The video vortex conference has put a call out for papers. A short precis below of the topics visit the post for full description. Conference website. Deadline for submission of abstract (500-1000 words) and biography (100 words): August 14, 2007.

Suggested topics:
- database theory
- software studies
- online video analysis
- YouTube criticism
- alternative platforms/open standards
- theory of participatory culture
- collaboratory data generation

The conference aims to raise the following questions:
· How are people utilizing the potential to independently produce and
distribute independent video content on the Internet?
· What are the alternatives to the proprietary standards currently
being developed?
· What are the commercial objectives that mass media is imposing on
user-generated content and video-sharing databases?
· What is the underlying economics of online video in the age of
unlimited uploads?
· How autonomous are vloggers within the broader domain of mass media?
· How are cinema, television and video art being affected by the
development of a ubiquitous online video practice?
· What type of aesthetic and narrative issues does the database pose
for online video practice?