(CANCELLED) Media and the Night: An International Conference

Possible topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • The place of media consumption and circulation within the 24-hour cycle;
  • Formal and stylistic features of media treatments of the night;
  • Media constructions of the transgressive, marginal or identitarian night;
  • Specialized media directed at (or produced by) communities of the night;
  • The role of media forms (or platforms) in tracing itineraries of night-time activity;
  • Media tools to enhance the safety and accessibility of the night;
  • “Intermedial” dimensions of media’s relationship to the night (e.g., electric lighting and photography; late-night television and classic cinema, etc.);
  • The challenge of imagining “night” genres for 24-hour streaming services;
  • Archiving the night;
  • Pre-digital or digital practices of mapping the night;
  • Night, social media and data visualization.
  • Night media and energy infrastructures.

(Text sourced from conference website)