InDigital V Conference 2025

InDigital Conference Examines Indigenous Media in the Americas

Abstract Submissions Due December 2, 2024

In February 2025, the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage will co-present InDigital, a biennial academic conference that examines developments in Indigenous media across the Americas. To date, it is the only conference of its kind in the United States.

Taking place February 19 and 20 in Washington, D.C., InDigital V: Indigenous Media across Abya Yala will bring together Indigenous media makers, media trainers, and diverse specialists in film/media studies, media/visual anthropology, and Indigenous studies. Through intellectual exchange and publication of presentations, the conference advances scholarly knowledge of the field.

The conference will dovetail with the Smithsonian’s tenth annual Mother Tongue Film Festival, February 20–23, 2025, offering an opportunity for conference participants to view new Indigenous films in venues around the D.C. area. The festival is free and open to the public.

InDigital V sponsors include the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies of Vanderbilt University; the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; Middle Tennessee State University; the University of Maryland’s Center for Research and Collaboration in the Indigenous Americas; University of Cincinnati; and New York University’s Center for Media, Culture and History.

Abstract Submissions Closed

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