We are inviting papers that explore this topic in myriad ways, adopting a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, though with a shared criticality. We welcome work that re-examine the theories and concepts that have defined our sub-field and/or explores new frameworks and paradigms for research. We are interested in how ‘race’ as an analytic is being put to work outside Anglophone contexts, and in societies that seek to bury their racialised histories. We encourage contributions that analyse rising ethnonationalism and nativism in Global South/Global Majority media spheres. This conference aims to bring a global perspective to the study of race and media, tracing the filiations and resonances of racist, divisive and far-right discourses across ‘liberal’ and illiberal, ‘democratic’ and authoritarian media landscapes and political contexts.
The DN34 International Conference on Discourse, Identity and Polarisation
This hybrid conference provides an interdisciplinary space for examining how individual and group identities are discursively constructed in today's increasingly polarised societies, and how discourse both reflects and shapes emerging social divisions.