The Northern Star Symposium is a three-day academic gathering in Bodø, Norway. The goal of this symposium is to have a place to discuss topics and questions that are not among the mainstream of conferences and journals.
Call for Presentations
Anger is a healthy response to adversity, and an expression of frustration, but can be toxic when it is justified by fear or it is self-serving. It is on behalf of others, in service to a larger cause, that it reaches its most intense manifestation, as wrath, righteous and holy. This can lead to an all-consuming anger, and has started crusades, wars, protests and revolutions. Anger feeds terrorists and peace protesters alike. In today’s world the anger is all around us, from its sense of helpless frustration with what we can’t alter, to the fury of dictators trying to mould the world in their image.
After decades of considering anger a dangerous, unwelcomed emotion that should be contained and managed, we want to talk about the anger we see expressed in the media and in contemporary culture. This ranges from the keyboard warriors launching harassment campaigns to the organisation of resistance with physical and political consequences. Both destructive and empowering, in all its shapes anger fuels emotions and actions. Some topics to consider:
- Catharsis
- Retribution
- Hate speech
- Toxic fury
- Manipulation
- Affective tension
- Harassment
- Resistance
- Rebellion
- Loss of control
- Anger management
We accept discussions of Anger in for instance social and distributive media, editorial media, games, fiction, politics, online or contemporary culture, public discourse, as well as reported expressions and results of anger in other fields. Discussions on how to express, handle, release, overcome and take advantage of anger are all acceptable.
Who can submit
We invite all scholars working on topics relevant for the call. Please add your affiliation or alma mater to your submission, but let us know if you do not want it used in public.
Format
We invite abstracts of up to 500 words (not including literature lists), for the following formats: Paper, work in progress, reflection.
- Reflections: This is a flight of fancy, a description of potential ideas and connections that the concept anger fosters
- Paper abstract: This is a summary of a relevant research project you have done, and which you would like to present to the others
- Work in progress: This is work you would like feedback on
- We also invite more formats: experiences, performance, experimentation and roleplay
- Feedback: You will get a commenter, and be asked to provide feedback on the work of another person
Deadline
- Early deadline 23rd of March. We start accepting from this date
- First date of decisions: 27th of March
- Late deadline 20th of April
- Submit by email to northern.star.symposium@gmail.com
Selection process
Submissions are not anonymously reviewed. Program decisions will be made by the program committee:
- Mia Consalvo
- Tomasz Z. Majkowski
- Mark Maletska
- Lasha Kavtaradze
- Torill Elvira Mortensen
- Egil Trasti Rogstad
Supported by the local organizing committee:
- Kristian Bjørkelo
- Ida Løvdal Alvsen
- Cristóbal Mora Bieli-Bianchi
- Martta Ojala
- Anne Schäfer