these two steps cannot be made on the same day (one should wait at least three working days for payment process and later access to the website).

The proposals for one of the four categories of the conference – individual papers, panels, seminars, or posters – shall be submitted electronically through the SOCINE website.

Bear in mind that applications sent by email WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, only those ones submitted through the website will be valid.

Applications should be chosen among the FOUR CATEGORIES, each one with the following requirements:

  1. Individual papers: Proposals from MA or PhD holders and doctoral candidates containing: title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), summary (500 characters), bibliography (1000 characters) and author bio (500 characters). Presentations should last up to 20 minutes each.
  2. Seminars – Proposals from MA or PhD holders and MA and PhD candidates papers in the Seminars must be made with the direct indication of the chosen seminar (the list of Seminars is available on the website) and must contain: title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (up to 4000 characters with space), summary (500 characters), bibliography (1000 characters) and author bio (500 characters). The summaries of the current Thematic Seminars are available on SOCINE’s website. Presentations should last up to 20 minutes each.Important notice: the Seminars include up to 18 presentations each. Proposals may be approved but not included in any sessions of the Seminars due to this limitation. However, all approved proposals not included in the Seminars will be moved to other categories according to the proponent’s academic degree: MA students will be moved to discussion panels and MA and PhD degree holders and PhD candidates will be moved to individual papers sessions.
  3. Panels: each panel should have 3 participants, of which at least two should be PhDs from different institutions and the third member might be an MA or PdH degree holder, or a PhD candidate. The members of the panel cannot have a supervisor/supervisee relationship. Proposals for Panels must contain: title (up to 70 characters), summary of the table’s proposal, which the coordinator of the table is responsible for (up to 1000 characters); extended summary (up to 4000 characters with space) and summary (500 characters) of each individual proposal composing the table, bibliography (1000 characters) and author bio (500 characters) of each one of the table’s participants. Presentations should last up to 20 minutes each.All presentations from a panel should be submitted individually (following the model established for individual papers) by each one of the three participants of the panel; including the coordinator, at a moment subsequent to the table’s submission.
  4. Posters: an exclusive category for MA students, consisting of 10-minute presentations for each participant. Proposals should contain: title (up to 70 characters), extended summary (of up to 4000 characters with space), summary (500 characters), bibliography (1000 characters) and author bio (500 characters).

To apply and register for the XIX SOCINE Annual Conference one should take the following steps:

STEP 1 – Electronic registration of members and annual fee payment (through an international wire transfer). Payment guidelines are available on the members’ area of SOCINE’s website. Payment is mandatory for the second step (submissions).

* The annual fee payment deadline is February 20, 2015 – during Brazilian bank opening hours.

STEP 2 – Electronic submission of the proposals, only through the website (www.socine.org.br) and only one application per author, including cases of coauthoring

* Application submission period – January 15 until March 01.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE WRITE TO CONTATO@SOCINE.ORG.BR

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