In response to these discussions, Melissa Nolas and Christos Varvantakis co-converned a panel at the EASA conference in Lisboa in 2020 (P039, ‘Languages of entanglement: mapping the ethnographic modes and media’). The panel brought together an international and interdisciplinary body of anthropologists engaged in the field of multimodal ethnography to address issues related to the selection, curation, production, review, dissemination and consumption of audio-visual and other compositions. Discussions during the day seeded the idea for a permanent network and a call for further expressions of interest and support was circulated following the conference. The call generated an enthusiastic response with over 200 signatories, an application for a permanent network was submitted to EASA in November 2020 and was accepted in February 2021. In 2023, the convenorship baton was passed on to the current convenors. As per EASA by-laws the convenorship rotates every two to four years.
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