Call for Papers Special Issue nr. 45 | "Media, Socio-Cultural, and Aesthetic Interfaces between Asia and Latin America"
CALL FOR PAPERS
Year 2024 - Issue 45 (January-April)
Deadline for paper submissions: December 10, 2023.
Dossier theme: Media, Socio-Cultural, and Aesthetic Interfaces between Asia and
Latin America
INTRODUCTION
Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación invites researchers, academics, and professionals from the fields of communication, cultural studies, media studies, literature, arts, and related disciplines to submit articles for a special dossier titled "Media, Socio-Cultural, and Aesthetic Interfaces between Asia and Latin America." This dossier aims to explore the dynamics of interactions between the two regions, investigating the various ways in which media, cultures, societies, and aesthetic expressions have intertwined and mutually influenced each other.
In this sense, it is possible to observe that media interfaces between Asia and Latin America have intensified in recent decades, driven by technological advancements and globalization from a perspective that emphasizes coloniality, post-coloniality, and decoloniality. Thus, this dossier seeks to examine the implications of these interactions in the socio-cultural context, highlighting the transformations that occur in communicative practices, cultural representations, and artistic productions. We are particularly interested in comparative and interdisciplinary studies that contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of these intersections, with a focus on readings that problematize South-South relations globally (Iqani & Resende, 2019).
We invite researchers to investigate the exchanges, influences, and collaborations that occur in this field, exploring the narratives, styles, and themes present in the audiovisual, literary, and artistic productions of these regions (Lu & Camps, 2020). Moreover, we also encourage studies on the role of digital media and social networks in shaping hybrid identities, migratory issues, and the dissemination of cultural content between Asia and Latin America (Hu-DeHart & López, 2008; Retis, 2019).
Additionally, we are interested in examining the possible fusions between Asian and Latin American socio-cultural aspects, considering how these creative practices contribute to intercultural dialogue and the emergence of new expressions that connect the global and the local in contemporary times (Takayama, 2014). We encourage analyses of the appropriation and resignification of Asian and Latin American cultural elements in media, visual arts and translation (studies and empirical experiences), considering how these processes contribute to the creation of new aesthetics, connections and meanings throughout history (Conrad, 2006; Kim, 2017; Capistrano-Baker & Priyadarshini, 2020).
Lastly, we also welcome contributions that discuss cultural policies and media flows between Asia and Latin America. We encourage studies that investigate the economic, political, and social aspects that influence these flows, as well as the strategies for circulation and dissemination of media products. In this way, we hope to expand knowledge about the media, socio-cultural, and aesthetic interfaces between Asia and Latin America, promoting critical and enriching dialogue among the interdisciplinary areas involved in these studies (Moreno Tejada & Tatar, 2016; Bachner & Erber, 2017).
References
Bachner, A., & Erber, P. (2017). Remapping the Transpacific: Critical Approaches between Asia and Latin America. Verge: Studies in Global Asias, 3(2), vi-xiii.
Capistrano-Baker, F. H., & Priyadarshini, M. (Eds.). (2020). Transpacific Engagements: Trade, Translation, and Visual Culture of Entangled Empires (1565–1898). Ayala Foundation, Inc., Getty Research Institute, and Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (Max-Planck-Institut).
Conrad, D. (2006). “Reproducing Nations: Types and Customs in Asia and Latin America, ca. 1800–1860.” An Interview with Natalia Majluf. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, 39(1), 77-83.
Gasquet, A., & Majstorovic, G. (Eds.). (2021). Cultural and literary dialogues between Asia and Latin America. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hu-DeHart, E., & López, K. (2008). Asian diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean: an historical overview. Afro-Hispanic Review, 9-21.
Iqani, M., & Resende, F. (Eds.). Media and the global South: Narrative territorialities, cross-cultural flow. New York: Routledge.
Kim, J. V. (2017). Asia–Latin America as method: The global south project and the dislocation of the West. Verge: Studies in Global Asias, 3(2), 97-117.
Lu, J., & Camps, M. (Eds.). (2020). Transpacific Literary and Cultural Connections: Latin American Influence in Asia. Springer Nature.
Moreno Tejada, J., & Tatar, B. (Eds.). (2016). Transnational frontiers of Asia and Latin America since 1800. Taylor & Francis.
Retis, J. (2019). Migrations and the Media between Asia and Latin America: Japanese-Brazilians in Tokyo and São Paulo. The Sage Handbook of Media & Migration, 297-308.
Takayama, P. B. (2014). Paralelismos y discrepancias en la expansion global de los productos culturales de Asia y Latinoamerica. In Waseda global forum (No. 11, pp. 199-224).
THEMATIC AREAS
- Communication Studies in Latin America and Asia: field, areas, theories, methodologies, and epistemologies
- Aesthetic experiences in socio-cultural and media areas in the Global South (with a focus on Latin America and Asia)
- Cultures, languages, linguistic systems, and socio-cultural interfaces between the two global regions
- Discussions on the artistic, literary, and cinematographic fields in Asia and Latin America
- Specificities of media, aesthetic, and socio-cultural landscapes in the two global regions
- Communication systems (public and private) in the Latin American and Asian contexts
- Freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and issues related to censorship in the communication field
- Asian and Latin American visual arts
- Studies and experiences of translation between Asia and Latin America
- Disinformation and media literacy during the Covid-19 period
- Potentialities of interconnections, comparative studies, and readings that highlight the possibilities for dialogue between Asia and Latin America
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
Deadline for paper submissions: December 10, 2023.
The texts must follow the journal's guidelines, available at: http://revista.pubalaic.org/index.php/alaic/about/submissions
DOSSIER COORDINATORS
Anderson Lopes da Silva, PhD
Center of Latin American Studies, Spanish and Portuguese Sections, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Contact: anderson.l@chula.ac.th
Pasuree Luesakul, PhD
Center of Latin American Studies, Spanish Section, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Contact: pasuree.l@chula.ac.th
Laura Rabelo Erber, PhD
International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands
Contact: l.rabelo.erber@iias.nl
Pedro Rabelo Erber, PhD
Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies, Waseda University, Japan
Contact: pedro.erber@waseda.jp
