[Air-L] CFP: Digital Transactions in Asia Conference Event

[Julian Hopkins]

*Call for Papers*

*Digital Transactions in Asia Conference*

Manila, October 10-12, 2018

*Rationale*

The reconfiguration of social, cultural, economic and political
relationships in parallel with the pervasive application of digital
technologies has been regarded as an epochal shift in the Western world. In
contemporary Asia, the breathtaking rapidity and scale of digitisation
provides us with an even greater remaking and reinvigorating of human
relationships. This is an era where rapid commercial growth across the
region proceeds in tandem with the spread of digital media devices.

For ordinary people, social media platforms offer new economic
opportunities along with the monetisation of the personal and the everyday.
In the public domain, Asian state systems are having to contend with
explosions of popular expression, public debate and political mobilisation,
even as these activities are highly contested and contestable. Asian
markets are increasingly determined by flows of virtual capital,
information commodities, consumers and labour. In this context, it is
increasingly evident that the rise of a Digital Asia is accompanied by new
aspirations and understandings of modernisation, participation and
development.

This conference considers the instances and processes through which new
sets of social, economic and political transactions are being established
between citizens and states, markets and publics, cultures and commodities
in a Digital Asia.

The conference, to be held from October 10-12, 2018 at the campus of De La
Salle University in Manila, is co-hosted by the Institute for Advanced
Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland and the Department of
Communication, De La Salle University in Manila.

The conference will include two full days of presentations for a public
audience 10-11th October, followed by a research workshop for paper
presenters on 12th October.

Given the inter- and trans-disciplinary nature of its theme, the conference
is intended to be of interest to researchers from a diverse variety of
backgrounds and disciplinary orientations in the Humanities and Social
Sciences. We will also consider submissions of creative and technical
works, along with professional contributions from industry and
non-governmental organisations.



*Submission Guidelines*



We are currently inviting abstract submissions (500 words) addressing the
following themes:



●      Development and (In)equalities

●      Currencies and Commodities

●      Populism and Public Speech

●      Mobilities and mobilisation

●      Intimacies and Moral Economies

●      Governance and Citizenship

●      Mobile and Informal Economies

●      Innovation and Disruption



A limited number of bursaries covering economy air travel and accommodation
for the duration of the event are available on a competitive basis for
paper presenters working at institutions within the ASEAN region. If you
wish to be considered for a bursary, please indicate your interest and
affiliation in your abstract submission. We will subsequently contact you
regarding the bursary selection process that will occur in June 2018.



For all selected participants, a final paper of 6,000 words will be
requested by 31 July 2018 for review in the SAGE journal *Media
International Australia* and for inclusion in an edited volume with a major
international publisher. For further enquiries and for the submission of
abstracts, please contact the conference organising committee via
digitaltransactions.asia at gmail.com



*Key dates*



●     May 9, 2018: Deadline for the submission of abstracts

●     May 28, 2018: Acceptance of abstracts/papers

●     June 30, 2018: Results of travel grant application

●     July 31, 2018: Final paper submission

●     October 10-12, 2018: Conference and workshops



*Organising committee*

●      Adrian Athique (University of Queensland)

●      Cheryll Soriano (De La Salle University)

●      Sun Sun Lim (Singapore University of Technology and Design)

●      Emma Baulch (Queensland University of Technology / Monash U Malaysia)

●      Jozon Lorenzana (Ateneo de Manila University)



*Venue*



The conference will be held in the campus of De La Salle University (DLSU)
in Manila. De La Salle University positions itself as a learner-centered
and research institution of higher learning active in community engagement.
The university serves as a significant resource for the Philippines by
developing leaders and achievers in business, public service, education,
science and technology, and the arts. Taking on the challenges of a global
society, DLSU actively collaborates with international partner institutions
such as the ASEAN University Network, of which it is a founding member.
DLSU is the first university in the region to be conferred by the said body
the Quality Mark at the Institutional Level. Nestled in the heart of
Manila, De La Salle University is situated in a historic city with a
vibrant culture and diversity.



*Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland*



The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the
University of Queensland is dedicated to high level research with a focus
on Intellectual and Literary History, Critical and Cultural Studies, the
History of Emotions and Science and Society.  The Critical and Cultural
Studies programme examines the role of culture within processes of social
change, both as a means of expression and as a central motivation for human
actions. We undertake critical enquiries that examine new forms of
technology, the significance of cultural differences and the relationship
between cultural identities and the experience of everyday life. Our
research on media technologies and social change seeks to explore new areas
of interaction between academic expertise and the public. Our focus on the
experiences of ordinary people has inspired substantive studies of youth,
gender and social inclusion in Australia. CCS has also made a long term
commitment to developing Cultural Studies research in Asia, with innovative
work in China, Japan and India being prominent examples of our research
partnerships in the region.



*Department of Communication, De La Salle University*



The Department of Communication of De La Salle University aims to be a
community of reflective, innovative and strategic communicators driving
sustainable and inclusive change. Part of DLSU’s College of Liberal Arts,
we bring together the humanities and the social sciences with our three
academic programs and research areas: Communication Arts, Organizational
Communication, and (Applied) Media Studies. Our programs provide a balance
of theory and practice, preparing students to work as communication leaders
and ethical media professionals.Our Faculty and students engage in research
and creative media projects that examine the role of communication and
media in everyday social and political processes and dynamics. Our Faculty,
composed of academics and industry practitioners, are involved in diverse
research streams: new media and social change, health communication,
environmental communication, digital labor, organizational communication,
queer media studies, journalism, media literacy, film/media criticism, and
public relations. Some of our Faculty are celebrated industry
professionals: filmmakers, journalists, public relations practitioners,
writers, designers, and film/television/digital media producers.