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06/09/2020

ECA 2021 Convention - Interpretation and Performance Interest Group Call for Papers

ECA-112th Convention - Interpretation and Performance Studies Interest Group Call for Papers

CFP Eastern Communication Association: Interpretation and Performance Interest Group

The deadline for receiving submissions is October 15, 2020 11:59 PST. 

The Interpretation and Performance Studies Interest Group is requesting paper, panel, and performance submissions for the 112th Annual ECA Convention in Cambridge, MA. The convention theme engages, Resilience, as a persistent response to overcoming obstacles, thriving despite challenges, and adapting to an every-changing global landscape. As we are embedded in a historical moment marked by “wicked problems,” we look forward to the opportunity to explore resilience for global communities and share possibilities for teaching, research, civic engagement, as well as in our professional and personal endeavors.  We recognize that inherent within resilience are conflict and struggle.  However, from this discomfort, resilience brings a power and a responsibility to share with the larger global community.

What ways are communication scholars, performance artists, practitioners, and teachers communicating resilience as a response to innovative theories, questions, methods, data analysis techniques, and practices? What opportunities exist for shared resilience within our performances, research, service, pedagogy, and practice? What are you doing that is unique? How are you leading the way?  How are you responding to your environment to ensure that your work and our field are addressing the practical communication concerns of society that exist today and that might arise tomorrow? 

The field of performance studies insists that creative, participant-centered, and narrative research is a way to make sense of the world, especially in this contentious political climate. We believe that performance is an avenue to imagine, play, and create futures in which we want to live. We are interested in submissions that point to ways of creating sustainable futures free from oppression and injustice. 

Papers and panel/program proposals must be submitted electronically by, October 15, 2020 at 11:59 PM.

ECA will now be using Attendee Interactive to manage submissions and reviews. This is the same system used by the National Communication Association so you may be familiar with it. The deadline for submissions remains the same, October 15, 2020 at 11:59 PM. You will be prompted to create a new User ID and Password to submit your work. An email will be sent to the membership in the next couple of months to announce when Attendee Interactive will be open for submission. Additional information, including a link to the submission page, will be sent to ECA members on the day the submission website opens. 

Audio/Visual cannot be guaranteed.

The Interest Group invites creative submissions, and encourages performative writing and staged performance whenever possible. Some requirements for submissions follows. 

Submission Guidelines for Completed Papers 

Papers should be written in accordance with the University of Chicago Manual of Style, APA 6th edition, or MLA (whichever the author feels is appropriate). The following fields will be completed for individual submissions: 

  • Title
  • Description (aka. Abstract) including the Professional Responsibility Statement.
  • Student Paper
  • Debut Submission
  • Special requests
  • Audio Visual Form
  • Upload final paper or additional documents (file types accepted: Word or PDF).

Submission Guidelines for Completed Performances 

For performances, you should submit a finalized script with explanation of stage setting and directions. This should be written in accordance with the University of Chicago Manual of Style, APA 6th edition, or MLA (whichever the author feels is appropriate). The following fields will be completed for individual performance submissions: 

  • Title
  • Description (aka. Abstract) including the Professional Responsibility Statement.
  • Student Paper
  • Debut Submission
  • Special requests
  • Audio Visual Form
  • Upload final paper or additional documents (file types accepted: Word or PDF).

Submission Guidelines for Paper Panel /Performance Panel/ or Round Table Discussion Proposals  

Please submit Paper Panel/Performance Panel/ or Round Table Discussion Proposals as one file (.doc or .docx). Proposals should all be written according to the University of Chicago Manual of Style or APA 6th edition, or MLA style (whichever the authors feel is appropriate for their submission). Include the following items in all submissions: 

  • Title of panel
  • Participants (Names & Affiliations) including chair and respondent (they should not be participants.)
  • If it is a paper/performance panel titles and abstracts for each participant
  • Roundtable discussions do not need individual titles or abstracts for each participant 
  • Estimated Attendance
  • Special requests
  • Rationale of 250-500 words max
  • Audio Visual Form
  • Upload supporting documents that include titles and abstract for each paper or presentation, program copy (no more than a 75-word description) as it should appear in the final program, and Statement of Professionalism (see below).

*Helpful hints

Collaborative panels involving participants from different universities are highly encouraged.
List potential co-sponsorships in your submission.
Include the Statement of Professional Responsibility located at the bottom of the call 

Statement of Professional Responsibility

The following statement MUST be included with every submission of a paper or panel in order for it to be eligible for review. If it is not attached with a submitted document, the chair is responsible for obtaining a completed copy of this form prior to the paper/panel being officially programmed for presentation at the convention. Failure to comply with the Statement of Professional Responsibility is frowned upon and may prevent your work from being considered in the future.

In submitting the attached paper or proposal, I/We recognize that an accepted paper, panel, or poster isconsidered a professional responsibility. If this submission is accepted and programmed, I/We agree to register for the ECA convention, pay fees, and present the work. I/We understand that presenters with last minute emergencies should take all possible measures to arrange an alternate presenter, and communicate their plans to both the Interest Group Planner and ECA VP.

Convention Acceptance Notifications: January, 2021

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